Book & Book Resources
- Family History Books: https://books.familysearch.org/ - A collection of Family History books.
- FullBooks.com: http://www.fullbooks.com/ - Thousands of full-text free books.
- Genealogy Gophers: https://www.gengophers.com - provides access to one of the world’s largest collections of online, searchable, genealogy-only books and other family history publications. It currently contains more than 80,000 digitized family histories, regional and local histories, genealogy magazines and how-to books, gazetteers, newsletters, and medieval histories.
- Ancestor Hunt: http://www.ancestorhunt.com/family_bible_records.htm - There are over 500 pages of Bible records and images accessible from this page.
- Bible Records Online: http://www.biblerecords.com/ - A site dedicated to transcribing and digitizing the contents of family records that were written inside family Bibles and in other important documents from as early as the 1500s through today.
- Genealogical Research System: http://services.dar.org/ -The GRC Reports identify Bible register transcriptions that are present. Approximately 40,000 family register entries from Bibles are now available as a subset of the national collection of the Reports.
- Index to Early Bible Records: http://www.learnwebskills.com/patriot/biblerecords.htm - This site provides a free index to over 17,000 online and offline pre-1830 Bible records.
- North Carolina Digital Collections: http://digital.ncdcr.gov/ - The Bible records come from the State Archives of North Carolina's 2500+ holdings. North Carolina did not officially record births and deaths until late in 1913.
- Billiongraves: http://billiongraves.com/ - Uses modern technology to capture images of headstones, with their GPS locations, so users worldwide can access those records anywhere.
- Deceased Online: http://www.deceasedonline.com/ - Searchable database for UK burial records, cremation records, grave maps.
- *Find-A-Grave: http://www.findagrave.com - Memorials may contain rich content including pictures, biographies and more specific information.
- Gravestone Photo Project (GPP): http://arkansasgravestones.org/gpp-info.php - Began in 2003 as a modest single county gravestone photo archive. It has grown to include dozens of independent state projects and millions of searchable gravestone photos from over the United States.
- Interment.net: http://www.interment.net/ - An online library of cemetery records from thousands of cemeteries across the world.
- LDS Genealogy: https://ldsgenealogy.com/cemetery-records/ - 323,546 records directory contains information about where cemetery records are located, organized by state, county, and city. Both online and archive sources are included.
- Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War: http://www.suvcwdb.org - National Graves Registration Project for final resting places of Civil War veterans.
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Gravesite Locator: http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/ - Burial locations of veterans and their family members in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department of Interior cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private cemeteries when the grave is marked with a government grave marker.
- Utah Cemeteries & Burials Database: http://heritage.utah.gov/history/cemeteries - Database to locate the sites of burials and cemeteries throughout the state.
- Census Reporter: http://censusreporter.org/ - Although a Knight News Challenge-funded project to make it easier for journalists to write stories using information from the U.S. Census bureau. The place profiles and comparison pages provide a friendly interface for navigating data, including visualizations for a more useful first look for genealogists.
- LDS Genealogy: https://ldsgenealogy.com/census-records/ - 51,532 records directory contains information about where census records are located, organized by state, county, and city. Both online and archive sources are included.
- MortalitySchedules.com: http://mortalityschedules.com/ - Search a database of deaths in the year preceding the taking of the census in years 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880.
- Nevada Census Database: http://nvshpo.org/ - Search a database of Nevada State census records ranging from 1860-1920.
- AccessGenealogy: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/ - With over 240,000 links it is one of the largest directories of genealogy websites found online. It’s crowning achievement though is in providing Native American researchers an avenue for research online.
- The ACPL Genealogy Center: http://www.genealogycenter.org - a unique and valuable resource for the Northeastern Indiana community and the entire genealogical community at large. They have one of the largest research collections available, incorporating records from around the world.
- *Ancestry.com: $ http://www.ancestry.com/ - Discover billions of genealogy records including Census, SSDI & Military records.
- *Cyndi's List: http://www.cyndislist.com/ - A comprehensive, categorized & cross-referenced list of links that point you to genealogical research sites online.
- Digital Public Library of America: http://dp.la/ - Brings together the riches of America’s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world.
- *FamilySearch.org: https://familysearch.org/ - The largest collection of genealogical and historical records in the world.
- Family Tree Searcher: http://www.familytreesearcher.com/ - Search family trees at nine online family tree databases by entering your ancestor information just once. This free service creates the best family tree searches based on your ancestry. Get started by entering what you know about your ancestor.
- Findmypast.com: http://www.findmypast.com - Search English wills and probate indexes, and UK parish records. Thom’s Directory 1844-1900, a street directory and almanac for Dublin. Plus the site has a growing US collection (including censuses) and is linking its searchable Periodical Source Index (PERSI) to the original genealogy journal articles.
- Free Genealogy Search Help for Google: http://www.genealogy-search-help.com/ - This free genealogy site helps you use Google for your research. It creates a series of different searches using tips or "tricks" that will likely improve your results using Google to find ancestry information on the Internet.
- Genealogy.com - Resources by State: http://www.genealogy.com/ - Available genealogical resources by State.
- Genealogy Trails History Group: http://genealogytrails.com/ - Finding Ancestors wherever their trails led.
- Genealogy Search: https://www.kincrawler.com - over 3 million pages in the index so far. These are transcribed census records, obituaries, cemetery transcriptions, marriage records, military information, bible records, family trees, blogs and more.
- LDS Genealogy: https://ldsgenealogy.com/ - Directory with over 940,000 record sources from 587 different archives and sites. With in-depth articles on dozens of family history topics
- Library of Congress: https://catalog.loc.gov/ - Contains 17 million catalog records for books, serials, manuscripts, maps, music, recordings, images, and electronic resources in the Library of Congress collections.
- Linkpendium: http://www.linkpendium.com/ - This site is being developed by the founders of the RootsWeb genealogical community site. Their goal is to index every genealogy, family history, family tree, surname, vital records, biography, or otherwise genealogically-related site on the Internet.
- MyHeritage: http://www.myheritage.com - MyHeritage now offers a wealth of searchable databases as well—6 billion historical records in all—including millions of new Scandinavian records such as Danish censuses and Swedish household examination rolls.
- National Archives: https://www.archives.gov/ - Explore the history of the United States and family members through documents, photographs and other records of America.
- Olive Tree Genealogy: http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com - With more than 1,900 pages of free genealogy records you'll need to allow yourself lots of time to look around. Collection includes: Passenger Lists, Ships Search, Immigration Tips, Canada, Military, Genealogy Guide, Loyalists, New Netherland, Native American, Palatine Genealogy, Photo Albums, Almshouse, Orphan Records, Huguenots, Mennonites, Quakers, UK Ireland, Genealogy Secrets! & Odds 'n Ends.
- *One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse: http://www.stevemorse.org/ - Tools for finding records on other websites.
- RootsWeb: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ - The primary purpose and function of this site is to connect people so that they can help each other and share genealogical research. Most resources are designed to facilitate such connections.
- The USGenWeb Project: http://usgenweb.org/ - volunteers working to provide free genealogy websites for research in every county and every state of the United States.
- U.S. State Archives Online: http://genealogy.about.com - online digitized records collections of the historical and genealogical holdings of state archives across the United States.
- The WorldGenWeb Project: http://www.worldgenweb.org/ - a volunteer based organization dedicated to providing world wide genealogical and historical records and resources.
- DeathIndexes.com: http://deathindexes.com/ - This website is a directory of links to websites with online death indexes, listed by state and county. Included are death records, death certificate indexes, death notices and registers, obituaries, probate indexes, and cemetery and burial records.
- LDS Genealogy: https://ldsgenealogy.com/death-records/ - 37,765 records directory contains information about where death records are located, organized by state, county, and city. Both online and archive sources are included.
- Ancestry.com: $ http://www.ancestry.com/ - Discover billions of genealogy records including Census, SSDI & Military records.
- *FamilySearch.org: https://familysearch.org/ - Family Tree allows users to cooperate in building a family tree.
- Family Tree Searcher: http://www.familytreesearcher.com/ - Search family trees at nine online family tree databases by entering your ancestor information just once. This free service creates the best family tree searches based on your ancestry. Get started by entering what you know about your ancestor.
- Geni: https://www.geni.com - Users add and invite their close relatives to join their family tree. All Geni users can share photos, videos, and documents with their families.
- Treelines: https://www.treelines.com/ - Helps you turn your tree into stories your friends & relatives actually want to read. Winner of the 2013 RootsTech Developer Challenge.
- WeRelate.org: http://www.werelate.org/ - Create wiki pages for your ancestors, upload GEDCOM files, upload and annotate scanned documents and photos, include family stories and biographies, view maps of your ancestors' life events, view multi-generation pedigree and descendancy charts on the left side of the screen while displaying detailed person or family information on the right, and research over 400,000 place wiki pages.
- WikiTree: http://www.wikitree.com/ - A community creating a single shared family tree.
- Ancestor Squares: http://ancestor-squares.fhtl.byu.edu/ - A game that allows you to interact with the names of your relatives and learn about their relationships.
- The Family Nexus: http://thefamilynexus.com/ - This site provides resources for helping you interactively engage with the places where your ancestors lived, worked, and died.
- Geneopardy: https://geneopardy.fhtl.byu.edu/ - Jeopardy style questions specific to your family tree.
- One Page Genealogy: http://opg.fhtl.byu.edu/ - allows you to layout your family tree and format it for printing.
- Pedigree Pie: https://pedigree-pie.fhtl.byu.edu/ - An interactive Pie chart that shows where your ancestors are from and the slices that make up your heritage.
