INTERNET WEBSITES
Compiled by Judy L. Schuster, 12090 N. Wenas Road, Selah, WA 98942
upperwenas@fairpoint.net
Membership + Top Twelve
Ancestry$ www.ancestry.com 14 day free trial
US records – 19.95 month; 16.95 month for 3 month period
(billed in lump sum); 12.95 month for annual (billed in one lump sum)
World records – 29.95 month; 27.95 month for 3 month period
(billed in lump sum); 24.95 month for annual (billed in one lump sum)
**Find A Grave www.findagrave.com
**Wee Monster http://home.att.net/~wee-monster
German Genealogy but links are excellent for other Research
**World Connect http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
**American History & Genealogy Project www.ahgp.org (includes Canada)
**US Gen Web http://usgenweb.org
**LDS Church www.familysearch.org
**LDS Record Search Pilot Site
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html
**Online Searchable Death Indexes http://www.deathindexes.com/
Newspaper Archive$ www.newspaperarchive.com
Newspapers
On Line Newspapers www.onlinenewspapers.com
Newspapers www.newspapers.com
Newspaper Archive$ www.newspaperarchive.com
Find a Newspaper www.newspapers-usa.com/index
US Newspaper Program www.neh.gov/projects/usnp.html
Small Town Newspapers http://smalltownnewspapers.com
Chronicling America http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/
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People Search
Zip Code Lookup http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp
Canada 411 www.canada411.ca/
White Pages www.whitepages.com
For the most part this is free, but be careful because it will
boot you into an area that does cost money
AnyWho http://www.anywho.com/
History
Gen Disasters www3.gendisasters.com
American Memory Project http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
In the First Person http://inthefirstperson.com/firp/index.shtml
LIFE Photo Archive http://images.google.com/hosted/life
Making of America http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/
Yakima Memory www.yakimamemory.org
Births, Marriages, Deaths
Wee Monster http://home.att.net/~wee-monster
German Genealogy but links are excellent for other Research
Online Searchable Death Indexes http://www.deathindexes.com/
Idaho BYU http://abish.byui.edu/specialcollections/
Death Index 1911-1951 and Western States
Marriage Record Index +
World Vital Records$ www.worldvitalrecords.com 119.95 annually
US records – 3.33 month on annual basis; 5.95 month otherwise
World records – 9.95 month on annual basis; 14.95 month otherwise
Census Research
**Census Online www.census-online.com
**USGenWeb Census Project www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~census/states.htm
Church Specific Research
Baptist Roots http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~baptist/index.html
Methodist www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/1824/methodistresearch.html
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Dead People
Mennonites www.mcusa-archives.org/Mennobits/index2.html
**Tombstone Transcription Project http://usgwtombstones.org/
Cemetery Junction www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction
Directory of Cemeteries with links
**Interment.net www.interment.net
Cemetery Transcription Library (worldwide)
RB Hayes Obituary Index www.rbhayes.org/hayes/index/
Ohio – Ordering instructions onsite
Veteran’s Affairs http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1
Funeral Homes www.usafuneralhomesonline.com
Find A Grave www.findagrave.com
Names In Stone www.namesinstone.com
Foreign Research
World Gen Web www.worldgenweb.org
Ellis Island http://aolsvc.ellisisland.aol.com/
Language Translation, Timelines, Date Calculators
Timelines www.ourtimelines.com
Babel Fish Translation http://babelfish.yahoo.com
Free Translations www.freetranslation.com
Libraries & Archives
National Archives www.archives.gov or www.archives.gov/genealogy
Library of Congress www.loc.gov
The Library Index www.libdex.com Find a Library
Library Spot www.libraryspot.com
WA State Archives (Central Branch) www.secstate.wa.gov/archives/archives_central.aspx
WA Secretary of State www.secstate.wa.gov
WA SOS Historical Records Search www.secstate.wa.gov/history/
WA State Digital Archives www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/default.aspx
DAR Library www.dar.org/library/
Yakima Valley Regional Library www.yvrl.org/reference/premium_db
Allen County Public Library www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html
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**Directory of State Archives & www.statearchivists.org/statearchivists.htm
Records Programs
Maps and Land Research
**Bureau of Land Management www.glorecords.blm.gov
**Maps www.census.gov/geo/www/maps/stco_02.htm
Outline maps of the states showing county boundaries
Military and Prison Research
**Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System www.itd.nps.gov/cwss
Genealogical Prison and Jail Records
www.ancestorhunt.com/genealogical_prison_records.htm
Networking
**Mailings Lists www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html
Cousin Connect www.cousinconnect.com
Post and access queries
Volunteers for Research
**Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness www.raogk.com
List of volunteers who are willing to do lookups
Click On Guidelines for Requests
Click on Let’s Go Find a Volunteer
**Obituary Lookup Volunteers
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~obitl/
Miscellaneous
**Cyndi’s List www.cyndislist.com
**US GenWeb Special Projects www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb
**Rootsweb www.rootsweb.com
Ancestor’s Photos www.deadfred.com
Your Past Connections http://pastconnect.com (Lost Items)
Heirlooms Lost www.heirloomslost.com
Old Time Diseases www.genealogy-quest.com/glossaries/diseases1.html
Free Forms, Etc. http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/
Free Forms www.ldpierce.com/recordsforms.html
Native American Research www.hanksville.org/NAresources/
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Search Engines
Google www.google.com
Dogpile www.dogpile.com
Web Crawler www.webcrawler.com
Ask www.ask.com
Bing www.bing.com
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