www.FamilySearch.org - try the pilot, SS death index, records (this site will also give them opportunity to volunteer to index other records - a good service opportunity)
_ you can search by name or you can open browse our record collection click on the map, or browse collections (these are collections that have been indexed so they are not all that is available, but a very good start) you can search collections for: United States, Mexico, Caribbean and South America, Europe, etc. 1940 US Census and earlier (not available to public for 70 years) Prause is a good name to experiment with in Texas. You may not have time to play with this to be able to instruct your students, but good luck. Other sites to try.....
_ you can search by name or you can open browse our record collection click on the map, or browse collections (these are collections that have been indexed so they are not all that is available, but a very good start) you can search collections for: United States, Mexico, Caribbean and South America, Europe, etc. 1940 US Census and earlier (not available to public for 70 years) Prause is a good name to experiment with in Texas. You may not have time to play with this to be able to instruct your students, but good luck. Other sites to try.....
- Google - type in the name...it is surprising what you may find
- Ancestry.com - fee based
- Rootsweb - free....family trees available, but only if someone has entered them
- GenForum