Contains important and valuable resources not found anywhere else. Over 2,400 databases containing over 135 million names, 28+million documents, artifacts, records, manuscripts, books, bibles, photos, etc. Specializing in American, Irish, English, Italian, Scottish, Atlantic and French Canadian, African American, Native American, and Jewish genealogy.
A premium source of information – 4+ billion names, 27,000 databases, 26,000 historical records collections, the only completely indexed US Census records, US ship passenger lists, African-American historical documents, city directories, vital records, family trees, etc.
Contains: THE SOURCE – A guidebook to American genealogy
REDBOOK – American state, county, and town sources
And other content from Ancestry and people
A free directory of online death indexes listed by state and county: Death records, death certificate indexes, death notices and registers, obituaries, probate indexes, and cemetery and burial records.
A mega portal of key worldwide genealogical databases and resources.
The Family History Library’s best websites for each country + other links.
FAMILY SEARCH - FREE - www.familysearch.org -
Free access to billions of records – Improving their infrastructure to make it easier for everyone, and eliminate duplications – digitizing and indexing their extensive records in the Granite Mt. Vault – Partnering with other libraries to digitize their records – Upgrading their catalog using new technology – Adding new searchable maps, a new wiki site, and a digital image viewer – Expanding published family histories – Over 200 digital cameras currently digitizing records in 47 countries.
PEDIGREE RESOURCE FILE
ANCESTRAL FILE
INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX (IGI)
RESEARCH WIKI – https://wiki.familysearch.org - browse by country – they have the largest international data resource available. Links to archives, births, marriages, cemeteries, census, etc. Over 40,000 articles, tutorials, and videos. Search by Category – including ethnic groups and many different topics. Check out the Ancestry Map showing the largest population in US.
FAMILY TREE –FREE -
http://new.familysearch.org – It will eventually include capabilities to link “public documents” with each record – It has the option to dispute and provide alternative lineages with notes and proof documents.
It will soon be open to everyone (now currently open only to LDS) – This will revolutionize family history research collaboration, and be a boon to tracking and sharing your family roots.
This will combine all info into one place so everyone can work on it together.
A growing collection of unique data indexed from a variety of secondary sources, such as: high school and college yearbooks, Masonic rosters, club and society member lists, insurance claims, church directories, orphanage and soldiers’ home residents, prisoner logs and much more…not available elsewhere.
A UK site containing over 550 million family history records and key UK databases. Free to search pay to view.
Collections include: Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, &II, Vietnam War, the Great Depression, interactive 1860 and 1930 census images, African American history, Native Americans, historical newspapers, naturalization documents, and city directories.
Over 90 million names. You can pair names in your pedigree with those in their database.
A new web site that combines social networking with tools and resources to research and share family history, and collaborate with others.
They make it easy to discover exciting details about your ancestors: over 1 billion names, over 4,000 newspapers (1690-today), over 275,000 historical books, pamphlets and documents (pension records, land claims, military reports), and over 130 million obituaries and death records.
Over 390 million names – French website, contents: UK, Germany, France, Holland, Spain, and Italy.
A private library that houses over 200k books and periodicals, much of which is not available elsewhere – including: state and local histories, international resources, family histories, biographies, records by religious organizations, church records, funeral records, cemetery records, military records, maps, and hand-written material.
HERITAGE QUEST ONLINE –
www.heritagequestonline.com (or see your local library website – you will need your library card) – also available at LDS Family History Centers free.
US Census 1790-1930, over 24,000 family and local histories, the PERSI index to 2.1 million articles, Revolutionary War pension and bounty-land warrants, Freed-man’s Bank records, and US Congressional records.
Over 30,000 historic photographic collections.
Over 370 million names; build your own family tree online with pictures.
Links to 18,000 libraries worldwide
One of the world’s premier collections of genealogical and local historical publications.
A huge directory of over 9 million worldwide genealogy links categorized by locality.
A central search portal for 300k digital resources (text, photos, video, audio) from universities, colleges, libraries, museums, and historical societies in the mountain west.
The nation’s record keeper. A treasure trove of records and documents to trace your family roots. Access to more than 85 million historical records, photos, and maps.
More than 10 million European aerial reconnaissance images from WWII (overlaid with modern satellite images)
A large historical newspaper database online. You can search every word in tens of millions of newspaper pages between 1753-present.
Over 200 million names – allows everyone to one huge, shared database.
UNITED STATES GENEALOGY SLEUTH = Links to US web sites that professional genealogists use daily when conducting US genealogy research (see also the International Genealogy Sleuth).
A global volunteer organization that will look up courthouse records, take pictures of tombstones, etc. and email them to you at no cost.
A free genealogy community providing an environment for learning, collaborating and sharing – Contains: huge transcribed records, extensive interactive guides, numerous research tools for tracing family histories, over 31,000 mailing lists, more than 132,000 message boards, and a surname list of over 1.2 million names.
A comprehensive resource for locating vital records.
A free service for publishing family trees in GEDCOM format for sharing and easy access. (Also search hundreds of thousands of family trees.
Provides historical context around places, people, and events. Helps you better understand the historical context of your family history.
Provides access to thousands of genealogy databases: Everton publishers, Quintin Publications, Archive CD Books Australia and Canada, Gould Genealogy, Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Ellis Island, Genealogical Publishing, Find My Past, Godfrey Memorial Library, Find a Grave and Family Search.
How and where to find birth, death, marriage, divorce, and adoption records.
This free sprawling, all-volunteer site is packed with how-to tips, queries, and records such as censuses, tombstones, family group sheets, cemetery surveys and marriage indexes for every US state and virtually every county.
