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Websites

123Genealogy

  • 123Genealogy. This company is a leader in family history tutorial videos focusing on methodology, software, internet and research topics. The nation's leading genealogy experts become your personal tutors as you learn step-by-step the ins and outs of family history.

AccessGenealogy

  • AccessGenealogy. Making genealogy research and the sharing of your Ancestry easier.

Ancestor Search

  • Ancestor Search. Search the top genealogy search engines from this interactive directory.

Ancestry.com

Ancestry.co.uk

Distantcousin.com

  • Distantcousin.com. Free databases including city directories, marriage, birth, death and military records.

Fold3

  • Fold3. A premier collection of military records.

Genealogy.com

Genealogy Archives

Genealogy Search Advice

  • Free Genealogy Search Advice. This site provides free, customized genealogy search advice to create an effective research plan. It also provides hints on how to use the genealogy records recommended for your research plan.

Genealogy Today

Genealogy Today provides a marketplace of genealogy-related merchandise.

Genes Reunited

  • Genes Reunited. The UK’s number one family tree and genealogy site

Interment.net

  • Interment.net. This site has cemetery records and materials relating to cemeteries. Visitors use their resources to help locate burials of family and friends, trace family history, and learn something about cemeteries in general.

MyTrees.com (Kindred Konnections)

  • Free subscription time. This is normally a pay site, but they give you a way to get free subscription time to their family trees. When you get to the site, look at the menu at the left under "FREE Genealogy Site Access."

Net Detective

  • Net Detective. One way to investigate records on births, deaths, adoptions, and more.

Obituaries at GenealogyBank.com

  • Obituaries at GenealogyBank.com. This might very well be one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of newspaper obituaries and death notices in the United States. Each obituary or death notice is indexed by the name of the deceased person, to make searching easier and more precise. In addition, the text of each obituary or death notice is searchable, making it easy to find just what you're looking for using a place of residence, occupation, names of family members, or other personal information.

Obituary Central

  • Obituary Central. Obituary Central is your guide for obituaries, death records, obituary search, social security death index information, and cemetery search. Obituary Central offers a comprehensive listing of obituary records and vital records for marriage, death, birth, and divorce records.

Olive Tree Genealogy

  • Olive Tree Genealogy. Free searchable databases - ships passenger lists, church, census and land records and more!

OneGreatFamily

SurnameWeb

  • SurnameWeb. The Genealogy Web Project of surname resource centers, and personal genealogy pages on the Web.

vitalrec.com

WorldVitalRecords.com

  • Find Your Family Tree. Nearly four billion family names and one of the largest historical map and newspaper collections.

Easiest way to search family trees

Use Active Searches. This allows you to search major sites by entering your information just one time. Also, this determines the best type of search for you at a particular site (all sites are not created equal).

Go to Family Tree Searches.

For those just starting out

Are you just starting to research your ancestry? If so, the following site provides an easy set of decision charts to help you get started.

Go to Genealogy Fast Track.

Free advice

Have you started your genealogy search, but need suggestions that will make your search on the Internet more productive?

Go to Genealogy Search Advice.

Record keeping software

Family Tree Maker 2012, the latest version of the world’s best-selling family tree software, gives you an easy way to build and share your family tree — and preserve your family history. It is probably the easiest and most complete resource for keeping track of your research.

Go to Family Tree Maker at Ancestry.com.

Family tree hints

Search hints for the nine family tree sites on the Active Searches page.

Go to Hints for Family Trees.

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