Ready to dive into immigrant research? Start with this sampling of the best resources for exploring your European roots, from A for Albania to, well, U for Ukrainian. Of course, we don’t have room to include all the great resources for each immigrant group. For more research tips, Web sites, books and organizations relating to your ancestors’ European homeland, see our Ethnic Toolkits and the Family Tree Guide Book to Europe (Betterway Books).
Albanian
Basque
Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada-Reno/322, Reno, NV 89557, (775) 784-4854 Ext. 254
Belarusian
Belgian
The Emigrants from Belgium to the United States and Canada
Bosnian & Herzogovinian
Bulgarian & Macedonian
Carpatho-Rusyn
Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy Web Site
Carpatho-Rusyn Society, 125 Westland Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Croatian
Croatian Genealogical and Heraldic Society, 2527 San Carlos Ave., San Carlos, CA 94070, (415) 592-1190
A Guide to Croatian Genealogy by Adam S. Eterovich (Ragusan Press)
Czech & Slovak
Archives of the Czechs and Slovaks Abroad, University of Chicago Library, 1100 E. 57th St., Chicago, IL 60637, (773) 702-8456
Danish
Danish Emigration Archives, Arkivstrde 1, Box 1731, DK-9100, Aalborg, Denmark
Facts About Genealogical Research in Denmark
National Danish-American Genealogical Society, 5768 Olson Memorial Highway, Golden Valley, MN 55422
Dutch
Dutch Genealogy Links
www.euronet.nl/users/mnykerk/genealog.htm
English
1901 Census Online
www.census.pro.gov.uk
Ancestor SuperSearch
www.ancestorsupersearch.com
British Isles Family History Society-USA
2531 Sawtelle Boulevard PMB 134, Los Angeles, CA 90064,
www.rootsweb.com/~bifhsusa
English Origins
www.englishorigins.com
Federation of Family History Societies
Box 2425, Coventry CV5 6YX, England, freebmd.rootsweb.com
A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your English Ancestors by Paul Milner & Linda Jonas (Betterway Books, $18.99)
GENUKI
www.genuki.org.uk
Estonian
Estonian Genealogical Society
Pk 4419, 10511 Tallinn, Estonia,
How to Find Relatives in Estonia
www.aai.ee/~urmas/urm/vast.html
Finnish
Beginner’s Guide to Finnish Family History Research
members.aol.com/dssaari/guide.htm
Family History Finland
www.open.org/~rumcd/genweb/finn.html
Institute of Migration Emigrant Register
Piispankatu 3, 20500 Turku, Finland,
www.utu.fi/erill/instmigr/eng/e_rekist.htm#inquiry
French
American-French Genealogical Society
Box 2113, Pawtucket, RI 02861, (401) 765-6141, www.afgs.org
Beginning Franco-American Genealogy by Dennis M. Boudreau (American-French
Genealogical Society, $7)
France GenWeb
francegenweb.org
Franco-Gene
www.francogene.com
Geneactes
www.geneactes.org/index-en.html
National Huguenot Society
9033 Lyndale Ave. S. #108, Bloomington, MN 55437, (952) 885-9776,
www.huguenot.netnation.com/general
Germanic
A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Germanic Ancestors by Chris S. Anderson and Ernest Thode (Betterway, $18.99)
Genealogy.net
www.genealogienetz.de/genealogy.html
German Genealogy
daddezio.com/germgen.html
German Genealogical Society of America
2125 Wright Ave., Suite C-9, La Verne, CA 91750, (909) 593-0509,
feefhs.org/ggsa/frg-ggsa.html
German Roots
home.att.net/~wee-monster
Germany GenWeb Project
www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman
Hamburg Link to Your Roots
www.hamburg.de/fhh/behoerden/staatsarchiv/link_to_your_roots/english
Palatines to America
611 E. Webster Road, Columbus, OH 43211, (614) 267-4700, palam.org
Greek
Greek Genealogy
daddezio.com/grekgen.html
Greek Genealogy Research, 2nd edition by Lica H. Catsakis with Dan Schlyter (SIPEO, $10)
Hungarian
Hungary GenWeb
www.rootsweb.com/~wghungar
Radix
www.bogardi.com/gen
Icelandic
Emigration from Iceland to North America
www.simnet.is/halfdanh/vestur.htm
Irish
Ireland GenWeb Project
www.rootsweb.com/~irlwgw
Irish Origins
www.irishorigins.com
The Irish Family History Foundation
www.irishroots.net
The Irish Genealogical Foundation
Box 7575, Department HPA, Kansas City, MO 64116, (816) 454-2410,
www.irishroots.com
Irish Genealogical Society International
Box 16585, St. Paul, MN 55116
www.rootsweb.com/~irish
A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Irish Ancestors by Dwight A. Radford & Kyle J. Betit (Betterway Books, $19.99)
National Archives of Ireland
