Links
Commercial Sites:
General:
Ancestry.com the best paid subscription site I have found so far Genealogy.com also a good subcription site Familytreemaker.com the genealogy software that I use
Individual family/surname:
People Search: Genealogy Resources An excellent resource of articles, information and links about genealogy research Trace Your Family Roots From Immigration to US Citizenship: a Genealogy Guide An excellent resource of information related to genealogical research USGenWeb a great resource for information at state and county levels Online death indexes an excellent directory of online death indexes by each state Chronicling America from the Library of Congress a collection of newspapers that have been digitized and are indexed online from across the United States DAR Genealogical Research System an online index from the Daughters of the American Revolution of Revolutionary War patriots and their descendants. US Geological Survey a good source for geographical information, maps, county names, etc. Rootsweb a good general genealogy website Cyndislist also a good "catch all" of genealogical info Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness a great site if you are looking for genealogical lookups Familysearch.org the Mormon church's genealogical website which contains a large amount of free online data Land Patent Records the Bureau of Land Management's website which contains much useful information on early land records 1895 Atlas complete atlas of the United States at, state and county levels Stevemorse.org many helpful "one step" databases and genealogical links
Location specific:
Barklow research of Thomas Burklow and Steve Bartlow Barklow Jim Barklow's website Brooks The Brooks Historian Brower 'Cowboy Johnny's' Brower family pages (and other related Dutch-American families Brown Debbie Holtzendorff's Brown resources page, with many different Brown genealogies. Cannon Charles Cox' genealogy website Christmas Christmas family website Dow Comprehensive genealogy of all the Dow families Duncan Duncan Surname Association Dunham Dunham-Singletary research Dunsmore Dunsmore family research on the Boylston archives website Foust Foust/Faust family of Germany, Pennsylvania and North Carolina Foss Foss pages of Kristin C. Hall's website George Marty Grant's George family website Hatfield Hatfield family website, by Jerry Hatfield Hull Hull Family Association Hunt Hunt family archives by Courtney Hunt A collection of Hunt letters written in the 19th century Hussey Detailed information on Christopher Hussey Huyck Descendants of Hendrick Huyck Jameson Edna Barney's Jamesons of Woods Gap and their Scottish Forebears Jameson Another Jameson family website Jones Jones family of Virginia Marston Dick Marston's Marston (and related surnames) website, which contains many early families from Hampton, New Hampshire Martiau Nicolas Martiau Descendant Assocation Morrill Comprehensive Morrill genealogy website Morse the Morse Society's website Phelps Phelps Family in America History Plymale Plymale family webpage Rice Edmund Rice (1638) Association Rockwell Rockwell Family Foundation - link not working, Jan. 2009 Sinclair Sinclair family website Thurston D. James' Thurston Genealogies website Treadway The Treadway Web True Comprehensive True family genealogy with pages on many related families Upshaw The Upshaw Family Genealogy Page Van Der Veer Van Der Veer / Vandever genealogy website Van Valkenburg The National Association of the Van Valkenburg Family Whitlock The Whitlock Family Association Whitney Whitney Research Group Willits Willits family on a Mercer Co., IL website Woodson Woodson line from from a book on the ancestors of Charles and Mary Morton Wyman Wyman Genealogy
Europe:
Dansk Demografisk Database the Danish Archive's online records including emigration and census information New England:
Ray's Place A nice collection of New England records that are online Dunham-Wilcox-Trott-Kirk Includes a very large collection of New England vital records Essex Co., MA GenWeb A collection of many Massachusetts town vital records online (most from Essex and Middlesex Counties) Western states:
Washington State Digital Archives from the Washington State Archives Heritage Trail Press Oregon specific subscription site Oregon Historical Records Index a large online database from the Oregon State Archives Rogue Valley Genealogical Society Contains many helpful indexes Southern Oregon History Ben Truwe's varied and fascinating sources of Southern Oregon (primarily Jackson County and Medford) history. Genealogical Society of Douglas County (Oregon) Western States Marriage Index from the BYU - Idaho website Vital Search California California vital records Siskiyou Cemeteries Central Steve and Laura Melton's website that is now run by Rhonda Hammer. Excellent material for Siskiyou County, California. Colorado State Archives Digital Archives page which contains a large database of indexes Mid-Atlantic States:
Delaware County, New York Genealogy and History Olive Tree Genealogy free databases Albany and Eastern NY Cliff Lamere's helpful links and databases on Albany and the Eastern NY area Sampubco.com a service that will provide copies of wills and other records for a fee, it also serves as a good index to will records, mostly in New York State Delaware Co., NY GenWeb Original 13 Settlers of Germantown, Pennsylvania Midwestern States:
Missouri State Archives Includes many indexes and databases Indiana State Library contains many useful indexes Boone Co., IN GenWeb Jefferson Co., IN GenWeb Illinois State Archives contains a great deal of useful information and vital records from the state of Illinois Sangamon Co., IL GenWeb Winnebago Co., Wisconsin Jan Cortez's comprehensive Winnebago County website Minnesota Historical Society contains a birth and death index Blue Earth County Historical Society contains an index of all the known cemeteries in Blue Earth County Southern States:
Tennessee State Library and Archives which includes a Tennessee Death Index for 1908-1912 and 1914-1928. Shelby County [TN] Register of Deeds Includes a Tennessee Death Index for 1949-2005 and other indexes specific to Shelby County. Folks Finders a site with some very useful information and family history on Montgomery Co., Tennesse Christian Co., KY GenWeb