- Puzzilla.org: https://puzzilla.org - Visualize compact symbols reveal patterns of incomplete research for ancestors and descendants.
- Relative Finder: https://www.relativefinder.org/ -This would be wonderful for sharing with cousins if all of the data in the FamilySearch Family Tree was correct.
- RootsMapper: https://rootsmapper.com/ - Allows you to easily visualize the migration patterns of your ancestors. It utilizes the data that already exists in your FamilySearch Family Tree to plot your ancestors onto an interactive map.
- TreeSeek: https://treeseek.com/ - Easily create charts with your data gathered from FamilySearch.org. Charts include fan charts, pedigree charts, name clouds, census source tracker, and vital source tracker.
- Virtual Pedigree: http://virtual-pedigree.fhtl.byu.edu/ -allows you to navigate your genealogy with a new and revolutionary fluid interface. Simply click and drag, and begin exploring!
- Wheel of Family Fortune: https://wheel.fhtl.byu.edu/ - Wheel of Fortune style game about your family.
- Alabama Genealogical Society: http://algensoc.org - the only genealogical society in Alabama that serves all 67 counties.
- California Genealogical Society: http://californiaancestors.org/ - Rich in genealogy reference materials, both standard and unique, covering people and places in California and the rest of the country.
- Coleraine Family History Society: http://colerainefhs.org.uk/ - a branch of the North of Ireland Family History Society. A group of people researching family names in the Coleraine area, or in other parts of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
- Colonial Dames of America: https://cda1890.org/ - Established to commemorate the history of the thirteen American colonies and the men and women who founded them.
- Colorado Genealogical Society: http://www.cogensoc.us/ - this will give you some places to start. One of the best ways to keep up with the latest genealogical research for Colorado.
- Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865: http://www.duvcw.org/ - Each woman, who is descended from a Civil War ancestor, will have the opportunity to preserve her Civil War heritage for posterity, while honoring and revering her Civil War ancestry, and promoting patriotism for the United States of America.
- Descendants of Mexican War Veterans: http://www.dmwv.org/ - We are the men and women descendants of both regular and volunteer officers, enlisted men, and civilian employees of the United States Army who participated in the Mexican War.
- Descendants of Whaling Masters: http://www.whalingmasters.org/ - committed to preserving the history and tradition of the whaling era so that the fascinating story of whaling will not be lost to future generations.
- Dutch Colonial Society: http://www.dutchcolonialsociety.org/ - One of the purposes is research and education about early ancestors from the Netherlands whose efforts, labor, and skills helped in building the enduring greatness of the United States of America.
- The Florida State Genealogical Society: https://flsgs.org - Founded to promote the study and research of genealogy and local history.
- The Huguenot Society of America: http://www.huguenotsocietyofamerica.org/ - Organized to perpetuate the memory of the Huguenot settlers in America, to commemorate the principal events in the history of the Huguenots, and to promote the cause of religious freedom.
- The Illinois State Genealogical Society: https://ilgensoc.org - To seek, preserve and make available data pertaining to individuals, families and groups who lived in Illinois, and to events which took place therein.
- International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers: http://www.dupinternational.org/ - Dedicated to honoring the names and achievements of the men, women, and children who founded Utah.
- Iowa Genealogical Society: http://www.iowagenealogy.org/ - Their mission is to create and foster an interest in genealogy and to aid others in researching their family history.
- Jamestowne Society: http://www.jamestowne.org/ - Our members are descended from early settlers who lived or held colonial government positions in Jamestowne, Virginia prior to 1700, or who invested in its establishment.
- Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic: http://suvcw.org/LGAR/Home.html - the oldest Women’s hereditary organization in the United States. The original objectives of the organization included promotion of patriotism and loyalty to the Union, participation in community service, especially for the aid of our Veterans and their dependents.
- Missouri First Families: https://mosga.org - Dedicated to enhancing the knowledge of its members and the public in the study of family history, genealogical records and the principles of sound genealogical research.
- Montana State Genealogical Society: http://montanamsgs.org - Promoting the study of genealogical and historical research within the State of Montana.
- National Society of the Colonial Dames of America: http://nscda.org/ - Promotes appreciation for the people, places and events that led to the formation and development of our country.
- National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century: https://www.colonialdames17c.org - an organization of women who are descendants of an ancestor who served prior to 1701 in the geographical area of the United State of America.
- National Society of the Dames of the Court of Honor: http://nsdch.org/ - One objective is to perpetuate a fraternity among women who are descendants of officers of one of the early American wars.
- National Society Daughters of the American Revolution: https://www.dar.org/ - Search for Revolutionary Era Ancestors.
- National Society United States Daughters of 1812: http://www.usdaughters1812.org/ - a non-profit, non-political, women's service organization for descendants of patriots who aided the American cause during the War of 1812.
- National Society, Descendants of Early Quakers: http://www.earlyquakers.org/ - To promote appreciation and recognition of the accurate and extensive family records kept by the Society of Friends.
- New York Genealogical and Biographical Society: https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/ - Has a number of free subject guides, blog articles, and webinars that will help you navigate the challenging landscape of genealogy research in New York State.
- Ohio Genealogical Society: https://www.ogs.org - The largest state genealogical society in the United States. Its mission is to meet the educational needs of its members and the general public through the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of genealogical and historical information.
- Order of the First Families of Maine: http://newenglandsocieties.org/OFFME.htm - Men and women who are lineal descendants of a resident, land owner, or was the chief proprietor of a business between 1604 and 1652 within the boundaries of present day Maine.
- Order of the First Families of Maryland: http://www.firstfamiliesofmaryland.org/ - A genealogical lineage society dedicated to celebrating the history and memory of the Americans who were among the first to settle the Maryland colony.
- Order of the First Families of Mississippi: http://www.offms.org/ - To further the study of the history of the State of Mississippi prior to 1817 and to promote educational, historical, genealogical, patriotic, literary, and social activities.
- Order of First Families of New Hampshire: http://www.firstfamiliesofnewhampshire.org/ - To Educate, preserve and increase the knowledge of the history of New Hampshire by the preservation of documents and the recording of family histories, lineages, and traditions.
- Order of First Families of North Carolina: http://www.offnc.org/ - Organized for the protection and preservation of records pertaining to the Proprietary Period of North Carolina history, which ended in 1729; the establishment and publication of lineages of descendants of those first Colonial families; and the encouragement of historical research into the history of North Carolina and its earliest families.
- The Order of the First Families of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: http://newenglandsocieties.org/OFFRI.htm - The objectives of the Order are concerned with the history of Rhode Island and the genealogy of her founding families.
- Order of Native Daughters of the Golden West: http://www.ndgw.org/ - Order of California-born women, is a fraternal and patriotic organization founded on the principles of; Love of Home, Devotion to the Flag, Veneration of the Pioneers, Faith in the Existence of God.
- The Society of The Ark and The Dove: https://www.thearkandthedove.com - Founded in 1910 to perpetuate the memory of the first families of Maryland and to provide opportunities for fellowship for all those who trace their descent from Lord Baltimore and from those who came on the Ark and the Dove in 1634 to settle the proprietary province of Maryland.
- Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers: http://oregonsdop.org/ - Formed in 1875 to create one central organization from the several pioneer groups including what are now the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, parts of Montana and Wyoming and the Province of British Columbia in Canada.
- Society of Indiana Pioneers: http://www.indianapioneers.com/ - Composed of people who were descendants of the early settlers of Indiana, the pioneers who opened the State to civilization, thereafter discussing, promoting and planning it with family, friends and acquaintances.
- Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War: http://www.suvcw.org/ - A fraternal organization dedicated to preserving the history and legacy of heroes who fought and worked to save the Union.
- Swedish Colonial Society: http://colonialswedes.net/ - America’s oldest Swedish historical organization and unique in this country because of its relationship to the Swedish Royal Family and the Swedish government.
- Texas State Genealogical Society: http://www.txsgs.org - Perpetuate the memory of Texans and their ancestors and inspire a wholesome regard for those who have been and are now part of the heritage of our state and nation.
- Washington State Genealogical Society: https://wasgs.org - Here to help connect you with resources and services so you can advance your search for your Washington State ancestors and family history.
- Digital Public Library of America (DPLA): https://dp.la/ - America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format.
- European History Primary Sources (EHPS): http://primary-sources.eui.eu/ - The purpose of EHPS is to provide an easily searchable index of scholarly digital repositories that contain primary sources for the history of Europe.
- Europeana: http://www.europeana.eu - Explore millions of items from a range of Europe's leading galleries, libraries, archives and museums. Books and manuscripts, photos and paintings, television and film, sculpture and crafts, diaries and maps, sheet music and recordings, they’re all here.
- Library of Congress Online Catalog: http://catalog.loc.gov/ - Contains 15 million catalog records for books, serials, manuscripts, maps, music, recordings, images, and electronic resources in the Library of Congress collections.
- Louisiana Purchase, 1682-1815: http://www.lib.lsu.edu/special/purchase/index.html - Included are books published during the period, including travel accounts, political tracts, scientific and religious works, maps, pamphlets and government records and publications.
- Avotaynu: http://www.avotaynu.com/ - the leading publisher of products of interest to persons who are researching Jewish genealogy, Jewish family trees or Jewish roots. The books we sell are meant to assist you in your research—from beginner guides to books about Jewish surnames.
- Bremen Passenger Lists: http://www.passengerlists.de - Search more than 738,000 entries from this popular German departure port, spanning 1920 to 1939. You’ll also find some mid-19th century emigration lists.
