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Genealogy Databases and Publications
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Genealogy News
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- "Faces of America"
with Henry Louis Gates Jr. - PBS - Feb. 10-March 3, 2010 - explores the personal "family histories of 12
renowned Americans -- professor and poet Elizabeth Alexander, chef Mario
Batali, comedian Stephen Colbert, novelist Louise Erdrich, journalist
Malcolm Gladwell, actress Eva Longoria, muscian Yo-Yo Ma, director Mike
Nichols, Her Majesty Queen Noor, television host/heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet
Oz, actress Meryl Streep and figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi."
- "Who
Do You Think You Are?" with Lisa Kudrow - NBC-TV - starts March 5, 2010 -
explores the ancestry of actresses Sarah Jessica Parker, Brooke
Shields and Susan Sarandon; retired NFL superstar Emmitt Smith; actor
Matthew Broderick; and filmmaker Spike Lee.
- Appeal to Make
Pennsylvania Death Certificates Available Online
- Markets
Declare Truce in Copyright Wars - Wall Street Journal - Nov. 17,
2008
- Westinghouse
Clan Gathers Here - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Nov. 10, 2008
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Outstanding
National Archives and Reference Libraries
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The National Archives, Washington, DC
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Outstanding
Local and State Archives and Reference Libraries
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Carnegie Free Library, Connellsville, PA
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Book and Music Collecting and Searches
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Portrait and Photograph Collections
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* National Portrait Gallery
(London)
* National Portrait Gallery
(Washington, DC)
* NASA
- Goddard Space Center
* Photo Antiquities - Museum of
Photographic History (Pittsburgh)
* Google/Life Magazine
Photo Archive
* Shorpy.com
* Corbis.com
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Geographic and Mapping Information
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Aerial photograph of downtown Pittsburgh, 1970s
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* Find a County
* Bureau of Land Management -
General Land Office Records
* U.S. Geological Survey National
Mapping Info
* National
Register of Historic Places
* Today's
Weather
* Pennsylvania
Counties - USGS Maps
* Mapquest
* National Association
of Counties
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Industrial and Railroad History
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* US Mine Safety and Health
Administration Statistics
* B&O Railroad Museum
* Chesapeake & Ohio Historical
Society
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Church History
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* United
Methodist History and Research
* Lutheran Historical Conference
* Presbyterian Historical Society
* Mennonite Church USA
Archives (see "Mennobits
Project")
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Science and Medicine
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* U.S. National Library of Medicine
* Deceased American
Physician Records
* US Patent and Trademark Office
* NASA - National Air and Space
Administration
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Historical
Reconstructions and Homes
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Colonial Williamsburg
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* Colonial Williamsburg
* Henry Ford
Museum at Greenfield Village
* Plimouth Plantation
* John Adams National Historic Park,
Massachusetts
* Mount Vernon, Virginia
* Monticello, Virginia
* Frank Lloyd Wright's Home and
Studio, Oak Park, IL
* Morgan Library and Museum, New
York
* Meadowcroft Rockshelter and
Museum of Rural Life
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Military History and Veterans Services
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* Civil War Soldiers
& Sailors System (National Park Service)
* Bugles Across America
(bugler service for veterans' funerals)
* Civil War Regiments
* U.S. Army Military
History Institute
* U.S. Naval Historical Center
and American Merchant Marines
* American Battle Monuments Commission
(Military burials on foreign soil)
* French
& Indian War Resource Guide
* Ohio in the Civil War
* Civil War Richmond
* National World War II Memorial
* Virtual Wall - Vietnam
Veterans Memorial
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Inspiring Spaces
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Westminster Abbey, London
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* Westminster Abbey
(London)
* Thomas
Jefferson's Home Library at Monticello
* The Forbes Galleries
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Websites of Our Cousins
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* Nein
Family
* Younkin Family
* Younkin Family DNA
Study
* Brown-Barnum Family
* Unique Designs by Alyssa
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Select
Pittsburgh Regional Cultural Attractions
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Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
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* Andy Warhol Museum
* Fallingwater (Western Pennsylvania Conservancy)
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Senator Heinz Pittsburgh
Regional History Center
* Pittsburgh
Symphony Orchestra
* Pittsburgh Opera
* Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
* Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
* Frick Mansion and Art Center
("Clayton")
* Mellon Arena Events
* Westmoreland Museum of American Art
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Pittsburgh
Professional and Major Collegiate Sports
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PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates
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* Pirates - Major League Baseball
* Steelers - National Football
League
* Penguins - National
Hockey League
* University
of Pittsburgh Football
* University of
Pittsburgh Basketball
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