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Cyndi's List
of Genealogy Sites on the Web
Cyndi Howells has, over the past several years, compiled the definitive collection of over 41,700 categorized sites (at this writing) for excellent research reference |
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Family Search
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) has recently established a Web site. It provides access to an online database providing an exceptional search facility for locating ancestors. |
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USGenWeb Project
This is the central Web site for the nationwide project to organize, state by state, county by county, genealogical resources onto Web pages. |
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RootsWeb
RootsWeb provides access to an incredible collection of genealogical resources. One of the most important resources here is an up-to-date listing of every genealogical mailing list (listserv), and instructions for how to subscribe. |
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National
Archives and Records Administration
Often called the U.S. government's "attic," the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the location of tens of millions of records of historical and genealogical interest. |
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Library of
Congress Catalog
The Library of Congress provides the best location online to locate the existence of books by author, title and subject -- and then you can search other libraries close to you. |
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AfriGeneas
This Web site is the definitive research site for the African American genealogist. |
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Notable Women
Ancestors
An excellent resource regarding genealogical research for female ancestors |
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Getty
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
This Web site provides a reference allowing you to search for place names and retrieve records for places including vernacular and historical names, coordinates, place types, and other relevant information. |
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Census Online
This site contains the beginnings of the project to transcribe and place all census material online. |
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Civil
War Rosters (Arranged by State)
This is an excellent resource for the Civil War researcher, providing rosters of soldiers organized by state and unit. |
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USA People Search - Find Anyone Instantly Big List of Genealogy Links. Research your family's roots to get the big picture about your name, your personality and even your career choices. Finding the facts can be fun, rewarding, and at times frustrating. You may encounter roadblocks and dead ends along the way. However, if you are persistent and organized, you can eventually find out quite a lot about your family. |
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Ancestry.com
Ancestry, the venerable publisher of high quality genealogical reference books, is also the leading commercial genealogical Web site on the Internet. |
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The Genealogy
Forum on America Online
Take a look at what the Genealogy Forum offers and know that other resources on AOL such as maps, encyclopaedia, dictionaries, ethnic and geographic reference resources, photography, Revolutionary War and Civil War forums, and a host of other reference materials complement the Genealogy Forum. |
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Librarians
Serving Genealogists
This Web site was created for genealogical librarians who serve the genealogists who use their libraries and archives. |
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10,000 Year
Calendar
Last but certainly not least, here is a resource for calculating any date via a perpetual calendar. You will find this useful in determining the day of the week on which your ancestor or relative was born, married or died, and for a variety of other uses. |
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Family Tree Searcher - Find Family Trees Easily
Enter your ancestor information just once to search for family trees at multiple online genealogy databases. |