SUGGESTED WEBSITES

SUGGESTED WEBSITES CURRENT AS OF JANUARY 2008 ALL OF THESE SITES ARE FREE UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE MULTI-PURPOSE SEARCH SITES  FamilySearch.org (SSDI, 1880 United States Census, 1881 British Isles Census, 1881 Canada Census, Ancestral File, Pedigree Resource File, IGI, Family History Library Catalog)  Lib.byu.edu/fhc (BYU Library is digitizing the microfilmed records of the Church starting with family histories. Check back often.)  Familysearchlabs.org (All the information that is being indexed [with images] is available here. Examples: Ohio death records from 1908-1953 and the New York passenger arrival list from 1892-1924, to name a couple.)  Ancestry.com (A paid site. Available free at Indiana State Library and some public libraries. Some indexes and census records are available through the Family History Center.) AVAILABLE FREE THROUGH FAMILY HISTORY CENTERS at https://fhc.familysearch.org  FamilyLink  Footnote  Genline  Godfrey Memorial Library  World Vital Records  Heritage Quest (see below)  Heritagequestonline.com (Available free at the Indiana State Library and the Family History Center. It is also available through most local libraries as well. Check your public library‘s website to see if it subscribes. If it does, all you need is a library card to use it in your own home. If your library does not subscribe, you can get a home subscription through an Indiana State Library card, which costs a small fee.)  www.linkpendium.com (You can search for links in two catagories – locality and surnames.)  genealogylinks.net (Links to free genealogy sites.)  Stephenmorse.org (The back door to TONS of indexes on the web.)  Geneanet.org (Search engine for world wide family history research.)  Genforum.com (Surname and locality question and answer websites.)  Gencircles.com (Information sharing site.)  Rootsweb.com (Various resources available.)  Searches.rootsweb.com/ (Search engine for those resources)  Searchforancestors.com/google/searcher.html (Google‘s search engine just for genealogy)  Topozone.com (Topograpy maps)  AncestralFindings.com (Family history database)  MyHeritage.com (Share family pictures)  www.geneabios.com/ (Genealogy biography database you can add to)  Accessgenealogy.com (This links portal also features a variety of useful databases, especially if you‘re researching American Indian ancestors.)  www.sampubco.com (Indexes to wills, guardianships, etc. for several states)  KindredKonnections.com also can be accessed as MyTrees.com (Free access for a month or two if you submit your family tree.)  freegenealogylookups.com (Different databases to look at for free. Changes periodically.)  www.genealogytoday.com (Shows different websites to go to. Some have a fee but remember that the Family History Center has subscriptions to some sites, such as Footnote (see above). 1/1/2008 1 INFORMATIONAL  help.familysearch.org/kb/Local_Support/en/Consultants/memos/consultantmemos.htm (All of the memos and information that has been sent out by Family Search for Family History Consultants. Note: You must be a REGISTERED Family History Consultant to get this.)  cifhc.org (Website of the Central Indiana Family History Conference. The syllabus for the classes from 2007 are available to view or download. This will also be the registration site for the 2008 Conference.)  paftutorial.byu.edu/ (A site by BYU to learn how to use the Personal Ancestral File Genealogy software)  261.byu.edu/ (Family history lessons online.)  ce.byu.edu/courses/pe/999015068001/public/start.htm (Basic family history lessons online.)  www.masteringfamilyhistory.com/ (A site filled with training videos.)  measuringworth.com/uscompare/ (A site to compare the value of money from 1790 to the present.)  Cyndislist.com (Cyndi‘s List of genealogy sites on the Internet.)  Dohistory.org (A really interesting site to help you learn how to piece together small fragments of information and create a readable story from it.)  Genealogyencyclopedia.com (Terminologies and descriptions of basic genealogical research.)  Eogen.com/ (The Encyclopedia of Genealogy)  Ancestry.com/search/nameorigin.aspx (Some origins of surnames and where the families with that name are distributed in the US in 1990.)  Dmarie.com/timecap/step1.asp (Events that happened on a given date.)  genealogy.about.com/library/glossary/bl_occupations.htm (Lists of old occupations.)  Westegg.com/inflation (An inflation calculator to go along with information from the Dmarie site.)  AnyWho.com (Finding people with the same surname living in the United States.)  Infobel.com/teldir/ (Telephone directories from around the world to help you find people with the same surname in the area you‘re researching.)  