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Please click on the links below to visit the home pages of our
Self cousins as well as other sites that are helpful for researching
Self
and related surnames
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GENEALOGY RESOURCES BY VERITASPREP
a great place to start your
family research
A Guide to Home Genealogy by Kitchen-works-inc.
The only Selfs
with Indian heritage are those who inherit it from a maternal line
GET THE REAL INFORMATION
ABOUT EARLY NATIVE AMERICANS
Creek
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/creek-indians
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Creek_Indians
Cherokee
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/cherokee-indians
http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Cherokee_Indians
Seminole
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/seminole-wars
http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Seminole_Indians
General research tips
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/American_Indian_Genealogy
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with
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Many Selfs lived in Union County!
BRICK WALK
APPLICATION
Frixo (http://www.frixo.com/) is a road travel reporting
website, that provides our users with the most up-to-date road traffic
information. The data is updated every 5 minutes using sensors placed
on motorways and common A / B roads.
What do you do if you're "Mr. Mom"
and the future generation is sleeping?
Click Here
A GREAT E-BOOK FOR ALL
RESEARCHERS
Title: Family Genealogy
URL: http://www.researchyourgenealogy.com/
Description: Discover how to research
your family history firsthand with
this beginner through advanced step by
step guide.
Please click on the button above to go to the home page of Cousin
Lisa and Cousin Ronny
In addition to genealogy, you can read about their 68 Chevy SS Camaro
and
other interests
ROOTSWEB "COMMUNITIES"
The "Communities" experiment at RootsWeb is over.
But you can still visit our Lighthouses
WebSite.
Two great sites by Mike Gora
featuring history and maps: The
Hiwassee River Basin Directory: The Area Around Hayesville, NC and Hayesville, NC & The Hiwassee River
Basin.
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HELPFUL INFORMATION
Veteran health care is a major topic of
interst today. This resource covers how the VA uses big data
analytics to help improve veteran health care. See guide here: How the VA Uses Big Data Analytics to Improve Veteran Health Care and Well-Being
If you are worried about internet security (and we all are!), go to https://cooltechzone.com/ to save-on-internet-safety.
It will show you how to use advanced free tools too guarantee a secure
site. This is a wonderful new idea, and the guide is as easy to read as
the software is to set up.
All you ever wanted to know about sleep. Tuck.com
is "the most comprehensive source in sleep." It provides
"evidence-based sleep health information, news, and unbiased product
reviews."
Its "mission is to save homeowners over 1
billion hours each year on home maintenance and repair decisions. We do
this by offering advice, doing reviews, creating guides, and writing a
handful of inspirational content for all types of homeowners. You can
learn more about us on our "About" page here: https://housemethod.com/about/ " This site has wonderful graphics and lots of well-organized information.
The CBD Awareness Project is a site that explains the benefits of CBD without the negative effects of drugs. It is intended "to
share the information you need and help separate fact from fiction. We
feel as though CBD has the potential to be a very impactful remedy, but
there’s not a lot of great information out there. [The site exists] to
connect the dots and provide consumers with information they can
understand."
'Another great site promoting CBD is CBD Central, a potential users' guide which provides a
list of conditions that CBD can help improve. Along with each
condition, you’ll find the scientific studies and explanations to back
it up."
Assistance for veterans is the theme of Free Grants for Veterans. The site "provides comprehensive details on grants for veterans.
These grants are given away for free, and they could help low income
veterans with bills, mortgage, rent, housing, college, and medications."
Assistance for women is the theme of Free Grants for Women.
"Listed here are free grants and financial assistance programs that
help women with medication, housing, medical bills. rent,
utility bills, child care, education, and mortgage among others."
Assistance for Native Americans is the theme of Grants for Native Americans. The "website provides detailed information on native american grants that could help low income individuals and
families [ two parent and single parent ] with grants and scholarships.
Assistance is offered free of cost to eligible families who can offer
sufficient documentation to prove financial hardship."
Recovery Village offers help with addiction to drugs and alcohol
Easy-to-read and understand, this site explains alcoholism and its effects on the body
An understanding of the facts can be an important part of recovvery.
