1. FamilySearch: largest collection of free genealogical records in the world
2. WikiTree: enormous collaborative family tree
3. Fulton History: historical newspapers from the US and Canada
4. Find a Grave: locate your ancestors in cemeteries across the globe
5. Google News Archive: millions of archived newspaper pages
6. US National Archives: official US National Archives site, many free genealogy databases and resources
7. Automated Genealogy: indexes of the Canadian census
8. FreeBMD: civil registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales
9. USGenWeb Project: massive free genealogy resource directory by US state and county
10. WorldGenWeb Project: genealogy resources by country and region, not to miss
11. Cyndis List: highly respected directory of free genealogy resources and databases online
12. Library and Archives Canada: official archives of Canada, census records and more
13. Ellis Island: immigration records, free indexes and original records, fee to download copies
14. FreeReg: baptism, marriage, and burial records from parish registers of the UK
15. Crestleaf: various genealogy records
16. RootsWeb: worlds largest genealogy community, huge amount of free information
17. Castle Garden: immigration records, pre Ellis Island
18. Chronicling America: giant database of archived US newspapers from the Library of Congress
19. Dead Fred: genealogy photo archive
20. African Heritage Project: records on former slaves, freedpersons and their descendants
21. Family Tree Now: various genealogy records
22. Daughters of the American Revolution: military service records and more
23. JewishGen: Jewish ancestry research
24. FreeCEN: transcribed census records from the UK
25. Access Genealogy: vast family history directories and more, good Native American resources
26. British Library, India Office: records on British and European people in India pre 1950
27. Guild of One Name Studies: extensive surname research site
28. Geneabloggers: massive directory of genealogy related blogs with a huge amount of free information
29. NativeWeb Genealogy: list of Native American genealogy resources and searchable databases
30. Viximus: member submitted biographical information
31. WieWasWie: for researching ancestors from the Netherlands (in Dutch)
32. UK National Archives: official National Archives of the UK
33. The National Archives of Ireland: official National Archives of Ireland
34. GENUKI: reference library of genealogical resources for the UK and Ireland
35. German Genealogy Server: German ancestry research (many sections in German)
36. Preserve the Pensions: War of 1812 pension records access
37. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System: Civil War records from the National Park Service
38. LitvakSIG: Lithuanian-Jewish genealogy databases and resources
39. Italian Genealogical Group: Italian American genealogy resources and databases
40. Internet Archive: a large amount of information useful to genealogists, but youll need to do some digging
41. Billion Graves: headstone records
42. Open Library: good place to find family history books, search for surnames or locations
43. GenDisasters: for researching disasters and other events your ancestors might have been involved in
44. RomanyGenes: Romanichal ancestry research
45. Patriot and Grave Index: revolutionary war graves registry and patriot index from the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
46. Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection: vast number of archived US newspapers
47. Seventh-day Adventist Obituary Database: hundreds of thousands of obituary entries
48. Slδktdata: genealogy records for Sweden (in Swedish)
49. Hispanic Genealogy: wonderful list of resources for researching Hispanic ancestry
50: Free Genealogy Search Engine: search hundreds of free genealogy resources at one time on Family History Daily
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Posted by Sandi Gorin - South Central Kentucky Mailing
List, March 12, 2015 (Posted with Permission)
There are many websites where you can search for data for United States
records. I am listing the
top sites and indicating if they are for a cost or for free. Most of these I
have tried myself. These are ranked in order. Thanks to
GenealogyInTimeMagazine.com for the compilation of this list.
1 ancestry.com:
records of all categories, Pay.
<http://www.ancestry.com>www.
2 Family search: records of all categories. Free.
<http://www.familysearch.org>w
3 Find A Grave: Cemetery records that have been submitted. Free.
<http://www.findagrave.com>www
4 MyHeritage.com: Family trees. Pay.<http://www.myheritage.com>www
5 Geni.com: Family trees. Pay. www.geni.com
6 Genealogy.com: Records of all categories. Pay.
<http://www.genealogy.com>www.
