Links to Genealogy & Family History Resources

Think you've looked everywhere? Think again!

Here are some links to research resources you might find helpful in your genealogy and family history research. 

​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}.

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

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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
• Justajoy.com
• Mocavo 
• 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, Crestleaf
• 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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Free Genealogy Tools

Using Archives — A Guide

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3 FREE Video Tutorials plus links & freebies!

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Step-by-step video tutorial plus freebies!