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1. Irish Genealogy: Search for Your Roots
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2. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
3. The Official Federal Land Patent Records Site
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4. FirstGov
5. Homecoming
6. RootsLink
<resources.rootsweb.com/~rootslink/search.html>
7. Convictions: Australian Shipping Arrivals and Departures 1788-1967
8. 37th Texas Cavalry (Terrell’s)
9. The National Archives of Scotland
10. Family Tree Searcher
11. Genealogy Mailing Lists at RootsWeb
12. Notable Women Ancestors
13. The Thomas Jefferson Papers
<memory.loc.gov/ammem/mtjhtml/mtjhome.html>
14. First-Person Narratives of the American South (1860-1920)
<memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ncuhtml/fpnashome.html>
15. Local Catholic Church and Family History Genealogical Research Guide
<home.att.net/~Local_Catholic>
16. Poland’s Holocaust: A Family Chronicle of Soviet and Nazi Terror
<www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/6764/intro.html>
17. The Genealogy Hall of Shame
<blacksheep.rootsweb.com/shame.html>
18. America’s Story from America’s Library
19. History Channel Traveler
20. Irish Abroad
21. Center for Life Stories Preservation
<www.storypreservation.com/home.html>
22. Native American Links at Access Genealogy
<www.accessgenealogy.com/native>
23. Jewish Genealogy Resources
<www.scruz.net/~elias/hnoh/JEWISHGENEALOGY7.html>
24. Making of America
25. Africana.com: The Digital Bridge
26. David Rumsey Collection (of antique maps)
27. Italian Genealogy Online and All Things Italian
<www.angelfire.com/ok3/pearlsofwisdom>
28. US Presidential Ancestor Tables
<www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/presidents>
29. DoHistory
30. Talking History
31. About.com Genealogy
32. World War I Draft Registrations at RootsWeb
<userdb.rootsweb.com/wwi/draft>
33. OurTimeLines.com
34. BostonFamilyHistory.com: The Place to Meet Your Past
35. Newspaper Abstracts
36. New England Historic Genealogy Society
37. Genealogy Today
38. Picturetrail
39. PolishRoots
40. Center for Oral History, University of Hawaii at Manoa
<www2.soc.hawaii.edu/css/oral_hist>
41. Archiving Early America
42. Genmaps
<freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps>
43. Travlang’s Translating Dictionaries
44. The Costumer’s Manifesto
45. African Voices
<www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices>
46. The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project
<imago.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/default.asp>
47. Generational Health
48. Slave Archival Collection Database
49. Island Ireland: Irish Arts, Culture, Environment
50. HeirloomsLost.com
51. Where to Write for Vital Records
<www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm>
52. The American West: A Celebration of the Human Spirit
53. Mobile Genealogy
54. genealogy Pro
55. GenSwap
56. Genealogy Resources on the Internet — Mailing Lists
<www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html>
57. The Freedmen’s Bureau Online
58. Census Links
59. HistorySeek!
60. AncestorSuperSearch.com
61. It’s All Relative Genealogy
62. Local Ireland
63. Jewish Web Index
64. Chineseroots.com
<www.chineseroots.com/xungen/english/main.jsp>
65. Ancient Faces
66. ComeHome.net
67. United States Historical Census Data Browser
<fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census>
68. America at Work, America at Leisure
<memory.loc.gov/ammem/awlhtml>
69. Bastard Nation
70. Women of the West Museum
71. Tartans of Scotland
72. 19th Century British and Indian Armies and Their Soldiers
73. Genealogy Look Up Forum
<www.expage.com/page/genealogylookup>
74. Vital Records Information
75. TopoZone
76. The Poorhouse Story
77. New Brunswick Provincial Archives On-Line Research
<gov.nb.ca/archives/ols/ols.htm>
78. Genealogy Newsletter Editors’ Corner
<freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bjstockton/editors>
79. GeneLux: Luxembourg-American Genealogical Research
80. A Few Scanning Tips
81. Slovakia.org: Slovak Genealogy
<www.slovakia.org/society-geneology.htm>
82. Worldwide Directory of Cities and Towns
83. Genealogy.com: Celebrity Trees
<www.genealogy.com/famousfolks>
84. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
85. Electric Scotland
86. Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
87. Researching in South Africa
<homepages.paradise.net.nz/golden/researching_in_south_africa.htm>
88. Genealogy.com’s Biography Assistant
89. Oregon Trail Diaries and Emigrant Biographies
<www.teleport.com/~eotic/biomenu.html>
90. AfriGeneas
91. Federation of East European Family History Societies
92. The American Civil War Homepage
93. JewishGen
94. Genealogy Learning Center from AncestorNews
