- www.familysearch.org - Latter Day Saints Family History Site - Excellent Free software: Personal Ancestral File (PAF) PAF allows you to quickly and easily collect, organize and share your family history and genealogy information. Just Register and then download software.
- Genealogyintime Magazine
- Canadian Genealogy Records
- Canada Genelaogy
- Cyndi's ListA categorized & cross-referenced index to genealogical resourceson specific topics or locations
- Linkpendium.com - A collection of genealogy links categorized by region and surname.
- SearchForAncestors.com - Interactive directory of free genealogy websites and data.
- CousinConnect.com - A large free queries website.
- MyHeritage.com - MyHeritage focuses on genealogy community building and networking.
- Ancestry.ca $ - Ancestry.ca is the leading genealogical data site
- RootsWeb.com - Rootsweb is a major data site, with free instruction and reference help.
- www.lostcousins - In this site you enter census information on your relatives and Lost Cousins matches it up with other researchers that have entered the same data Lost Cousins
- Geni.com - Web 2.0 and focuses on genealogy community building and networking.
- GenCircles.com - Upload and share your family trees.
- Find My past
- 101 Best Websites from Fmily Tree Magezine
- Family Search Wiki
- Dick Eastman
- Allen County Public Library
- FamilyPedia
- Creating Tributes
- Ancestry Bank
- National Archives and Record Administration
- Genealogy Resources from Prince George
- That's My Family Search of Genealogical & Historical Database Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) in partnership with Library and Archives Canada (LAC), also available in French at www.voicimafamille.info, This new search engine allows genealogists to conduct searches against several databases at once.
- Collections Canada
- Many links to great genealogy websites
- Google Search engine Search online for online indexes:"surname index" + [parish/county name] + record type (1851 or chr or marr or wills)
- Genes Reunited
- Looking 4 Kin
- Harold B Lee Library at Brigham Young Library
- www.raogk.org Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
- Family Tree Magezine
- www.Genelogy.com - Genealogy.com - This is major data site, with instruction and reference help
- Genealogy Resources for Public Libraries
- www.cyndi's Port of entry
- www.archives.ca/02/020202/020202040103_e.html
- uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/thevoyage.html
- Family Tree Magazine
- www.gendex.com
- rootsweb.com World>Some Local Histories, searchable images,
- http://www.kindredtrails.com/free_genealogy_stuff.html Free Genealogy Stuff
- Collectionscanada.ca
- http://n.webring.com/hub?ring=atkinsonfamilyge Atkinson Genealogy and History Webring
- www.genforum.genealogy.com/wright/all.html Wright Family Genealogy Forum
- http://home.att.net/~azroadie2/WrightRing.html Wright Genealogy and History Webring
- MyFamily.com - Hosts family websites for sharing photos, genealogy, and more.
- TribalPages.com - Family trees hosting and charting program.
- GenealogyBank.com- Database with index of newspapers and early books.
Associations
Blogs
- About.com:Genealogy
- Dear Myrtle
- Dick Eastman
- Genealogy
- Genealogy Insider
- Progealogist (25 Most Popular)
- More Blogs
British Columbia
Canada
- Candian Genealogy Resources
- Quebec City Passenger Lists Index 1865-1900. List the name, age, country of origin, occupation and destination of each passenger. Canadian Genealogy Resources
- The Canadian Genealogy Centre (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/) includes all physical and online genealogical services of Library and Archives Canada. It offers genealogical content, services, advice, research tools and opportunities to work on joint projects, all in both official languages. Ancestry.ca offers access to over 7 billion worldwide names contained in over 26,000 historical record collections from the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France and other locations around the globe. Over 410 million Canadian family history records are available online. In addition to the fully indexed Censuses of Canada for 1851, 1891, 1901, 1906 and 1911, key Canadian collections include the Canadian Passenger Lists - 1865 to 1935 and U.S. / Canada Border Crossings from 1895 to 1956, Quebec Church & Vital Records (Drouin Collection) - 1621 to 1967, Ontario and British Columbia Church & Vital records from as early as 1747 and military records from WWI. Ancestry.ca offers an extensive learning center and robust online tree-building tools. As of October 2008, over 7.5 million family trees containing 725 million profiles and 12 million photographs have been created.
- Bill Richards Links organized by Provinces
- The CanadaGenWeb Project has as its goal, the collection and distribution of genealogical data on the Web. The role of the Canada GenWeb Project is to assist researchers in locating this information, as well as to add to the existing online data.