DearMyrtle.com (Helpful hints, stories, etc. from ―Dear Myrtle‖.)  www.antiquusmorbus.com (Definitions of archaic medical terms.) MISCELLANEOUS  Raogk.com (Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness. Volunteers will look up a small request, free of charge.)  hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/ (Digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction)  Deadfred.com (Genealogy photo archive.)  Myheritage.com (Go to the face recognition tab. A site just for fun!) NEWSPAPERS  www.loc.gov/rr/news/news_research_tools/newspapersinmf.html (Newspapers that are available on microfilm or microfiche.)  www.researchguides.net/newspapers.htm (US newspapers online.)  www.smalltownpapers.com (Choose from over 250 small town newspapers you can read free every week! Browse & search scanned newspaper archive from 1865 up to the current edition.) OCCUPATIONAL  www.rrb.gov/mep/genealogy.asp (Railroad Retirement Board.) 1/1/2008 2 ORGANIZATIONAL  myweb.cableone.net/kevinowen3/FamilySearcher.htm (―FamilySearcher is a windows program that can read a GEDCOM file and display a list of all names contained in the file in a spreadsheet format. Using a simple point-and-click it is possible to search the Internet IGI (International Genealogical Index) and the other resources at the LDS FamilySearch™ web site for any matching entries.‖) BLOGS  blogfinder.genealogue.com (Genealogy blog finder.)  labs.familysearch.org/blog/  blogs.ancestry.com/circle/  www.genealogyblog.com/  genrootsblog.blogspot.com/  www.rootstelevision.com/blogs/megans-rootsworld.php  jgg-online.blogspot.com/  www.rootdig.com/  www.genealogue.com/ CEMETERIES AND OBITUARIES  Internment.net (Cemetery listings worldwide)  Findagrave.com (Cemetery listings worldwide, also includes some photos)  Genealogy.com/genealogy/VG/vcem_search.html?priority=0000900 (Virtual Cemetery)  Rootsweb.com/~cemetery/index.html (Mostly the United States)  Gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1 (burial locations for US veterans and family)  www.cwgc.org (Those from the United Kingdom who died in the two World Wars)  Daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/index.html (Mostly locations with links to cemeteries already online)  Gravematter.com (Transcriptions and photographs of tombstones in Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire)  Rootsweb.com/~obituary (A daily index of published obituaries from around the world, this free genealogy index grows by approximately 2500 entries per day, with obituaries dating back to 1995.) ETHNIC GROUPS African-American  archives.gov/research/african-americans/ (African-American research at the National Archives.)  TheRoot.com (GREAT new website for African-Americans!)  Aagsclev.org (African-American research.)  AfriQuest.com (A new website for African-American research coming Spring 2008.)  Afrigeneas.com (African-American research)  Memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html (WPA slave narratives)  freedmensbureau.com (Records created after the Civil War of former slaves)  www.sos.mo.gov/archives/about/presentations.asp (Five presentations on doing AfricanAmerican research.) Hispanic  hispanicgenealogy.blogspot.com (Current information on Hispanic links and research.) Jewish  Jewishgen.org (Jewish research)  Stephenmorse.com (Jewish research) 1/1/2008 3   Native American Accessgenealogy.com (Native American research) archives.gov/research/native-americans/ (Native American research at the National Archives.) IMMIGRATION  Castlegarden.org (America‘s first immigration center. Covers years from 1830-1892.)  Ellisislandrecords.org (Actual passenger arrival records.)  Immigrantships.net (Ship passenger information. Constantly being added to. BE SURE TO USE THE FREE FIND SEARCH)  213.212.128.168/radici/ie/defaultie_e.htm (Italian emigrants to the United States, Argentina & Brazil.)  www.migrationinstitute.fi/index_e.php (Finland Emigrant register)  Aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=639 (Irish immigrants to New York, 1846-1891 ―Famine Irish Data File‖ AMERICAN MIGRATION  www.lineages.com/infocenter/firststeps/colonialroutes.cfm (Shows the routes many of the early Americans took to get to Kentucky and Tennessee.)  freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gentutor/rivers.html (Includes many links and information about migration waterways.)  freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gentutor/facts.html (Describes 18 migration roads with map.)  www.intl-research.com/migration.htm (Migration charts.)  www.mormontrails.org (Mormon trail website.)  nps.gov/carto/PDF/TRAILSmap1.pdf (A very nice pdf map of the National Park Services‘ national Trails System.)  