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- Allen County
(Indiana) Public Library
- This Indiana library has the 2nd largest genealogy collection in the United
States. They also have a subject index (PERSI) to over 10,000 local genealogical
and historical periodical articles dating as far back as 1800.
- Ancestry.com
- This site provides some free databases and many subscription-based databases.
It also provides research tools, online bookstore and links to other sites.
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
- This National Park Service site provides the most complete information
on individual soldiers, sailors, individual regiments, battles, prisoners
of war, and cemeteries.
- Cyndi's List
- Cyndi's List is a categorized and cross-referenced index to genealogical
resources on the Internet. It is a great starting place for anyone doing
genealogical research.
- DAR Genealogical Research Library
- This site provides information about the services and resources available
from the Daughters of the American Revolution's Genealogical Research Library.
- Ellis Island On-Line
- Use this site to find information about passenger records of over 22 million
immigrants who entered the United States between 1892 and 1924.
- Everton's Genealogical Helper
- This site includes many online genealogy classes. It provides free charts
and has over 40 databases, some free but many are subscription-based databases.
It also has a search engine that searches over 60,000 links.
- FamilySearch
- FamilySearch provides access to the extensive genealogical resources gathered
by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The database may be
searched by Ancestor search, Custom Search or Keyword search. There is also
a link to the Family History Library Catalog. This is a superior site in
which to begin researching your family history.
- Genealogy.com
- This site provides how-to articles, product reviews, online genealogy
products store and a directory of thousands of web sites.
- Genealogy Home Page
- This site includes how-to guides, links to genealogy newsgroups, mailing
lists, online maps and national and international resources.
- Genealogy Toolbox
- This site includes a directory to over 70,000 genealogy links, simultaneous
search of 8 genealogy search engines, software evaluations, queries and
much more.
- Genforum
- This site provides access to thousands of genealogical surname and regional
bulletin boards.
- GENUKI
- This is a comprehensive collection of websites related to British and
Irish genealogy research.
- Geographic Names Information
Service
- This site, from the U.S.G.S., allows you to search for a geographic feature
or place. Map viewers are provided to enable graphical display of the feature's
location.
- Interment.net
- This site offers almost 3 million cemetery records from over 5000 cemeteries
around the world.
- Library of Congress' Local
History and Genealogy Reading Room
- The Local History & Genealogy Reading Room provides one of the world's
premier collections of U.S. and foreign genealogical and local historical
publications. This site provides information about the Reading Room's services
and resources.
- Library of Virginia
- The Library of Virginia provides digital access to more than 2.2 million
original documents, photographs, and maps, and has more than 80 fully-searchable
databases, indexes, and electronic finding aids. These include-
- National Archives
and Records Administration Genealogy Page
- This site provides access to many of the finding aids, guides, and research
tools that can help you with research at the National Archives and requesting
records from the Archives.
- National Genealogical Society
- This site includes a search engine that searches a wide variety of national
and international sites.
- New York
Public Library
- One of the largest genealogical and local history collections open to
the public, this site provides a selective list of resources and services
available to family historians from the New York Public Library.
- Official Land Patent Records
- This website from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management gives you database
access to images of federal land grants issued between 1820 - 1908.
- Pennsylvania Digital
Archives
- This site provides over 200,000 digitized records from the Pennsylvania
State Archives including Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File,
World War I Service Medal Application Cards, and Spanish American War Veterans'
Card File.
- Roots Web
- RootsWeb includes a number of search engines and databases, access to
the GenConnect bulletin boards for posting messages by surname, region,
and topic, mailing lists and list archives.
- Social
Security Death Index
- Use this site to do an interactive search of the U.S. Social Security
Death Index.
- Topozone
- This site contains every USGS 1:100,000, 1:63,360, 1:25,000, and 1:24,000
scale topographic map for the entire United States. It can also be searched
by place name and state.
- Treasure Maps: the
How-To Do Genealogy WWW Sites
- This site provides many helpful tutorials on different aspects of genealogy
research, including Getting
Started, Deciphering
Old Handwriting, and Using
the U.S. Census.
- U.S.
Copyright Laws and Genealogy
- This site provides general articles about copyright and genealogy issues.
- U.S. Gazetteer
- Use this site, from the U.S. Census Bureau, to search for a place name
in the United States.
- U.S. Surname Distribution
- Enter a surname to get a map of the United States showing the distribution
of people with this surname within the 50 United States. This map is often
helpful when trying to determine a starting point for genealogy projects.
The source of this data is the 1850 Census, 1880 Census, 1920 Census, and
1990's phone books.
- USGenWeb Project
- This site is the result of a volunteer effort to provide county and genealogy
project resources for all states.
- U.S. Vital Records
- Use this site to find contact and ordering information for Vital Records
Offices in each state and U.S. territory.
- United States Digital
Map Library
- This project provides free, online access to digital pre-1923 state and
county maps, United States maps and Indian Land Cessions to the United States
Treaty Maps.
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