Genealogy Research

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• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet   
  
  Over 40,000 links to genealogy information and resources.
  http://www.CyndisList.com/
• FamilySearch   
  
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has placed its entire genealogy database online. The Mormon Church has long been noted as an excellent genealogy resource and is famous the World over. Easily search for your ancestors here.
  http://www.familysearch.org/

• 20 Ways to Avoid Genealogical Grief
  
  Suggestions to help beginners prevent misfortune when learning how to do genealogical research.
  http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/20ways.html
• All This I Am ... And Part of This I Saw
  
  Information and resources on genealogy research.
  http://www.netins.net/showcase/tommiles/allthisiam.html
• American Plantations and Colonies
  
  Families, ships, and settlements.
  http://www.primenet.com/~langford/gen_page.htm
• Ancestry.com
  
  Searches, news, books, and many links to genealogy resources.
  http://www.ancestry.com/Main.htm
• Beginner's Guide to Family History Research
  
  A guide to genealogy research by Desmond Walls Allen and Carolyn Earle Billingsley. http://biz.ipa.net/arkresearch/guide.html
• Cemetery Records on the Internet
  
  Cemetary, tombstone, graveyard, burial, and genealogy information and resources.
  http://www.interment.net/
• Census Name Search (1990)
  
  See how many people in the U.S. share your surname. Also searchable by gender. From the U.S. Census Bureau.
  http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/genealogy/www/namesearch.html
• Civil War Index
  
  Extensive information and resources on the American Civil War. Includes a genealogy section. From the Dakota State University.
  http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm
• Common Threads
  
  Find others researching the same ancestor using this searchable surname list. Each entry links you to the submitter's e-mail so you can exchange information.
  http://www.gensource.com/common/
• DearMYRTLE's Place
  
  Provides practical, down-to-earth advice to family historians.
  http://members.aol.com/DearMYRTLE/
• Domesday Book :
  
  A survey of England in 1086 A.D. From the Hall of Names.
  
  • Cheshire
    
    http://www.infokey.com/Domesday/Cheshire.htm
  • Derbyshire
    
    http://www.infokey.com/Domesday/Derbyshire.htm
  • Devonshire
    
    http://www.infokey.com/Domesday/Devonshire.htm
  • Lady Godiva
    
    http://www.infokey.com/Domesday/Godiva.htm
  • Lancashire
    
    http://www.infokey.com/Domesday/Lancashire.htm
  • Oxfordshire
    
    http://www.infokey.com/Domesday/Oxfordshire.htm
  • Shropshire
    
    http://www.infokey.com/Domesday/Shropshire.htm
  • Somerset
    
    http://www.infokey.com/Domesday/Somerset.htm
  • Warwickshire
    
    http://www.infokey.com/Domesday/Warwickshire.htm
• Ellis Island
  
  Reconnect with your own immigrant heritage and discover ways to honor your family for posterity on The American Immigrant Wall of Honor® and research your family's arrival in America at The American Family Immigration History Center™.
  http://www.ellisisland.org/
• Family History Centers
  
  A listing of LDS Family History Centers.
  http://www.genhomepage.com/FHC/fhc.html
• Family History Research Register
  
  Add or search for a surname and find others researching a particular surname.
  http://symbiosis.uk.com/fhistory/
• GEDDEX
  
  Over 500,000 names in GEDCOM formats available for download.
  http://www.genealogy.org/~ajmorris/geddex/geddex.htm
• Genealogy Exchange & Surname Registry
  
  http://www.genexchange.com/
• GeneaNet
  
  A genealogical database network.
  http://www.geneanet.org/
• The Genealogy Home Page
  
  Contains links to help guides, libraries and other genealogy resources.
  http://www.genhomepage.com/full.html
• Genealogy "How-To" Guide
  
  Includes one of the largest online family indexes. From Family Tree Maker OnLine.
  http://www.familytreemaker.com/mainmenu.html
• Genealogy Instructions
  
  For the new beginning genealogists, adults, teens, and youngsters, who need a little help getting started.
  http://home.earthlink.net/~howardorjeff/instruct.htm
• A Genealogy Primer
  
  General advice on how to start your genealogy research.
  http://www.sky.net/~mreed/primer.htm
• Genealogy Treasure Chest
  
  Many links to help people in their genealogy research.
  http://members.amaonline.com/nrogers/genealog.htm
• GenMatch
  
  Links online databases defined in web pages that genealogists have created by using GEDCOM to HTML conversion programs.
  http://206.139.152.113/GenMatch/genmatch.htm
• Getting Started: Genealogical Basics
  
  An assortment of resources that are available for those needing basic information on the hows and wheres of genealogy.
  http://www.everton.com/start.html
• Heraldry on the Internet
  
  Here you can look for a family name coat of arms used by someone with the same surname as you. Search for coats of arms for cities and towns or use Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry or one of the other dictionaries or glossaries listed to identify the various charges and symbols found on coats of arms. Also contains clip art to create your own coat of arms.
  http://digiserve.com/heraldry/
• Heraldry Links
  
  Information and resources regarding heraldry (coat of arms) and more.
  http://www.panix.com/~wlinden/heraldry.shtml
• I Found It! - Genealogy Search Engine
  
  A directory of genealogy related sites on the world wide web.
  http://www.gensource.com/ifoundit/
• Genealogy Research at the National Archives
  
  Provides many finding aids, how to guides, publications, records facilities, research tools and more. From National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
  http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/
  
  • Naturalization Records
    
    Explains the naturalization process and where to find such records.
    http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/natural.html
• Journal of Online Genealogy
  
  Promoting the use of computers and the internet in family history research.
  http://www.onlinegenealogy.com/
• Land Patent Records Site
  
  Searchable database and image access to more than two million Federal land title records for the Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908 (not all inclusive). From the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
  http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
• Lineages
  
  Genealogy reference library and resource center built and maintained by professional geneologists.
  http://www.lineagesnet.com/default.asp
• my-ged.com
  
  Place your GEDCOM file here or retrieve others. From Dave Wilks.
  http://www.my-ged.com/
• National Genealogical Society
  
  Links, news and information on genealogy.
  http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/
• Online Genealogical Database Index
  
  Contains links to searchable genealogical databases on the internet.
  http://www.gentree.com/
• Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
  
  Searchable database of deaths in the U.S. From Ancestry.com.
  http://www.ancestry.com/ssdi/advanced.htm
• Suggestions for Beginners
  
  From the National Genealogical Society.
  http://www.genealogy.org/~ngs/sugbeg.html
• Treasure Maps
  
  Newsletter, help tips, resources and more.
  http://www.firstct.com/fv/tmaps.html
• The USGenWeb Project
  
  A group of volunteers working together to provide internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States.
  http://www.usgenweb.com/
• United States Internet Geneological Society (USIGS)
  
  Genealogists who want to see the maximum possible number of primary source documents online and accessible to Family and other Historians on the web for free.
  http://www.usigs.org/
• Vital Records Information
  
  Information and resources for obtaining vital records in the various states and U.S. territories.
  http://www.vitalrec.com/

    See also :

• Surname Search
  
• Telephone Directories
  
• Unclaimed Property Indexes
  
• Usenet Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.methods