nps.gov/archive/fone/natlroad.htm (Information about and map of The National Road.) MILITARY (See also Cemeteries and State Records)  Heritage Quest and Footnote, both available free in the Family History Center, has Revolutionary War Pension Papers.  archives.gov/research/arc/index.html (National Archives – service and pension records.)  www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/sgorin/toc.html (Revolutionary War Soldiers & Pensioners of Kentucky)  www.southerncampaign.org/pen/#b (Transcribed Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Applications.)  www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ (Civil War Soldiers and Sailors index)  civilwarindiana.com (Various links and sites of Indiana Civil War soldiers)  Civil-war.net (Tons of information about the war.)  www.royalprovincial.com (Americans who remained Loyal to the British Crown during the War for Independence) LOCALITIES UNITED STATES  Usgenweb.org (Finding information on each county and state in the United States and also the people living there. I WILL NOT REFERENCE THE INFORMATION FOUND HERE. PLEASE LOOK THE PLACES UP ON YOUR OWN TO SEE WHAT EACH STATE AND COUNTY HAS TO OFFER.)  www.acpl.lib.in.us (Allen County, Indiana Public Library. Second best genealogical library in the United States) 1/1/2008 4          Searches.rootsweb.com/htdig/search.html (This is US Genweb‘s archives. A great place to go and do a general search for the surname you are tracing.) Placesnamed.com (Helpful for finding counties when you only know a city or town name. Also, a good place to find out how common a surname is and if there are any towns in the US have that name.) www.census-online.com/ (Guide to websites of censuses that are free online.) Deathindexes.com (A guide to websites containing information for each state) www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ (Bureau of land management. You can view and print original land patent records.) Abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/GenIntro.htm (An index of over 300,000 Western States marriages are being added to daily) Archives.gov (National Archives database indexes. Click on ―Research Room‖ then click on ―Genealogy‖. Worth the time to learn how to use the site! Its ―Access to Archival Databases‖ searches more than 85 million electronic records. Popular data sets include 9.2 million WWII Army enlistment files and 604,596 arrivals in the Port of New York during the Irish famine, 1846 to 1851. The ―Archival Research Catalog‖ contains more than 124,000 digitized maps, photos and documents—among them WWII casualty lists and the Dawes Rolls of American Indians.) Memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html (American State Papers and US Serial Set) www.genlookups.com (A Directory of Genealogy Lookup Volunteers) ALABAMA  www.co.madison.al.us/mcrc/ (Marriage records from 1809-1973 among other research items for Madison County.)  www.mobilecounty.org/probatecourt/recordssearch.htm (Records Division of the Probate Court of Mobile County, Alabama. Includes marriages.)  www.tuscco.com/SearchCategory.cfm (Land, probate, and marriage records from 1936 to present for Tuscaloosa County.) CALIFORNIA  vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi (Death record index for the years 1940-1997)  www.scgsgenealogy.com (Southern California Genealogical Society and Family History Library) COLORADO  www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/online.htm (Colorado State Archives; online indexes) DELAWARE  state.de.us/sos/dpa/ (Public Archives) FLORIDA  Floridamemory.com (Photographs, land grants, veteran records and more.)  floridamemory.com/Collections/PensionFiles (Confederate pension application files.) GEORGIA  docuweb.gsu.edu/CivilWar.htm (Civil War pension records.) IDAHO 1/1/2008 5  abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm (Indexes to marriage and death records as well as a few other things) ILLINOIS  Cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html (Illinois databases)  Sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/marrlst.html (Marriages for most of the counties in Illinois from approximately 1820-1900. Some dates vary.) CHICAGO  chicagoancestors.org/ (A free website where you can find and share historical information about Chicago.)  www.newberry.org/genealogy/chicagodata.html (Links to databases that are useful for Chicago genealogy research.)  www.deathindexes.com/illinois/cook.html (indexes to various databases of vital records.) INDIANA  Ingenweb.org (Information for each county in Indiana.)  www.in.gov/library/3076.htm (Various databases available from the Indiana State Library.)  