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General Topics

Archives, Libraries, and Internet

CDs at FHL

Daughters of the American Revolution

DAR Library Online Catalog

Directories of Libraries, Archives & Historical Societies

Genealogy Libraries on the Internet
LibDex - Worldwide index of library catalog, web sites
Public Libraries Directory
Repositories A-M Primary Sources Eastern US-Canada
Repositories A-Z Primary Sources Western US-Canada
Repositories N-Z Primary Sources Eastern US-Canada
State Archives & Historical Societies Internet Directory

Family History Centers

Family History Centers

Internet

FAMILYSEARCH (Internet)

Search for Ancestors

All Resources
Ancestral File
International Genealogical Index
Pedigree Resource File
Vital Records Index
Web Sites

Family History Centers
Family History Library Catalog (Internet)
FamilySearch Home Page
Research Guidance
Research Helps (FHL Publications)
Statewide Indexes and Collections

RootsWeb

Canada
RootsWeb Home Page
United States States

America Online AOL - Cyndi's List
Ancestry.com
Cyndi's List - General U.S. Sites
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Databases - Lineage-Linked - Cyndi's List
Databases, Search Sites, Surname Lists - Cyndi's List
Family History Library Catalog (Webview)
GenCircles Ancestor Search
HeritageQuest Online Index
LibDex - Worldwide index of library catalog, web sites
MultiGen - Search Multiple Genealogical Databases
USGenWeb Project - Home Page
Volunteer Online Regional Projects - Cyndi's List
Web Rings for Genealogy - Cyndi's List

Library of Congress

Home Page
Library of Congress Online Catalogs
NUCMC

National Archives

AAD Nat'l Archives Search Engine
ARC Nat'l Archives Search Engine
Genealogical Research at the Nat'l Archives
Military Personnel Records homepage
National Archives Home Page
Order Forms for Nat'l Archives

National Genealogical Society

NGS Catalog Online

U.S. Army Military History Institute

U.S. Army Military History Institute

Biography

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (A.G.B.I.)
Biography Resource Center (GaleNet)
John Taylor by B.H. Roberts
Mormons and Their Neighbors

Cemeteries

Cemetery Records Online
CemSearch Ancestry.com
Find A Grave
Public Record Finder.com Cemeteries

Census

1790 Federal

1790 Census Worksheet
1790 Index - Ancestry.com

1800 Federal

1800 and 1810 Census Worksheet
1800 U.S. Federal Census by State - Ancestry.com

1810 Federal

1800 and 1810 Census Worksheet
1810 U.S. Federal Census by State - Ancestry.com

1820 Federal

1820 Census Worksheet
1820 U.S. Federal Census by State - Ancestry.com

1830 Federal

1830 and 1840 Census Worksheet
1830 U.S. Federal Census by State - Ancestry.com

1840 Federal

1830 and 1840 Census Worksheet
1840 U.S. Federal Census by State - Ancestry.com

1850 Federal

1850 Census Worksheet
1850 U.S. Federal Census by State - Ancestry.com

1860 Federal

1860 Census Slave (Masters) Schedules Ancestry.com
1860 Census Worksheet
Partial 1860 U.S. Federal Census by State - Ancestry.com

1870 Federal

1870 Census Worksheet
1870 U.S. Federal Census Images by State - Ancestry.com

1880 Federal

1880 Census Index & Transcript - FamilySearch Internet
1880 Census Worksheet
1880 U.S. Federal Census Images by State - Ancestry.com

1890 Federal

Images of Surviving 1890 Population Schedules

1900 Federal

1900 Census Worksheet
1900 U.S. Federal Census Images by State - Ancestry.com

1910 Federal

1910 Census Worksheet
1910 Federal Census Images by State - Ancestry.com

1920 Federal

1920 Census Worksheet
1920 U.S. Federal Census by State - Ancestry.com

1930 Federal

1930 census FHL film numbers
1930 U.S. Federal Census Index - Ancestry.com
1930s City Directories at the Family History Library
Finding 1930 E.D.s in One Step (Large Cities)
Nat'l Archives E.D. Locator (when not in 1 Step)

Statistics from the Census

Census Statistics 1790 to 1990
Historical Statistics 1790-1960
U.S. Surname Distribution