- Global Genealogy & History Shoppe Rick and Sandra Roberts have been operating Global Genealogy since 1992 in Milton, Ontario. Global Genealogy sells the usual assortment of books, CD-ROMs, charts, archival supplies, etc. They are a wonderful resource, however, for materials published in Canada. They also have a large number of materials published in the United Kingdom and Australia for those researching their British roots. In 1997, Global Genealogy started publishing a free online magazine, titled the Global Gazette. All past articles are archived on the Global Genealogy website. Articles cover all of the Canadian provinces and territories (including the new province of Nunavut), England, France, Ireland, Germany, Scotland, Scandinavia, Wales, the United States, and continental Europe. There are also book and software reviews, as well as articles on immigration, technology, and general tutorials. GEDCOM Explained Global Genealogy has also been very active in promoting the movement to release the post-1901 censuses in Canada. The website includes extensive information on the history of the controversy, the most up-to-date news on the issues, and contact information and petitions to send to officials in the Canadian government. They have also assisted APOLROD (the Association for the Preservation for Ontario Land Registry Office Documents), an organization that played a pivotal role in preserving the pre-1955 Land Registry Office records, which now reside in local repositories and the Archives of Ontario.
- That's My Family - A Canadian Genealogy Search Engine A search tool, free of charge and available in both French and English, that searches indexes data found on other sites. It looks only at Canadian sites that contain genealogy information. In the case of for-pay sites, clicking on a link in "That's My Family" may take the user to a sign-in page that asks for payment of a fee. The titles of these databases are marked with a dollar sign ($). The searches are always free, but some sites may charge a fee before displaying all the details.The site has one-page tutorials that explain the use of each. You never contact "That's My Family" since it is a search engine that points to data stored elsewhere. To access the needed organization's web site, you click on the Title field in the results window or go to the Sources section.
- Our Roots Canada
- Roots Web Canada
- http://www.genealogy.gc.ca/10/1008_e.html Immigration Information from Archives Canada
- http://www.islandnet.com/%7Ejveinot/cghl/cghl.html Canadian Provinces and Genealogy
- www.archives.ca/ national Archives of Canada
- www.archives.ca/04/04_e.html National Archives of Canada
- www.imagescanada.ca/index-e.html Images Canada
- http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/census.html Canadian Genealogy and Historical Links Census
- Collections Canada
Cemetaries
- Northern Ontario Cemetaries
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- FindAGrave.com - A database of cemetery inscriptions and photos.
- Interment.net - Transcribed and indexed cemetery inscriptions.
- DEceased on Line
Census
- Free sites for census Records in Canada, US,UK Norway and Sweden
- Census on Line 55000 Links for many countries including Canada (741), England (432), Ireland (171), Scotland (21), United States (53,028), Wales (51)
- Ontario 1871 Census
- Automatedgenealogy.com: Automated Indexes for 1901, 1906, and 1911 census and searchable datbases
- 1881 Canada Census
- 1891 Canada Census
- 1901 census and searchable datbases
- Algoma District 44
- 1911 census and searchable datbases
- 1906 for Western Provinces
- 1851 Ontario Census
- 1851 New Brunswick Census
- On-Line Inventory of Transcribed Censuses
- HeritageQuestOnline.com - Census, PERSI (the periodical index), books.
- US-Census.org - Census abstracts (U.S. GenWeb Census Project)
- inventory/On-Line Inventory of Transcribed Censuses for US
- CensusFinder.com - Links to free census records.