208.119.135.17/db/in_marriages_1850/marriages_search.asp (Indiana marriages up to and including 1850. Also available by going to the Indiana State Library website.)  in.gov/isdh/bdcertifs/lhdfees/toc.htm (Lists all the Health Departments in Indiana with costs of birth and death records.)  www.stats.indiana.edu/maptools/townships.htm (GREAT maps for townships in each county or region)  www.hoosierheritage.net (Collection of online sources for counties in Indiana)  Negenealogy.com/in/in_maps.htm (Indiana County formation maps. Slideshow presentation, if desired.)  Countyhistory.com (Interesting facts about Indiana‘s counties)  In.gov/icpr/archives/databases (Databases available from the Indiana State Archives) MARION COUNTY  Crownhill.org/genealogy (Burial locator for Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis)  Civicnet.net/civil (Index to Marion County marriages from 1925 to the present) ORANGE COUNTY  freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~woodhousegenealogy/?cj=1&o_xid=0000584978&o_l id=0000584978 (Marriage index from 1816-1933) VIGO COUNTY  sirsi.vigo.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/X/MAIN/X/60/1180/X (Vigo County deaths and marriages) WAYNE COUNTY  www.co.wayne.in.us/marriage/retrieve.cgi (Marriage index from 1811-1903.) WHITLEY COUNTY  www.kinexxions.com/resources.htm (Links to various indexes.) KANSAS  Kansasmemory.org (Photographs and manuscripts of Kansas history) JOHNSON COUNTY  www.jococourts.org/ (Index to marriage, divorce, and probate records.) OSAGE COUNTY  www.kscourts.org/dstcts/4osco.htm (Index to marriage and probate records.) 1/1/2008 6 KENTUCKY  sos.ky.gov/land/search/ (Land records from when it was Kentucky County, Virginia. Includes Revolution War Warrants along with various other databases. Also includes digitized images.)  Ukcc.uky.edu/~maps (Detailed maps of each county in Kentucky under the County General Highway Map section. Includes churches and cemeteries.)  Vitals.rootsweb.com/ky/death/search.cgi (Kentucky death record index, 1911-2000. Many of the actual certificates are available on microfilm at the Indiana State Library)  kdl.kyvl.org/ (Kentuckiana Digital Library)  mykentuckygenealogy.com (Information about each county in the state.)  205.204.134.47/cemetery.asp (Cemetery Records Database. Not all counties are included yet.)  www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/sgorin/toc.html (Revolutionary War Soldiers & Pensioners of Kentucky)  www.so-ky.com/ Research aids for those searching in the following counties: ADAIR, ALLEN, BARREN, BUTLER, CASEY, CLINTON, CUMBERLAND, EDMONSON, GRAYSON, GREEN, HARDIN, HART, LARUE, LOGAN, MARION, METCALFE, MONROE, RUSSELL, SIMSON, TAYLOR, WARREN, WAYNE. FAYETTE COUNTY  www.rootsweb.com/~kyfayett/births/births_1911_1930.htm?cj=1&o_xid=0000584978&o_lid =0000584978 (Births from 1911-1930) HARRISON COUNTY  www.harrisoncountyky.us/marriages/ (Marriage index from 1794 -1985) WARREN COUNTY  Burgoo.com (Genealogy research information about Bowling Green and Warren County) LOUISIANA CADDO PARISH  www.caddoclerk.com/marriage.htm (Marriage record index from 1920-2008. SCROLL DOWN to get to link.) ORLEANS PARISH  www.genealogybranches.com/neworleans.html (Links to marriage indexes.) MAINE  vitals.rootsweb.com/me/death/search.cgi (Death record index for the years 1960-1997)  www.maine.gov/sos/arc (Maine State Archives: Death record index for the years 1960-1997 and Marriage record index for the years 1892-1996)  portalx.bisoex.state.me.us/pls/archives_mhsf/archdev.marriage_archive.search_form (Index to marriage records from 1892-1996) MARYLAND  Msa.md.gov (State Archives.)  Msa.md.gov/msa/stagser/s1400/s1402/html/ssi1402.html (Index to some Church records.) HOWARD COUNTY  www.hchsmd.org/marriages.htm (―This site contains bride and groom information taken from minister's returns of marriage licenses, unused returned applications, and courthouse ledgers of marriages performed in Howard County, Maryland, between 1860 and 1939. There was no waiting period in Howard County and over 90 percent of the marriages were of out-of-county couples.