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Links to Genealogy & Family History Resources

Resources to help you find your ancestors via 4YourFamilyStory.com. #genealogy #resources #tipsThink you've looked everywhere? Think again!
Here are some links to research resources you might find helpful in your genealogy and family history research. 

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These are both online and offline resources I have found helpful in both my  personal researching as well as when I research for clients. They are grouped under Subscription or Membership and General {Free}.

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For Texas-specific genealogy resources, visit my Texas Genealogy page.

Subscription or Membership Genealogy Sites

  • Accessible Archives
  • Ancestry.com 
  • Archives.com Collections
  • findmypast.com 
  • Fold3.com 
  • GenealogyBank.com 
  • GenealogyToday.com 
  • GenesReunited.co.uk
  • ​Heritage Books
  • Historicmapworks.com 
  • HistoryGeo.com
  • MyHeritage.com
  • National Genealogical Society
  • New England Historical Genealogical Society
  • NewspaperARCHIVE.com
  • Newspapers.com 
  • RootsIreland.ie
  • World Vital Records' Collections 

Free Genealogy Resources

  • African-Amercian, Low Country Africana
  • Archives, ArchiveGrid
  • Archives, ARCHIVESCANADA.ca
  • Archives, Archives Hub (UK research)
  • Archives, Archives Wiki
  • Archives, DigitalArkivet {Norwegian Archives}
  • Archives, Directory of State and Territorial Archives and Records Programs
  • Archives, Internet Archive {Archive.org}
  • Archives, Listing of U.S. State Libraries and Archives
  • Archives, National Archives and Record Administration
  • Archives, Repositories of Primary Sources
  • Archives, Smithsonian Institution Archives
  • Archives, The American Folk Life Center, Online Collections
  • Archives, Tumblr Special Collections (List)
  • Biographies, My Genealogy Hound (free family biographies)
  • Census, Enumerator Instructions
  • Census, Index of Questions
  • Church, Catholic Dioceses, List for U.S.
  • Church, Episcopal Church Archives
  • Church, Episcopal Church Parish Finder
  • Church, Genealogical Research in Records of the Episcopal Church (GUIDE)
  • Civil War, American Civil War Library Guides, University of Texas at Tyler
  • Conferences, Conference Keeper
  • Death, Ancestorsatrest.com
  • Death, Billiongraves.com
  • Death, DeathIndexes.com
  • Death, DeceasedOnline.com
  • Death, Findagrave.com
  • Death, Interment.net
  • Directories, Online Historical Directories Listing (Maintained by Miriam J. Robbins.)
  • General, Canva
  • General, Cyndi's List
  • General, Genealogy on Facebook List (List of over 5000 Facebook groups who collaborate on Genealogy; created by Katherine R. Willson)
  • General, Family Group Sheets Project
  • General, FamilySearch.org, Search Historical Records
  • General, GenealogyToday.com
  • General, Genealogy Trails
  • General, Placeography.org (A wiki of house, building, and other place histories.)
  • GenWeb, Africa GenWeb Project
  • GenWeb, Asia GenWeb Project
  • GenWeb, Canada GenWeb
  • GenWeb, Caribbean GenWeb Project
  • GenWeb, Central European GenWeb Project
  • GenWeb, East European GenWeb Project
  • GenWeb, Ireland and UK GenWeb Project
  • GenWeb, Mediterranean GenWeb Project
  • GenWeb, Middle East GenWeb Project
  • GenWeb, North America GenWeb Project (Non-U.S. & Non-Canada)
  • GenWeb, Oceania GenWeb Project
  • GenWeb, South American GenWeb Project
  • GenWeb, U.S. GenWeb Archives
  • GenWeb, U.S. GenWeb Project
  • Germany, GEDBAS 
  • Germany, Kartenmeister
  • Helps, Scanfest (Meets virtually once a month to scan.)
  • Helps, Sunday ScanDay Facebook Group (Meets virtually once a week to scan.)
  • Immigration, Castle Garden
  • Immigration, Ellis Island
  • Immigration, Immigrant Ancestors Project
  • Ireland, The Great Parchment Book (The Ulster Plantation)
  • Ireland, Irish Genealogy
  • Library, Digital Public Library of America
  • Library, Google Books
  • Library, Hathi Trust Digital Library
  • Library, Internet Public Library
  • Library, Library of Congress
  • Library, Trove, National Library of Australia
  • Library, Worldcat.org
  • Land, Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office
  • Maps, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
  • Maps, David Rumsey Map Collection
  • Maps, Geology.com {U.S. and World Maps}
  • Maps, Google Earth
  • Maps, Google Maps
  • Maps, Historical from Library of Congress
  • Maps, Interactive County Boundary Changes from Mapofus.org
  • Maps, Perry-Casteñeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas
  • Message Boards, Genforum
  • Migration, A Map of Early Western Migration Trails via TNGenWeb
  • Migration, Historic Roadways from francomaine.org
  • Migration, American Migration Fact Sheets (Created & maintained by Beverly Whitaker, MA.)
  • Migration, Migrations.org
  • New England, AmericanAncestors.org, free databases
  • Newspapers, British & Irish Newspapers, Index of Digitalised Issues
  • Newspapers, Catalog of Digital Historical Newspapers {NewspaperCat}
  • Newspapers, Chronicling America (free newspapers; has some Texas newspapers)
  • Newspapers, Elephind.com (Free historical newspaper search engine)
  • Newspapers, Google Newspaper Archive (searchable and browsable)
  • Newspapers, NewspaperMap.com
  • Newspapers, Online Archives, "List of" from Wikipedia
  • Newspapers, Online Historical Newspapers Listing (Maintained by Miriam J. Robbins.)
  • Newspapers, Research Video Tutorials from TheAncestorHunt.com (Kenneth R. Marks)
  • Norway, DIS-Hordaland
  • Norway, Norwegian Genealogy Resources
  • Obituaries, Obituary Links Page
  • Obituaries, Obituary Central
  • Organization, How to Organize Your Genealogy Research with Evernote (Video tutorial)
  • Organization, How to Organize Your Genealogy Research with Onenote (3-part video tutorial series.)
  • Photos, AncientFaces
  • Photos, DeadFred.com {photo archive}
  • Reference, FamilySearch Wiki
  • Reference, RefDesk.com
  • Reference, Rootsweb
  • Reference, Virtual Reference Desk
  • Reference, Wolfram|Alpha
  • Search, DuckDuckGo Search Engine
  • Search, Google Advanced Search Engine
  • Search, Google Search Tips & Tricks
  • Search, One-Step Web Pages by Stephen P. Morse
  • Societies, Genealogical and Historical Societies Listing by State (via CensusFinder.com)
  • ​Software, Comparison Chart
  • Studies, Register of One-Place Studies
  • Studies, The Guild of One-Name Studies
  • Writing, Family History Writing with Scrivener (Video Tutorials by Lynn Palermo.)

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