CURRENT INFORMATION
The
Europa World of Learning
International Guide to the Academic World.
Genealogy Conferences
and Events
Calendar
The International Association of
Universities (IAU)
Internet2®:
Consortium being led by
over 200 universities
working in partnership
with industry and government to develop
and deploy advanced network
applications and technologies.
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ALL
ALUMNI - STUDENT DIRECTORIES: WORLDWIDE:
Alumni Association
Friends, Military, Greek and K-12 to University organizations.
*
ACUC
Association of College and University Clubs (ACUC)
located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
* Alumni-Find
* Alumni.net™
School, Company, or Organization.
*
Classmates.com:
classmates.com®
* Coolbuddy.com - Reach your friends
*
Facebook:
Facebook
Online directory that connects people through social networks
at colleges, universities and high schools. Facebook is designed
to limit the availability of your profile to only your friends
and other students at your school.
* Friends_Reunited: Friends Reunited (UK and
International)
* gradFinder™
* MSN® Groups: Schools &
Education Categories
*
The Names Database™
Find old
friends and former flames.
* Personal
Pages at Colleges and Universities Worldwide
* Reunion.com: Reunion.com
*
Reunionhall.org
* Reunions.com
High School Reunion Planning Information.
* SchoolNews.com
Classmates and Alumni Directory.
ALL
SCHOOL DIRECTORIES WORLDWIDE:
SCHOOL:
Portal:Schools
-
COLLEGE
- UNIVERSITY:
Portal:University
Webometrics Ranking of World Universities
* Braintrack
*
Citycollege
* Colleges and Universities
- NACADA
Worldwide listings of Colleges and
Universities from the National
Academic Advising Association's Technology in Advising Commission.
* Community College Web
*
Find Universities & Colleges
Guide of every college and university in Canada, Europe and the United
States.
*
Fraternities
and Sororities:
Honor Society
-
Cultural Interest Fraternities and Sororities
-
Greekpages.com:
Greekopedia
Fraternity & sorority websites and directories.
-
List of Social Fraternities and Sororities
-
North-American Interfraternity Conference
* Google's University Search
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Search in each specific school website for information. Using unique surnames,
or "genealogy" and "family history" as keywords, will provide local university
resources on these and other related subjects.
*
List of Universities and Colleges by Country
*
Military Academy
Includes high
school-level institutions awarding academic qualification,
university-level institutions awarding bachelor's degree level
qualification,
and those preparing officer cadets for commissioning into state armed
services.
* Project Happy Child
Linking school children all across the World.
*
School District
Serves to operate the local public
primary and
secondary
schools.
-
Lists of school districts in the United States
*
Student
Organizations: European and International Societies
-
IFISO Member Organizations — IFISO Plone Portal
* Universities Worldwide
-
List of oldest Universities in continuous operation
* World
School Directory
* Worldwide Classroom
International consortium of
schools.
* Yahoo!®
Education - Countries
AMERICAN
SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES:
ADVANCED:
* American
Association of Community Colleges -
Community College Web
*
Best Graduate Schools Index
*
The Education
Department Website
Data on US colleges, universities and technical
training schools.
* Higher Education in the United
States of America
* U 101 Directory of Colleges, Universities and
Online Education
* USUniversities.com
Complete on-line US University Directory.
K-12:
* American School Directory
K-12
*
Easy School Search
Database of over 130,000 US public and private elementary
and secondary schools, with grades kindergarten through twelve.
*
GreatSchools™.net
Parent's guide to K-12 success.
* National Center for Education
Statistics and Site Index
- School District Demographics
*
Public Schools & Private Schools Information
* Public School Review™
Free
Profiles of Public Schools in the USA.
SPECIALTY:
* California Education
* CampusTours: Virtual College Tours
*
EducationSeek.com
Information on Private Schools and Public Schools.
* IES: Search For Schools - Public &
Private, Libraries, and Colleges
*
List of United States Military Schools and Academies
-
Military school
-
Military Schools
-
United
States Military Academy at West Point
*
USNews.com: Rankings
& Guides
* Vocational Schools Directory
* Yahoo!
