Alphabetized Web Sites
Courtesy of Joyce Svob Ragels - [email protected]
Please notify me of any bad links
Some may have expired or changed addresses, but it is just as important to know what is out there and how to find
it. If a link will not load, try another browser. Some browsers just work better for some links. You can have and use more than one browser at the same time and probably should.
Search Engines
Copernic http://www.copernic.com/ - download Basic for free - other options
http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa052902a.htm - google tips
http://google.indicateur.com/index.php3 - all about google
http://ianrwww.unl.edu/internet/search.html - many search engines
http://searchenginewatch.com/links/major.html - list and description
http://searchforancestors.com/archives/google.html - tips for writing a good search
http://searchforancestors.com/archives/vol2.html - Tips for using Genealogy Search Engines effectively.
http://vivisimo.com/ - cluster search engine
http://www.arnoldit.com/lists/intlsearch.asp - International search engine list
http://www.askjeeves.com - also has search tips
http://www.dogpile.com/index.gsp
http://www.google.com/ - one of the very best search engines around. I use it daily.
http://www.google.com/addurl.html - to get your site listed so "Googlers" can find you
http://news.google.com/ - an index of over 4000 news publications on the web
http://www.sources2go.com/ - VERY new site with nice links
ALWAYS begin here https://sites.rootsweb.com/~newbie
Genealogy
1500s - 1800s
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/deetz/Plymouth/biographies.html- Biographical Analysis of Selected Persons
http://members.aol.com/dcurtin1/gene/winthrop.htm - The Winthrop Fleet 0f 1630
http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/ - Americas First Families
http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/families/childva.htm - Children Ordered Sent to Virginia 1618-1642 http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/ - colonial America history, date, facts
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/ - first settlers
Adoption
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/topics.adoption - message board
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~orphanshome/ - This is a mailing list
http://www.abcgenealogy.com/Adoption/ - adoption links
http://www.adopt.org/ - National Adoption Center
http://www.cyndislist.com/adoption.htm
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson31.htm - adoption search tips and links
African Americans
http://aabd.chadwyck.com/ - African American Biographical Database
http://ccharity.com/ - Christine’s Genealogy Website - links to other info
http://www.african-nativeamerican.com/ - African Native American
http://www.ibiblio.org/laslave/ - covers 1719-1820
http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/history/mlb_negro_leagues.jsp - Negro League Legacy
http://www.museum.guelph.on.ca/bhintro.htm - Loyalists, freed and runaway slaves extensive site
Alabama
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~algenweb/howto.html - How to Research in Alabama
http://www.segenealogy.com/alabama/al_maps.htm - Alabama County Formation and Census Maps
http://www.alabamagenealogy.org/ - Alabama Genealogy
American Battle Monuments
http://www.abmc.gov/ - American Battle Monuments Commission
Archival Supplies and Information
http://www.archivalusa.com/index.html - Archival USA
http://www.dickblick.com/categories/conservation/ - Dick Blick Art Materials
http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/servlet/OnlineShopping - Light Impressions
http://www.talas-nyc.com/ - Talas
Arizona
http://www.sharlot.org/index.shtml
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~azyavapa/index.html
Arkansas
http://www.ark-ives.com/ - Arkansas History Commission
http://www.genealinks.com/states/ar.htm - Arkansas Genealogy
https://sites.rootsweb.com/roots-l/USA/ar.html
http://www.segenealogy.com/arkansas/ar_maps.htm - Arkansas County Formation and Census Maps
Australia
http://members.tripod.com/~Robert_Legg/cemetery.htm - Australian cemeteries
http://www.anmm.gov.au/lib/keybks.pdf - books of ships
http://www.anzacsite.gov.au/ - defeat at Gallipoli spawned legend of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
http://www.ausbdm.org/ - Australasia Births, Deaths and Marriages Exchange
http://www.awm.gov.au/research/infosheets/service_records.asp - some vets get FULL copy of their service file.