‖) 1/1/2008 7 MICHIGAN  www.michigan.gov/hal (Michigan State Archives) MINNESOTA  Mnsh.org (Historical Society)  People.mnhs.org/dci/search.cfm?bhcp=1 (Death certificate index for 1904-1907; 1955-2001)  www.dalbydata.com (Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties; County History Name Index; Newspaper Headline Index; Civil War Soldiers) MISSOURI  www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/ordb.asp (Links to various databases of birth and death records, World War I Military Service Cards, etc.) JACKSON COUNTY  records.co.jackson.mo.us/localization/menu.asp (Marriage records and some other public records.) NEW JERSEY  www.njarchives.org/links/databases.html (State Archives databases.) NEW YORK  Aad.archives.gov/aad/series-description.jsp?s=639 (Irish immigrants to New York, 1846-1891 ―Famine Irish Data File‖  www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/taxphotos/home.shtml (Photographs of every home in the five boroughs of New York City around 1940) NORTH DAKOTA  www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndirs/databases/naturalrec.php (Naturalization Record Index) OHIO  Ohiohistory.org/dindex/ (Death record index for the years 1913-1937) OREGON  arcweb.sos.state.or.us/banners/genealogy.htm (State Archives.) PENNSYLVANIA  www.phmc.state.pa.us/ (Historical and Museum Commission)  www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/ (State Archives. Has several military databases) YORK COUNTY  www.york-county.org/departments/archives/archavailable.htm (County Archives databases.) SOUTH CAROLINA  www.scdhec.net/administration/vr/vrdi.htm (Death indexes from 1915- 1956) CHARLESTON COUNTY  www3.charlestoncounty.org/docs/ProbateMain.html (Marriage license search.) SOUTH DAKOTA  apps.sd.gov/applications/PH14Over100BirthRec/index.asp (This site, from the State Board of Health, contains information from birth records with birth dates of over 100 years of age, which would be 1905-1908.) 1/1/2008 8 TENNESSEE  register.shelby.tn.us/ (Records for Shelby County.) TEXAS  vitals.rootsweb.com/tx/death/search.cgi (Death record index for the years 1954-1998)  www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.php (Index of some 54,634 approved, rejected, and home pensions issued by the Texas government between 1899 and 1975) UTAH  www.saintswithouthalos.com/b/_bios.phtml (Biographies of early LDS church members) VIRGINIA  www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/gene/index.htm (The Library of Virginia.)  Kysos.com/ADMIN/LANDOFFI/searchable.asp (Includes Virginia Revolutionary War Warrants Database.) WEST VIRGINIA  www.wvculture.org/vrr (Digitized images of actual birth, marriage and death records. A work in progress.) WISCONSIN  Wisconsinhistory.org/genealogy (Some indexes are free though most require a fee.) OTHER COUNTRIES (General)  Worldgenweb.org (Finding available information on each country in the world.)  Feefhs.org (Federation of Eastern European Family History Societies. Great website links and databases.) CANADA  voicimafamille.info (Family history databases hosted by Canadian federal, provincial or territorial archives centres and libraries, as well as those of several commercial partners.)  www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html (National Library and Archives of Canada. Free index search.)  Digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/search.htm (free genealogy database derived from atlases dating from 1874-1881 covering counties in the Maritimes, Ontario and Quebec.)  Automatedgenealogy.com (1901, 1906 and 1911 censuses)  www.genealogy.gc.ca (Passenger lists are coming to this Library and Archives Canada site, which already has various censuses, western land grants, WWI service files and divorce records (1841 to 1968). BRITISH COLUMBIA  Search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca (British Columbia Archives with indexes births, marriages and deaths, some ranging from 1836 until 1985) DENMARK  ddd.dda.dk/ddd_en.htm (Danish Demographic Database. A database of 394,000 police records from 1868 to 1908, and census records from 1769 to 1921—11.7 million names in all. Its index to probates now covers Thisted, Viborg, Aalborg and Randers counties.) 1/1/2008 9    progenealogists.com/denmark/parishes.htm (Find the parishes of Denmark and when their records started. www.sa.dk/sa/omarkiverne/english/default.htm (State Archives) www.danpa.dk/ (Danish National Private Archives. Contains databases. Website in Danish. ) EAST EUROPE  www.rootsweb.com/~easeurgw/ (The East Europe GenWeb Project.) FINLAND  www.migrationinstitute.fi/index_e.php (Emigrant register) FRANCE  Archives.cotedor.fr/jahia/Jahia/archives.cotedor.fr/site/adco/pid/1917 (The Civil Registers of French Departement 21, of Cote D'Or, where Dijon is located, among other towns. In French.) GERMANY  christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/ (Creates a map of Germany showing the distribution of a surname. Very helpful in finding the area your immigrants probably came from.)  Germanoriginality.com (Website for German American heritage brought to you by the German National Tourist Office and the German Information Center USA. Go to the genealogy page for links.)  