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Best for US Researchers Premium
Use these outstanding nationwide and state-specific sites to find your ancestors from sea to shining sea.
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Best for Web Researchers Premium
If you dream of doing all your research in your pajamas, get comfy and feast on these data-rich sites. If you're on the lookout for a free lunch, keep in mind the gratis portal sites herein may link you to some fee-based databases.
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Let Web rings guide you through the genealogy World Wide Web.
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Best for “Continental” Researchers Premium
Sample these sites for ancestors from mainland Europe. If their homeland isn't covered here, check WorldGenWeb.
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Top 100 Web sites H through M Premium
Hawaii Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness, Hawaii www.raogk.com/hawaii.htm Ask these volunteers to assist with your Hawaiian research. Idaho Idaho GenWeb Project www.rootsweb.com/~idgenweb Look here for county-level resources, including archives, message boards and queries. Illinois Illinois State Archives www.ilsos.net/departments/archives/databases.html Excellent collection of more...
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Top 100 Web sites N through W Premium
Nebraska Nebraska School Records idreamof.com/school/ne.html If your ancestor attended school in Nebraska, check here for records dating from 1871. Nevada Nevada Historical Society dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/museums/reno/his-soc.htm Virtual exhibits of your Nevada ancestors' past, links to sites about Nevada history and information on collections. New Hampshire...
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Christine's Genealogy Website www.ccharity.com Research your African-American ancestry on this link-filled site, which includes related articles and databases. Index of Native American Resources on the Internet www.hanksville.org/NAresources Research your Native American ancestors through links to cultural and historical resources. The Freedmen's Bureau Online freedmensbureau.com An...
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Links to the lives of the unusual, surprising and infamous: Lizzie Borden's family tree www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/Borden/ Unsolved Mysteries mailing list www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_general.html#GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES Notorious Ancestors www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/8310/notorious.html Yahoo guide to outlaws dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Crime/Outlaws/ So You Want to Be Kin to Jesse James www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/8225/jesse...
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Would you like free access to thousands of topographic maps? TopoZone.com at www.topozone.com is a fully searchable Web site containing topographic images of the entire United States. Under Get a Map, click Place Name Search to go to the query form. The system will return a...
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Social History Online Premium
Want to mingle with fellow researchers and get the scoop on local sources? Check out the links below to find a genealogical society that's right for you.
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