General History Websites helpful to Sheldon Research
- General
- Black Sheep Ancestors: Site dedicated to recording historic criminal records
- David Rumsey Map Collection
- Dead Fred, Genealogy Photo Archive: link is filtered to the Sheldon surname
- FamilySearch Catalogue Search: Sheldon results
- FamilySearch Full-Text Search Lab
- FamilySearch Labs
- FamilySearch Research Wiki
- Find-a-Grave
- National Archives
- Newspaper Map Worldwide (links to current newspaper website)
- Sheldon Genealogy; International Sheldon Genealogy: a wiki by Dale Sheldon
- Canada
- Plum Hollow Witch: Ottawa Rewind, she lived in Sheldon’s Corners
- United Kingdom
- Barcheston’s History
- Beoley Skull Investigation: Centre of Archaeology
- Bigland Pedigree Transcription: originally from the closed website of Dr. Mike Sheldon
- Birmingham (England) Archives & Heritage Online Catalogue
- Broadway Manor (Cotswolds): previously a Sheldon estate
- Commonwealth War Graves: Sheldon names
- Coventry (England) Collections
- Gloucestershire Heritage Hub: Archive Catalogue; Gloucestershire, England
- Historical Maps of Warwickshire, England
- Mill Hay Country House: previously part of the Sheldon estates in the Cotswolds
- Open Domesday: A free online copy of the Domesday book
- Prerogative Court of Canterbury; Will of Ralph Sheldon (1613): and other related Sheldon documents transcribed
- Prerogative Court of Canterbury; Will of William Sheldon (1571): and other related Sheldon documents transcribed
- Prerogative Court of Canterbury; Will of William Sheldon (1587): and other related Sheldon documents transcribed
- Research in England (2015-2017) by Dale Sheldon and Kelly Wheaton
- Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
- Warwickshire County (England) Records Office
- Wiltshire & Swindon Archives
- Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service: Archive Catalogue
- United States
- Allen County Public Library: The donated files of the Sheldon Family Association
- Chronicling America (free newspaper archive)
- Early American Sources
- Ellis Island Passenger Search
- Guide to the Sheldon Family Papers at PVMA Deerfield – Memorial Hall Museum
- Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History: Middlebury, Vermont
- Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Sheldon – Schenectady Digital History Archives
- Maps of US
- Plymouth Colony Archive Project
- Scarborough Historical Society: Original colony of Godfrey Sheldon
- Slavery and its Legacy in South Kingstown: South Kingstown Public Library
Sheldon Related Blogs and Wikis
- Our History Told: A wiki of genealogical research by Dale Sheldon
- Sheldon Genealogy: additional links to the top research blogs on this site
- Chair That Made a Fortune: by Dale Sheldon
- Connecting the Dots: by Mary Jane Sheldon Barrett (posted by Dale Sheldon)
- Curious Tale of Austin Sheldon
- DNA Posts
- How Do We Know What the y-DNA is Telling Us?: by Kelly Wheaton
- New Ancient DNA Results – New Sheldon Matches: by Kelly Wheaton
- Refinement of Group B Sheldon’s DNA: by Kelly Wheaton
- Sheldons of Derbyshire: New DNA Results and Their Implications: by Kelly Wheaton
- English Origins – Best Guess?: by Dale Sheldon
- Exploring a Family Legend: by Kelly Wheaton
- Foxes, Wild Cats, Crows, & Woodchucks: by Kelly Wheaton
- Geoff Sheldon’s Reminiscences on the Passing of Queen Elizabeth II: by Geoff Sheldon (posted by Kelly Wheaton)
- Isaac (5) & John (13) Sheldon; Were They Brothers?: by Kelly Wheaton
- Isaac Sheldon of Derby – New Discovery!!: by Dale Sheldon
- Isaac Sheldon of Windsor Connecticut is Not From Derbyshire: by Kelly Wheaton
- Is British Sergeant Thomas Sheldon’s Grave in Philadelphia Lost to History?: by George Sheldon
- Locating Sheldon Lands in Early Kingstown Rhode Island: by Kelly Wheaton
- Meet Ames Sheldon: by Kelly Wheaton
- More Gophering: by Kelly Wheaton
