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Introduction to family history research


Keep track of your progress with Software and downloadable forms

Family Tree Maker Online University
Basic information on building your tree (strong U.S. emphasis)

National Genealogical Society - Genealogical Standards
The basics of doing the job properly

Family History Library - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Includes census records from 1880-1881, plus much more

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
The mother of all genealogy sites

Rootsweb
Millions of names, free

Ancestry
Millions of names, subscription

Genealogy.com
Family Tree Maker and more

Search Systems
Great way to find free online databases

Google
Don't forget to search Google for news groups and images as well

Google's map site
Find maps and aerial photos from around the world


Canadian sites

CanGenealogy
Links to everything that matters

Library and Archives Canada
Many great resources are found here

Mary's Genealogy Treasures - by Mary Tollestrup
Search 16,000 links to Canadian sources

British Columbia Archives
Includes death index 1872-1986, much more

Alberta Family Histories Society
Projects Registry will help you find sources of Canadian information

Alberta Heritage Digitization Project
Including digitized pages from local history books and newspapers

Canadian Geographical Names
An aid to finding locations throughout Canada

British Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid
Death information for 344,000 British Columbians

Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid
Millions of references to burials in Ontario

Archives of Ontario
Lots of material, including old wills

Canada GenWeb Project
Links to hundreds of Canadian sites

Saskatchewan Genealogical Society
Great resource for doing work at a distance

Toronto Public Library
Includes digitized directories from the 19th century

Prince Edward Island Census Records
The best census site in Canada -- an index to three enumerations


British Isles

National Archives
1901 census of England and Wales, and more

GENUKI - U.K. and Ireland Genealogy
Starting point for genealogy in the British Isles

Free BMD
Births, marriages and deaths from England and Wales, 1837-1900

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Search several countries at one time

Origins.net
Paid site, covering Ireland, England and Scotland

Ulster Historical Foundation
Great source for Northern Ireland roots

Old maps of the United Kingdom
Works well for finding locations

Find A Church UK
A good online gazetteer for finding churches and towns in England


Europe

Using Maps and Gazetteers in Your Research
By Dave Obee - on the FEEFHS site

The mutilation of names
By William Hoffman (PDF - requires Acrobat)

Global Gazetteer
Boring site, but great source of information

Federation of East European Family History Societies
Covering Germany to Alaska and everything in between

Ukraine 1:100,000 topographical maps
Warning: It would help to know a bit of Cyrillic

German war casualties database - from both wars
Find where German soldiers are buried


United States

United States National Archives and Records Administration
Well, not as nice as the Canadian site

California death index 1940-1997
We all have relatives in the Golden State

A death record from California
Watch the spelling of the surname that you're searching for

The same person, from a different source
Use a different search in the Social Security Death Index

Cleveland Necrology File
A sample of what can be done, with a great name!

Tacoma Obituary database
Another example of what some local libraries are putting online

Western States Historical Marriage Index
Possible connections to Canada!

Interment.net
One-stop searching for three million missing relatives

Ellis Island index
Arrivals in the United States from 1892-1924


In general ...

Dave Obee's Family History Page
Don't reveal all that you have!

Genealogy newsgroups
Get involved in the relevant area

Cyndi's List - England - Sussex
As an example

Genealogy resources on the Internet
A basic directory

Cyndi's List - genealogy software
Many choices here

Genealogy.com
Family Tree Maker and more

Family History Library
Download Personal Ancestral File for free

Palmsource
Software for your Palm

GeneaNet search engine
Possibly an alternative to Google


Updates? Corrections? Better examples? Send an e-mail to Dave

Updated March 6, 2009

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