Websites of special interest to genealogists | 4/22/2004 |
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www.cyndislist.com | 185,000 links to genealogy sites in 150 categories |
www.familysearch.org | LDS site; order PAF (free); search database | |
www.ancestry.com | | |
www.genealogy.com | training, software, on-line data & searching, CD-ROMs, etc |
| familytreemaker.genealogy.com | FTM software etc | |
| http://genforum.genealogy.com | genealogy message boards | |
www.rootsweb.com | topical and regional links; subscribe Rootsweb Review (free) |
| rwguide.rootsweb.com | excellent tutorials | |
| http://rsl.rootsweb.com | Rootsweb Surname List | |
| http://lists.rootsweb.com | 28,000 genealogy-related mailing lists by surname, state, country, ethnicity |
| http://boards.rootsweb.com | message boards by surname, state & county, country, other topics |
| http://searches.rootsweb.com | Searches fairly wide range of databases | |
| http://freepages.rootsweb.com | set up your own family webpage - free | |
| http://userdb.rootsweb.com | user submitted databases | |
Examples of specific state/prov and county/district | 2-letter-state/prov + 6-letter-county/district | [sometimes need more] |
| www.rootsweb.com/~flbay/bay.htm | FL, Bay County | |
| www.rootsweb.com/~flhillsb/hills.htm | FL, Hillsborough County | |
| www.rootsweb.com/~fljackso/ | excellent; links to churches, cemeteries, nearby counties |
| www.rootsweb.com/~flgenweb/index.html | | |
| www.rootsweb.com/~gatroup | GA, Troup County | |
| www.rootsweb.com/~onthunde/index.html | Thunder Bay Gistrict GenWeb | |
Examples of non-geographic rootsweb sites | | |
| www.rootsweb.com/~canghl/ | Canada Genealogy Help List (people who will do lookups; by province) |
| www.rootsweb.com/~obituary | Obituary Daily Times | |
| www.rootsweb.com/~ars/ | American Revolution Soldiers | |
www.usgenweb.com | US GenWeb; state/county pages; some overlap (genweb <> rootsweb) |
Other state/county specific sites: | | |
| www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/3010/fay-his.htm | FL; Fayette Co; split & rejoined Jackson | |
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www.genealogytoolbox.com | info and links on computers, people, places, and how-to |
Canada-specific | | |
| www.ogs.on.ca | Ontario Genealogy Society | |
| www.ontariogenealogy.com/Durham/ | Ontario GenWeb for Durham County | |
| www.islandnet.com/ocfa/ | Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid | |
| www.islandnet.com/bccfa/ | British Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid | |
| www.hlth.gov.bc.ca/vs/genealogy | BC Vital Statistics; issues "Genealogy Death Certificate" etc |
| www.mts.net/~mgsi/ | Manitoba Genealogical Society | |
Other countries | | |
| www.geocities.com/Athens/7783/index.htm | Gen Soc of South Africa | |
| www.lusaweb.com/ | Portugese | |
Schools and colleges | | |
| www.auburn.edu | libraries often have regional histories, biographies, genealogies |
| www.sdhc.k12.fl.us/~hbplant.high | some school boards have links to alumni by school |
| www.brucemorehead.com/58/ | HBPlant High c/o 58 | |
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