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The following is a list of sites selected to
show the range of free Internet
sources
available to todays amateur genealogist, grouped by the type of
information offered
Where to go? - Organized lists of sites
Cyndi's list
www.cyndislist.com
Rootsweb
www.rootsweb.com
FamilySearch
www.familysearch.com
Usgenweb
www.usgenweb.org
Others -
http://callaway.county.Missouri.org/genealogy.html
Ethnic (selected examples)
Eastern
European genealogy
http://feefths.org
African American genealogy
www.afrigeneas.com ;
http://ccharity.com
Jewish
genealogy
www.jewishgen.org
Irish
genealogy
www.rootsweb.com/~irish/topics.htm
British
isles & Ireland genealogy www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/index.html
[the above are good for
finding what is out there organized by topic or
geography. Some of these sites link to searchable databases or instructional
sites mentioned below]
Whats out there? - Searchable database
sites
Worldconnect
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com
IGI, Ancestral file, etc.
www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
Social Security Death Index
http://ssdi.rootsweb.com
Searchable death indexes
http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/deathrecords.html
Ellis Island
Records
www.ellisislandrecords.org
1880-1881 (U.S., Canada, England) census indexes
www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census
AAD (National
Archives)
www.archives.gov/aad/index.html ;
Civil War
www.itd.nps.gov/cwss ;
www.civilwarsearch.com
Immigrant ship records -
http://olivetreegenealogy.com ;
www.immigrantships.net
Other -
www.idreamof.com ;
www.gentree.com/gentree.html
[some of the above have links to fee sites and may include sponsored
portions. Databases which primarily depend on personal input, such as
WorldConect and the AncestralFile portion of FamilySearch may include data without
sources and which may contain errors]
Who can I talk with? - Discussion lists & message boards
Rootsweb.com
http://lists.rootsweb.com
Rootsweb.com
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/script/main/rw
Genforum.com
http://genforum.com
[each mailing list has its
own rules. Print out the rules sent when you subscribe,for later reference. Some groups can generate a lot of e-mails per day; there
are generally only a few hundred subscribers to each list, though they may be
scattered around the world.]
What groups/institutions have information? (find others by place,
surname or ethnic group)
National Archives (U.S.)
www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy
Libraries
Library of Congress
www.loc.gov
New York Public Library
www.nypl.org
State libraries
and archives
www.cyndislist.com/lib-state.htm
[genealogical societies,
family associations and personal websites may have
a lot of free information as well. You can use search engines to find these]
Help! - Instruction, advice and useful aids
Rootsweb.com
http://rwguide.rootsweb.com
Genealogy.com -
www.genealogy.com/genehelp.html?Welcome=1064245699
FamilySearch.com
www.familysearch.org/eng/home/welcome/frameset_information.asp
Forms & charts
www.cyndislist.com/organize.htm
Surname distribution /U.S.
www.gens-us.net
Ellis Island website search advice
http://stevemorse.org
Reference topics useful to genealogists,
(such as maps and historical overviews) can be found via web
sites such as Internet Public Library -
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref40.00.00/
Search engines use the power of the Internet to find additional sites
Google
www.google.com
Alltheweb
www.alltheweb.com
Meta-search sites
www.ixquick.com ;
http://www.vivisimo.com/ ;
www.metacrawler.com ;
www.profusion.com
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