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Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet:
This is probably the most
popular genealogy index on the web. Cyndi's site features over 16,800 links,
categorized and cross-referenced, in over 60 categories, and is updated with
impressive frequency.
http://www.cyndislist.com
Welcome to Bristol County
The purpose
of this site is to offer resources on the local history and genealogy of
Bristol County, established 1686 from Plymouth County.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ma/county/bristol/
The Somerset Link is at:
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ma/county/bristol/fallriver/somerset.htm
Genealogy.com: Genealogy Learning Center
One of the
best resources for beginners to genealogy and family history to learn the
basics of research. The site offers "how-to articles, genealogy classes and
other resources." Includes information on getting started and organized;
developing research skills; "Sharing Your Family's Story" (including a
Biography Assistant to help write "biographies about your relatives or an
autobiography about yourself"); research tips on using federal, state, and
local records, and libraries and archives; and a glossary.
http://genealogy.com/genehelp.html
Olive Tree Genealogy
This site
offers more than 500 free genealogy databases, including ship passenger lists,
family surnames, and church, military, land, and census records. Includes
sections for groups such as Palatines, Mennonites, Huguenots and Walloons, and
Native Americans, as well as genealogy tips and research articles.
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/
Genealogy.com
Genealogy
resource useful for beginners, with how-to articles; online classes; a
glossary of obsolete, archaic, and legal terms; a research directory of names,
addresses, phone numbers, and holdings of useful places for genealogical
research; a directory of Web sites; and helpful ideas for writing biographies.
Also includes celebrity trees, a virtual cemetery, and a "Family Finder,"
which searches through hundreds of thousands of genealogy pages across the
Internet. http://www.genealogy.com/
The Genealogy Home Page
A
collection of briefly annotated links to information about genealogy,
including online catalogs, family and personal pages, maps, genealogy-related
discussion lists, and newsgroups.
http://www.genhomepage.com/ State Specific Resources Browse by state this directory of annotated links for genealogy resources compiled by state archives and state libraries. Includes annotated list of international resources. Maintained by the Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Ind. http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/stateres.html RootsWeb's Guide To Tracing Family Trees One of the best sites for beginners to genealogy and family history to learn the basics of research. There are guides on sources, record types, using technology, immigration, country and ethnic groups, and much more. Links to appropriate Web sites are included. http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ USGenWeb Project This comprehensive site provides links to all the state genealogy Web sites which, in turn, provide gateways to the counties. They also sponsor Special Archiving Projects that include putting all U.S. census data online; transcribing cemetery tombstone information; tracking single lineage; and genealogy for children. In addition, there is an excellent guide to doing genealogy research that also includes such information as caring for old documents; repairing old books; preserving old photographs; and publishing your results.http://www.usgenweb.org/ Online Searchable Death Indexes & Records: A Genealogy Guide This site "gathers together links to online death indexes by state and county. Included are death indexes, obituaries, probate indexes and cemetery and burial indexes." Browsable by state. http://www.deathindexes.com/ ROOTS-L "ROOTS-L is a mailing list for people who are interested in any or all aspects of genealogy, anywhere in the world." The site contains a searchable archive from 1990 to the present, information and tips for getting started in genealogy, research guides for all U.S. states, terms and definitions, links to related resources, and more.http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/ RootsWeb.com Billing itself as "The Oldest & Largest FREE Genealogy Site," RootsWeb includes search engines and databases, family trees (over 70 million names), surname and geographical mailing lists, and message boards. The site also hosts other volunteer projects such as the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild and Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness. Although it remains free to users, RootsWeb is now sponsored by Ancestry.com, whose databases (both free and pay) can also be searched from this site. http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/ Social Security Death Index The Social Security Death Index is a searchable database of the Death Master File (DMF) from the U.S. Social Security Administration. DMF contains over 60 million records created from SSA payment records (mostly from the mid-1960s to date) and is updated monthly. The database can contain name, social security number, date of birth, date of death, and last residence/lump sum payment information when available, and can be searched on those criteria. http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ The American Family Immigration History Center This database provides information on 22 million immigrants and ship's crews who arrived at Ellis Island and the Port of New York between 1898 and 1924. Searchable by name, including alternate spelling, results provide date of arrival, age, marital status, ethnicity, residence, gender, ship, and port of departure. Information on each ship and ship manifests are also available. Immigrant Experience includes The Peopling of America, which covers pre-1790 to 2000 with a "timeline showing forces behind immigration and their impact on the immigrant experience." Free registration allows searches to be saved and records to be annotated. http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ Census Finder: A Directory of Free Census Records Over 25,000 links to census information. Primarily containing sites with U.S. data, the site also has some links to Canada, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. (Not all areas of the countries covered are represented.) Types of sites include county/parish/province archives, message boards, and maps. Other features include a guide to historical museums in the U.S. and a section for Native American information. Advertising may obscure the free content, but it's there and worthwhile. http://www.censusfinder.com/ City Directories of the United States of America "City Directories, arguably one of the most overlooked resources by genealogists, have been around since the 1700s. This web site will attempt to identify all printed, microfilmed, and online directories, and their repositories, for the United States...[in order to] answer these questions: does a directory exist for a locality? If it does, where can it be found?" http://www.uscitydirectories.com/ FamilySearch This Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) site has a search engine for over 35 million names in its "vast record collections," including its Ancestral File and International Genealogical Index, census and other vital statistics sources, and a directory of family history websites. Also provides genealogical search advice. Free registration allows additions of websites, family record retention in the LDS vault, email list access, and other services. http://www.familysearch.org/ Nationwide Gravesite Locator This searchable database from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs "contains more than three million records of veterans and dependents buried in VA's 120 cemeteries since the Civil War. It also has records of some burials in state veteran's cemeteries and burials in Arlington National Cemetery from 1999 to the present." Search results include military branch and rank, service dates, and location of the gravesite. http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/ RAND Genealogy Club: This site supports the Roots Location List, Roots Surname List and a Soundex converter, as well as many links organized either by type or by regional, ethnic or religious groupings. http://www.rand.org/personal/Genea
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