- Private Thomas Sheldon Answered the Call and Paid the Ultimate Price: by George Sheldon
- Question of Richard, the Progenitor?!: by Dale Sheldon
- Ralph Sheldon, Al Capon’s Bootlegger: by George Sheldon
- Sheldon Cemetery in Leeds Canada: by Jan Barrett (posted by George Sheldon)
- Sheldon Serendipity: by Kelly Wheaton
- Sheldons & the Early History of Luxury Cruising: by Dale Sheldon
- Sheldons of Sheldon, Warwickshire – 1189-c.1350: by Kelly Wheaton
- Sheldon Town in Wyatt Earp Country Not Named for Your Ancestor: by George Sheldon
- St. Vitus’ Dance – A Soldier’s Rare Disability: by Dale Sheldon
- Thanksgiving Musings: by Dale Sheldon
- Uncovering a Sheldon Scandal?!: by Dale Sheldon
- Was the Skull in the Sheldon Crypt at Beoley, William Shakespeare’s?: by Dale Sheldon
- What Kinda Shift is This??: by Dale Sheldon
- Why Are So Many Men Named Sheldon as Their First Names?: by George Sheldon
- Wheaton Wood, A Genetic & Genealogical Forest: a blog by Sheldon DNA Expert Kelly Wheaton
- Derbyshire and North Staffordshire Sheldons
- Exploring a Family Legend: The Sheldon and the Underground Railroad in Michigan
- Getting in Trouble in Early Rhode Island: John Shelden/Sheldon of Newport & Kingstown
- Justus Warren Sheldon in Eaton Rapids, Michigan & the Power of Colorized Photos
- Locating the Actual Place Your Ancestors Lived: Sheldon Land Records in Early Kingstown, Rhode Island
- More Gophering for Sheldon Origin Clues: The Technique Works for Any Surname
- Mystery of the Fleur-de-Lis: Why Would John Shelden/Sheldon Use This Symbol in His Sheep Brand?
- Sheldon Coat of Arms
- Sheldon DNA
- Warwickshire, Worcestershire & South Staffordshire Sheldons
Sheldon Publications
- General – (not location specific, multiple states or countries mentioned)
- Descendants of John Sheldon (of South Kingston): by Ralph Sheldon (1923). Ancestry.com subscription required
- History of the Shelton family of England and America: by Mildred Campbell Whitaker (1941). WARNING: this book contains Sheldon information but conflates them with the SHELTON family, which to date has no relationship to our SHELDON lines.
- Sheldons of Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, and Isaac Sheldon of New England: by J. Gardner Bartless (1926). Published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. WARNING: the connection made in this publication between Isaac Sheldon of Windsor and an infant Isaac Sheldon of Bakewell has since been disproven. However, the rest of the work is very well done.
- Sheldon Magazine (Vol I-V, Original 1855): by Rev. Henry O. Sheldon
- Sheldon Magazine (Vol I, 1973 Reprint): by Rev. Henry O. Sheldon with edits by the Sheldon Family Association
- Sheldon Magazine (Vol I, 1957 Corrected Index): by Rev. Henry O. Sheldon with edits by the Sheldon Family Association
- Sheldon Magazine (Vol II, Reprinted 1965): by Rev. Henry O. Sheldon with edits by the Sheldon Family Association
- Sheldon Magazine (Vol III, Reprinted 1962): by Rev. Henry O. Sheldon with edits by the Sheldon Family Association
- Sheldon Magazine (“Unprinted” Vol V, 1957): by Rev. Henry O. Sheldon with edits by the Sheldon Family Association
- Sheldon Magazine (Vol VI, 1969): edited and transcribed by Leland Locke Sheldon
- Sheldons Prior to 1700: by E. Hortense Sheldon (1961). Free
- United Kingdom
- History & Topography and Directory of Warwickshire: by William West (1830)
- Place-Names of Warwickshire: by J. E. B. Gover, A. Mawer & F. M. Stenton, with F. T. S. Houghton (1970)
- Records of Wroxall Abbey and Manor, Warwickshire: by John William Ryland, F.S.A. (1903)
- Register of the Guild of Knowle in the County of Warwick (1451-1535): by W. H. Robinson (1894)
- Religious Life in Coventry (1485-1558): by Mark Knight (1986)
- Sheldons, Being some account of the Sheldon Family of Worcestershire & Warwickshire: by E. A. B. Barnard (1936)