http://www.connectingthecontinent.com/ctcwebsite/index.html - many links
http://www.greatoceanrd.org.au/ - Great Ocean Road and Cape Otway for tourist and history
http://www.gsv.org.au - Genealogical Society of Victoria
http://www.idreamof.com/australia/cemetery.html - largest collection of Australia cemeteries and links on the web
http://www.mcb.wa.gov.au/ - on-line searchable database of burials and cremations in western Australia
http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/bfa/psi04.htm - Victoria Museum link
http://www.naa.gov.au/ - National Australia Archives
http://www.nedkellysworld.com.au/index.html - Ned Kelly Bushranger
http://www.newstext.com.au/ - newspapers online
http://www.oldmogotown.com.au/education.html - Australian gold rush
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/ - public records office in Victoria
http://www.sag.org.au/services/sagtolret.htm - some fees for some services
http://www.shoalhaven.net.au/~cathyd/history/FirstFleet.html - first fleet to Australia
http://www.teldir.com - telephone directory
http://www.vinehall.com.au - tracing your ancestors in Australia
http://www.whitepages.com.au/wp/ - phone directory
http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/ - WWII data base
Battle Casualties
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/other/stats/warcost.htm - Statistical Summary America's Major Wars
http://www.libraryspot.com/lists/listwars.htm - war statistics
Beginners
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/ - good links and site features
http://freepages.education.rootsweb.com/~dflanagan/start.htmlhttp://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa110800a.htm - 25 ways to research your family free
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LGO-GEN/files/LDS/LDS01.htmhttp://home.att.net/~dottsr/diction.html - genealogy dictionary
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/learningcenter.html - several how tos
http://joseph_fincher.tripod.com/Mytree/id6.html
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~newbie/lesson01.txt
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/start/surveying.htm
http://timeforitnow.knotsindeed.com/genealogy/book/beginbook.html - organization instructions
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/forbesnewbies/ - Juliette Hendry’s site
http://www.cyndislist.com/beginner.htm - Cyndi’s list has an enormous collection of all different kinds of sites
http://www.cyndislist.com/internet.htm
http://www.genealogy.com/genehelp.html - genealogy learning center
http://www.genealogy.com/19_wylie.html?Welcome=1047929730 - how to cite internet sources
http://www.genealogy-geneology.net - free e-book "Cyber Genealogy: ...guide to online genealogy research"
http://www.genhelp.org/http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guid/guideres/handbook.html - guides to genealogy
http://www.ouc.bc.ca/libr/connect96/search.htmhttp://www.progenealogists.com/citationguide.htm - internet citation guide
http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy/gen4bgin.htm - online Beginners Guide
http://www.rootdig.com/adn/belgianbeginnings.html - Belgian beginnings
http://www.rootdig.com/adn/inputtingconclusions.html - conclusions
http://www.rootdig.com/adn/johannslines.html - getting clues from old letters
http://www.rootdig.com/adn/makingcopies.html - making copies
http://www.rootdig.com/adn/moremortier.html - foreign civil birth registrations from 19th century
http://www.rootdig.com/adn/panning.html - manually search the 1930 Chicago Census
http://www.rootdig.com/adn/selectiveservice.html - selective service records
https://sites.rootsweb.com/%7Enewbie/page3.html - Jean Legried’s Genealogy Lessons
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~wigenweb/guide.html
Books
http://www.buy.com/ - great place with some great book prices
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/archives.html - Go to Specialty Archives and then Historical.
http://globalgenealogy.com/books/2185647.htm - Colonial Handwriting, Understanding by Harriet Stryker-Rodda
http://www.collectorz.com/fsbook_download.php - organize your personal collection of books, magazines
http://www.FetchBook.Info - compare book prices and availability
http://www.gwest.org/ - online book store, new and used
http://www.higginsonbooks.com/ - Family books out of print
http://www.mechlingbooks.com/- repairing and rebinding old books
http://www.quintinpublications.com/catalog.html - quality reproductions and original publications
http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/lists/Gen-Mat-Lists.htm - four genealogy book lists
Buffalo Barracks Historical Web Site ca 1835
http://www.buffalonet.org/army - Descriptive & Historical Data of over 1,500 enlisted soldiers
http://www.ushist.com/buffalo-soldiers.htm
http://www.vq.com/overview_buffalosoldierhistory.htm
Calendar
http://searchforancestors.com/utility/dayofweek.htmlhttp://www.norbyhus.dk/calendar.html - good article
http://www.searchforancestors.com/ - several links
http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/ - calendars and calculators
http://www.wiskit.com/calendar.html - perpetual calendar
http://www.taubman.org.uk/datecalc/
http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/
California
http://catalog.colapl.org/ - Los Angeles County Public Library catalog
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/NORCAL%20index/ - NorCal Genealogy Index
http://lacounty.info/ - LA county birth, death, marriage
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/cubhtml/ - The Chinese in California, 1850-1925
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi/ - Death Records Index
http://userdb.rootsweb.com/deaths/ - 1905 - 1939
http://vitalrec.com/ca.html - where to get copy of death cert
http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi - 1940 - 1997
http://www.clerkrecorder.org/certificates_death_purchase.html - Santa Clara County death index
http://lacounty.info/ - Los Angeles Info
http://www.lapl.org - Los Angeles City Library, search their catalog on-line.
http://www.lavote.net/ - Los Angeles county clerk
http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/ca/_vitals/cabiygen.htm - birth index
http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/ca/_vitals/cadeathm.htm - California death data base
http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/ca/_vitals/camarrin.htm - marriage index
www.cagenweb.com/ - state wide Genealogy Society site for help
Canada
From 1791 until 1841 the two provinces of Ontario and Quebec were known as Upper Canada (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Quebec). After 1841 Upper Canada became Canada West and Lower Canada became Canada East. In 1867 Canada West became known as Ontario and Canada East was the province of Quebec. It's helpful to know this since references to Lower Canada, for example, gives you a rough idea of the time frame involved.