- California Bound: http://www.sfgenealogy.org/californiabound/cbindex.htm - This site contains passenger lists for ships and wagon trains traveling to California between 1848 and 1873. The lists are transcribed from microfilm of the New York Daily Times, the New York Herald, the New Orleans Picayune, the Panama Star, the Panama Herald, and the Boston Daily Evening Transcript.
- California Shipwrecks: https://www.slc.ca.gov/Info/Shipwrecks.html - a list of known shipwrecks in State waters and seeks and provides information about historic shipwrecks and sunken aircraft.
- Castle Garden: http://www.castlegarden.org - Search an extraordinary database of information on 11 million immigrants from 1820 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened.
- *Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Clerk: http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/NR/ - more than 500,000 naturalization petitions covering 1871 to 1929, primarily declarations of intention. Search by name or partial name, birth date, birthplace and even occupation.
- Ellis Island Foundation: http://ellisisland.org/ - From 1892 to 1924, more than 22 million immigrants, passengers, and crew members came through Ellis Island and the Port of New York. The ship companies that transported these passengers kept detailed passenger lists, called "ship manifests."
- Emigrant register: http://www.migrationinstitute.fi/en/genealogy/emigrantregister - created in 1989 to serve both Finnish genealogists and the descendants of Finnish emigrants abroad searching for their roots.
- Gjenvick-Gjønvik Archives: http://www.gjenvick.com/ - The GG Archives Collections Features Historical Ephemera for Immigration and Steamship Voyages from the 1880s through 1954.
- Immigrant Ancestors Project: http://immigrants.byu.edu/ - Uses emigration registers to locate information about the birthplaces of immigrants in their native countries, which is not found in the port registers and naturalization documents in the destination countries.
- Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930: http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/ - a collection of historical materials from Harvard's libraries, archives, and museums that documents voluntary immigration to the United States from the signing of the Constitution to the onset of the Great Depression.
- Immigrant Ships: https://www.immigrantships.net/ -
- Institute of Migration: http://www.migrationinstitute.fi/en/ - The emigrant register was created in 1989 to serve both Finnish genealogists and the descendants of Finnish emigrants abroad searching for their roots.
- The Maritime Heritage Project: https://www.maritimeheritage.org/ - Passenger Lists and news of Maritime Nations are selected to give a sense of the development of San Francisco and world commerce during the 1800s. News and images from international harbors are included to illustrate mass world migration during 19th century.
- Migrations: http://www.migrations.org/ - The mission of Migrations.org is to provide genealogical and historical internet researchers and educators with links to online migration and genealogical sources; and administer a searchable public database that collects and analyzes migration data, providing migration patterns for genealogical, historical and educational research.
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: http://www.uscis.gov/historyandgenealogy - The USCIS Genealogy Program is a fee-for-service program that provides researchers with timely access to historical immigration and naturalization records of deceased immigrants.
- LDS Genealogy: https://ldsgenealogy.com/land-records/ - 17,957 records directory contains information about where land records are located, organized by state, county, and city. Both online and archive sources are included.
- The Official Federal Land Records Site: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ - Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than five million Federal land title records issued since 1820 and images related to survey plats and field notes, dating back to 1810.
- Early Latter-day Saint Database: http://earlylds.com/ - records of people, places and events of the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Encyclopedia of Mormonism: http://lib.byu.edu/collections/encyclopedia-of-mormonism/ - Hard copies of the Encyclopedia are no longer available. It appears here on the web in full, searchable form, complete with original pagination and illustrations, free of charge. Its entries will be occasionally updated, especially the bibliographies at the end of each article.
- L.D.S. Biographical Encyclopedia Index: http://www.mendonutah.net - upwards of 15,000 Latter-day Saint Biographical sketches.
- LDS Genealogy: https://ldsgenealogy.com/lds-members/ - Directory with over 940,000 record sources from 587 different archives and sites. In-depth articles on dozens of family history topics: Locating Records, Analyzing Records, Record Sources, Brick Walls, Family Stories, Encouragement, FamilySearch Family Tree, and information Especially for LDS Church Members.
- Mormon Migration: http://mormonmigration.lib.byu.edu/ - first person accounts of Mormon converts who migrated toward Utah from 1840-1932.
- Mormon Missionary Diaries: http://lib.byu.edu/collections/mormon-missionary-diaries/ - beyond the daily cares and cycles of the lives of common people are insights into the economic and political worlds they inhabited. Poverty, inflation, population mobility, family and community structure, as well as religious attitudes are just a sample of the knowledge that can be gained through the study of these missionary journals.
- Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/ - a compilation of names of individuals who immigrated to Utah between 1847 and 1868.
- Mormon Places!: http://carto.byu.edu/mp/ - an interactive gazetteer of thousands of places of interest to Latter-day Saint history, including settlements, congregations, cemeteries, buildings and events.
- Mormons and Their Neighbors: http://lib.byu.edu/collections/mormons-and-their-neighbors/ - an index to over 100,000 biographical sketches appearing in 236 published volumes. These sketches include persons living between 1820 and 1981 in northern Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona, southern California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and southwestern Canada.
- Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah: http://pioneers.rstebbing.com/ - was originally published as a book in 1913 and contained 6,482 biographical summaries and photographs of civic, political and religious leaders in Utah. Many Mormon Pioneers and their families are included.
- Tracing Mormon Pioneers: http://user.xmission.com/~nelsonb/pioneer.htm - The purpose of this website is to provide tips for those tracing their Mormon Pioneer ancestry from Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, and South Africa to Salt Lake City, Utah. It has been over 160 years since the arrival of the first pioneer company to Salt Lake City in 1847 and many have not traced their pioneer heritage.
- Trails of Hope: Overland Diaries and Letters, 1846–1869: http://overlandtrails.lib.byu.edu/ - a collection of the original writings of 49 voyagers on the Mormon, California, Oregon, and Montana trails who wrote while traveling on the trail.
- Welsh Mormon Immigrant project: http://welshmormon.byu.edu/ - this site contains information about early converts to Mormonism who were born in Wales and came to America in the 19th-century.
- Winter Quarters Project: http://winterquarters.byu.edu/ -an ongoing effort to identify and publish information about members of the LDS Church who lived in the Winter Quarters, Nebraska, and Middle Missouri areas between the years 1846 and 1853.
- Allen County Public Library: http://www.genealogycenter.org/Databases/FreeDatabases.aspx - The ACPL Genealogy Center is a unique and valuable resource for the Northeastern Indiana community and the entire genealogical community at large.
- ArchiveGrid: https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/ - includes over 5 million records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. With over 1,000 different archival institutions represented, ArchiveGrid helps researchers looking for primary source materials held in archives, libraries, museums and historical societies.
- Digital Library on American Slavery: https://library.uncg.edu/slavery/ - an expanding resource compiling various independent online collections focused upon race and slavery in the American South, made searchable through a single, simple interface.
- Digital Public Library of America: https://dp.la/ - DPLA connects people to America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. Photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and more are free available in digital format.
- Genealogy Gophers: https://www.gengophers.com - provides access to one of the world’s largest collections of online, searchable, genealogy-only books and other family history publications. It currently contains more than 80,000 digitized family histories, regional and local histories, genealogy magazines and how-to books, gazetteers, newsletters, and medieval histories.
- Harvard University Open Collections Program (OCP): http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ - Six subject-specific, web-accessible collections that can support teaching and learning around the world. Today, OCP collections account for over 2.3 million digitized pages, including more than 225,000 manuscript pages.
- HathiTrust Digital Library: https://www.hathitrust.org/ - a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
- Library of Congress Online Catalog: http://catalog.loc.gov/ - Contains 15 million catalog records for books, serials, manuscripts, maps, music, recordings, images, and electronic resources in the Library of Congress collections.
- LOUISiana Digital Library: http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ - The LOUISiana Digital Library (LDL) is an online library of Louisiana institutions that provides over 144,000 digital materials.
- Midwest Genealogy Center: http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/digital-collections - providing access to almost three-quarter of a million on-site materials. The Midwest Genealogy Center is full of genealogy and historical resources that are now being digitized and made available through cooperative projects with Familysearch and the Missouri State Archives.
- National Library of Ireland: http://www.nli.ie/ - Thousands of items from collections which have been digitized are also accessible though the online catalog. This includes over 33,000 glass plate negatives from the Lawrence Royal and Cabinet, Poole Whole Plate, Independent H, Clarke, Eason, Keogh, Stereo Pairs, Tempest and Clonbrock photographic collections.
- The Newberry Genealogy and Local History: http://www.newberry.org/genealogy-and-local-history - The Newberry has been collecting genealogy and local history materials since 1887. Explore the Newberry’s rich collections of family histories; local histories; censuses, probate, deed, court, tax, and cemetery records; military rosters; periodicals; genealogical guides; and reference works.
- New York Public Library: http://www.nypl.org/collections - Research with over 300 databases providing online access to journals and magazines, historical newspapers, and reference works. Over 800,000 images including historical maps, vintage posters, photographs, and more.
- WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org/ - connects you to the collections and services of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide.
States:
- Alabama Department of Archives and History: http://www.archives.alabama.gov/ - Where they tell the story of the people of Alabama by preserving records and artifacts of historical value and promoting a better understanding of Alabama history.
- Alabama Genealogical Society: http://algensoc.org - the only genealogical society in Alabama that serves all 67 counties.
- Alabama Genealogy: https://ldsgenealogy.com/AL/ - 20,449 linked Alabama resources divided by record type, county, and city.
- AlabamaMosaic: http://www.alabamamosaic.org/ - Its purpose is to make unique historical treasures from Alabama's archives, libraries, museums, and other repositories electronically accessible to Alabama residents and to students, researchers, and the general public in other states and countries.