95. The Carpathian Connection
96. FamilyReunion.com
97. The UnWritten: Saving Your Family Photo Stories For The Future
<library.thinkquest.org/C001313>
98. Civil War Rosters: Arranged by State
<www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/3680/cw/cw.html>
99. The American Revolution and Its Era: Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789
<memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armhome.html>
100. TriniGenWeb
101. Antiques Roadshow Online
<www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow>
102. CPRoots Genealogy Resource Center
103. Acronym Finder
104. Tombstone Traveler’s Guide
105. Mexico/Arizona Biographical Survey
106. Wonders of the African World
107. US Army Center of Military History
108. British National Archives Virtual Museum
<learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/virtualmuseum>
109. North by South
110. US Civil War Center
111. Researching Russian Roots
112. Family-Reunion.com
113. Gen Door: The Genealogy Doorway
114. Tool Kit for the Expert Web Searcher
<www.lita.org/committe/toptech/toolkit.htm>
115. State and Local Government on the Net
116. Common-Place: The Interactive Journal of Early American Life
117. UK Genealogy
118. LibrarySpot
119. Map Collections: 1544-1999
<Icweb2.l0c.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html>
120. Debt of Honour Register
<yard.ccta.gov.uk/cwgc/register.nsf>
121. Obit Lookup Volunteers
<freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~obitl>
122. Acadian Memorial
123. PublicLibraries.com
124. Historical and Genealogical Societies of the United States
<www.geocities.com/cribbswh/hs>
125. OneGreatFamily.com
126. The Internet Public Library’s POTUS
127. Associated Daughters of Early American Witches
128. FamilyBuzz.com
129. NOVA Online: Lost Tribes of Israel
<www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/israel>
130. Archaic Medical Terms
<www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/ArchaicMedicalTerms.htm>
131. Bartleby.com’s The Boston Cooking School Cook Book
132. Gazetteer of British Place Names
133. GenealogySpot.com
134. Angel Island: Immigration Station
<www.angelisland.org/immigr02.html>
135. Genealogy Software Springboard
136. NewEnglandAncestors.org Calendar of Events
<www.newenglandancestors.org/calendarsection>
137. FreeTranslation.com
138. Galafilm’s War of 1812
139. The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden
<americanhistory.si.edu/presidency>
140. US Holocaust Memorial Museum
141. Jangle
142. Scotland Online
143. Kodak
144. Genealogical Publishing Company
145. GenCircles
146. The Irish in America: Long Journey Home
<www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/irish>
147. US Patent office Searchable Database
148. NewspaperArchive.com
<www.newspaperarchive.com/Archive/search.asp>
149. Surname Guide
150. Reunions Magazine
151. Creative Scrapbooking
<www.creativescrapbooking.com>
152. Reunion Center’s How Do I Write a Family History?
<www.genealogyforum.rootsweb.com/gfaol/reunion/WriteHist.htm>
153. Scrapbooking.com
154. genealogyPro
155. GenealogyToday.com: Getting Answers
<www.genealogytoday.com/guide>
156. Upcoming Genealogical Events
157. Adoptees Resources Home Page
<psy.ucsd.edu/~jhartung/adoptees.html>
158. Genealogy.net
159. Roots Web’s Guide to Tracing Family Trees
160. The USCenWeb Project
161. Saving Graves
162. About Scrapbooking
<scrapbooking.about.com/hobbies/scrapbooking>
163. Ancestors
<www2.kbyu.byu.edu/ancest0rs/tips>
164. Migrations
165. J.O.D.’s Old-Fashioned B&W Clip Art Collection
<members.xoom.com/Jayodee/clip.htm>
166. Family Tree Maker Online University
<www.familytreemaker.com/university.html>
167. Valley Forge National Historical Park
168. Glossary of Genealogical Terms and Abbreviations
<www.genealogy.com/Glossary/glossary.html>
169. George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens
170. Family Tree Maker Latin Terms
<www.familytreemaker.com/00000012.html>
171. Babelfish Translation
<babelfish.altavista.digital.com>
172. Cyndi’s List
173. Everton’s Genealogical Helper
174. Family Explorer: Discover Your Family History
<www.genealogy.com/familyexplorer>
175. Free Genealogy Classes
176. Palatines to America
177. National Genealogical Society
178. Lost Female Ancestors
<geneasearch.com/findfemale.htm>
179. OneLook Dictionaries
180. Using Maps in Genealogy
<mapping.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs14099.html>
181. The Records Room
182. Bibliofind.com
183. Your Past Connections
184. The Genealogy Home Page
185. GENUKI
186. Genealogy Gateway
187. City-Gallery.com
188. Seeds of Knowledge
<www.seedsofknowledge.com/pathone.html>
189. GermanRoots
190. Kindred Konnections
191. My History Is America’s History
192. Lineages
193. National Archives Genealogy Page