AIS Census Indexes
AIS U.S. Census Indexes on Fiche Resource Guide
Ancestry.com federal Census Records 1790-1930
Census Forms Headings (in .pdf files) - Ancestry.com
Census Indexes Map
CENSUS INDEXES ONLINE for States and Counties
CENSUS INDEXES ONLINE Links - census-online.com
Census Surname Search - USGenWeb
Cyndi's List of Census Indexes Online
Mortality Schedule Index 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1885
Soundex Converter (YASC)
What's in U.S. censuses 1790-1930

Church Records

Record Types

Births & Baptisms - Cyndi's List

Specific Denominations

Latter-day Saints (Mormons)

Encyclopaedic History of the LDS Church
History of the LDS Church, 1830-1930, 7 vols.
Journals of People Who Knew Joseph Smith
Latter-day Saints - Cyndi's List
LDS Church History Website
LDS Early Church Information File Resource Guide
LDS Overland Pioneer Search, 1847-1868
LDS Periodical Index
LDS Records Research Outline
Membership of the LDS Church 1830-1848 Resource Guide
Mormons and Their Neighbors Index
Saints Without Halos Continued

Baptists- Cyndi's List
Huguenots - Cyndi's List
Lutheran - Cyndi's List
Mayflower Ancestors Links
Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies - Cyndi's List
Mennonites - Cyndi's List
Methodists - Cyndi's List
Presbyterians - Cyndi's List
Quakers - Cyndi's List
Roman Catholics - Cyndi's List

Court Records

Adoption (Cyndi's List)
Ancestry.com Court Records databases index
Court Locator - Public Record Finder.com
New York Courts
Public Records Finder.com Online Court Records

Directories (see also Genealogy - Finding People)

Bigfoot - Tools For The Internet
City Directories of the United States of America
Infospace
List of Online Directories
lookup_zip+4
SearchBug PeopleFinder
Switchboard The Internet Directory - YellowPages - WhitePages - PhoneBook
Ultimate White Pages
White Pages - msn.com

Emigration and Immigration

Chinese Immigrants 1882-1955
Ellis Island - Cyndi's List
Ellis Island in One Step
Ellis Island Passenger Index, 1892-1924
Filby, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index (PILI)
Great Migration Index, New England 1620-1633
Hamburg Passenger Lists 1850-1934 Resource Guide
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
Immigration and Naturalization Ancestry.com
INS History, Genealogy, and Education - Home Page
Irish Famine Immigrants, 1846-1851 Ancestry.com
LDS Immigration to Utah
LDS Overland Pioneer Search, 1847-1868
Mayflower Ancestors Links
Mayflower Passengers with Living Descendants
Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies - Cyndi's List
Morton Allan Steamship Directory 1890-1930 in 1 Step
Passenger Lists and Information Online
Tracing Immigrant Origins Research Outline
Wuerttemberg Emigration Index v 1-8 Ancestry.com

Gazetteers

Find a town's county - RootsWeb.com
M.I.T. Geographic Names
USGS query and map finder

Genealogy

Cyndi's List - United States Index
United States Research Outline

Land and Property

Ancestry.com Land Records databases index
Laura Ingalls Homestead File example
Order Forms- Land entry files- NATF Form 84
Range Maps for Dummies
U.S. BLM-GLO Land Patents Search

Maps (see also General Topics - Maps)

1895 Atlas of U.S. States
LC Map Collections Home Page

Migration, Internal

Pioneer Lists

California Pioneers bef. 1870 Index
Emigrant Lists Westward Expansion
LDS Overland Pioneer Search, 1847-1868
Mormon Pioneer Search
Oregon Trail Pioneers
St. Joseph, Missouri Name List 1846-1849

Canals, Rivers & Waterways - Cyndi's List
Library in Independence, MO
Migration Routes, Roads & Trails - Cyndi's List
Mormon Diaries (LC) Trails to Utah and the Pacific
Mormon Migration to Utah
Mormon Trail Diaries & Maps 1847-1869
Mormon Trails Association
Oregon-California (OCTA) Trails Map
Oregon-California Trails Assoc. Home
Overland Trails
Railroads - Cyndi's List
Tracing Mormon Pioneers Crossing the Plains

Military Records

Civil War, 1861-1865

American Civil War Homepage
Civil War (Cyndi's List)
Civil War Pension Index and card images
Civil War Records (National Archives)
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Index (NPS)
Confederate Pension Records
Links to state records and histories
U.S. Civil War Center