Of special interest is the section on Effects-of-alcohol and a quiz to discover if
you have serious problems with addiction
Alcoholism is a sad disease. Click here to learn more about it
For help with addiction, visit https://addictionresource.com/
Information about vaping https://vapingdaily.com/health/
Product safety is imperative to your good health!
OLD ENGLISH RESOURCES
The Web projects of Sean
Miller include many names from the dim past. This page leads you to
both a searchable index to The Anglo-Saxon Charters of King
Æthelstan,
924-39 and htm files for the rest of the Regesta Regum Anglorum
divided by reign. To view directly the existence of Sewlf,
minister,
click HERE.
A searchable online version of The
Domesday Book of William the Conqueror (compiled roughly about
1086)
has a list of landowners of various names as well as a regional map and
clickable links to specific locations. We found mention of Saewulf
(pre-Conquest
landholder) here.
Cousin Tania's father, Lee Self, is interviewed in the September 28,
2005 issue of the San
Francisco Chronicle. Click the link for story and
photos. Linked with permission from Eric Fong.
USGENWEB COUNTY PAGES
Suzie Henderson has done a beautiful job--as usual--with the site
for Fannin
County, TX.
Lots of Selfs/Selphs lived in Natalie Huntleys two TNGenWeb
counties, Crockett
and Dyer. [Temporarily unavailable]
Visit the Gibson
County,
TNGenWeb site, home of some Selph families. Check out the photo
pages
for some Selph pictures also.
Check out the Whitfield
County, GA site!
Michael Dye's award-winning Russell
County, VA USGenWeb site contains, among other things, a link to
tax
lists and Census records.
Visit the Hart
County,
KY USGenWeb site. The Kentucky Selfs are a large family, and you'll
find many helpful resources here. [Temporarily unavailable]
The 1840 Census for Cherokee
County, NC is now online!
Cousin Fran's family lived in Coos
County, OR. When you get to this site, click on "Coos Families"
for SELF information.
Tim's ancestors also lived in Clay
County in North Carolina, as well as in Union
County and Towns
County
in Georgia.
We also host the USGenWeb sites for Murray
County, GA, Fannin
County, GA, and King
County,
TX.
If you have ancestors from North Carolina, visit the Home Pages for
Rutherford
County.
Travel back in time to the county of our English
beginnings--Wiltshire,
England--on the Moonrakers
page.
HOME PAGES OF OUR SELF COUSINS
Bible
Study material for small groups, by Dr. (Former Pastor) Bob
Cousin Mac has a beautiful website.
Cousin Michelle sells Cookie Lee
Fine Fashion Jewelry.
Visit Cousin Shirley's new blog site. A
beautiful and informative page.
Shirley Fisher is now your Self Avon
Lady. Order directly from her website..
Cousin Rita has created a unique business
with an equally distinctive Website--Cemeterian.com
is definitely worth visiting.
A new
site
featuring West Virginia (and other) Selfs! Visit this great site
by Cousin Justin often for new updates!
Visit the home of the Self Foundation, established
by James C. Self in 1942.
Cousin Caryn is President and co-founder of Sirenian
International, Inc., an organization of grassroots people who share a
dedication to manatee & dugong research, education, and
conservation through inter-cultural collaboration. They are a
partnership of scientists, students, educators, conservationists, and
the public. They believe in the process of integrating science,
education, and culture to catalyze positive change in our shared
environment, Mother Earth. Visit us online at http://www.sirenian.org. To read more about Cousin Caryn, see http://www.sirenian.org/caryn.html#CARYN
Follow Cousin Barry's Genealogy
Blog (2005-present)
Cousin Mad writes: "Remember this glass
when you need a special gift for someone..." Visit her site and
see her beautiful items.
Cousin Jim has a site
devoted to the Blankenship surname.
Dualtone is a successful
record company located in Nashville, TN., and it's owned by Cousin Dan
Herrington and Scott Robinson!
One of the loveliest and most well-organized sites on the Web--with
lots of Selfs--is the Pegram Family
Album. Many, many thanks to Nola and Winona for all the help
with the Self/Pegram lines.
