Marilyn Markham, AG, MLS
So much is on the Internet now. This class will introduce many of the best US websites you can use for free as well as several pay sites worth their fees. Through them, you can learn a lot about your ancestors from home, a family history center, or a library. Many more sites are become available or will be put online as time goes on.
Helps
BYU Family History Library Lab Resources at http://sites.lib.byu.edu/familyhistory/alphabetical-list/
BYU Family History Guides and Tutorials at https://familyhistory.byu.edu/Pages/Tutorials.aspx
FamilySearch Research Wiki at https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/
Twenty Ways to Avoid Grief When Researching, by Margaret M. Sharon at http://www.bcgs.ca/?p=52
Puzzilla at https://puzzilla.org/
Mega Sites
FamilySearch at https://familysearch.org/
Catalog
Wiki
Collections
Tree
Descendancy feature
Pioneer Ancestors
Photos
Stories
Learning Center
Ancestry.com at http://www.ancestry.com/
LDS/Ancestry account
Trees
Collections
Catalog
Learning Center
Message Boards
US National Archives (NARA), Resources for Genealogists at http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html
Heritage Quest at http://www.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/index
American Ancestors, NEHGS at http://www.americanancestors.org/home.html
My Heritage at http://www.myheritage.com/
One Great Family at http://www.onegreatfamily.com/Home.aspx
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Cemeteries
Find a Grave at http://www.findagrave.com/
Billion Graves at http://billiongraves.com/
Interment.net at http://www.interment.net/
Vital Records
Online Birth & Marriage Records Indexes for the USA at http://www.germanroots.com/vitalrecords.html
Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA at http://www.germanroots.com/deathrecords.html
Online Searchable Death Indexes & Records (USA) at http://www.deathindexes.com/
Immigration
Castle Garden at http://www.castlegarden.org/
Ellis Island at http://www.ellisisland.org/default.asp
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild at http://www.immigrantships.net/
The Ships List at http://www.theshipslist.com/
Ship Passenger Lists and Records Online at http://www.germanroots.com/onlinelists.html
Mormon Migration at http://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel at http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/
Naturalization
Online Searchable Naturalization Records and Indexes at http://www.germanroots.com/naturalization.html
FamilySearch Collections at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list/?page=1&region=UNITED_STATES
Ancestry.com at http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx#ccat=hc=25&dbSort=1&sbo=1&title=&keyword=naturali zation&
Ancestry.com at http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1629
Military
Fold3.com at http://www.fold3.com/institution-index.php
or http://www.fold3.com/documents/
Soldiers and Sailors Database at http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm
Online Searchable Military Records & Databases – USA at http://www.germanroots.com/military.html
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) at http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search/?tab_id=0
United States Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923 at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1852758
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Land
US Land Office (BLM GLO) at http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Click Search Documents
US Board on Geographic Names at http://geonames.usgs.gov/
United States Land and Property at https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_States_Land_and_Property
Geocommunicator, Land Survey Information System at http://www.geocommunicator.gov/blmMap/MapLSIS.jsp
for an explanation on how to use this site, see Grants from the Federal Government (Public Domain) at https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Grants_from_the_Federal_Government_%28Public_Domain%29 under Locating
Federal Lands on Maps
Magazines and Newspapers
PERSI (Periodical Source Index) see https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Periodical_Source_Index_%28PERSI%29
Chronicling America at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
Utah Digital Newspapers at http://digitalnewspapers.org/
History
GenDisasters at http://www3.gendisasters.com/
Timeline of United States history at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_history
LDS Family History
Family History Topics at https://www.lds.org/topics/family-history?lang=eng
Tracing LDS Ancestors at https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Tracing_LDS_Ancestors
LDS Emigration and Immigration at https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/LDS_Emigration_and_Immigration
Pages with Links
Ancestor Hunt, Free Genealogy Search Engines at http://www.ancestorhunt.com/
Linkpendium at http://www.linkpendium.com/
Cyndi’s List at http://www.cyndislist.com/
RootsWeb at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
RootsWeb Surname List at http://rsl.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
RootsWeb Guides at http://rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
RootsWeb World Connect at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
USGenWeb Archives at http://usgwarchives.net/
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Digital Books
Google Books at http://books.google.com/books
Internet Archive at https://archive.org/
FamilySearch Digital Books at https://books.familysearch.org
Libraries
WorldCat at http://www.worldcat.org/
Public Libraries (also other libraries) at http://www.publiclibraries.com/
Search Engines
Google – A metasearch engine
DogPile at http://www.dogpile.com/ - A metasearch engine. It gathers information from several search engines and displays them under one search site. This allows the user to search several search engines with only one display list.
Clusty at http://clusty.com/ - A metasearch engine, but the results are delivered in clusters of information.
One-Step Webpages, by Stephen P. Morse, at http://stevemorse.org/ - A search engine for selected genealogical websites.
Mocavo at https://www.mocavo.com/ - A genealogy search engine for free websites.
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