- Encyclopedia of Alabama: http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org - free, online resource on Alabama history, culture, geography, and natural environment. This site offers articles on Alabama's famous people, historic events, sports, art, literature, industry, government, plant and animal life, agriculture, recreation, and so much more.
- Alaska's Digital Archives: http://vilda.alaska.edu - Established in 1900, the collection held in the Alaska State Library is a major repository for historical manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, maps, books, and other publications, along with significant personal collections.
- Alaska Genealogy: https://ldsgenealogy.com/AK/ - 1,224 linked Alaska resources divided by record type, county, and city.
- Alaska State Archives: http://archives.alaska.gov/ - Resources for genealogists include indexes to naturalization records (1888-1972) and probate records (1883-1960) and guidelines for requesting information from the archives.
- Arizona Biographical Database: http://apps.azlibrary.gov/bio/ - There are over 111,000 entries in the database. Entries refer to persons in our collection of books, newspaper articles, periodicals, obituaries and vertical files. This is not a complete listing of the names of people who appear in our records nor does this list include all of the records in which an individual may appear. This list is being constantly updated.
- Arizona Genealogy: https://ldsgenealogy.com/AZ/ - 5,496 linked Arizona resources divided by record type, county, and city.
- Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates: http://genealogy.az.gov/ - this site makes it a snap to search for PDFs of a birth certificate (1855-1938) or death certificate (1870-1963).
- Arizona Historical Society: http://www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org/ - The Library & Archives online catalog now includes information on collections housed at all four locations: Flagstaff, Tempe, Tucson and Yuma. Check it out at http://catalog.azhsarchives.org/.
- Arizona Memory Project: http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/ - provides access to the wealth primary sources in Arizona archives, museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions.
- Arkansas Gravestones Project: http://arkansasgravestones.org/ - a privately sponsored, non-commercial, non-profit, educational site, the success of which depends on volunteers and other individuals who contribute photographs to be archived.
- Arkansas Genealogy: https://ldsgenealogy.com/AR/ - 14,646 linked Arkansas resources divided by record type, county, and city.
- Arkansas State Archives: http://www.ark-ives.com/research/search-records.aspx - You can search for county records, military records, maps, newspapers, land records, church records, manuscript materials on microfilm, the State Archives' vertical and printed ephemera files.
- The Encyclopedia of Arkansas: http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/ - Browse our text entries and media galleries to learn more about the people, places, events, legends, and lore of the 25th state. This site is a work in progress. We are continually adding new entries, photographs, maps, videos, and audio files
- Historic Arkansas: http://www.historicarkansas.org/ - The mission of this history and historic site museum is to communicate the early history of Arkansas and its creative legacy through preserving, interpreting, and presenting stories and collections for the education and enjoyment of the people we serve.
- California Bound: http://www.sfgenealogy.org/californiabound/cbindex.htm - This site contains passenger lists for ships and wagon trains traveling to California between 1848 and 1873. The lists are transcribed from microfilm of the New York Daily Times, the New York Herald, the New Orleans Picayune, the Panama Star, the Panama Herald, and the Boston Daily Evening Transcript.
- California Digital Newspaper Collection: http://cdnc.ucr.edu - A freely accessible repository of digitized California newspapers containing 61,412 issues from 1846 to the present.
- California Genealogy:
- California Genealogical Society: http://californiaancestors.org/ - Rich in genealogy reference materials, both standard and unique, covering people and places in California and the rest of the country.
- California Genealogy: https://ldsgenealogy.com/CA/ - 27,500 linked resources divided by record type, county, and city.
- California Historical Society: https://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/ - This collection comprises a diverse body of materials including: 50,000 volumes of books and pamphlets; 4,000 manuscript collections; 500,000 photographs; Printed ephemera, periodicals, posters, broadsides, maps, and newspapers; The Kemble Collection on Western Printing and Publishing; 5,000 works of art, including paintings, drawings, and lithographs; and Artifacts and costumes.
- California Shipwrecks: https://www.slc.ca.gov/Info/Shipwrecks.html - a list of known shipwrecks in State waters and seeks and provides information about historic shipwrecks and sunken aircraft.
- California State Archives: http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/ - collects, catalogs, preserves, and provides access to the historic records of state government and some local governments. The Archives collection is primarily composed of records from California state agencies, the governor's office, the state legislature, and the State Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal.
- Calisphere: https://calisphere.org/ - is a gateway to digital collections from California's great libraries, archives, and museums. Discover over 1,125,000 images, texts, and recordings—and counting.
- Online Archive of California: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ - free public access to detailed descriptions of primary resource collections maintained by more than 200 contributing institutions including libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California and collections maintained by the 10 University of California (UC) campuses.
- Colorado Genealogical Society: http://www.cogensoc.us/ - this will give you some places to start. One of the best ways to keep up with the latest genealogical research for Colorado.
- Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection: http://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org - includes more than 600,000 digitized pages, representing 160+ individual newspaper titles published in Colorado from 1859 to 1923.
- Colorado State Archives: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/archives/archives-search - There are many records available for your research needs that are not searchable online. Check this List of Records included in the Archives Search to see what is searchable online.
- Denver Public Library Genealogy Collection: http://digital.denverlibrary.org - includes Colorado obituary, mortuary and cemetery indexes, census and tax lists, naturalization files, military, pioneer, marriage, and divorce indexes as well as biography listings.
- Connecticut Historical Society: https://chs.org/ - collection includes more than 4 million manuscripts, graphics, books, artifacts, and other historical materials accessible at our campus and on loan at other organizations.
- Connecticut State Library: http://cslib.cdmhost.com/ - collections feature materials from the State Library, the Museum of Connecticut History, and the Connecticut State Archives.
- Delaware Heritage Collection: http://cdm15323.contentdm.oclc.org - Documents, artwork, maps, newspapers, slides, photos, audio/video and other important items documenting Delaware’s rich history and culture
- Delaware Public Archives: http://archives.delaware.gov/ - access Civil War records, naturalization records, historical maps, bastardy bonds, death registers and probate records, and more.
- Florida Digital Newspaper Library: http://ufdcweb1.uflib.ufl.edu/ - provides access to over 1.5 million pages of historic and current Florida newspapers. Freely available with zoomable page images and full text.
- Florida Memory Project: http://www.floridamemory.com/ - The State Archives of Florida is the central repository for the records of Florida State Government. The Archives is mandated by law to collect, preserve, and make available for research the records of the State of Florida, as well as private manuscripts, local government records, photographs, and other materials that complement official State records.
- Digital Library of Georgia: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu - Gateway to Georgia's history and culture found in digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, government documents, newspapers, maps, audio, video, and other resources.
- Georgia Archives: http://www.georgiaarchives.org/ - The Georgia Archives identifies, collects, provides access and preserves Georgia’s historical documents.
- Georgia's Virtual Vault: http://vault.georgiaarchives.org/cdm/ - portal to some of Georgia's most important historical documents, from 1733 to the present. The Virtual Vault provides virtual access to historic Georgia manuscripts, photographs, maps, and government records housed in the state archives.
- Hawaiian Electronic Library: http://ulukau.org/ - Contains documents and other cultural and artistic treasures in native the Hawaiian Language. Dictionaries, Genealogical Indexes, Hawaiian Newspapers, Books, and Maps will help you to learn about and research your family.
- The Hawaiian Historical Society: https://www.hawaiianhistory.org/ - contains an outstanding collection of photographs, newspapers, magazines, journals, books, pamphlets, and manuscripts made available to scholars and the public.
- Hawai‘i State Archives: http://ags.hawaii.gov/archives/ - records date from the monarchy to the current legislative session, and also include the papers of individuals and organizations, photographs, maps, artifacts, rare books, 19th-century newspapers.
- Idaho Government Documents: http://idahodocs.contentdm.oclc.org/ - Contains Idaho Digital Resources from county images to library holdings. You can narrow your search by Creator, date, format and subject.
- Idaho State Historical Society: http://history.idaho.gov/ - preserves and provides access to a wide number of resources and materials related to Idaho History. On-line indexes include: The Biographical Index, Reconstructed 1890, Civil War Veteran records, Inmate Catalog, Naturalization Records, and the Mothers' Pension Records.
- Genealogy Online - Cook County, Illinois Vital Records: http://www.cookcountygenealogy.com/ - Provides non-certified versions of birth, death and marriage records for the purpose of genealogical research. Records found on this site are for Chicago and Cook County dating back to 1872.
- Illinois Digital Archives (IDA): http://www.idaillinois.org/ - a repository for the digital collections of the Illinois State Library as well as the State of Illinois. You can find photographs, slides, glass negatives, oral histories, manuscripts and letters, federal government documents, postcards, videos, newspapers, maps and much more.
- Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections: http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/ - This collection contains 45 newspaper titles, 93,011 issues comprising 1,112,621 pages and 7,160,392 articles.
- Illinois State Archives: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/home.html - serves by law as the depository of public records of Illinois state and local governmental agencies which possess permanent administrative, legal, or historical research values. Its collections do not include manuscript, newspaper, or other nonofficial sources.
- The ACPL Genealogy Center: http://www.genealogycenter.org - a unique and valuable resource for the Northeastern Indiana community and the entire genealogical community at large. They have one of the largest research collections available, incorporating records from around the world.
- Indiana Digital Archives: http://www.in.gov/iara/2358.htm - Browse through the indexes to many of the most popular State Archives collections.
- Indiana Memory: https://digital.library.in.gov/ - A wealth of primary sources in Indiana libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions. It is a gateway to Indiana's history and culture found in digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, newspapers, maps, and other media.