www.nationalarchives.ie
Otherdays.com
www.otherdays.com
Italian
American Italian Heritage Association
Box 3136, Albany, NY 12203, (518) 435-0591
www.geocities.com/aiha_1
Data Banks on Italian Emigrants
213.212.128.168/radici/ie/defaultie_e.htm
A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Italian Ancestors by Lynn Nelson
(Betterway Books, $16.99)
Italian Genealogical Society of America
Box 3572, Peabody, MA 01961
www.italianroots.org
ItalianAncestry.com
www.ItalianAncestry.com
Italy WorldGenWeb
www.rootsweb.com/~itawgw
Pursuing Our Italian Names Together
members.aol.com/pointhompg/home.htm
Latvian
Latvian GenWeb
www.rootsweb.com/~lvawgw
Lithuanian
Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture
Immigration History and Genealogy Department, 6500 S. Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60629
(773) 582-6500
www.lithaz.org/museums/balzekas
How To Find Relatives in Lithuania
www.lfcc.lt/howfind.html
Lithuanian Global Genealogical Society
Box 109, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
www.lithuaniangenealogy.org
Luxembourger
Luxembourg GenWeb
www.rootsweb.com/~luxwgw
Norwegian
Ancestors from Norway
homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway
National Archives of Norway Digital Archive
digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/WebFront.exe?slag=vis&tekst=meldingar&spraak=e
Norwegian Emigration Center
Strandkaien 31, N-4005, Stavanger, Norway
www.utvandrersenteret.no
Vesterheim Genealogical Center
415 W. Main St., Madison, WI 53703, (608) 255-2224
www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Memorial/vesterhe.htm
Polish
Genealogy and Poland
www.polishroots.com/genpoland
PolandGenWeb
www.rootsweb.com/~polwgw
Polish Genealogical Society of America
984 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL 60622
www.pgsa.org
Portuguese
American-Portuguese Genealogical Society
Box 644, Taunton, MA 02780
www.tauntonma.com/apghs
Portuguese Genealogy Links
www.well.com/user/ideamen/pgeneal.html
Portuguese Passenger Ship Master List
www.dholmes.com/ships.html
Romanian
Romania GenWeb
www.rootsweb.com/~romwgw
Romanian American Heritage Center
2540 Grey Tower Road, Jackson, MI 49201, (517) 522-8260,
feefhs.org/ro/frg-rahc.html
Romanian Genealogy
www.multimania.com/cosminc
Russian
ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia
www.iisg.nl/~abb
Researching Russian Roots
www.mtu-net.ru/rrr
Russian-American Genealogical Archival Source (RAGAS)
Box 1112, 1929 18th St. NW, Washington, DC 20009,
www.feefhs.org/ragas/frgragas.html
Scottish
GENUKI: Scotland
www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct
National Archives of Scotland
www.nas.gov.uk
Scotland GenWeb
www.scotlandgenweb.org
Scottish Archive Network
www.scan.org.uk
Scotlands People
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Scottish Census Transcriptions
www.scotlandsclans.com/census.htm
A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors by Linda Jonas & Paul Milner (Betterway Books, $19.99)
Serbian & Montenegrin
Cultural Society of South Slavs
3510 Xylon Ave. N., New Hope, MN 55427, (612) 544-6433
feefhs.org/frg-csss.html
Montenegrin Association of America
805 Magnolia St., Menlo Park, CA 94025
www.montenegro.org
Serbia GenWeb
www.rootsweb.com/~serwgw
Slovenian
Slovenia GenWeb
www.rootsweb.com/~svnwgw
Slovenian Genealogical Society
52 Old Farm Road, Camp Hill, PA 17011, (717) 731-8804
www.sloveniangenealogy.org
Spanish
CIDA Database
www.cultura.mecd.es/archivos/jsp/plantillaAncho.jsp?id=25&contenido=/archivos/gfd/formulario.jsp
Hispanic Genealogy Sources
home.att.net/~Alsosa/hisorgs.htm
Spanish Genealogy
www.ldelpino.com/geneal.html
Spanish GenWeb
www.genealogia-es.com
Spanish Ministry of Culture Archives Catalog
aer.mcu.es/sgae/jsp/censo_guia/ae_wd_cg_frame.jsp
Swedish
Demographic Data Base
www.ddb.umu.se/DDB/eng
Rotter
www.genealogi.se/innehall.htm
Swedish Census Database
www.arkion.se
Swedish Ancestry Research Association
Box 70603, Worcester, MA 01607,
SARAssociation.tripod.com/sara/SARA_Home_Page.htm
Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center Augustana College, 639 38th St., Rock Island, IL 61201
(309) 794-7204
www.augustana.edu/administration/Swenson
Ukrainian & Moldovan
Moldova GenWeb
www.rootsweb.com/~mdawgw
Ukraine WorldGenWeb
www.rootsweb.com/~ukrwgw
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