- Visitation of Derbyshire, Taken in 1662, and Reviewed in 1663: by William Dugdale, Esq (1879)
- Visitation of the County of Warwick in the year 1619: by William Camden (1877)
- Visitation of the County of Worcester made in the year 1569: by W.P.W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L. (1888)
- Visitation of Wiltshire, 1623: by George W. Marshall, LL.D. (1882)
- United States
- California
- Diary of Ella Sheldon: by Ella Sheldon (1893). Digital copy at University of the Pacific
- Connecticut
- Genealogy of the Descendants of Joseph Sheldon of Suffield, Connecticut: by John Preston Sheldon (1901)
- History of Ancient Windsor: by Henry Reed Stiles (1859). Free
- Massachusetts
- History of Deerfield, Massachusetts (Vol I): by George Sheldon (1896)
- History of Deerfield, Massachusetts (Vol II): by George Sheldon (1896)
- History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Massachusetts: by Benjamin W. Dwight (1871)
- History of the Town of Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts: by Lucy Cutler Kellogg (1902)
- History of Northampton, Massachusetts from its Settlement in 1654 (Vol I): by James Russell Trumbull (1898)
- History of Northampton, Massachusetts from its Settlement in 1654 (Vol II): by James Russell Trumbull (1902)
- Memoranda Relating to the Ancestry & Family of Hon. Levi Parsons Morton: by Josiah Granville Leach, LL.B. (1894)
- New York
- Diary of Henry Sheldon: transcribed with photos at The Gouverneur Museum
- Rhode Island
- Documentary History of Rhode Island (Vol I): by Howard M. Chapin (1916)
- Documentary History of Rhode Island (Vol II): by Howard M. Chapin (1919)
- Early History of Narragansett: by Elisha R. Potter, Jr. (1835)
- Historic and Architectural Resources of South Kingstown, Rhode Island: by the RI Historical Preservation Commission (1984)
- Narragansett Friends’ Meeting in the XVIII Century: by Caroline Hazard (1899)
- Narragansett Planters: by Edward Channing (1886)
- Records of the Colony of Rhode Island (Vol I, 1636-1663): by John Russell Bartlett (1856)
- Records of the Colony of Rhode Island (Vol II, 1664-1677): by John Russell Bartlett (1857)
- Records of the Colony of Rhode Island (Vol III, 1678-1706): by John Russell Bartlett (1858)
- Records of the Colony of Rhode Island (Vol IV, 1707-1740): by John Russell Bartlett (1859)
- Records of the Colony of Rhode Island (Vol V, 1741-1756): by John Russell Bartlett (1860)
- Records of the Colony of Rhode Island (Vol VI, 1757-1769): by John Russell Bartlett (1861)
- Records of the Colony of Rhode Island (Vol VII, 1770-1776): by John Russell Bartlett (1862)
- Records of the Colony of Rhode Island (Vol VIII, 1776-1779): by John Russell Bartlett (1863)
- Records of the Colony of Rhode Island (Vol IX, 1780-1783): by John Russell Bartlett (1864)
- Records of the Colony of Rhode Island (Vol X, 1784-1792): by John Russell Bartlett (1865)
- Records of the Proprietors of the Narragansett (Vol I): by James N. Arnold (1894)
- Rhode Island Court Records (Vol I, 1647-1662): by RI Historical Society (1920)
- Rhode Island Land Evidences (Vol I, 1648-1696): by RI Historical Society (1921)
- Tennessee
- Bible Records of Joseph Shaw Sheldon & Lula Honor Walls: TN GenWeb Project
- Vermont
- Vermont; Once No Man’s Land: by Merritt Clark Barden (1928)
- California
Sheldon Genealogy on YouTube
- Breaking Brick Walls with YDNA Series with host Kelly Wheaton and guest Chris Sheldon
- Interview with Ames Sheldon – Novelist: With host Kelly Wheaton and guest Ames Sheldon
- Interview with Andrew Sheldon – Artist: With host Kelly Wheaton and guest Andrew Sheldon
- Sheldon Genealogy at Gettysburg Series: with hosts George Sheldon and Kelly Wheaton
Sheldon Links not specifically related to Sheldon Genealogy
- Heartbreak and Healing: An Artist’s Search for Justice: Andrew Sheldon
- Twisted Roots, A Genealogist’s True Crime Podcast: Hosted and produced by Dale Sheldon