Queries and Message Boards

Military Search Bulletin Board, WW2 to present

Revolutionary War, 1775-1783

DAR Library Online Catalog
Pension Index Ancestry.com
Rejected Pensions Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com Military Records Indexes
Finding People - Public Record Finder.com - Military
How to Locate Military Records - Cyndi's List
Korean Conflict Death Index 1950-1957 Ancestry.com
Mexican War, 1846-1848
NARA Military Service and Pension Records
NARA request for military personnel recs (Dead)
Online Searchable Military Databases
Order Forms- 1775-1916 service & pension records
Order Forms- 1917-present (SF 180) military records
U.S. Military (Cyndi's List)
U.S. Military Records Research Outline

Minorities

Ethnic Minorities

1860 Census Slave (Masters) Schedules Ancestry.com
Acadian, Cajun & Creole-Cyndi's List
African American Genealogy
African American GSNC Genealogical Resource Directory
African American Records Research Outline
African-American - Cyndi's List
Black Dutch - Cyndi's List
Chinese Immigrants 1882-1955
Germans from Russia - Cyndi's List
Gypsies, Romani, Romany & Travellers - Cyndi's List
Hispanic - Cyndi's List
Melungeons - Cyndi's List
Wends or Sorbs - Cyndi's List

Political Minorities

Loyalists - Cyndi's List

Religious Minorities

Doukhobors - Cyndi's List
Huguenot - Cyndi's List
Jewish - Cyndi's List
Jewish Genealogy Research Outline
Jewish Orphanages in the United States
Jewish Records in the FHLC
JewishGen The Home of Jewish Genealogy
Latter-day Saints - Cyndi's List
LDS Early Church Information File Resource Guide
Mayflower Ancestors Links
Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies - Cyndi's List
Mennonites - Cyndi's List
Mormons and Their Neighbors
Quakers - Cyndi's List

Native Races

BIA Agencies & Tribal Leaders
Census Finder - All FREE Indian censuses online
Dawes 1889-1914 Index to the Final Rolls images
Guion Miller 1909 Roll images
Indians of the United States and Canada Research Outline
Map of Indian Nations Circa 1899
Native American - Cyndi's List
Native American Genealogy
Native American Nations
Online Native American Indian Genealogy Databases
Tribal Ties - How to Research

Naturalization and Citizenship

Ancestry.com Naturalization Database Index
Form G-639 naturalizations esp. aft. 1940 & now dead
National Archives Naturalization Records Description
Online Searchable Naturalization Indexes & Databases
Requesting Naturalization Records

Newspapers (see also Obituaries)

Newspapers - Cyndi's List
Search Newspapers & Periodicals Ancestry.com
United States Newspaper Project

Obituaries (see also Newspapers)

Local Obituary Search Engines
Search Newspapers & Periodicals Ancestry.com
United States Newspaper Project

Occupations

RailRoad Genealogical Society
RailroadData.Com Railroad Links Directory
RR Retirement Board Genealogical Info After 1936
Using US RR Retirement and other Railroad Records

Officials and Employees

Postmaster Finder

Orphans and Orphanages

Orphan Trains - Cyndi's List

Periodicals (see also Societies)

NEHGS - Search our Databases
Periodical Source Index (PERSI) Resource Guide
Periodical Source Index (PERSI)

Probate Records

Ancestry.com Probate Records databases index
Online Searchable Probate Record Databases

Slavery and Bondage

1860 Census Slave (Masters) Schedules Ancestry.com
Slave Narratives

Societies

1600s Ancestor's Data Base
DAR Library Online Catalog
Daughters of the American Revolution
Descendants of Mexican War Veterans
Fed. of Geneal. Societies - Society Hall Directory
Mayflower Society of Mayflower Descendants
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS)- History
National Genealogical Society Catalog Online
New England Historic Genealogical Society
RailRoad Genealogical Society
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Sons of the American Revolution
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
State Archives & Historical Societies Internet Directory
United Daughters of the Confederacy
United States Historical and Genealogical Societies

Vital Records

Birth, Marriage & Death Records Indexes Ancestry.com
Directory of State Offices
Fee Based (free at FHL) Online Death Indexes
Online Marriage Record Databases - GenWed.com
Online Searchable Birth & Marriage Records Databases
Online Searchable Death Indexes & Databases
Public Records Finder - Vital Records
Social Security Death Index
Vital Records Check
Vital Records Information
Where to Write