Forums and lookups

 

http://www.genforum.com

http://boards.ancestry.com

http://www.raogk.org

http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo/index.html (Books We Own)

 

Pay services

 

http://www.newenglandancestors.org (New England Historical & Genealogical Society)

http://www.ancestry.com

http://www.genealogy.com

http://www.heritagequest.com (available free through libraries and archives)

http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/ (England/Wales records)

 

Archives/Libraries/Government

 

http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/what_do_we_have/default.htm (GA Archives)

http://web.archive.org/web/20030618094433/www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/rs/gcc.htm (GA County Creation)

http://www.archives.gov (NARA – order Rev. War, etc. records.)

http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/gendisx/index.htm (Michigan Genealogical Death Indexing System)

http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html (Illinois State Archives Database)

http://www.ellisisland.org (Arrivals at Ellis Island)

http://www.lva.lib.va.us/index.htm (Library of Virginia)

http://www.cslib.org (Connecticut State Library)

http://envoy.libofmich.lib.mi.us/1870_census/Default.aspx (Library of Michigan, 1870 MI Census)

http://augustaarchives.com/ (Augusta Chronicle, pay service archive)

http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/history.html (18th century history links, some are broken, most good)

http://www.ctheritage.org/archive/archive.htm (CT Heritage Gateway, online archives primary source information)

http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/ (Cornell Univ. “Making of America” collection, online primary sources, 19th century).

http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/PhotoDB.html (Civil War photo index, Army Military site)

http://carlisle-www.army.mil/ (US Army War College, many online reference databases)

http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/ (Allen County Public Library, huge genealogy library, PERSI requests)

http://www.dar.org (DAR, Patriot Lookup)

http://www.libdex.com/ (Index to Libraries)

http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (Civil War Soldiers & Sailors – National Park Service)

http://ssdi.rootsweb.com (Social Security Death Index)

 

Lineage Societies & Fraternal Organizations

 

http://www.sar.org (NSSAR)

http://www.sar.org/hq/application (SAR Application Status)

http://www.dar.org (NSDAR, Free DAR Patriot Lookup)

http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/default.htm (Mayflower Society)

http://web.mit.edu/dryfoo/Masonry/Questions/grandpa.html (Information on Freemasons)

 

Free services

 

http://www.familysearch.org (LDS site, some user-submitted information with questionable sources)

http://wc.rootsweb.com (part of Rootsweb, Worldconnect, user-submitted information)

http://www.rootsweb.com (Rootsweb is largest and oldest free genealogy site)

http://www.usgenweb.com (part of Rootsweb, US State/County sites, great assist for researchers looking for records)

http://www.usgennet.org  (similar to above)

http://www.ahgp.org (American History & Genealogy Project)

http://www.biblerecords.com (Online Bible records site)

http://www.cyndislist.com (Meta-Index of genealogy sites)

http://www.genhomepage.com/northamerican.html (North American Genealogy Links)

http://www.us-census.org (online census transcriptions)

http://www.census-online.com/ (Directory of online transcriptions)

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ma/state/revwar/ (Mass. Rev. War Soldiers)

http://www.daddezio.com/ (Misc. Records, links)

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ (transcribed New England records)

http://www.rays-place.com/ (New England record transcriptions)

http://www.usigs.org/library/ (Genealogical and historical research library, transcribed and scanned books)

http://www.immigrantships.net/ (Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild)

http://www.newspaperobituaries.net/ (Index of newspaper obituaries on the web)

 

Records available for purchase

 

http://www.archivepublishing.com/ (Mass. Town Records, etc.)

http://www.newyorkancestry.com/ (New York Records, etc., searchable index)

http://www.quintinpublications.com/ (Family Genealogies, records, etc.)

http://dogbert.abebooks.com/ (good source of out of print books and genealogies)

http://www.genealogical.com (great source for genealogy texts)

http://www.genealogyinprint.com/ (more genealogy texts)

http://www.longislandgenealogy.com/ (Long Island information, some for purchase)

http://www.americangenealogist.com/ (The American Genealogist, back issues, subscriptions)

http://www.sampubco.com/ (Index of Wills, US Vitals for purchase)

http://www.revwar.patriotpublishers.com/index.html (Rev. War Bible, Family and Vitals for purchase)

http://www.vitalrec.com/ (Contacts for US Vital Records)

Photos and maps

 

http://www.deadfred.com (Submitted photos)

http://www.ancientfaces.com (Submitted photos)

http://www.sunysb.edu/libmap/nypath2.htm (early NY, New England maps – some others)

http://geonames.usgs.gov/gnishome.html (Geographic Names Information System)

http://www.mapquest.com (Mapping)

http://maps.google.com (Mapping)

http://monarch.tamu.edu/~maps2/ (“Do it yourself” color coded state maps)

http://www.mycensusmaps.com/ (census maps, county formation maps)

 

Tools, Other Services

http://censustools.com/ (Census spreadsheets)

http://www.familytreemagazine.com/forms/download.html (misc forms for download, research worksheets, ancestry charts)

http://www.virtualimprint.com/bindery.shtml (Micro Bindery)

http://www.progenealogists.com/citations.htm (genealogy citation guide)

http://genealogy.about.com (general genealogy information)

http://www.academic-genealogy.com/ (Interesting site with good general information)

http://www.bcgcertification.org/ (Genealogy certification and best practice)

http://www.thefamilyhistorystore.com/ (genealogy tools, forms, filing systems)

http://www.searchforancestors.com/soundex.html (Soundex coder)

http://www.archivalsuppliers.com/ (Archival storage, etc. supplier)

http://www.behindthename.com/ (Etymology)

http://www.ftdna.com (DNA testing)

http://www.dnaheritage.com (DNA testing)

http://www.familytreemaker.com (Most popular Genealogy program, good for beginners)

http://www.legacyfamilytree.com (Free basic Genealogy program, $19.95 download “Deluxe” version)

http://www.whollygenes.com/ (The premier genealogy program, The Master Genealogist $59 download)

http://www.gensmarts.com/index.asp (One of the best genealogy add-ons, acts as a research assistant)

http://www.genealogyblog.com/ (News about genealogy)

http://www.eogn.com (Dick Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter)

http://www.ebay.com (eBay auctions, many genealogy items)

 

Search Engines

 

http://www.genealogy-search-help.com/ (nice Google query builder for genealogy)

http://www.google.com/

http://www.msn.com/

http://www.yahoo.com

http://www.altavista.com

http://www.lycos.com

http://www.dogpile.com (Meta search)

http://www.alltheweb.com (Meta search)

http://www.copernic.com (Desktop search)

httphttp://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html?hl=en&gl=us (Desktop search)

 

Essential tools and utilities

 

http://www.zonelabs.com (Firewall)

http://www.symantec.com (Anti-virus)

http://www.mcafee.com (Anti-virus)

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx (Spyware)

http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ (E-mail w/spam filter)

 

Publishing your results on the web

 

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/ (Free Web Space for Genealogy web sites)

http://www.godaddy.com (Domain names)

http://www.v-com.com/product/Web_Easy_Pro_Home.html (Web design)

http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage (Web design)

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html (Acrobat Reader – PDF files)