Education - U.S. States
EDUCATION FINANCES: PLANNING - SCHOLARSHIPS
Many universities now have family history distance learning course programs.
Students, faculty and staff usually have special access to
advanced school,
college or university library research facilities and online database resources.
Quality genealogy and family history information can be conveyed back home,
to assist supporting parents
and family members.
* College and University Rankings, Financial Aid and Scholarships
* collegeboard.com
SAT Registration, SAT Preparation, College Search, Test
Preparation,
College Guides, Colleges and Universities.
* CollegeNET
College Search, Scholarships & Financial Aid, College Recruiting,
College Resources, Virtual Tours and Discount Bookstore.
* Council of Graduate Schools
* Educational Testing Service Network
* FASFA: Free Application for Federal Student Aid
*
Occupational Outlook Handbook (USA)
* Peterson's
*
SAT Prep Plan
- Free Practice
*
Student Financial
Assistance
U. S. Department of Education major student aid programs,
including Pell Grants and Stafford Loans.
*
Test Prep Review
Online resource for test
preparation.
* Xap.com
Provides students and their families, universities and sponsors the most
comprehensive and widely used online information services for higher education.
FAMILY HISTORY BASED EDUCATION RESOURCES:
* Academic Education Learning Resources
*
BYU Genealogy and Family
History Programs
-
BYU Family Search Lab -
Education
- BYU Genealogy
Conferences
-
CFHG: Academic Information
- Free (BYU)
Family History, Family Life and Religious Scripture Courses
* Documentation and Publications: Professional
Genealogical Sources
* Education
and Training in Family History Research
* Education To Go, Inc
and
School Locator
Genealogy Basics course
will help you understand the research process, ways
to organize your information and the use of forms to make sense of your
data.
Develop a strategy to accomplish research objectives and evaluate the results
by recording new information and sharing that information with others. Explore
many Internet sites where you can search for family names. The course explains
in simple terms where to look, who to
contact and how to use the genealogical
research tools of the computer and the Internet to further your research.
* Heritage Gene@logy College and
Salt Lake Community College
* National Institute
for Genealogical Studies
* National Institute on Genealogical Research
- USA
* Oxford University - England
Advanced diploma in Local History via the Internet.
*
Samford
University: Institute of Genealogy & Historical Research
*
UC Dublin
(Ireland) - Certificate in Genealogy/Family History:
Diploma
* University of
Strathclyde (Scotland) - Postgraduate Certificate in Genealogical Studies
*
University of Washington Extension: Genealogy and Family History
* Web-based
Teacher and Genealogical
Research on the Web
Kovacs Consulting: Internet and Web Training.
*
WVU Extended Learning |
Beginning and Intermediate Genealogy
HERITAGE & EDUCATIONAL TUTORIALS:
* 101+ Fun Family History Activities for Kids
* 123 Genealogy
*
Ancestors:
Teacher's Guide
* Boy
Scout Genealogy Merit Badge and Merit
Badges
*
CFHG:
Guides and Tutorials (BYU)
*
Don's Classes (Don Snow)
*
Education: Free Online Lessons
*
Elderhostel - Genealogy - Adventures in Lifelong Learning®
*
Excite UK - Society - Genealogy - Resources -
Tutorials
* Family
Trees Lesson Plans from Teachnet.com
Introduce young people to tracing
family trees.
*
FFHS
- Research Tips - First Steps in Family History Research
*
Foreign
Languages: Translations and Translators
*
Genealogy Classroom
*
Genealogy Conferences and
Events
* Genealogy
Learning Center
* GenealogyMagazine
Learn about research techniques used by successful genealogists.
*
Genealogy Online
* Heritage Preservation
*
LESSON PLANET™:
Genealogy Lesson Plans
* Lesson Plans - Family Tree and Genealogy
*
NGS | Genealogical
Standards & Guidelines
*
NGS | The Learning Center
*
ProQuest Information and Learning: Genealogy 101
*
RootsWeb Guide to Tracing
Family Trees|
*
Shirley Hornbeck's This and That Genealogy Tips
*
Speakers Guild (Genealogical)
Planning your next conference, all-day seminar, or yearly
lecture schedule?