- 1911 Census for England and Wales Free to search but once you are sure of record you need to register and buy credits to view and print. England and Wales 1911 Census Goes Online Big news! The 1911 census England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands is now available online. Online access to the records of 36 million people in 1911 Major new family history resource 36 million people were recorded in the census taken on the night of Sunday, 2 April, 1911. Handwritten records Completed by all householders in England and Wales on Sunday, 2 April 1911, the census records show the name, age, place of birth, marital status and occupation of every resident in every home, as well as their relationship to the head of the household. People will also have unique access to their ancestors' handwriting as the original householders' schedules were preserved and used as working documents rather than copying the details in to summary books as was the case in previous census years. 'Fertility Census' The 1911 census was the first to ask questions relating to fertility in marriage. Married women were asked to state how long they had been married and how many children had been born from that marriage. Search for an ancestor in 1911 by entering their name If the name is common you can enter their approximate year of birth, which will help to narrow down the results Search for an address to look up the history of your house or an ancestor's address in 1911 (this function will be available in summer 2009) Pay as you go to view each record. You will be charged 10 credits per transcript and 30 credits for each original household page. Visitors to the website can buy 60 credits for £6.95. Findmypast.com vouchers will also be valid on 1911census.co.uk. Vouchers can be purchased from The National Archives bookshop and redeemed on findmypast.com. Credits can then be spent on both findmypast.com and 1911census.co.uk. For more information about using the 1911 census for family history research, 'Census: The Expert Guide' by Peter Christian and David Annal is available from The National Archives online bookshop at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Death
- wwww.deceasedonline.com The central database for UK burials and cremations (Free search; $ to view record details
DNA Reasearch
Education
England
- Society of Genealogists has transcribed 10000 England parishes
- Genuki
- http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/ Family Records Portal
- National Archives - formerly Public Record Office
- 1901 Census of England and Wales
- Information on London, England before 1800
Emigration
- www.ancestorsonboard.com This site has 24 million records of people leaving the Britis isles from 1890 until 1960
Ethnic
- Daddezio.com - Website focused upon Italian research, with instruction, information and more.
- JewishGen.org - Jewish, reference, instruction, coordination, and databases.
Family Histories
Family Trees Websites
Geneaology Education
Home Children
Ireland
- PRONI provides a great introduction to family history research in Northern Ireland and currently has three major databases for genealogists. The Ulster Covenant was signed on September 28, 1912, in protest of the Third Home Rule Bill, which would have established a Home Rule Parliament in Dublin. The Covenant was signed by 237,368 men. The accompanying Declaration was signed by 234,046 women. Together they represent almost a half million adult residents of Ulster. The Freeholders' Records, records of pre-1840 voters in Northern Ireland. The register books include details of those who registered to vote, while the poll books are lists of voters and the candidates for whom they voted. There is also an explanation of what the requirements were to be a voter in different time periods. PRONI is also working to digitize the wills from the District Probate Registries of Armagh, Belfast, and Londonderry between 1858 and 1900. You can currently search the index to the will calendar entries. You will soon also be able to view images of the wills themselves online.
- NAIhas a large number of finding aids on their website, , that will help you to understand genealogical research in the Republic, and what records are and are not available at NAI. Their major online database project at the moment is the digitization of the 1901 and 1911 census records. The returns for the 1911 census in the counties of Dublin, Antrim, Down, and Kerry are currently available. The rest of the counties are scheduled to be released over the course of the next six months or so.
- Irish Family History Foundation (IFHF). IFHF is a network of county-based genealogical research centers across all of Ireland. Their main website contains information about IFHF and the research centers, as well as resources for Irish research. The centers have an ongoing project to make records available online through a pay-per-view site, www.irish-roots.ie/pay-per-view.asp. Searching the index is free (you must register as a user first). If you find records you want to look at, you can view and download images for a fee. You can search individual counties, or search all counties. The counties that are currently available are Antrim, Armagh, Cavan, Cork, Down, Dublin, Fermanagh, Galway, Kildare, Kilkenny, Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Tyron, and Westmeath.
- 1911 Irish Census
- Irish Origins: Griffith's Valuation records 1847-1864nIrish wills index
- Access to primary sources of Ireland
- Public Records of Northern IrelandAccess to primary sources of Ireland
- General Register Office of Ireland
- National Library of Ireland
- The National Archives of Ireland, contains free index versions of 1901 and 1911 census
- The A-Z of Irish genealogy (links to websites)
- Includes Catholic Parish Maps & useful information for Ireland
- http://www.genuki.org.uk/
- http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/ Family Records Portal
- http://www.armagh.gov.uk/ City and County of Armagh
- A Useful Irish Resource Website
- Irish BMDs online for Ulster Province counties
Kenora
Manitoba
- Manitoba Geological Society
- Manitoba Geological Society, Beautiful Plains Branch
- Neepawa Riverside Cemetary Database
- West Manitoba
- Manitoba Vital Statistics
- Links to Maps of 1895, 1901 and 1806 under "Land Grants and Locations "
Maps
Military- Canadian Attestation Papers of persons who served in WW1
- Solders of the First World War
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Names on 45 Cenotaphs in Manitoba
- Canadian Military Records
Miscelaneous
- www.genqueries.com A free site that lets you post genealogy queries and advertises services
- www.ourtimelines.com A free site that enables users to generate personalized timelines to show ho the life of a particular person fits into history
- http://www.deadfred.com This digital archive helps preserves historical photographs for posterity
Newsletters
Newspapers
Nova Scotia
- GANS Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia. Membership in the Association stands at about 600, approximately one third of whom live in Nova Scotia, one third in the rest of Canada and one third in the United States.