- Indiana State Library Genealogy Collection: http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm - The collection includes family histories, indexes to records, how-to books, cemetery transcriptions, family history magazines as well as microfilmed federal census records, Indiana county records, passenger lists, and military pension information.
- Iowa Digital Library: http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/ - Features more than a million digital objects created from the holdings of the University of Iowa Libraries and its campus partners. Included are illuminated manuscripts, historic maps, fine art, historic newspapers, scholarly works, and more.
- IAGenWeb: http://iagenweb.org/ - this Iowa genealogy based site has more than a million gravestone photos, more than 2,900 family group sheets, state census transcriptions (1836-1925) and more.
- Iowa Genealogical Society: http://www.iowagenealogy.org/ - Their mission is to create and foster an interest in genealogy and to aid others in researching their family history.
- Iowa Heritage Digital Collection: http://www.iowaheritage.org/ - an online repository of Iowa history and culture, which brings together digital resources of Iowa libraries, museums, historical societies and other cultural institutions to preserve long–term accessibility of these valuable materials.
- State Historical Society of Iowa: https://iowaculture.gov/history - The society preserves and provides access to Iowa’s historical resources through a variety of statewide programs, exhibitions, and projects while serving as an advocate for Iowa’s past and connector to the future.
- Kansas Historical Society: http://www.kshs.org - offers a number of indexes that can aid in tracing family history as well as other research projects. Explore names, counties, townships, post offices, cemeteries, newspaper database, county records, Civil War to post World War II military records, databases and indexes.
- Kansas Memory: hhttp://www.kansasmemory.org/ - The value of the site is in its rich content; letters, diaries, photographs, government records from the State Archives, maps, museum artifacts, and historic structures in Kansas.
- Kentucky Historical Society: https://history.ky.gov/ - Resources include printed biographies and family histories, access to unique genealogical materials including Bible records, surname collections, cemetery and church records; popular subscription databases
- Kentucky Digital Library: http://kdl.kyvl.org/ - built to enhance scholarship, research and lifelong learning through the establishment of access to shared digital archival collections in the state of Kentucky.
- Kentucky State Digital Archives: https://kdla.access.preservica.com/ -
- Office of the Kentucky Secretary of State: http://www.sos.ky.gov/admin/land/resources/Pages/default.aspx - The resources on this website provide everything from background information on Kentucky's history to research aids to links to groups and events that will allow you to further your research.
- Bayou State Periodical Index: http://www.libris.ca/cgi23/go.exe - An index to Louisiana popular periodicals from 1958 to 2016.
- Know Louisiana: http://www.knowlouisiana.org/ - KnowLA: The Digital Encyclopedia of Louisiana History and Culture. Organized into six main contextual categories; Architecture, Art, Folklife, History, Literature, and Music.
- LOUISiana Digital Library: http://cdm16313.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ - The LOUISiana Digital Library (LDL) is an online library of Louisiana institutions that provides over 144,000 digital materials.
- Louisiana State Archive: http://www.sos.la.gov/HistoricalResources/ResearchHistoricalRecords/Pages/default.aspx - a perfect destination for those interested in Louisiana's written historical record. Governmental records, as well as those donated by private individuals, combine with the family histories and census materials held in the Research Library to provide a great resource for both the academic researcher and the genealogist.
- Digital Maine: http://digitalmaine.com/ - Maintains approximately 95 million pages of official State records considered to be permanently valuable. These include maps from the Land Office, photographs from the Dept. of Economic Development, trademarks registered with the Secretary of State, Civil War soldiers’ portraits returned to the Adjutant General and numerous gifts of historically important materials donated by individuals, to list a few.
- Maine Genealogy: http://www.mainegenealogy.net/ - This site’s extensive resources for researching vital records, obituaries, passenger lists, military records and court records.
- Maine Memory Network (MMN): http://www.mainememory.net/ - Developed and managed by the Maine Historical Society enables historical societies, libraries, and other cultural institutions across the state to upload, catalog, and manage digital copies of historical items from their collections into one centralized, web-accessible database.
- Maine State Archives: http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/research/genealogy.html - has many record groups containing information which can be of use to those pursuing family history. These records, many of them on microfilm, can be viewed by the public in our Research Room.
- Osher Map Library: http://oshermaps.org - committed to preserving the cartographic heritage of the state, region, and nation for future generations, and to making that heritage accessible to the University, the people of Maine, and to all other students, scholars, and visitors.
- Digital Maryland: http://www.digitalmaryland.org/ - A statewide digitization program with the mission is to facilitate the digitization and digital exhibition of the historical and cultural documents, images, audio and video held by Maryland institutions.
- Maryland Historical Society: http://www.mdhs.org/ - The library is able to offer an array of digital resources, finding aids and subject guides to help with your research.
- Maryland State Archives: http://msa.maryland.gov/ - serves as the central depository for government records from Maryland's founding in 1634, and include colonial and state executive, legislative, and judicial records; county probate, land, and court records; church records; business records; state publications and reports; and special collections of private papers, maps, photographs, and newspapers.
- Digital Commonwealth: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/ - Provides access to photographs, manuscripts, books, audio recordings, and other materials of historical interest that have been digitized and made available by members of Digital Commonwealth, a statewide consortium of libraries, museums, archives, and historical societies from across Massachusetts. [That's how you burying the lead]
- Massachusetts Historical Society: https://www.masshist.org/ - Many of the Society's collection guides—narrative descriptions of the context, arrangement, and contents of manuscript, photograph, and other collections—are now available online, and more are added regularly.
- Massachusetts Archives: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcgen/genidx.htm - the repository for Massachusetts records generated by state government. Archives holdings date from the beginning of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1628 and document the settlement of lands in Maine and Massachusetts, the arrival of immigrants, and the development of state government.
- Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: http://www.sec.state.ma.us - A treasure trove of information from Census to Vital records. You can also search the State Archives, Passenger Manifest lists (1848-1891), Public Records, Registry of Deeds, and Historical Commission.
- Archives of Michigan: www.michigan.gov/archivesofmi - preserving the records of Michigan government and other public institutions. The collections also include documents, maps, photographs and film from private individuals and organizations.
- Digital Michigan Newspapers: https://digmichnews.cmich.edu/ - Thousands of pages of local newspapers recording Michigan history as it happened are found here. This collection contains 49,221 issues comprising 495,618 pages.
- The Michigan Archival Association: https://miarchivists.wordpress.com/ - An informal group of special collections librarians, university archivists, state records administrators, and historical society members who were evolved into the primary organization devoted to the archival community in Michigan.
- Michiganology.org: https://michiganology.org/ - In addition to death records, there are a number of collections ranging from pre-statehood to the late 1960s, and these include letters, diaries, photographs, postcards, and video.
- Western Michigan Genealogical Society: http://data.wmgs.org/ - 1,000,000 records in the Newspapers Database and passed 2,700,000 online records.
- Iron Range Research Center: http://www.ironrangeresearchcenter.org - located in the Minnesota Discovery Center, the IRRC contains one of the largest collections of genealogical and local history research materials in the Upper Midwest and includes census, naturalization records, passenger arrival records, mining company newsletters, book collection, maps, photographs, oral histories and microfilmed newspapers.
- Digital Horizons: http://digitalhorizonsonline.org/ - provides, maintains, and preserves a wide range of historical and significant content related to North Dakota and Minnesota. This project creates teaching, learning, and researching opportunities for life-long learning.
- Minnesota Historical Society: http://www.mnhs.org/genealogy/ - preserves and makes available a wide range of materials chronicling Minnesota's history and culture. The goals of the Collections Department are to collect and preserve; provide access and interpretation; and engage in education and outreach.
- Minnesota Reflections: http://reflections.mndigital.org/ - digitized materials shared by organizations located across Minnesota. Materials include images, text, audio, film, and more. Minnesota Reflections is the premier project of the Minnesota Digital Library.
- Mississippi Department of Archives and History: http://mdah.state.ms.us/ - The online catalog allows users to browse the descriptions of most materials at the state archives—from books and manuscripts to photographs and newspapers.
- Mississippi Digital Library (MDL): http://www.msdiglib.org/ - an online portal for discovery and access of digital collections throughout the state. More than 150,000 items, 100+ digital collections, over 30 partners and growing.
- Midwest Genealogy Center: http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/digital-collections - providing access to almost three-quarter of a million on-site materials. The Midwest Genealogy Center is full of genealogy and historical resources that are now being digitized and made available through cooperative projects with Familysearch and the Missouri State Archives.
- Missouri Digital Heritage: http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/ - More than 9 million records, including the collections of the Missouri State Archives, the Missouri State Library and other institutions from across the state.
- Missouri Pioneers: http://sites.rootsweb.com/~mopionee/ - Missouri Pioneers is a compilation of settlers that settled in the state of Missouri by 1890 and sent to me by email from many people doing historical research and family histories. Please help this site continue to grow and submit your ancestors that settled in Missouri before 1890.
- Missouri State Archives: https://www.sos.mo.gov/records - responsible for managing both current and historical records of the state to ensure those records are accessible to Missouri citizens. It is also responsible for assisting local governments in records preservation and management.
- State Historical Society of Missouri: http://shs.umsystem.edu/ - The Society's mission is to collect, preserve, make available, and publish materials that enhance research and support learning opportunities in Missouri studies and the history of the Midwest.
- Montana Historical Society: http://mhs.mt.gov/ - vast historic collections of artifacts, photographs, and documents are exhibited in six extraordinary galleries. In 1969, we became the official state Archives and the repository for state agency records of permanent value.