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/CountyAtlas/ - Canadian County Atlas
http://genealogysearch.org/GenCanada/topsites.html - Gen Canada Top 100
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/index.shtml - Olive Tree
http://websites.epidirect.com/~chateauguay/
http://www.archives.ca/ - WWII ships
http://www.archives.ca/02/0201_e.html - ArchiviaNet, the National Archives of Canada's online research
http://www.archives.ca/02/020111_e.html - Dominion Land Grants
http://www.archives.ca/02/020122_e.html
http://www.archives.ca/02/020153_e.html - Genealogical Sources in Canada
http://www.archives.ca/02/020202_e.html - Genealogical Sources in Canada
http://www.archives.ca/02/020203/02020302_e.html - military records
http://www.canadapost.ca - official Canada Post site
http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq
http://www.canadianheritage.org/index2.htm - a peek at days of old in Upper Canada
http://www.francogene.com/fichier.origine - vital records of French and foreign immigrants who settled in Quebec from the beginnings of the colony to1865
http://www.geneofun.on.ca/ontariolocator/ - Ontario Locator
http://www.infospace.com/canada/reverse_ca.htm - reverse phone directory, Canada only
http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/cghl.html - Canadian genealogy
http://www.islandnet.com/ocfa/ - searchable surname and cemetery
http://www.islandregister.com/ - Prince Edward Island Register
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/2/index-e.html - digital library of Canada
http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/welcome.htm - Ontario Genealogy Society
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~canmil/ - The Canadian Military Heritage Project
Catholic Info
http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/#GUIDE - Catholic Church Guide & family Genealogy
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/ - Catholic Encyclopedia
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~fianna/county/donegal/donrc.html - parish names in Ireland
Cemetery information
https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/th/read/GANT/2001-02/0982340632
http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/acronym.html
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegaleire/Abb.html
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~duncanrw/tombandfrat.html
http://genealogy.about.com/cs/cemeterytips/
http://genealogytoday.com/genealogy/enoch/records.html
http://members.aol.com/DanMRosen/donner/
http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/cemeteries/canada - all except for three Alberta Cemeteries
http://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/
http://www.alsirat.com/taphophile/ - means "love of cemeteries and funerals"
http://www.ancientburyingground.org/notable.html - Connecticut ancestors
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.com/contents.htm - headstones and historical info
http://www.cemeteryjunction.com - Cemeteries/Obituaries
http://www.cemeteryrecordsonline.com
http://www.cem.va.gov/ - National Cemetery Administration
http://www.cyndislist.com/cemetery.htm - Funeral Homes Cemeteries
http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/index.html - Cemetery Junction
http://www.dagonbytes.com/graveyards/listings/ - cemetery listings for many states
http://www.exonumia.com/art/society.htm - List of Fraternal Organizations to identify initials on gravestones
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Grounds/7235 - names of Confederate Cemeteries by State
http://www.genealogia.fi/haudat/index4e.htm - Finnish gravestones in the US
http://www.graveyards.com/ - Chicago
http://www.interment.net/column/records/nca/index.htm - VA Cemetery Verification
http://www.interment.net/data/us/wa/spokane/mica1/mica.htm
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bkinnon/obit_links.htm
http://www.obitcentral.com/cemsearch/initials.htm
http://www.paintedhills.org/Tombstones/Tombstones.htm
http://www.progenealogists.com/tombstonecare.htm - cemetery stone care
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~obituary/
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~srgp/flaghold/flaghold.htm - graphics of gravestone symbols
http://www.taubman.org.uk/datecalc/- calculate birth date from tombstone dates
http://www.tombstonetravel.com/symbol.html - symbols and objects that carry secondary meaning
Census
http://1930census.archives.gov
http://censustools.com/census/ancestry.html - must have Excel to use this
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/ - historical census data browser
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/background/ - historical background of the census
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/
http://stevemorse.org/ - help you locate people in the 1930 census
http://users.starpower.net/drkehs/census/ - 1930 Enumeration Districts
http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/ - what records are available on line
http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/news/articles/4664.asp - 1880 census instructions
http://www.allcensus.com/ - where to purchase census cds
http://www.amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/uscensus.html - info on all census
http://www.ancestry.com/save/charts/census.htm - get copy of any census form
http://www.archives.gov/index.html - US National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.censusdiggins.com/ - census online
http://www.colonialct.uconn.edu/
http://www.colorado.edu/libraries/govpubs/debbie/soundx.htm - soundex info
http://www.fremontlibrary.org/ - search 1790, 1800, 1810 and 1870 census for all states. This library in Illinois is making it's Heritage Quest database available to the public. No passwords or user names. Scroll down to Genealogy and Local History Online. You can then search the census or books.