Check out Cousin Alan's site--over 2,700 surnames so far in The
Descendants of William the Conqueror.
Our very dear cousin, Rocky Harmon, operates a new gym for
cheerleading
teams. You can visit his page
and see some great photos. Rocky is the son of Sherry (Bennett) Bell
from
the Thomas Self/Oney Ham line.
Visit Cousin Dan's Website.
Click on the "James Henry" button for the SELF part of his family.
Visit Cousin Pat's genealogy home
page. The Cripe section is where the Selfs come in.
If you're interested in the line of Jesse and Mary (Narramore) Self,
you should visit Cousin Sandy's "myfamily.com" site and see the
wonderful photos there. To do this, send an e-mail message to Sandy
and make sure to include both your first and last names and the e-mail
address you will use to view the page.
The "mystery page" concept is the basis of Cousin
Cindy's Website. Perhaps you can help her identify some Selfs among
her wonderful collection of photographs. Even if you can't, you'll have
fun browsing through her treasures.
Cousin Bryce has a terrific page: "The
Descendants of Jesse Self of Walker County, GA" that
contains a gedcom of this family from Jesse and Mary (Narramore) Self
to
1920.
Cousin Bob has a Self in his family tree also. You can find her on
his
site.
We would like to identify her
Cousin Sandra, of the Isaac Self (Alabama) line, has a really lovely
FamilyTreeMaker
site, special in that it includes both family trees and
photographs.
Cousin Dianne's
online site contains a reference to Hattie (Self) Propst.
Go to Cousin Stephen's
page
to find a great list of genealogy resources. (We are in the
Personal/Family
section, reviewed Oct. 11, 1998.)
Cousin Mac's home
page
celebrates his hobbies and his hometown--a very, very nice site.
Cousins HarSea and Kauff
host the Seabolt pages. Visit them and send in your Seabolt queries.
Cousin Janis
has a wonderful home page devoted to the Sinclair Shiflett
family.
Cousin Sherri has put together
a wonderful page--it's not directly about Selfs but about the town of
Culloden,
GA and the Highland Games festival held there.
GENEALOGY PAGES
For those researchers just starting out, the blog, The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Genealogy, is a great place to start
The Family History Photo Archive
An informative article on genealogical influences on health
History of Ellis Island, suggested for inclusion here by Becca Riggs.
A guide for genealogists written by a fellow researcger,
A resource site: https://www.mapcon.com/us-en/genealogy-software-and-resources
A recommended site for beginners is the Ultimate
Genealogy Guide. It's an easy-to-understand introduction to
genealogy for those just starting their quest.
Another beginning site, also easy to
use: https://creditcritics.com/giving-credit-to-your-past/.
Recommended by teacher Mrs. Katie
Gold: NYC
Genealogy This is an especially helpful site
since many of our English Self cousins settled in New York after 1850.
You can find many helpful records at A
Guide to Free Genealogy and History Books by Steve Anastasiadis.
Also check out his publications How
to Gather Family Information and How
to Teach Kids About Family History and Genealogy
New Resource: Vodien
Recommended by the class of Ms. Julie
Loomis: History
at Home: A Guide to Genealogy.
Kristen Potter and her class recommend a
great site discovered by her student, Emily: Action Donation
Services has published Finding
Family from Ship's Passenger Lists, a collection of helpful links
for anyone researching ancestors who came to the United States from
another country.
An exciting new site in 2012: Barry's Blog on Genealogy.
Are your kids and grandkids interested in
genealogy? Not if they're like ours. Here's a great
kid-tested site that will help you and your children to view the
past and find out about your ancestors.
Friend and Official Bossier Parish
[Louisiana] Historian, Clifton Cardin alerted us to a story of murder
and mayhem in 19th century England. A woman named Maria Clarke
had buried her baby alive because she was afraid her husband-to-be
would back out of the marriage if he knew she already had a
child. You can read this fascinating tale at Ancestry.com
(subscription required, or try their free 14-day trial).
Live
Roots is a specialized
search engine that assists you with locating genealogical resources,
regardless of where it may be stored.
Interment.net
USA
People Search
A new, well-organized way to keep up with
your ancestors and relatives: Your
Beginnings, hosted by Gary Dawson.