- Montana Memory Project: http://mtmemory.org/ - provides access to digital collections and items relating to Montana’s cultural heritage and government. Many of these items are digitized copies of historic material, some items are contemporary. All serve as a resource for education, business, pleasure, and lifelong learning. This is a statewide project of the Montana State Library and the Montana Historical Society Research Center.
- Montana State Genealogical Society: http://montanamsgs.org/ - several on-line databases are available which include: Index of the 1930 US Federal Census for Montana, Montana State Death Index, Indexes of Earliest Montana Death Records through 1953, Indexes of Montana Death Records 1954 - 2002, Deaths Recorded in the Montana Workman Newsletter March 1892-February 1899, and Civil War Veterans.
- Nebraska State Historical Society: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/ - collects, preserves, and opens to all, the histories they share.
- Nevada State Library, Archives and Public Records Digital Collections: http://www.nsladigitalcollections.org/ - Look for your family name in the original Territorial Census. Read handwritten documents signed by Abraham Lincoln. Research water rights and learn about farming in Nevada. Review past and present State Budgets and much, much more.
- New Hampshire Archives and Records Management: http://sos.nh.gov/arch_rec_mgmt.aspx - documentation of the history of New Hampshire state government institutions, and work to make them available to the public in as efficient a manner as possible.
- New Hampshire County Registries of Deeds: http://www.nhdeeds.com/ - Links to New Hampshire counties that have index and/or image records of their land deeds online. Many of them include historical deeds as well as current ones.
- New Hampshire Genealogy & History: http://www.nh.searchroots.com/ - a guide for people researching history and genealogy in the State of New Hampshire, USA.
- New Hampshire GenWeb: http://www.usroots.com/usgwnhus/ - developed to provide free online data for genealogical research.
- New Jersey State Archives: https://wwwnet1.state.nj.us/ - provides access to over one million database entries to nearly 500,000 documents and photographs in the State Archives' collections. Current focus is post-1886 death records, early land records, and Records of the Supreme Court. Archives staff add and edit database entries daily.
- New Mexico Digital Collections: http://econtent.unm.edu/ - a central search portal for digital collections about New Mexico. A service of the University of New Mexico Libraries, provides access to digitized photographs, manuscripts, posters, oral histories, videos, maps, and books from libraries, museums, and cultural centers across the state.
- New Mexico USGenWeb Project Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/nm/deaths.htm - provides free online data for genealogical research. resources include the New Mexico Death Index Project (1899-1940).
- New York State Archives: http://www.archives.nysed.gov/research/index.shtml - provides access to photographs, textual records, artifacts, government documents, manuscripts, and other materials. Items come from the New York State Archives, the New York State Museum, State Library, and project partners across New York State.
- Old Fulton NY Post Card Website: http://fultonhistory.com/ - Search Over 26,108,000 Old New York State Historical Newspaper Pages.
- North Carolina Digital Heritage Center: http://www.digitalnc.org/ - a statewide digitization and digital publishing program housed in the North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Digital Heritage Center works with cultural heritage institutions across North Carolina to digitize and publish historic materials online.
- North Carolina Digital Collections: http://digital.ncdcr.gov/ - contain over 90,000 historic and recent photographs, state government publications, manuscripts, and other resources on topics related to North Carolina. The Collections are free and full-text searchable, and bring together content from the State Archives of North Carolina and the State Library of North Carolina.
- North Carolina Echo: https://www.nclive.org/ - free resources ranging from careers, business, and investing, to health, history, and genealogy. Ebooks, audiobooks, videos, magazines, newspapers, journals, language-learning tools, and other online materials.
- State Archives of North Carolina: http://www.ncdcr.gov/archives/Home.aspx - reflects the dual role of the division: to provide guidance concerning the preservation and management of government records to state, county, city and state university officials; and to collect, preserve and provide public access to historically significant archival materials relating to North Carolina.
- Digital Horizons: http://digitalhorizonsonline.org/ - provides, maintains, and preserves a wide range of historical and significant content related to North Dakota and Minnesota. This project creates teaching, learning, and researching opportunities for life-long learning.
- Ohio History Connection: https://www.ohiohistory.org/ - resource-rich site, including War of 1812 rosters, an index to death certificates (1913-1944), and an index to records from Ohio’s boys and girls Industrial Schools (1858-1944).
- Ohio Memory: http://www.ohiomemory.org/ - Contains over 400,000 digital images from a variety of primary source material types, including; Archaeological & Historical Objects, Manuscripts, Maps, Newspapers, Photographs, and Video. A Collaborative Project of the Ohio History Connection and the State Library of Ohio.
- Ohio State Archives: https://www.ohiohistory.org/ - You can now browse organized lists of Newspapers, State Archives collections, and Youngstown Historical Center Archives/Library collections.
- Ohio State University Department of History: https://ehistory.osu.edu/ - Our collection of primary sources, documentary material, online books and reviews offers a window into the past for students and scholars of history.
- Oklahoma Digital Prairie: http://digitalprairie.ok.gov/ - Resources include documents, photographs, newspapers, reports, pamphlets, posters, maps and audio/visual content. Content ranges from the late 1800s to the present day.
- Oklahoma Historical Society: http://www.okhistory.org/ - The Research Center offers a research service for patrons seeking genealogical and historical information.
- University of Oklahoma Digital Collection: https://digital.libraries.ou.edu - Site includes digitized books, newspapers, photos, and documents; including Confederate pension records and cards.
- Oregon Digital Newspaper Program (ODNP): http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ - an initiative to digitize historic Oregon newspaper content and make it freely available to the public through a keyword-searchable online database.
- Oregon Archival Records: https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records.aspx -
- Rhode Island State Archives: http://sos.ri.gov/archon/ - The official custodian and trustee for the state of all public records of permanent historical, legal or other value. The collection of historical records, dating from 1638 to the present, is available to the public for research.
- South Carolina Department of Archives and History: http://archives.sc.gov - Database of records indexed by topics, including: Will Transcripts (1782-1855); Records of Confederate Veterans (1909-1973); Plats for State Land Grants (1784-1868); Legislative Papers (1782-1866); Criminal Court Records (1769-1891); School Insurance Photographs (1935-1952); and National Register Properties.
- Tennessee Electronic Library: https://www.tntel.info/ - Search for books, articles, newspapers and more from Gale databases. This function does not return results from World Book, HeritageQuest, the Tennessean, State Library resources, R.E.A.D.S. ebooks and audiobooks, or Transparent Language. Visit these individual resources to perform a search.
- Portal to Texas History: http://texashistory.unt.edu/ - Almost 600 newspapers in this collection, Many of the newspapers have short runs, but the sheer magnitude of the collection is outstanding.
- Texas State Archives: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/ - includes archival government records dating back to the 18th century, as well as newspapers, journals, books, manuscripts, photographs, historical maps, and other historical resources.
- Utah Digital Newspapers: http://digitalnewspapers.org/ - This collection holds over 1,000,000 pages of historic Utah newspapers.
- Utah State Archives: http://archives.utah.gov/research/ - The Utah State Archives preserves and provides access to records of enduring historical value from state and local government agencies.
- Online Catalog Library of Virginia: http://lva-linux-temp.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com - combines the "Books & Journals" catalog, the "Archives & Manuscripts" catalog, and the "Images & Indexes" databases. You can search these catalogs simultaneously by using the "Full Catalog" page. You may also search each catalog separately by clicking on the catalog name.
- Virginia Memory: http://www.virginiamemory.com - the Library maintains vast and varied collections of print materials, manuscripts, archival records, newspapers, photographs and ephemera, maps and atlases, rare books, and fine art that tell the history of the commonwealth and its people. Since the mid-1990s, the Library has digitized parts of the collections in an effort to make these materials more widely available to online users.
- Washington State Archives: http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/ - delivers broad public access to both digitized and born digital records of state and local government. This provides government accountability to the citizens and, in the case of digitized documents, helps preserve the originals.
- Washington State Library: https://www.sos.wa.gov/library/newspapers/newspapers.aspx - These newspapers include materials that reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. These materials are presented as part of the historical record.
- West Virginia Archives and History: http://www.wvculture.org/history/archivesindex.aspx - The site features primary and secondary source documents, photographs, and databases; lists collections and other materials available in the State Archives; and provides research guides and assistance for genealogists.
- Wisconsin Historical Society: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ - Search more than 3 million records all at once. Filter your results by subject, type, date, and more. Uncover photos, maps, essays, books, newspaper clippings, biographies and more related to your keyword.
- Wyoming Newspaper Project: http://wyonewspapers.org/ - More than 800,000 newspaper pages have been converted from microfilm to a digital format.
- Wyoming State Archives: http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/ - The Digital Archives is a secure online repository where state agencies can store, manage, and access electronic records with long-term or permanent value.
- National Library of Australia - Trove: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ - Find and get over 384,796,519 Australian and online books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more.
- Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN): http://www.crkn-rcdr.ca/ - the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and Canadiana.org have merged and are now under the leadership of CRKN. With the support of major memory institutions, CRKN identifies, catalogues, and digitizes documentary heritage—books, newspapers, periodicals, images and nationally-significant archival materials—in specialized searchable databases; Canadiana Online, Héritage, and Early Canadiana Online.
- Canadiana.org: http://www.canadiana.ca/ - is an alliance dedicated to making Canada’s cultural heritage conveniently accessible online.
- Library and Archives Canada: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca - Genealogy and Family History resources in Canada.
- The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project: https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/projectoverview.html - The County Atlas Digital Project is a searchable database of the property owners' names which appear on the township maps in the county atlases. Township maps, portraits and properties have been scanned, with links from the property owners' names in the database.