http://www.genealogy.com/13_every.html - Key to the United States Census, 1790-1930
http://www.HeritageQuest.com/ - where to purchase census cds
http://www.ipums.org/ - Enumerator Instructions
http://www.ipums.umn.edu/usa/voliii/tEnumForm.html - copies of the enumeration forms from 1860 to 1990
http://www.library.cornell.edu/ ---- a great library source
http://www.negenealogy.com/ngo03.htm - North East census map
http://www.rootdig.com/adn/agriculturalcensus.html
http://www.rootdig.com/census/1880.html
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~census/coord.htm
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~census/states/
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson9.htm
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/cen_img.htm - free census online
http://www.segenealogy.com/sgo03.htm - South East census map
http://www.us-census.org/native/index.html - Native Americans
http://www2.heritagequest.com/1930census/beginsearch.asp
Children’s Genealogy
http://www.genealogyspot.com/features/kids.htm
Church Records
http://genealogytoday.com/columns/unclehiram/011027.html
http://www.berksgenes.org/brethren.htm - early Methodist churches in Illinois
http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/5_grnwd.html - Locating church records
http://www.parishregister.com/ - of St Peter's, London Docks 8000 entries from 1878 to 1933
http://www.umc.org/index.asp - The three churches(Methodist Episcopal, Methodist Episcopal, South, and Methodist Protestant) merged in 1939 to form the Methodist Church. That "organization" then merged in 1968 with the United Brethren to form the United Methodist Church.
City Directories
http://www.oldcitydirectory.com
http://www.uscitydirectories.com
City / County Place Names
http://barusa.tripod.com/ghostcounties/ - ghost counties by state
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form - find city, county, place - great site
http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi
http://usgenweb.com/ - counties and who they merged with/split from, maps, history - easy to use
http://www.genealogy.org/~st-clair/counties/welcome.html - counties in the US
Civil War
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/PhotoDB.html - Photos
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/ - Making of America with civil war journals plus
http://pacivilwar.com/nara.html - order pension and military records
http://searchforancestors.com/genhelp/military/confederate.html - state listings for confederate info
http://suvcw.org/kids/cwkids.htm - Union widows & children
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/tvii.htm - summaries of battles organized by state or by campaign
http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/Andersonvilleprison/index.html - Kevin Frye, local Andersonville Historian
http://www.acadiansingray.com/
http://www.censusdiggins.com/nc_civilwar.html - NC Confederate soldier database
http://www.censusdiggins.com/civil_war_prisons.html - Civil War Prisons
http://www.censusdiggins.com/civil_war_soldiers.html - Civil War Soldier Databases
http://www.censusdiggins.com/civil_war_records_faq.html - how to order Civil War records
http://www.civilwararchive.com/regim.htm
http://www.earthstation9.com/index.html?alabama2.htm - links to other states and sites
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/3680/cw/cw.html - rosters arranged by state
http://www.michlist.com/ - American Civil War. Military Biographical Index
http://www.hqudc.org - United Daughters of The Confederacy
http://www.hackman-adams.com/guns/index.htm - civil war guns
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ - civil war soldiers and sailors info
http://www.nps.gov/gett/ - Gettysburg National Military Park
http://www.pacivilwar.com/pow/ - includes both Union and Confederate soldiers
http://www.researchonline.net - index 1.5 million entries and counting
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mscivilw/csa_resc.html - Confederate research center
Concentration Camps
http://www.holocaustcenter.org/links/links_gen.shtml
Connecticut
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cribbs/uk_witnesses/
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rbrown/
http://theoldentimes.com/old_news_ct.html - search old Connecticut obits, news, birth & marriage
announcements, legal notices, recipes and more, all scanned from original issues of 18th to early 20th century newspapers. Complete index of names. Always FREE!.
http://www.colonialct.uconn.edu/ - Colony of Connecticut 1636 - 1776
http://www.geocities.com/conngen/
http://www.genexchange.org/state.cfm?state=CT
http://www.rand.org/contact/personal/Genea/
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ctahgp/
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ctlitch2/
Copyright Information
https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/th/index/copyright
http://www.benedict.com/index.html
http://www.cyndislist.com/copyrite.htm
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ22.html