194. The Online Genealogical Database Index
<www.gentree.com/gentree2.html>
195. Internet Public Library
196. Maritime History on the Internet
<ils.unc.edu/maritime/home.shtml>
197. Web Sites for Genealogists
198. Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists: Genealogy
<paml.net/subjects/genealogy.html>
199. Frontline: Jefferson’s Blood
<www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/jefferson>
200. Ancestry.com
<Ancestry.com >
201. GenSearcher
<www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/8310/gensearcher.htmI>
202. Gen Forum
203. GeneaNet
204. DistantCousin.com
205. AncestralFindings.com
206. Cemetery Records Online
207. Family Workings Genealogy
<www.familyworkings.com/main.htm>
208. Western States Historical Marriage Index
<abish.ricks.edu/fhc/gbsearch.asp>
209. ProGenealogists
210. Genealogy’s Most Wanted
211. FamilySearch
212. Scrapbook Addict
213. Genealogy Pages
214. Deciphering Old Handwriting
<www.amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/oldhand.html>
215. Ancestors’ Attic
<members.aol.com/Tuffsearch/Genealogylinks.html>
216. I Dream of Genealogy
217. Family Genealogy Online
<www.familygenealogyonline.com>
218. Holocaust Names
219. The Polish Genealogy Project
220. The Gypsy Lore Society
221. The Inflation Calculator
222. Pursuing Our Italian Names Together In E-mail
<www.cimorelli.com/pie/piehome.htm>
223. Computer Scrapbooking
<www.computerscrapbooking.com>
224. Birth Date Calculator
<www.longislandgenealogy.com/birth.html>
225. Military History Institute Photograph Database
<carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/PhotoDB.html>
226. America from the Great Depression to WWII
<Icweb2.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html>
227. HereditaryTitles.com
228. Scottish Archive Network
229. Kentucky Vital Records Index
230. Cyndi’s List: Preservation & Conservation
<www.cyndislist.com/preservation.htm>
231. Connecticut History Online
232. Norwegian-American Dictionary
<home.online.no/~otjoerge/files/word.htm>
233. Genealogy at the National Archives of Ireland
<www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy.html>
234. From Swastika to Jim Crow
<www.pbs.org/fromswastikatojimcrow>
235. Scrap Happy Scrapbooking
<www.telepath.com/bcarson/scrap_happy/indexi.html>
236. TribalPages
237. Australian and New Zealand Records
238. Lives, the Biography Resource
239. Demographical Database for Southern Sweden
240. Immigration & Naturalization Service: History, Genealogy and Education
<www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/aboutins/history>
241. Spain, United States & the American Frontier: Historias Paralelas
<frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/eshtml/eshome.html>
242. Bermudian Genealogy & History
<www.rootsweb.com/~bmuwgw/bermuda.htm>
243. Genealogy Web Page Tutorial
<www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/7002>
244. The Political Graveyard
245. The Workhouse
246. National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
247. Alex Glendinning’s Hungarian Pages
<User.itl.net/~glen/Hungarianintro.htmI>
248. FreeBMD
249. National Women’s History Museum
250. Genealogy Searching Center
251. All About Memories
252. Aunt Abigail’s Photo Album
253. USGenWeb Kidz Site
254. Association of Professional Genealogists
255. The Canadian Military Heritage Project
256. Complete List of Fraternal Organizations
<www.exonumia.com/art/society.htm>
257. Ancestor Search
258. The Virtual Vintage Image
<freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wflawrence>
259. Avotaynu Postcards
260. American Women’s History: A Research Guide
<frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html>
261. The Oregon Trail
<www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html>
262. Prairie Settlement: Nebraska Photographs and Family Letters, 1862-1912
<memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/nbhihtml/pshome.html>
263. A Biography of America
<www.learner.org/biographyofamerica>
264. Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
<www.nara.gov/guide/rg085.html>
265. Presidential Families of America
<www.presidentialfamilies.org>
266. Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938
<memory.loc.gov/ammem/snhtml/snhome.html>
267. Classy Image
268. Family Reunion List
269. Famous Roots
<genealogytoday.com/names/famous>
270. Family History Library
<www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHL/frameset_library.asp>
271. National Register of Historic Places
272. Public Records Online
<www.netronline.com/public_records.htm>
273. Ditto.com
274. Roots Web E-Zines
275. DNA and the Family Historian
<www.genuki.org.uk/big/genetics.html>
276. Antiques & Collectibles Guide
277. US Census Indexes
<userdb.rootsweb.com/census/index>
278. International Map Trade Association