- Danish Demographic Database: http://www.ddd.dda.dk/ddd_en.htm - Since 1787 information on individuals have been collected on a regularly basis. You can find information on name, age, occupation, marital status.
- Danish Emigration Archives: http://www.udvandrerarkivet.dk/soegeside/ - Denmark's main collection of letters, documents, movies, pictures, audio tapes, newspapers etc. Emigration Archives has sought to protect and document the country of men who have left to seek happiness under foreign skies.
- Historical Directories of England & Wales: http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/ - A collection of digitised trade directories, part of the University of Leicester's Special Collections Online, covering England and Wales from the 1760s to the 1910s.
- EastEuropeGenWeb: https://www.easteuropegenweb.org/ - Provides guidance and advice to researchers who are trying to trace their ancestors in Eastern Europe.
- Europeana: http://www.europeana.eu - Explore millions of items from a range of Europe's leading galleries, libraries, archives, and museums. Books and manuscripts, photos and paintings, television and film, sculpture and crafts, diaries and maps, sheet music and recordings, they’re all here.
- Foundation For East European Family History Studies: http://feefhs.org/ - scope includes the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and Ukraine.
- Geneafrance: https://www.geneafrance.org/ - civil status, parish registers, cadastre, censuses, minutes of notaries, of France and much more.
- 19th Century Germanic Immigrants to USA: http://www.germanimmigrants1850s.com - This site contains an extensive searchable database of records on 461,811 passengers who arrived at the United States between 1850 through 1859 and identified their country of origin or nationality as German or Germanic.
- Bremen Passenger Lists: http://www.passengerlists.de - Search more than 738,000 entries from this popular German departure port, spanning 1920 to 1939. You’ll also find some mid-19th century emigration lists.
- Bundesarchiv: http://www.bundesarchiv.de/index.html.en - Maintains the civil and military archives of the Federal Republic of Germany and its predecessors, the German Confederation, the German Reich and the German Democratic Republic, on the basis of the Federal Archives Act, and supplement these with archives of private origin.
- GEDBAS: http://gedbas.genealogy.net/?lang=en - The German Gedcom database can be searched for complete family data. You also can add your own data if you have them available in the Gedcom format. Unfortunately, it is not yet available in English.
- German Genealogy Group: http://www.germangenealogygroup.com/ - a not for profit organization that was established in early 1996 to provide mutual support among those interested in researching their Germanic ancestors. While we are not able to respond to requests asking for us to do your research, we do provide guidance and help whenever possible.
- German Genealogy Server: http://compgen.de/ - Search and present complete ancestral lists or tribal trees. Complete local family books, historical address books, family ads from daily newspapers, gravestones in cemeteries, burial collections, and casualty lists of the First World War.
- German Roots: https://www.germanroots.com/ - link to the most informative resources for doing German genealogy research with a focus on Americans of German descent. These resources were divided into searchable topics.
- Meyers Gazetteer: http://www.meyersgaz.org - The goal of the Meyer’s compilers was to list every place name in the German Empire (1871-1918). It gives the location, i.e. the state and other jurisdictions, where the civil registry office was and parishes if that town had them. It also gives lots of other information about each place.
- Hungaricana: https://hungaricana.hu/en/ - The purpose of the Hungaricana project is to share Hungarian cultural heritage including contents that have never been accessible before.
- Defence Forces Ireland: https://www.militaryarchives.ie/en/genealogy - Some collections of genealogical interest have been digitized and can be searched. Some other collections, such as soldiers’ service records, are available to proven next of kin only and can be requested by emailing the Duty Archivist.
- National Archives of Ireland: http://www.genealogy.nationalarchives.ie/ - holdings relate to all parts of Ireland and have enormous research potential as they provide essential primary source material for people seeking to understand the political, economic and social forces which have shaped our nation. The records also permit the study of Government policy and encourage greater use of our archival heritage by the general public.
- National Library of Ireland: http://www.nli.ie/ - Thousands of items from collections which have been digitized are also accessible though the online catalog. This includes over 33,000 glass plate negatives from the Lawrence Royal and Cabinet, Poole Whole Plate, Independent H, Clarke, Eason, Keogh, Stereo Pairs, Tempest and Clonbrock photographic collections.
- LitvakSIG: https://www.litvaksig.org/ - contains data from original records in a number of languages and alphabets including Old Cyrillic, modern Russian, Yiddish, Hebrew, Lithuanian, Polish and Old German.
- Maps of Mexico: http://www.maps-of-mexico.com/ - With over 4,000 pages of free Mexico Maps. The 31 States of Mexico are the most detailed available. Interactive map of Mexico help to easily find area you are looking for.
- Peter's Blog: http://patmcast.blogspot.com - Peter is a blogger from Castricum, NH, Netherlands. His blog has general genealogy information but also specif information relative to the Netherlands.
- Digital resources Netherlands and Belgium: http://www.geneaknowhow.net/digi/resources.html - As of September 2013 the English pages on the site are no longer updated. However, new additions will continue to be listed on our "New" ("Nieuw") page in Dutch and English.
- Digital Archives of Norway: https://www.digitalarkivet.no/en/ - Here you can search databases/tables, read transcripts and browse digital images as well as listen to digitized sound from the archives.
- $ Quebec Records: https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en - The Genealogical Site of French America. Powerful search tools, millions of images and files. There are something to suit all tastes.
- CANMORE; http://canmore.org.uk/ - The online catalog of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland The database contains a wealth of information on archaeology, buildings, industrial and maritime heritage.
- Scotland BDM Exchange: http://www.sctbdm.com - free resource for Scotland genealogy and Scottish family history. For anyone researching their family history in Scotland, the aim of the Exchange is to provide a free resource for sharing information about ancestors found in Scotland.
- ScotlandsPeople: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ - one of the largest online sources of original genealogical information. If you are researching UK genealogy, your Scottish ancestry or building your Scottish family tree, we have almost 90 million records to look through.
- $ ArkivDigital: http://www.arkivdigital.net/ - is the largest private provider of Swedish Church Records and other Historical Records online! All images are newly photographed images of the original document.
- CuriousFox: http://www.curiousfox.com/uk/ - CuriousFox, the village by village contact site for anyone researching family history, genealogy and local history in the UK and Ireland.
- Free UK Genealogy: https://www.freeukgenealogy.org.uk/ - free Internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records, which have been extracted from parish registers, non-conformist records and other relevant sources in the UK.
- GENUKI: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng - Many sets of records were kept for England and Wales together, so that the problems of locating them and using them are very similar in the two countries. For convenience such records are described here, rather than on the British Isles pages.
- AfricaMap: https://worldmap.harvard.edu/africamap/ - Historical overlays and geographical data trace the slave trade across the Atlantic and the continent.
- Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Project: http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/index.html - Maps and text complete data about the creation and all subsequent changes in the size, shape, and location of every county in the fifty United States.
- Atlas of the Historical Geography of the U. S.: http://dsl.richmond.edu/historicalatlas/ - Charles O. Paullin and John K. Wright's Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States, first published in 1932. This digital edition reproduces all of the atlas's nearly 700 maps. Many of these beautiful maps are enhanced here in ways impossible in print, animated to show change over time or made clickable to view the underlying data.
- Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ - provides live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than five million Federal land title records issued between 1820 and the present. Also has images related to survey plats and field notes, dating back to 1810.
- The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project: https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/projectoverview.html - The County Atlas Digital Project is a searchable database of the property owners' names which appear on the township maps in the county atlases. Township maps, portraits and properties have been scanned, with links from the property owners' names in the database.
- *David Rumsey Map Collection: http://www.davidrumsey.com - This historical map collection has over 77,000 maps and images online. The collection includes rare 16th through 21st-century maps of America, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Pacific and the World. Popular collection categories are celestial, antique atlas, globe, school geography, maritime chart, state, county, city, pocket, wall & case, children's, and manuscript maps. Search examples: Pictorial maps, United States maps, Geology maps, California map, Afghanistan map, America map, New York City map, Chicago map, and U.S. Civil War maps.
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names® Online: http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn
- Historical Atlases and Maps of U.S. and States: http://www.mapofus.org/ - Contains animated maps showing all of the county boundary changes & all of the county boundaries for each census year. Past and present maps of US are overlaid so that you can see the changes in county boundaries, downloadable County D.O.T. Maps, and state atlas maps.
- Historical Topographic Map Collection: http://nationalmap.gov/historical/ - The goal is to scan all scales and all editions of the more than 193,000 topographic maps published by the USGS since the inception of the topographic mapping program in 1884.
- Library of Congress Maps: https://www.loc.gov/maps/ - Collection includes over 18,000 maps ranging from 1100 to 2017 A.D. Easily searchable by location, date, collection, contributor ot subject.
- Map Geeks: https://mapgeeks.org/ - Free Maps of all countries, cities and regions of The World.
- Maps of Mexico: http://www.maps-of-mexico.com/ - With over 4,000 pages of free Mexico Maps. The 31 States of Mexico are the most detailed available. Interactive map of Mexico help to easily find area you are looking for.
- Meyers Gazetteer: http://www.meyersgaz.org - The goal of the Meyer’s compilers was to list every place name in the German Empire (1871-1918). It gives the location, i.e. the state and other jurisdictions, where the civil registry office was and parishes if that town had them. It also gives lots of other information about each place.
- NYPLDigital Collections: http://maps.nypl.org/warper/ - More than 20,000 cartographic works as high resolution downloads. 1,100 maps of the Mid-Atlantic United States and cities from the 16th to 19th centuries; a detailed collection of more than 700 topographic maps of the Austro-Hungarian empire created between 1877 and 1914; a collection of 2,800 maps from state, county and city atlases; a huge collection of more than 10,300 maps from property, zoning, topographic, but mostly fire insurance atlases of New York City dating from 1852 to 1922.