Hamburg.de (Free index to those who immigrated from Hamburg, Germany. Being added to periodically. There is a cost for receiving the actual passenger record.)  www.deutsche-auswanderer-datenbank.de (Free index to those who immigrated from Bremerhaven, Germany. There is a cost for receiving the actual passenger record.)  www.genealogy.net (German research website.) GREAT BRITAIN (United Kingdom, England, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales)  www.oldbaileyonline.org (―A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials, from April 1674 to October 1834, held at London's central criminal court.‖)  www.domesdaybook.co.uk (―The Domesday Book provides extensive records of landholders, their tenants, the amount of land they owned, how many people occupied the land (villagers, smallholders, free men, slaves, etc.), the amounts of woodland, meadow, animals, fish and ploughs on the land (if there were any) and other resources, any buildings present (churches, castles, mills, salthouses, etc.), and the whole purpose of the survey - the value of the land and its assets, before the Norman Conquest, after it, and at the time of Domesday. Some entries also chronicle disputes over who held land, some mention customary dues that had to be paid to the king, and entries for major towns include records of traders and number of houses.‖  pricegen.com/english_genealogy.html (Links to over 500 websites. Some are paid sites.)  www.findmypast.com (England and Wales records for births, marriages, and deaths, as well as some other records, from 1837 to present. Search is free. To look at the actual records requires payment.)  www.findmypast.com/national-burial-index-search-start.action?redef=0 (National Burial Records Index from 1538-2005)  nationalarchives.gov.uk/ (Also contains entries from the famous Domesday Book.) 1/1/2008 10                   www.a2a.org.uk (Access to Archives. The A2A database contains catalogues describing archives held locally in England and Wales and dating from the eighth century to the present day.) Ancestorsonboard.com (Records of 30 million passengers leaving from British ports to destinations throughout the world,) www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ (Census of 1901 for England and Wales) www.Familyrelatives.org (England and Wales records for births, marriages, and deaths, as well as some other records, from 1837 to present. Search is free. To look at the actual records requires payments.) Genuki.org.uk/big/ (Family history information website for England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) Freebmd.rootsweb.com/ (Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales) www.freereg.org.uk/ (baptism, marriage, and burial records, which have been transcribed from parish and non-conformist church registers in the UK) www.cwgc.org/ (Military who died in WWI and WWII and also 60,000 civilian casualties who died in the Second World War) www.freecen.org.uk/ (Online searchable database of the 19th century UK census returns) Homepage.ntlworld.com/geogdata/ngw/counties.htm (Counties of Wales) www.scottishdocuments.com (Scottish church records among other things are being digitzed.) http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/bnl/ (Index to The Belfast Newsletter, 1737-1800) www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php (Griffith‘s Valuation, the first survey of property ownership in Ireland from 1848 to 1864.) infowanted.bc.edu/ (―From October 1831 through October 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a ‗Missing Friends‘ column with advertisements from people looking for ‗lost‘ friends and relatives who had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. This extraordinary collection of 31,711 records is available here as a searchable online database, which contains a text record for each ad that appeared in the Pilot.‖) www.irelandoldnews.com/ (Indexes to Irish newspapers.) eneclann.ie/research/genealogy_research_guide.html (An Irish genealogy research guide.) www.ireland.com/ancestor/ (Viewing some of the sites requires subscription. A very nice site for Irish research information.) irishhistorylinks.net/ (Links to research Irish history.) HOLLAND; the Netherlands  genlias.org/nl/page0.jsp (Dutch civil register) NORWAY  www.rhd.uit.no/indexeng.html (Norwegian censuses & parish records online)  digitalarkivet.uib.no/ (Digital records from the National Archives of Norway RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS  African Methodist Episcopal Church www.ame-church.com    Amish (See Mennonite) Anabaptists (See Mennonite) Baptist 11 1/1/2008 Franklin College www.franklincollege.edu/libweb/ American Baptist Historical Society www.baptisthistory.us Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archive www.sbhla.org  Church of Christ, Scientist The First Church of Christ, Scientist www.themotherchurch.