Brigham
Young University Family
History Archive
A very nice, resourceful genealogy page--Genealogy Today!
We were really impressed with The Valley of the Shadow.
This site is perfect for those interested in the Civil War, portraying
both sides from a Northern and Southern County.
Visit the new home on the Web for the Union County (GA) Historical
Society.
The Digital
Library of Georgia is a wonderful offering from the GALILEO Project
at the University of Georgia Libraries.
Visit the Choctaw
County, OK Genealogical Society homepage. Cousin JoLynn is
the Society's Vice President!
Check out OKGenWeb's
Photo Gallery! There are Selfs there and lots of other
Oklahoma surnames related to us!
There are many documents containing Self names at the 1790/1800
County Tax Lists of Virginia, hosted by Steve and Bunny Binns.
Cousin Sybil alerted us to the Online Records Index Page
of the South Carolina Dept. of Archives and History.
Lovely memorials to deceased
individuals. Also, check out Findagrave.
Find interesting articles from newspapers
and other sources--one is on Hannah (Self) Story.
Visit DeadFred for mystery pictures of
your ancestors and relatives! To go directly to
the
Self photos at DeadFred, click
here!
The Book, "Blood Mountain Covenant," by Charles Hill, was written
about the grandson-in-law of Celia (Self) Collins of Union County,
GA. Click
here to read an interview with the author and accompanying
photographs by Martha Clement.
Check out Tracking
Your
Roots for marriage, Bible, and Civil War records. There are Selfs
listed
there.
Interment.net has many cemeteries listed. This one is for Salem
Cemetery in Union County, GA.
Archives.com
Civil War Message Board
Portal
Fascinating reading! Chronicles
of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, extracted from the
Original
Court Records of Augusta County 1745-1800 by Lyman Chalkley has three
complete
online volumes containing quite a few references to the interaction of
the Selfs with their new immigrant neighbors.
Click here to find out
where
and how to obtain vital records and documents in all 50 states.
Did your ancestors live in a poorhouse? The
Poorhouse Story is a clearinghouse for information about 19th
century
American Poorhouses. Updates are added frequently so please check this
fascinating site often.
Visit Cemetery
Junction for the most comprehensive cemetery site on the Web!
For those with Alabama ancestors, the Albama
Department of Archives & History site is a wonderful place to
find
information.
See the courthouses
where
your Texas ancestors may have conducted business and where their
records
may now be kept!
Lyman Chalkley's Chronicles
of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia Extracted From the Original
Court Records of Augusta County, 1745-1800 is now online at
RootsWeb
in its 3 volume entirety.
Search the files of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
A few good sites offering searchable surnames and surname
Websites:
GenGateway.com
SurnameWeb
Distantcousin.com
Would you like to see a distribution map for SELF and other
surnames?
Then check out this site!
Very
cleverly done colored maps show you where you're most likely to find
your
ancestors.
Rebel women--here's a link
for you!
To understand relationships to your cousins, get a copy of Cousin
Calculator!
Visit and read the "WPA
Life Histories from Texas." This page has a link to WPA writings
from other states, too.
For
Beginners: here's a good place to start your World Wide Web family
research.
This page contains many links to genealogy on the Web, 
Do you have Scottish ancestors who married into the Self family?
If
so, go to the Website of the Aberdeen
and NE Scotland FHS.
Kindred Konnections
(MyTrees.com) has a free searchable database as well as a lineage
library
for members.
Roots Computing provides
helpful hints for family research. It is also the home of Eastman's
Online
Genealogy Newsletter.
A site featuring military biographies online and photographs by
mail:
the Home Page of
the
U.S. Army Military History Institute.
Search zip codes!
Search area codes!
IXQUICK.COM
a new search engine on the "cutting edge"
check it out!
SEARCH.COM 
OTHER LINKS
Great Site: An ad-free utility including online
timer, stopwatch and countdown: Current
Time
Check out TimeandDate.com.
You can find out the time and date anywhere in the world--plus a lot
more!
The time is presented here in large print so everyone can see it
easily: The Time Now
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