- Old Maps Online: http://www.oldmapsonline.org - an easy-to-use gateway to historical maps in libraries around the world. Allows the user to search for online digital historical maps across numerous different collections via a geographical search. The search results provide a direct link to the map image on the website of the host institution.
- Osher Map Library: http://oshermaps.org - committed to preserving the cartographic heritage of the state, region, and nation for future generations, and to making that heritage accessible to the University, the people of Maine, and to all other students, scholars, and visitors.
- Randy Majors: https://www.randymajors.com/ - Search, County Lines on Google Maps, Historical U.S. County Boundary Maps, ZIP Codes on Google Maps, City Limits on Google Maps, Township Range on Google Maps.
- US Geological Survey: http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/ - The National Atlas and Geographic Names Information System will find "Depp River" or "Hoot's Hollow" or any other place, however obscure. Then you plot it on the customizable National Map or find it in the growing Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- American Battle Monuments Commission: http://www.abmc.gov/ - This website is dedicated to American war dead buried in overseas cemeteries. You can search records of military buried in military cemeteries abroad, plus those missing that are commemorated on memorials.
- The American Revolutionary War: http://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/ - Includes battles, leaders, documents, time-lines, and war records.
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database: http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm - The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (CWSS) is a database containing information about the men who served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Other information on the site includes histories of Union and Confederate regiments, links to descriptions of significant battles, and selected lists of prisoner-of-war records and cemetery records.
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission: http://www.cwgc.org/ - Commemorating the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars. Register records details of Commonwealth war dead so that graves or names on memorials can be located.
- Daughters of the American Revolution: http://www.dar.org - DAR is a women’s service organization dedicated to promoting historic preservation, education, patriotism and honoring the patriots of the Revolutionary War.
- Fold3: $ http://www.fold3.com/ - Collection includes more than 444 million records, this site continues its focus on military history. Access Revolutionary War papers and pension applications, Civil War service records (especially from the Confederacy) and much more, all searchable with images.
- Louisiana State Archives: http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov - Confederate Pension Applications Index Database.
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator: http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/ - Search for burial locations of veterans and their family members in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department of Interior cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private cemeteries when the grave is marked with a government grave marker.
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - Gravesite Locator: http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/ - Burial locations of veterans and their family members in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department of Interior cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private cemeteries when the grave is marked with a government grave marker.
- *The Ancestor Hunt - Newspapers: http://www.theancestorhunt.com/newspapers.html - 1000's of free links, some tips, about 50 tutorials, and lots of other information and resources to guide and help you. And it is all about newspapers.
- Historical Canadian Newspapers Online: http://libguides.bgsu.edu/CanadianNewspapers - Bowling Green State University links to historical Canadian newspapers that are freely available on the Internet.
- The British Newspaper Archive: $ http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk - a partnership between the British Library and findmypast to digitize up to 40 million newspaper pages from the British Library's vast collection over the next 10 years.
- California Digital Newspaper Collection: http://cdnc.ucr.edu - A freely accessible repository of digitized California newspapers containing 61,412 issues from 1846 to the present.
- Chronicling America: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ - Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1924 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
- Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection: http://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org - includes more than 600,000 digitized pages, representing 160+ individual newspaper titles published in Colorado from 1859 to 1923.
- The Digital Library of Georgia: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ - a gateway to Georgia's history and culture found in digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, government documents, newspapers, maps, audio, video, and other resources.
- Elephind.com: http://www.elephind.com/ - Search the world's historic newspaper archives. Clicking on result takes you to the site where it’s hosted—often a lesser-known university or archive site you might never have thought to check.
- Florida Digital Newspaper Library: http://ufdcweb1.uflib.ufl.edu/ - provides access to over 1.5 million pages of historic and current Florida newspapers. Freely available with zoom-able page images and full text.
- GenDisasters: http://www.gendisasters.com/ - Newspaper articles about Train Wrecks, Fires, Floods, Shipwrecks, Plane Crashes, Accidents and other disasters. Most of these articles list the dead and injured or missing. Use the Search Box to search for your ancestors or Browse the articles by type of disaster, state or year.
- Global Press Archive: https://gpa.eastview.com/ - a program that embraces an unprecedented variety of global news publications, presented in full-image and full-text format optimized for scholarly use.
- Google News Archive: http://news.google.com/newspapers - Cover a surprising number of smaller newspapers around the country.
- Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections: http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/ - This collection contains 45 newspaper titles, 93,011 issues comprising 1,112,621 pages and 7,160,392 articles.
- Kentucky Digital Library - Historic Kentucky Newspapers: http://kdl.kyvl.org/ - 200 newspapers from 1868-2012.
- Newspaper Abstracts: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/ - site continues to grow with over 1,100 new pages added each month and currently contains 172881 pages of abstracts and extracts from historical newspapers. These articles range in size from a single entry to an entire newspaper issue.
- NYS Historic Newspapers: https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/ - free online access to a wide range of newspapers chosen to reflect New York's unique history. To search the entire collection, use the Search Tab. Or, click on a county to search or browse geographically.
- ObitsArchive: $ http://www.obitsarchive.com - Index of matches with dates for free.
- Old Fulton NY Post Card Website: http://fultonhistory.com/ - Search Over 26,108,000 Old New York State Historical Newspaper Pages.
- Online Historical Newspapers: https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/ - A place where they were listed by county and city so you could find the newspapers your ancestors read? This is the purpose of the Online Historical Newspapers Website. It is meant to be used as an aid to genealogists, historians, and other researchers.
- Oregon Digital Newspaper Program (ODNP): http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ - an initiative to digitize historic Oregon newspaper content and make it freely available to the public through a keyword-searchable online database.
- Portal to Texas History: http://texashistory.unt.edu/ - Almost 600 newspapers in this collection, Many of the newspapers have short runs, but the sheer magnitude of the collection is outstanding.
- Quebec Records Obituaries: https://www.genealogiequebec.com/en/avis-deces - This database contains 1 305 642 obituaries beginning in 1999 from more than 250 internet sources.
- Rayogram: http://www.rayogram.com/news - Downloadable & readable newspapers.
- Small Town Papers: http://www.smalltownpapers.com/ - Choose from over 250 small town newspapers; including news, photos, sports & obituaries.
- U.S. Historical Newspapers Online by State: http://genealogy.about.com - This listing of historical newspapers online by state includes many, but not all, of the available U.S. historical newspapers online. Most historical newspapers listed here are free, but those that require a subscription are marked accordingly.
- Utah Digital Newspapers: http://digitalnewspapers.org/ - This collection holds over 1,000,000 pages of historic Utah newspapers.
- Washington State Historic Newspapers: https://www.sos.wa.gov/library/newspapers/newspapers.aspx - These newspapers include materials that reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. These materials are presented as part of the historical record.
- Wyoming Newspaper Project: http://wyonewspapers.org/ - More than 800,000 newspaper pages have been converted from microfilm to a digital format.
- Dead Fred: http://www.deadfred.com/ - Photo based genealogy research website.
- AVOTAYNU: http://www.avotaynu.com/ - Your gateway to information about 699,084 surnames, mostly Jewish, that appear in 42 Different Databases . These databases combined contain more than 7.3 million records.
- FamousKin.com: https://famouskin.com/ - Sometimes genealogy just needs to be fun, and it can be fun to learn about famous cousins that you didn't previously know about.
- The Original Record: $ http://www.theoriginalrecord.com/ - Surname-indexed ancestry and genealogy historical records, books and documents containing 10 million entries. Scans directly available on-line.
- Leo S. Taylor Family: http://www.myfamily.com/group/leostaylor -
- Sorted By Name: http://sortedbyname.com/ - A collection of links to genealogy details mentioned on other websites. This website uses a purchased copy of the Social Security Death Master File, updated through 1 January 2014.
- Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates: http://genealogy.az.gov/ - The Office of Vital Records officially began recording birth and death events in July, 1909. However, it maintains a sampling of delayed birth records of Arizona citizens (from 1855) and death records (from 1877) from other sources.
- Cook County, Illinois, Vital Records: http://www.cookcountygenealogy.com/ - Search more than 8 million genealogy Birth, Marriage and Death records dated from 1872.
- Idaho State Death Index: http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/ - Search for Death Certificates by Name and County.
- Utah State Name Indexes: http://archives.utah.gov/research/indexes/index.html - Indexed records from the Utah State Archives.
- Western States Marriage Records Index: http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm - A collection marriage records from western states.
- DearMYRTLE's Webinar Archive: http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/p/webinar-archive.html - where from time to time she places copies of previous presentations.
- Georgia Genealogical Society Free Webinars: http://www.gagensociety.org/events/webinars - Learn Family History from the Comfort of Your Home.
- Heritage Collector Webinar Library: http://heritagecollector.com/Webinar/webinarlibrary.htm - Our informative webinars will help you get the most out of your scanner, smart phone, scanner, GPS, the cloud and more.
- Illinois State Genealogical Society Webinars: http://www.ilgensoc.org/cpage.php?pt=227 - FREE and open to the public when they are presented live.
- Legacy Family Tree Webinars: https://familytreewebinars.com/ -
- Mesa AZ FamilySearch Library Webcasts: http://mesarfhc.org/Webcasts.html - These Webcasts represent classes that were presented live while being filmed at the Mesa FamilySearch Training Center.
- RootsMagic Webinars: http://rootsmagic.com/Webinars/ - Free online classes or "webinars" you can watch or download.
