Some Internet Resources

I have created a beginner's list of Commonly Used Abbreviations, including those for most European countries, for the United States and for Canadian provinces. It will help you to prepare your genealogical data in a form familiar to many other researchers.

Here are two locations where you are automatically given the county name when you specify a city and state. Having a complete location (state, county, city) is often useful in knowing where to go to request documents, for example.

Yale Peabody Museum's Geographic Names Information System
MIT's Geographic Nameserver

Cyndi's List Internet Stuff You Need to Know contains links to resources for each of the following categories:

Computer Viruses
Cookies
Copyright Resources on the Web
E-mail Chain-Letters, Folklore, Hoaxes, Misunderstandings & Scams
Internet & Computer Terminology
Netiquette
Newbies
Privacy Issues
Search Engines: Helpful Sites, Articles and Tips
Software Features and Utilities
Spam
Y2K ~ Year 2000

Cyndi's List is a must for beginning on-line genealogy researchers. It contains so many links to good resources that it can be a bit overwhelming at first, but it is almost universally considered the best single source.

Many people are interested in adding "background music" to their web pages. Some sites sell the music; others provide free downloads of selected works. Please be sure to follow carefully the regulations of each site you visit.

filecity.com has everything from rock and roll to classical including religious and holidays.

The Melodious MIDI includes a fairly large collection of MIDI files from a number of musical genres, including bluegrass, folk, rock, classical, march, love songs, religious, Broadway, and jazz/big band.

The Classical Midi Archives offer thousands of classical music files you can listen to at the click of your mouse. Most composers are represented. A major award-winning cultural site on the Web which provides its own search engine.

Here are some more URLs for Midi files. Some are free; others require a subscription.

The MIDI Farm Similar to Filecity.Com in appearance; lots of options
Apple City Free MIDI Files 100s listed by title in half a dozen categories
German and Other Folksongs 100s of choices; genealogy & related info
The Midi Music Website
Altojazz Midi Files
Laura's MIDI Heaven 24 categories; over 16,000 choices
Goodnoise the Internet Record Company
MIDI World International

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