WEBSITE DIRECTORY – Family History
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This is a directory of websites that I have found to be helpful in my family history research.
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SEARCH ENGINES
WEBSITE DIRECTORIES for Family History
SURNAME SEARCH
DATABASES & GENEALOGY SITES
MESSAGE & QUERY BOARDS
FAMILY HISTORY – Education & Teaching Resources
LDS Resources
BRITISH SOURCES
FAMILY SEARCH & LDS SOURCES
LIBRARIES
REFERENCES – General
US - General
US - Newspapers
US - Census
US - Immigration
US – Maps & Gazateers
US – Deaths & Cemeteries
SEARCH ENGINES - Internet
Name
Google
Hot Bot
Lycos
AskJeeves
All the Web
Address
www.Google.com
www.hotbot.com
www.lycos.com
www.askjeeves.com
http://www.alltheweb.com/
Notes
WEBSITE DIRECTORIES for Family History
Name
Address
Cyndi’s List Search
Barbara Resnick's site
www.cyndislist.com
zroots.com
Notes
SURNAME SEARCH
Name
Address
Notes
US - Utah
US - South Carolina
Name
METASEARCH SITES:
FamilyTree SuperSearch
Ancestry World Tree
Ancestral File
Pedigree Resource File
Int’l Gen. Index
Cyndi’s List Search
PERSI
PERSI - 2003
Address
Notes
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/search/
http://www.ancestry.com/trees/
www.familysearch.com
www.familysearch.com
www.familysaerch.com
www.cyndislist.com
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/periodicals/persi/main.htm?rc=locale%7E&us=0
Coming to Heritagequest.com
DATABASES & GENEALOGY SITES
Name
Ancestry World Trees
GenServ
One Great Family
GenCircles
My Trees
RootsWeb
RootsWeb Library
Family Tree Magazine
Address
http://www.ancestry.com/trees/
http://www.genserv.com/
www.onegreatfamily.com
www.gencircles.com
www.mytrees.com
www.rootsweb.com
http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/filelist.html
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/
Notes
Feebased; index free
Feebased
Feebased
Feebased;
Feebased; Can “earn” time with extraction; index free
Index free; great message boards
http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/filelist.html
MESSAGE & QUERY BOARDS
Name
Address
Rootsweb
Ancestry.com
Cousin Connect
www.rootsweb.com
http://ancestry.com/share/
http://www.cousinconnect.com
Random Acts of Gen.
Kindness
http://www.raogk.com / Go to “Before Requesting Info Click Here”; go to bottom
of page.
Notes
Free lookups by volunteers (reimburse expenses);
REFERENCES – General
Name
RefDesk
Calendar Zone
Windows Keyboards
Shortcuts
Scanning
Address
www.refdesk.com/index.html
http://www.calendarzone.com/
www.zroots.com /….
Notes
www.scantips.com
Also has a book $24
Name
IGI Batch Number Index –
Main Menu
Address
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm#Menu
Notes
Lists batch numbers and localities
Address
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/articles/aug03/libraries.html
Notes
Links
LIBRARIES
Name
State Libraries List
FAMILY HISTORY – Education & Teaching Resources
Name
Cyndi’s List
Barbara Renick’s site
Roots-L Library
FamilySearch – Resource
Guides
Address
www.cyndislist.com
www.zroots.com
http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/filelist.html
www.familysaerch.com / SEARCH / Research Helps
Notes
Name
Address
Notes
FamilySearch
Mormon Pioneer Search
www.familysearch.com
http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/full_index.htm
LDS Resources
US - General
Name
US Gen Web
Cousin Connect
Address
www.usgenweb.com
http://www.cousinconnect.com
Notes
National & State links
Queries
Address
http://nl.newsbank.com/nlsite/index.html
http://www.lib.utah.edu/digital/unews/
www.sltrib.com
Notes
$2 Fee for emailed article (min. $10)
Except: SL Trip & DesNews, Provo Herald
Archive for obits 1990+ ($10 for a 1-month subscription,
unlimited)
US - Newspapers
Name
NewsLibrary Index
Utah Digital Newspapers
SL Trib
US - Census
Name
Address
Notes
Address
http://lofthouse.com/davis ... Change "davis" to county name for diff. counties
Notes
In process; has multiple counties
Address
Notes
US - Utah
Name
CEMETERIES - Utah
US - Immigration
Name
US – Maps & Gazateers
Name
Mapquest
US Gazateer (current)
mapBlast
4maps
RefDesk Maps
GNIS
Address
www.Mapquest.com
http://resources.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/townco.cgi
www.mapblast.com
http://4maps.4anything.com/
www.refdesk.com
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form
TopoZone
Surname Distribution Maps
TopoZone.com
http://hamrick.com/names/
Notes
1850, 1880, 1920, 1990
US – Deaths & Cemeteries
Name
SSDI
Address
http://www.familytreelegends.com/ssdi
Interment.com
Utah Burial
Index
www.internment.com
http://webapps.dced.state.ut.us/burials/execute/searchburials;jsessionid=50E33B17AC5BA105799735BEC6D2ACDB
Notes
Options: Name prefix, year range, age,
auto letter
US - South Carolina
Name
Address
Notes
Name
British Vital Records
British Church Records
British “Middle Name” Index
Address
www.freebmd.com
www.familysearch.com / IGI search by batch number
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/
British IGI Batch Number Index
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/
Notes
Index to birth, marr, death
Record extractions listed in IGI
Index based on IGI extractions, indexed by middle names; direct links to
IGI
List of batch numbers by location; direct links to IGI
BRITISH SOURCES
FAMILY SEARCH & LDS SOURCES
Name
What are batch numbers?
Address
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm#Menu
Notes
How to interpret batch numbers; also leads to batch number
index by locations & middle names
BLANK - template
Name
Address
Notes