279. The Star-Spangled Banner
<www.americanhistory.si.edu/ssb>
280. The Internet African American History Challenge
<www.brightmoments.com/blackhistory>
281. SweGGate: Sweden Genealogical Gate
282. Geography Network
283. Database from the Genealogical Society of Haiti
284. Find A Grave
285. Jewish Records Indexing — Poland
286. The Encyclopedia Britannica Guide to Black History
287. The Time of the Lincolns
<www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns>
288. GenealogyPortal.com
289. English Origins
290. The Dred Scott Case
<Iibrary.wustl.edu/vlib/dredscott>
291. Camping with the Sioux
<www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/fletcher/fletcher.htm>
292. The Population of Quebec Before 1800
<www.genealogy.umontreal.ca/en>
293. Step-by-Step Genealogy How-To Guide
<www.genealogy.com/mainmenu.html>
294. The American Colonist’s Library
<www2.pitnet.net/primarysources>
295. Jewish Women’s Archive
296. Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home
<www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/6106/frames.html>
297. Finnish Family History Research
298. PhotoPoint
299. The Moonlit Road
300. Caribbean Genealogy Research
301. MuseumSpot
302. Oregon Blue Book
303. A List of Occupations
<cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/terms.html>
304. NetChurch Search
<www.netchurch.com/church_search.asp>
305. Rookie’s Guide to Genealogy Research
<www.acceleratedgenealogy.com/rookie/rookie.htm>
306. Consolidated Jewish Surname Index
<www.avotaynu.com/csi/csi-home.html>
307. GeneWeb
308. Librarians’ Index to the Internet
<lii.org>
309. How Far Is It?
310. African American Genealogical Society of Northern California
311. GeneaNet News
312. BigTreeBooks.com
313. Cemetery Junction
<www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction>
314. US Genealogy Map Project
<incolor.inetnebr.com/leonard/usgenmap.shtml>
315. 1930 Federal Population Census
<www.nara.gov/genealogy/1930cen.html>
316. Women in American History
317. United Kingdom and Ireland Records
318. One Scrappy Site
319. Behind the Name
320. The Original Yankee Magazine Swopper’s Column
<www.newengland.com/geniereunions>
321. Bible Records
322. The American Civil War: The Struggle to Preserve the Union
323. Tax History Project
324. A Victorian Lady’s Trip to Europe
325. Rhio’s Sampler
<www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/3548/FrontPg.html>
326. USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
327. Marriage Records from RootsWeb
<userdb.rootsweb.com/marriages>
328. USGS Geographic Names Information System
329. FamilyEducation.com Family History Package
<familyeducation.com/topic/front/o%2C1156%2C35%2D10913%2Coo.html>
330. Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
<www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/eastman/eastman.asp>
331. Dad’s War
332. Institute of Migration
<www.utu.fi/erill/instmigr/index_e.htm>
333. The Western Front Association
334. Roots in the Sand
335. Guide to Immigration Records and Ship’s Passenger Lists
<home.att.net/~arnielang/shipgide.html>
336. Meeting of Frontiers
<frontiers.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfsplash.html>
337. inGeneas Database
338. The Handbook of Texas Online
<www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online>
339. Posters American Style
<nmaa-ryder.si.edu/collections/exhibits/posters>
340. DutchCenealogy.com
341. Abbreviations Found in Genealogy
<www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/abbrev.html>
342. GEOnet Names Server
343. FixDates
<home.speedfactory.net/pkmorse/flxdates.html>
344. The Olden Times
345. Creating a Family Cookbook
<www.cl.ais.net/dremaer/cookbook.html>
346. Armed Forces: Past and Present
<rwguide.rootsweb.com/military>
347. Norwegian Digital Archives
<digitalarkivet.uib.no/index-eng.htm>
348. Conscience and the Constitution
349. American Family Immigration History Center
350. Genealogical Word Lists from FamilySearch
<www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/RG/frameset_rhelps.asp>
351. Bygones
352. Census Online & Other Diggins
<www.imagin.net/~tracers/censusl.htm>
353. dMarie
354. Ofoto
355. AntiquesAmerica.com
356. Heritage Preservation Services
357. Preservation of Scrapbooks and Albums
<www.loc.gov/preserv/care/scrapbk.html>
358. Archiving Early America
359. Family Reunion Calendar
<resources.rootsweb.com/~calendar/cgibin/calendar.cgi?calname=FAMILY_REUNIONS>
360. Agenus.com
361. Headstone Hunter
362. Veterans Forum
363. Charters of Freedom Re-encasement
<www.nara.gov/charters_reencasement/impact.html>
364. Prologue: Quarterly of the National Archives and Records Administration
<www.nara.gov/publications/prologue/prologue.html>
365. US Railroad Retirement Board
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