- web pages on the internet that relate to genealogy in Nova Scotia.
- Colchester Historical Society
- Nova Scotia Genealogy
- Jane Wile's Website
- NS Archives and Record Management
- Nova Scotia Place Names
- Nova Scotia Historical Records Vital statistics NS Genealogical Search
- http://nsgna.ednet.ns.ca/index.html Nova Scotia Genealogy Society Containing List of Other NS Historical Society
- Nova Scotia Archive
- Truro Daily News Obituaries Burrows, Mildred Pulsifer (1999) History of Lower TruroByers, Ruth McCurdy (1925, 1961) Historic Notes on Truro Township 1759-1925Campbell, Carol (1995) The Cobequid Townships, Truro, Onslow, londonderry, 1760-1780, Truro: Colchester Historical MuseumJenkins, William Angus (1996) The STory of My Life, Truro, Nova ScotiaMiller, Thomas (1873, 1991) Historical and Genealogical Record of the Settlers of Colchetser County Colchester Historical MuseumCleland, Marjorie s. (1973) Index to Miller, Thomas (1873, 1991) Historical and Genealogical Record of the Settlers of Colchetser County Colchester Historical Museum, Truro: Colchester Historical MuseumWile, Jane (2003) The Descendants of Samuel Archibald & Eleanor Taylor, Belmont, NSWile, Jane (2003) The Lynds Family, Descendants of Samuel Archibald & Eleanor Taylor, Belmont, NS McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory 1907-08
Obituaries
Ontario
- Free Obituary on-Line
- Ontario Newspapers Online200 Years of Newspapers
- The OntarioGenWeb was created in February 1997 as part of the CanadaGenWeb Project. OntarioGenWeb volunteers and hosts are here to provide information on the web to help you help yourself trace your family tree. OntarioGenWeb specializes in the how and where - how to research Ontario and where to find research resources.
- The Canadian Tree
- http://www.ogs.on.ca/ Ontario Genealogical Society
- www.islandnet.com/ocfa/ Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid
- www.archive.gov.on.ca/ Archives of Ontario
- http://www.geneofun.on.ca/ongenweb/ Ontario Genweb
- Kenora Obituaries
- <a href="http://kenora.net">Bill Richard's Website Contains links relevant to Kenora
Passenger Lists
- www.shipindex.org
- Passenger Indexing Project
- EllisIsland.org - Database of passenger lists that is free to search. Actual passenger list images can be purchased.
- Ships Passenger List Covers Quebec Ports from 1906 to 1910
Place Names
Saskatchewan
ScotlandAdvice from Mary Breer: Married women in Scotland retain their family name throughout their life. When searching Scottish Records it is necessary to use their family name except for Census Records, death records are cross referenced, when a married woman becomes a widow they sometimes revert to their family name. Therefore, you will find married women listed in my records by their family name."I have been using the FreeCen Website especially for the 1841 Census for England, Wales and Scotland. at:http://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl Ages are unreliable as the Census takers rounded off the ages to multiples of 5. This site has been created and transcribed by dedicated volunteers who are knowledgeable and interested in Genealogy. The 1841 Census even on www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ is incredibly poorly transcribed."Genesreunitedfindmypast.com 1911 Census- Searching Scottish Ancestors
- National Library of Scotland- Map Collection
- The National Archive of Scotland
- Gen UKI- large collection of geneology information for England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
- http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/ Family Records Portal
- http://www.e-ayrshire.co.uk/local/sornweb/default.html Ayrshire county Site
- http://www.rgo.act.gov.au/home.htm RGO Births, Marriages, Death certificates
- Scotland People: Official Website: Census, church records, civil registrations ($) Statutory Register, Births 1855-2006, Marriage 1855-1933, Deaths 1855-2006 Old Parish Register: Births & Baptisms 1553-1854; Banns & Marriages 1553-1854 Census Records 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 Wills & Testaments Search 1513-1907 (Free) Charges 6 GBP (Canadian $12 - 30 credits for 90 consecutive days; 1 credit to view, 5 credits to view and save image
- Scottish Archive Network Digital Archive: The purpose of the Digital Archive is to make high quality digital images of historical records available online.- currently showing 1891 Medical Officer of Health reports for most Scottish counties. Exhibitions - on a variety of subjects compiled by SCAN or its participating archives. Education Modules - aimed mainly at pupils studying Scottish History in school.Emigration Records - records relating to emigration from Scotland, including an index of Highlands & Islands Emigration Society passenger lists.Virtual Vault - images of Scottish historical records, arranged by type of record. Local History week - images of Scottish historical records donated by some of SCAN's participating archives
