PEOPLE

CONTENTS:

• Vitalog.com
• The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans
• ProGenealogists.com

VITALOG.COM

This is an ambitious site, which advertises itself as a source of information on exceptional people from all times and regions of the world. You can browse for people by activity (profession), geography, nationality, religion or ethnicity. The site sure looks comprehensive. For example, under Buddhism you can search under Mahayana, Theravada, Tibetan or Zen Buddism. Nationalities include modern states (Andoran, Baharaini, Qatari) and historic states (Assyrian, Khiva, Urartu).

Before you get too excited about the level of detail, however, know that most of these categories are empty. In addition, some pages are plagued with software errors and cannot be opened.

Go ahead and try a name search. You will find the ubiquitous Bill Gates but, alas, not Intel co-founder Gordon Moore. Much of the information is historical, not much use to researchers. We can only hope that as this site grows, it will become more useful.

http://www.vitalog.com/index.shtml

THE HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS

Does anybody read Horatio Alger anymore? Alger, a 19th-Century American author, wrote tales about the kind of go-getters who succeed, despite all odds, through kindness, perseverance and determination.

Click on Members. Members of The Horatio Alger Association are leaders of our society who are sports champions and entertainers, innovators and entrepreneurs as well as healers, teachers, artists and writers. Members are listed alphabetically or by class year. Click on a name for a detailed bio. Hey, I found a couple of my prospects here!

http://www.horatioalger.org

PROGENEALOGISTS.COM

If you ever find yourself trying to untangle the roots of a complex family tree, you need to know about this site. Just as the name implies, this site is run by professional genealogists. They have put together a listing of the sites they use in their day-to-day research. Some sites require a subscription, but many are free. You will find Family Tree Indexes, U.S. GenWeb sites, Vital Records sites, Cemetery sites, Census sites, Military sites, Newspapers, Obits, State Archives, Ellis Island records . . . you get the picture. This is one excellent site for genealogy research.

http://progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm

Pam Patton