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) Family Search (contains records of deceased members and non-members) www.familysearch.org Church of the Brethren Brethren Historical Library and Archives www.cob-net.org/fobg/library.htm Church Genealogy Records www.cob-net.org/genchurch.htm Fellowship of Brethren Genealogists www.cob-net.org/fobg/ Newspapers of the German Baptist Brethren before 1883 rothweb.com/publications/  Congregational (See also United Church of Christ) Congregational Library www.14beacon.org Disciples of Christ (Christian Church) Christian Theological Seminary Library www.cts.edu/Library/ Disciples of Christ Historical Society www.discipleshistory.org/  Episcopal Church Archives of the Episcopal Church www.episcopalarchives.org Free Will Baptist (Not associated with the Baptists above) National Association of Free Will Baptists www.nafwb.org Greek Orthodox 12      1/1/2008 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America www.goarch.org Preservation of American Hellenic History www.pahh.com/  Huguenot Huguenot Historical Society www.hhs-newpaltz.org/ National Huguenot Society www.huguenot.netnation.com/general  Jewish American Jewish Historical Society Library www.ajhs.org Avotaynu (Publisher on works on Jewish genealogy www.avotaynu.com Center for Jewish History www.cjh.org/ JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy www.jewishgen.org  Lutheran Concordia Historical Institute (Missouri Synod) chi.lcms.org Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) Archives www.elca.org/archives/ Lutherans Online Genealogy Exchange www.thrivent.com/lutheransonline/genealogy  Mennonite Archives of the Mennonite Church www.moravianchurcharchives.org Menno Simons Historical Library www.emu.edu/library/histlib.html Pennsylvania and Mennonite Research Center www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy/mennonit.htm   Methodist (See United Methodist Church) Methodist Episcopal (See United Methodist Church) 13 1/1/2008  Moravians Moravian Archives (North) www.moravianchurcharchives.org Moravian Archives (South) www.moravianarchives.org Moravian Church Genealogy Links www.enter.net/~smschlack  Presbyterian Presbyterian Historical Society history.pcusa.org/famhist/ Quaker (See Society of Friends) Reformed Church in America Archives www.rca.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=1861&srcid=2183 Roman Catholic American Catholic Historical Society www.amchs.org Catholic Internet Directory www.catholic-church.org/cid CatholicLink.org: Archives, Libraries www.catholiclinks.org/archivescatholiclinks.htm Local Catholic Church History and Genealogy Research Guide home.att.net/~local_catholic University of Notre Dame Archives archives.nd.edu/     Seventh Day Adventist General Conference Archives ast.gc.adventist.org Adventist Heritage Center www.andrews.edu/library/car/index.html  Shaker (Also called the United Society of Believers) Shaker Museum and Library holdings shakermuseumandlibrary.org/holdings.htm Shakers and Shakerism: A Guide to the Collections of The New York Public Library www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/shaker/ 1/1/2008 14 Shaker Historical Society and Museum (Shaker Heights, Ohio) case.edu/affil/shakhist/shaker.htm Union Village and the Shakers of Warren County, Ohio www.rootsweb.com/~ohwarren/Shaker/  Society of Friends (Quaker) Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College www.swarthmore.edu/library/friends/ Haverford College Libraries: Quaker and Special Collections www.haverford.edu/library/special/genealogy/ The Quaker Corner www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/  Unitarian Universalist Reources at Harvard Divinity School www.hds.harvard.edu/library/collections/uu/index.html United Church of Christ (See also Congregationlists) Eden Archives www.eden.edu/index.php/archives/ Evangelical and Reformed Historical Society and Archives www.erhs.info Archives and Historical Societies www.ucc.org/aboutus/archives/  United Methodist Church The General Commission on Archives and History depts.drew.edu/lib/methodist/ Official Church website www.umc.org (Go to ―find a church‖ to see what congregations were in the area your ancestor lived.)  Drew University United Methodist Archives Center www.drew.edu/depts/library/methodist/umac.aspx General Commission on Archives and History www.gcah.org Researching Your United Methodist Ancestors www.gcah.org/Searching.htm Archives of DePauw University and Indiana United Methodism www.depauw.edu/library/archives/ 1/1/2008 15