General Information - Genealogy 

 

AfriGeneas: African Ancestored Genealogy

http://www.afrigeneas.com 

A searchable collection of census records, slave data, and other documents. Also available are a surname database, discussion forum, a beginner's genealogical research guide, and more. 

 

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

http://www.cyndislist.com 

A detailed directory of genealogical resources arranged by category. Thousands of links related to family history are provided.

 

Dynastree

http://www.dynastree.com

Allows users to create their own family trees. Includes a tool to map the United States distribution of a given surname.  A free registration is required to build a family tree, but the mapping tool does not require registration.

 

Encyclopedia of Genealogy

http://www.eogen.com 

An online encyclopedia created by genealogists that can be searched. Includes a browsable index.

 

Family Genealogy and History Internet Education Directory

http://www.academic-genealogy.com

"Professional worldwide humanities and social sciences mega portal,  connected directly to numerously related sub-sets, with billions of primary or secondary database family history and genealogy records."

 

FamilySearch.org

http://www.familysearch.org 

"The largest collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy records in the world." Made available by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Note that the 1880 U.S. federal census is available here.

 

Family Tree Magazine Select Site Sources 

http://forum.familytreemagazine.com/categories.asp 

A directory of useful links on topics such as adoption, census, ethnic and immigrant heritage, regional roots, and more.

 

Footnote.com

http://www.footnote.com 

"Footnote.com is a place where original historical documents are combined with social networking in order to create a truly unique experience involving the stories of our past." While viewing some of the documents requires a membership, the site also offers documents that can be viewed at no cost.

 

Freedmen's Bureau Online

http://www.freedmensbureau.com 

The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, otherwise known as the Freedmen's Bureau was established in 1865 and supervised all relief and educational activities relating to refugees and freedmen. Links to government records dealing with the Freedmen's Bureau as well as to genealogy sites.

 

Genealogy Home Page

http://www.genhomepage.com 

Links to information about genealogy, including online catalogs, family and personal pages, maps, and discussion lists.

 

Genealogy Sleuth from ProGenealogists

http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm 

A directory of helpful genealogy sites arranged by category (subscription sites are identified with a dollar sign).

 

ItalianAncestry.com

http://www.italianancestry.com 

For those tracing their Italian ancestry. Find links to genealogical sites, a genealogy toolbox, where to write for records, and much more.

 

JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy 

http://www.jewishgen.org 

Provides a discussion group, a database of over 60,000 surnames and towns, and a directory of information resources.

 

La Genealogía de Puerto Rico

http://www.rootsweb.com/~prwgw 

Partially in Spanish, find links to obituary indexes, message boards, genealogical societies, and portions of the census of 1910.

 

Linkpendium

http://www.linkpendium.com 

A directory of genealogy links.

 

Native American Genealogy

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native 

A free genealogy resource for tribal records. Find Indian tribes, biographies, patents, census records, mailing lists, and more.

 

The Newark Experience

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~natalieb/newark.htm

A resource guide for locating Newark City directories, municipal documents, maps, and more. From Rutgers University Dana Library.

 

NJGenWeb Archives

http://usgwarchives.org/nj/njfiles.htm

A directory of files arranged by county for New Jersey posted by various contributors. Limited statewide files are also available.

 

PRRoots.com

http://www.prroots.com 

Puerto Rican family history resources such as message boards, histories of towns, a section for beginners, and links to other sites.

 

Roots-L

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.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." View lists by state and topic or a searchable archive of messages or subscribe to receive messages in your email.

 

The US GenWeb Project

http://www.usgenweb.com 

Created by "a group of volunteers working together to provide free genealogy websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States." In addition to research links for each state, the site also offers helpful articles for people who are just beginning their research. 

 

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