Citizenship Resources

• Citizenship Study Guide - An online study guide that will prepare you to ace the redesigned naturalization exam or citizenship test by using quizzes, flashcards and practice exercises - all online and available 24/7.
• US Citizenship & Immigration Services
  • Naturalization Self-Test
  • Civics and Citizenship Study Materials
  • English Test Study Materials   

Credit Reports

• Equifax
• Experian
• Trans Union
• Annual Credit Report -  This central site allows you to request a free credit file disclosure, commonly called a credit report, once every 12 months from each of the nationwide consumer credit reporting companies: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.

Free EBook and Audio Book Resources

• Books Should Be Free - Free audio books in mp3, iPod, or iTunes formats.
• Bookyards - A web library that provides of a wide variety of ebooks.
• LibriVox - Free audio books in multiple formats, including mp3.
• Manybooks - This site carries a wide variety of ebooks.
• Open Library - This site includes access to over one million books. It is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
• Project Gutenberg - The first producer of free ebooks. This site carries over 33,000 high quality books that can be downloaded for free in a variety of formats, including some audio books.

Genealogy

• Ancestry.com   -  The largest collection of family history records on the web.
• Census Online - One stop shopping place to find a wide variety of census data online.
• Cyndi's List - More than 50,000 categorized genealogy sites.
• Family Tree - The graphical genealogy directory.
• Genealogical Society of Stanislaus County - To bring together people with a mutual interest in genealogical research.
• Genealogy.com - More than 72,000 links
• National Archives & Records Administration - Use their Research Room to find out about family history/genealogy research and veteran's service records.
• Social Security Death Index - Search using name, last known address, or birth and death dates to find social security number.
• Soundex Machine - Will give you the soundex code for any name.

Library Related Sites

• Inter-Play, An Index to Plays - Online index to plays in collections, anthologies, & periodicals.
• Information You Can Trust - Search the combined Internet Public Library and Librarian's Internet Index sources.
• Library Development Services       

People Sites

The following links will help in locating individuals by using their names, addresses, or phone numbers or combinations of that information throughout the world.

• InfoSpace
• SwitchBoard
• Telephone Directories on the Web
• WhitePages.com
• WhoWhere
• YellowBook

Real Estate Sites

The following links will help you in the search for real estate within Stanislaus County.

• Apartments.com
• HomeGain
• Metrolist
• Prudential California Realty
• PMZ Real Estate
• Real Estate  
• Realtor.com

Transit Resources

• Bay Area Rapid Transit - Bay Area mass transit system. Site includes schedules, route maps, fee information, etc.
• Modesto Area Express  - Modesto's local bus system. Site includes schedules, routes, fees, etc.
• Stanislaus Regional Transit  - Stanislaus County bus services, maps, routes, etc.
• Turlock Public Transit  -  Site has transit info for the city of Turlock, including dial-a-ride services and bus lines.
• Amtrak  - Homepage for the national passenger train service. Routes, maps, schedules, ordering tickets online, prices, etc.