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- From: ludechem@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: gs members sunflower <sunflowergs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:12:16 +0000 (UTC)
Free genealogical websites (a few may have minimal/moderate charges)
■ www.1930census.com — general reference for the US. Federal Census
■ www.arcrhives.gov — the National Archives and Records Administration
■ www.familysearch.org —Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints genealogy
records and resources
■ www.ellisisland.org — The American Family Immigration History Center at Ellis
Island; site
■ www.shipslist.com — contains the Ellis Island database of U.S. Immigrants
■ www.immigrantships.net – volunteers focused on transcribing passenger arrival
records
■ www.loc.gov — online home of the Library of Congress
■ www.myfamilyinc.com — includes Genealogy.com and Ancestry.com
■ www.rootsweb.com — conduct a variety of searches and meet people conducting
similar research on message boards; part of Ancestry com
■ www.usgenweb.com —a group of volunteers working together to provide links to
Web sites tor genealogical research in every U.S. county
■ www.ancestry.cn —offers a large number of Canadian family history records
online
■ www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/index-e.html — Library and Archives of
Canada, with excellent advice for beginners
■ www.ourroots.ca — history books about pioneer towns and profiles of citizens
■ www.pier21.ca — Canada's equivalent to Ellis Island
■ www.freebmd.org.uk —British ancestry site with parish birth, marriage and
death certificates from 1837 on
■ www.genuki.org.uk — census figures from every county of England. Ireland.
Wales. Scotland, the Channel islands and the Isle of Man, and other resources.
www.CastleGarden.org – Pre-Ellis Island port of entry in New York.
www.Mocavo.com – a genealogy search engine
www.findagrave.com –cemetery and gravestone locator.
www.deadfred.com – repository for photos
Please do not forget your local and regional Historical Societies, church
registers, newspapers and court documents.
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