*
Teaching Family History
Annotated Bibliography | Steven Mintz | OAH Magazine of History.
*
Thinkfinity
Search
results for "genealogy".
ONLINE
EDUCATION and RESOURCES:
Distance Education
-
Electronic Learning
* 4
International Colleges & Universities - Study Abroad
* BBC Learning
* California Virtual Campus
*
Cultural Experiences Abroad and GoAbroad.com.
On-line sources for study abroad, language schools, overseas internships,
international volunteer positions,
teach abroad, jobs abroad, US Universities
and Eco-Travel around the world.
*
Degree.net Central
*
dgCommunities
Online communities of practice on critical development topics.
*
Direct Textbooks
Compare new and used textbooks and textbook buyback prices.
*
Distance Education.org
Degrees, programs, online colleges - universities and accredited online
degree programs.
*
Distance-Educator.com
Everything related to distance
education and e-learning.
*
Education Atlas®
Online Map to Education, Online Degrees and Distance Learning.
*
Education Online Search
Career education, college, school and university information.
* Fathom
Interactive knowledge and online education. Collection of the best online
courses, plus free authenticated articles and lectures from the world's
leaders in education, research and the dissemination of knowledge.
* Free-Ed.Net™
Free Education on the Internet.
*
International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE):
Useful Links
Serves as the global umbrella
membership organization in online,
flexible and blended learning, including e-learning and distance
education.
-
Commonwealth of Learning
Open and distance learning professional associations.
*
Massive List of Free
Education Online For Autodidacts
-
UC Berkeley on Google™ Video
*
Open Educational
Resources (OER) Index
Teaching and learning materials that
are freely available online for everyone
to use, whether you are an instructor, student, or self-learner.
-
Portals and Gateways - OER_Wiki
Collaboration of more than 100
higher education institutions and associated
organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of
open
educational content, to advance education and empower people worldwide.
- OER Commons
Teaching
and learning network, with materials that are
free and open to use,
from K-12 lesson plans to college courseware.
-
OpenCourseWare Consortium
-
OpenCourseWare Consortium - Consortium Members
-
MIT: Massachusetts Institute of
Technology OpenCourseWare
Free
educational resource (OER) for educators, students and self-learners worldwide.
-
Repositories - OER_Wiki
*
Open
University:
The Open University
Distance learning courses and adult education.
* School-Libraries.Net
and Libraries and
Museums
*
SearchForClasses
* Suite101.com™
Online educational communities, schools and expert publications.
* TEAMS Distance Learning
Learning opportunities to K-8 students,
teachers, and parents across the United States
through nationally televised satellite broadcasts and the Internet.
* Virtual High School
Quality course design,
online education standards and pedagogy, student
assessment, teacher professional development, and teacher
certification.
*
Wikiversity
Community for the creation and use of free
learning materials and
activities.
* WorldWideLearn
Online degree programs and course information.
SCHOOL RECORDS, GENEALOGICAL SOURCES and HISTORY:
ARCHIVES:
* Archives &
Manuscript Collections
*
Archives Hub: Archives of UK universities and
colleges.
*
UNESCO Archives Portal
Archives/Academia and Culture/Universities and Research Institutions.
ARCHIVES & ALUMNI:
Establishing a School Archives (NARA)
and School Records (UK)
*
ACAD - A Cambridge Alumni Database
(UK)
*
Dartmouth College People: Biographical and Genealogical Research
* Five College Archives &
Manuscript Collections (MA)
* Harvard University:
Harvard University Archives
- Harvard
University Archives - Biography Research Guide
-
Harvard University Archives - General Research Guide
- Harvard
University Archive Records:
Records of faculty,
student, staff and alumni organizations.
-
Online Archival Search Information System
*
Harvard/Radcliffe Biography
*
Princeton
University Archives - Genealogical Sources
*
Resources
for Scholars and Researchers
Schoolbooks and textbooks from libraries in the United States,
Canada, Great Britain and other countries.