- Ancestral Scotland On Home page:
- Scottish Genealogical Society
- Register Your Research Interests
- http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/lakes/ken.html Kendal Cumbria
- Wills and testaments from 1500-1901 Visit Scotland Clan Gathering Family Research English, Scottish Irish Geneaology Visit Scotland Local Libraries in Scotland
1. Research your roots
2. Regions and Conties 3.Choose a region on map or from list 4. Links for local links
Social Histories
- London Lives Social History in Londom England
- Common-Place.org
Software
Surnames
- John and Margaret Archibalds Descendents Many of these descendents settled in Nova Scotia
- Archibalds in Retson Line
- Cliffords in Retson Line
- Haores in Retson Line
- Hoare Descendents
- Joubert Genealogy
- Nelson in Retson Line
- Nelson Descendents
- Retson Geneology Sites
- Descendents of John Retson born approximately 1781
- Ancestors of James Clifford Retson
- Vertical Ancestor Lines of James Retson
- James Retson's Website on My Heriatge
- Houliston Website
- Our Ancestors - Surnames M-N
Tools
United Kingdom
- Genuki.org.uk - Large collection of genealogical information pages for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man.
- FindMyPast.com - Indexes to British records of many types.
- Links to many archives' catalogs
- Current Street maps for UK
- English, Welsh, Scottish & North Ireland Place names
- cyndi's Howells links to thousands of UK Websites
- Family search.org: Databases to 1881 census of England & Wales; ancestarl File; IGI; Pedigree Resource File; Family History Library Catalogue; product
- www.ancestry.co.uk - free index searches; has 1841-1901 census indexes & images online, plus more indexes including Civil registration of England and wales
- Find My Past - Useful site for all sorts of Information
- All England & Wales census indexes & Images online for resasonable cost
- Links to several locak and countywide online BMD indexes 1837-1950 Note BMD=Births, Marriages, Deaths
- nationalarchivist.com: Online divorces, BMDs at sea, army, India Wills, passport indexes
- General Register Office of England
- Ordinance Survey Maps
- Provides access to Historical Maps
- Parish Locator provides list of nearest parish in close proximity to a parish in England
United States
- Geneology Sites by States
- USGenWeb.com - A group of volunteers working together to provide free genealogy websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States.
- ObitLinksPage.com - State-by-state directory of obituaries and obituary resources.
- DeathIndexes.com - Lists of links to United States death records, by state.
- GenealogyLinks.net - Links to free sites, arranged by state and county.
- Ellisisland immigration records 1892-1924
- Ellis Island Tips
- Footnote.com $ - In conjunction with the U.S. National Archives, Footnote offers data, original records images, and more.
New England
- New England Ancestors
- New England Personalized Site
- Concord in the Colonial Period
- The Connecticut Nutmegger – a searchable database version of The Connecticut Nutmegger. The Nutmegger has served as the "journal of record" for CSG for forty years. During this time it has captured a wealth of information, including vital records, probate records, bible records, headstone records, memorials and other useful records. Well-documented family histories and genealogical articles, covering hundreds of families—mainly with Connecticut ties—have been presented. Published articles include commentary on and corrections to previously published family lines, vital records and town histories. Book reviews, research tips, queries and other valuable tools for genealogists have been presented. This database will be released in stages over the next year, starting this week with volumes 1 to 6. Additional sets of five volumes will be added periodically. The database search facility is very similar to that of the Register and allows searches by last and/or first name, or by subject keywords. Images of the original pages may be seen from the search results page. It is also possible to browse the pages of the Nutmegger by entering a year or volume number, and a page number. This first installment indexes 12,347 names and 477 subject records.
- New England Genealogy Society
Vital
- A user contributed database of births, marriage and deaths
- Marraiges
- Worldgenwebb
- WorldVitalRecords.com $ - WVR is also known as Family Link, and represents a major data website, with instruction and reference help.