7 Newspapers.com: Old newspapers. Pay.
<http://www.newspapers.com>www
8 Archives.com. Records of all categories. Pay.
<http://www.archives.com>www.
9 Family Tree DNA. DNA testing. Pay.
<http://www.familytreedna.com>
10 Wiki Tree. Family trees. Free.
<http://www.wikitree.com>www.
11 Genealogy Bank. Old newspapers. Pay.
<http://www.genealogybank.com>
12 Ancient Faces. Forum. Free.
<http://www.ancientfaces.com>w
13 Cyndis List. Links to thousands of sites. Free.
<http://www.cyndislist.com>www
14 Mocavo. Search engine. Pay.
<http://www.mocavo.com>www.
15 Fold3. Military records. Pay.
<http://www.fold3.com>www.
16 Newspaper Archive. Old newspapers. Pay.
<http://www.newspaperarchive.
17 USGenWebArchives. Records. Free. http:/Usgwarchives.net
18 Eastmans Genealogy Newsletter. Blog. Free.
<http://blog.eogn.com>http://
19 GEDmatch. DNA testing. Free.
<http://gedmatch.com>http://
20 FindMyPast.com. Records. Pay.
<http://www.findmypast.com>www
21 JewishGen. Ethnic heritage. Free.
<http://www.jewishgen.org>www.
22 Billion Graves. Cemetery records. Free.
<http://billiongraves.com>http
23 Genealogy Today. Records. Pay.
<http://genealogytoday.com>htt
24 World Vital Records. Records. Pay.
<http://www.worldvitalrecords.
25 American Ancestors. Society. Pay.
<http://www.americanancestors.
26 Family Tree Magazine. Magazine. Pay.
<http://www.
27 MyTrees Family trees. Pay.
<http://www.mytrees.com>www.
28 Daughters American Revolution: Society. Pay. <http://dar.org>http://dar.org
29 Genealogy About.com. Articles. Free. http:/genealogy.about.com
30 Tribal Pages. Family trees. Pay.
<http://tribalpages.com>http:/
31 Genealogy Trails. Records. Free.
<http://genealogytrails.com>ht
32 Steve Morse. Search engine. Free.
<http://stevemorse.org>http://
33 Legacy Family Tree. Software. Pay.
<http://www.legacyfamilytree.
34 FamilyTreeNow. Family trees. Free.
<http://www.familytreenow.com>
35 Fulton History. Newspapers. Free.
<http://fultonhistory.com>http
36 ProGenealogists. Services. Pay.
<http://www.progtenealogists.
37 Family Link: Records. Pay.
<http://www.familylink.com>www
38 Crestleaf: Family trees. Free.
<http://crestleaf.com>http://
39 Access Genealogy. Search engine. Free.
<http://www.ancessgenealogy.
40 RootsMagic. Software. Pay.
<http://www.rootsmagic.com>www
41 Interment. Cemetery. Free.
<http://interment.net>http://
42 We Relate: Wiki. Free.
<http://www.werelate.org>www.
43 Death Indexes: Links. Free.
<http://www.deathindexes.com>w
44 sysoon: Cemetery. Free.
<http://www.sysoon.com>www.
45 Family Tree Webinars. Magazine. Pay.
<http://www.
46 The Legal Genealogist. Blog. Free.
<http://www.legalgenealogist.
47 Geneabloggers: Blog. Free.
<http://www.geneabloggers.com>
48 myrelatives.com:
records. Pay.
<http://www.myrelatives.com>ww
49 Heritage Quest Online: Records. Pay.
<http://www.
50 Historic Mapworks: Records. Pay.
<http://www.historicmapworks.
51 Family Tree Maker. Software. Pay.
<http://familytreemaker.com>ht
52 ObituariesHelp.org: Links. Free.
<http://www.obituarieshelp.org