Check out these links for genealogists to query when looking for long lost York County relatives

Jim McClure

on May 10, 2010 12:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

What are some sources to query, if you're undertaking genealogical research in York County?

I tried to answer that question in a recent presentation to the Susquehanna Trail Genealogy Club.

Putting myself in the place of a genealogist, here are the first six places I'd place a query in looking for information about, say, a 19th-century relative from York County:

1. Weekly Record - weekly@ydr.com.

2. The Exchange - http://exchange.ydr.com. This is a York Daily Record/Sunday News operated community bulletin board.

3. Commenting, www.ydr.com - If you see a story on ydr.com that touches on a name that you're researching, ask about that in the "commenting" feature at the bottom of the story.

4. Blogs - www.yorktownsquare.com, www.yorkblog.com/onlyyork, www.yorkblog.com/universal.

5. Twitter - www.twitter.com.

6. Facebook - www.facebook.com.

Also of interest:

- All posts relating to genealogy and research from the start.

- All York Town Square posts from the start..

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