*
RootsLink Search Results - School Records
*
Stanford University Archives
* University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor: Genealogy Sources
* University of Wisconsin
- Milwaukee: Archives - Genealogy
* Western Michigan University Libraries:
Archives and Regional History
* Yearbook:
Old College Yearbooks -
old-yearbooks.com -
The Yearbook Guy
Old Yearbooks, old annuals, class rosters, graduation programs,
senior photos and high school and college memorabilia.
- Resources to
find, search or locate yearbooks
GENEALOGICAL SOURCES:
(University - College Libraries)
Countries - General:
*
Cambridge University (UK): Heraldic & Genealogical Society
*
Queen's University Library (Canada): Genealogy
*
St. Andrews University Library (Scotland): Genealogical Sources
*
UNBF Libraries - Subject Guides and Tutorials
(Canada):
Genealogy
*
University of
Aberdeen (Scotland): Genealogy - Library Resources
*
University of Strathclyde - Scottish Family History
United States:
*
Auburn University Libraries (AL) Genealogy Guide to Resources
* Boston
University Libraries (MA) Oral History & Family History:
Biographies
*
Bowling
Green State University (OH): Genealogy Research Aids
* Brigham Young University (UT): BYU
Family History Library - Family Search Lab
*
California State University, Chico - Meriam Library: Genealogy
*
Cornell University Libraries (NY): Genealogical
Research at Cornell
*
Duke
University Libraries (NC) - Genealogy
*
James
Madison University (VA) Library Genealogy Guide:
Internet Resources
*
Iowa
State University e-Library: Genealogy
* Louisiana
State University Libraries - Genealogy
* Mississippi State
University Libraries - Genealogy
*
Montana
State University Libraries - Selected Genealogy Resources
*
North Dakota State University Libraries: Germans from Russia Heritage
*
Nova
Southeastern University (Florida): Alvin Sherman Library - Genealogy
*
Oakland
University (MI) Kresge Library: History and Genealogy Resources
*
Ohio
State University: Genealogy Tutorial and
Resources for History - P.S. - Philosophy
*
Oklahoma State
University - Library Genealogy Resources
*
Penn State University Libraries - Guide for Genealogy
*
Rutgers University Libraries (NJ) - Genealogical Resources
*
Samford University Library - Genealogy Resources
*
University of California at Berkeley Bancroft Biography & Genealogy
*
University of California at Santa Barbara Libraries:
Genealogy
* University of California - Melvyl® System:
UC Davis
*
University of Colorado at Boulder and Local Area Genealogy Resources
* University of
Delaware Library - Resources for Genealogy
*
University of Central
Florida Libraries -- Genealogy Resources
*
University of Georgia Libraries - Genealogy
* University
of Idaho Genealogical Records
*
University of Kentucky: Libraries - Genealogy Guide
*
University of Minnesota Libraries - Genealogy Resources
* University of
New Hampshire - Genealogical Materials
*
University of
North Carolina - Genealogy and Family History
*
University of
North Dakota - Family History and Genealogy Room
* University of Oregon
Libraries - Genealogy
*
University of Tennessee
Libraries: Reference Shelf - Genealogy
*
University of Utah:
The Marriott
Library
-
Pedigree and Population Resources
*
University of Virginia Library:
Genealogical Resources
* University of West Florida:
Holdings Database and Digital Archives
*
University of Wisconsin-Madison Family Histories Research Guide
*
Washington & Lee
University Leyburn Library (VA): Special Collections
*
West Virginia University Libraries:
West Virginia and Regional History Collection
HISTORY of EDUCATION (International and Worldwide):
Education
*
education subject:"Education / History" - Google™
Book Search
*
Eduhistory.com:
links and
HES Resources
*
History of Education and Childhood
*
History
of Education: Selected Moments
(20th Century)
* International Standing
Conference for the History of Education
*
List of Education
articles by Country
* USA:
- History of American Education and
The History of
Education in America
-
History and
Philosophy of Education
-
School: The Story of American
Public Education
Delve into the
Public School of yesterday and get involved
in one of America's oldest and most dynamic institutions.
-
Timeline for American Education
- 19th
Century Schoolbooks
Schools - Colleges - Universities: Alumni and
Genealogy Education
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