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Comprehensive Sites
- Genealogy.com - Most services by subscription; the "learning center" is especially valuable for new researchers.
- GenealogyPortal.com - Excellent searchable site for locating other resources on the web, including libraries, historical sites, primary records, etc.
- Gensite - Listing of some 2000 web sites and the number of "hits" each receives weekly; all listings are free web services in genealogy.
- RootsWeb.com - Sister site to Gensite above; searchable web directory in all areas of genealogy; good place to start.
- www.familysearch.org - the Family History Library's database, which contains millions of names; a project of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Gen Web Projects
- US GenWeb Project - Group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States; non-commercial and fully committed to free access for everyone
- The UKGenWeb - Part of the World GenWeb project; provides query boards, resource assistance for searches in the United Kingdom.
- WorldGenWeb - Free world-wide research assistance from volunteer professional genealogists.
National Sites
- American Family History Immigration Center (Ellis Island) - Research the records available at Ellis Island.
- Census Information Online
- 1790-1960 University of Virginia Census Browser
- 1930 Census Census Bureau
- 1990 & 2000 Censuses Census Bureau
- Geographic Names Information System (US & territories) - Query form from the United States Geographic Survey; locate any known geographic or place name in the United States.
- National Archives (Washington DC) - Searchable; provides many of the finding aids, guides,and research tools that can prepare you for a visit to one of Washington's facilities or for requesting records from the National Archives.
- Social Security Death Index - Ancestry.com site; some services by subscription only; searchable social security death index with links to some free features.
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management land patent database - Image access is provided to more than two million Federal land title records for Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908.
People Finders
Query Boards
State Vital Records
- United States: State Vital Records - Web directory for internet vital statistics for all states.
- Search your ancestors: Vital Records - Sub-directory of the site above which provides a free search of the Ancestry.com site for vital records.
- UC Berkeley, 1970 Census. Selected files from the 1970 Census available by FTP.
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison 1970-80 Census available for download by FTP.
- Some Samples of on-line Vital Statistics:
- CA Birth Index 1905-1997
- CA Death Index 1940-1997
- IL Statewide 1763-1900 Marriage Index
- KY Death Index 1911-1992; Marriage & Divorce Index 1973-1993 (Kentucky vital Records Index - Univ. of Kentucky)
- NV: Clark County (Las Vegas) Marriage Index 1988-
- OH Death Index 1913-1937
Associations
Search Engine Assistance
- Google Geanealogy Directory - Thorough listing of internet
- Yahoo Genealogy Directory - Thorough listing of internet
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