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GARDENING
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
Garden Gate
The Garden Helper
Garden.com: Gardening for Today's World
Gardener's Supply Company
Gardening: A BH&G Guide --from Better Homes and Gardens magazine
GardenWeb: The Internet's Garden Community
HGTV: Home & Garden TV
HomeArts: Bloom!
Michigan State University Extension's Home Horticulture
National Gardening Association Online Magazine
Northern Gardening
Ohio State University WebGarden
Ortho: Home, Lawn, & Garden
Texas A&M University's PLANTanswers
University of Durham, UK
Virtual Gardener
WWW Virtual Library Gardening Links

GENEALOGY
Guides for Beginners
Ancient Faces
A Crash Course in Genealogy --Genealogical Research Library
Deciphering Old Handwriting
Directory of Genealogy Links
Family Tree Help via a Newsletter
Family Treemaker Help --How-To Articles
Finding Female Ancestors
A Genealogy Primer
Getting Started in Genealogy
How to Write a Successful Query --offers assistance on sending queries to mailing lists
Suggestions for Getting Started --National Genealogical Society

Guides for the US Census
Clues in Census Records, 1850-1920 --National Archives and Records Administration
Finding Treasures in the U.S. Federal Census
Understanding and Using US Census Information
US Federal Census Background
Where can the US Federal Census Records be found?

Guides to the Soundex
What is the Soundex?
The Soundex Indexing System --National Archives and Records Administration

Genealogy Links
American Family Immigration History Center
Ancestry Home Town
A Barrel of Genealogy Links
Chautauqua County Genealogy
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints --searchable database
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet --over 56,350 links; for Cyndi's New York listings click here
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet --New York
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
Genealogical Sources in the New York State Archives
The Genealogy Home Page
Genealogy.com --includes Social Security Death Index
Genealogy's Most Wanted
Internet FamilyFinder
Lineages --includes Social Security Death Index
Mayflower Web Pages
MyFamily.com
National Archives and Records Administration --The Genealogy Page
New York Genealogy
Olean Public Library Genealogy Resources --click on the Genealogy button
The Post-Journal --"Obituaries are delayed 1 week...The latest 30 obits are displayed...No Archive search is available"
Researching Your Family Tree
--Researching Your Family Tree is a "free interactive tutorial on researching family history information.  The tutorial is for beginners interested in using the Internet for genealogy research.  It provides a demonstration of each Internet resource, and it allows users to practice with the resource while following step-by-step instructions."  (Professional Library Science Listserv)
Roots Surname List
Social Security Death Index see
Genealogy.com, rootsweb.com, or Lineages

GOVERNMENT see also FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; NEW YORK STATE GOVERNMENT; or Cities and Towns in the Local Information at Your Click website

Foreign Government Resources on the Web
Governments by County 
   
Allegany
   
Cattaraugus
   
Chautauqua  --official Chautauqua County website:  http://www.co.chautauqua.ny.us/
   
Erie
   
Genesee
   
Niagara
   
Orleans
   
Wyoming
Governments in Western New York Municipalities
Jamestown
Western New York Municipalities

GRAMMAR
Big Dog's Grammar - A Bare Bones Guide to English
Guide to Grammar and Writing --includes quizzes
Revising Prose

GRANTS
Foundation Center
Funding Resources:  Where and How to Find Grants in Chautauqua County --United Way of Chautauqua County
GrantsAlert.com

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