Useful Links
You may use the Wilson-Cobb Library's Ancestry.com subscription free of charge while working at our Library.
Ancestry.com has a huge selection of records and information to assist you in your research.
MyFamily.com offers a free service where you can upload your family information to a website where other researchers can view it.
FamilySearch.org provides a wide variety of free resources online sponsored by the LDS Church. Huge amounts of data are being digitized and put online.
Slides - Hunting Forebears on the Internet (PDF/Acrobat Reader format, 573 kb) contains information on how to search effectively on the Internet and includes some useful links.
All websites in this list are free to use except those labeled as commercial.
I. Genealogy/Family History Magazines
Ancestry
www.ancestrymagazine.com
Australian Family tree Connections
www.aftc.com.au
Discovering Family History
www.discoveringfamilyhistory.com
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
www.eogn.com
Family Chronicle
www.familychronicle.com
Family Tree Magazine USA
www.familytreemagazine.com
Family Tree Magazine 101 Best Websites 2008
http://www.familytreemagazine.com/ArticleSearch/?category=101bestwebsites08
Internet Genealogy
www.internet-genealogy.com
Your Family Tree (UK)
www.yourfamilytreemag.co.uk
II. General
Access Genealogy
www.accessgenealogy.com/search/
Association of Professional Genealogists
www.apgen.org
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
www.cyndislist.com
D.A.R. Genealogical Research System
http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/Search/
Family Genealogy and History Internet Education Directory
www.academic-genealogy.com/
Family Search
www.familysearch.org
Family Search Pilot with new, more powerful search tools
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html
Federation of Family History Societies (UK)
www.familyhistoryonline.net
Federation of Genealogic al Societies (USA)
www.fgs.org
MyFamily.com offers a free service where you can upload your family information to a website where other researchers can view it.
http://myfamily.com
National Archives
www.archives.gov/genealogy/
National Genealogical Society
www.ngsgenealogy.org
One-Step Search Tools by Stephen Morse
www.stevemorse.org
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
www.raogk.org
Rootsweb
www.rootsweb.acestry.com
Rootsweb/Ancestry Message Boards
http://boards.rootsweb.com/ or http://boards.ancestry.com
Rootsweb/Ancestry Mailing Lists
http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Wayback Machine/Archive.org
www.archive.org
Wikipedia
www.wikipedia.org
III. Canadian
Canadian Genealogy Centre
www.genealogy.gc.ca/
IV. International
GeneaSearch
http://geneasearch.com/intl/internathome.htm
International Genealogy Search Engines
http://blog.worldvitalrecords.com/2007/01/26/11-international-genealogy-search-engines-now-online-at-worldvitalrecordscom/
International Genealogy Sleuth
www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleuth.htm
Iozoo Web Directory
www.iozoo.com/
Regional and European Search Engines
www.academic-genealogy.com/topsearchenginesdirectories.htmB (scroll down)
Regional Directories & Search Engines
www.ezilon.com
World GenWeb
www.worldgenweb.org
V. Census
Census Records
www.1930census.com
Heritage Quest Online (through the public library only)
www.proquest.com
VI. Passenger Lists
Castle Garden Records
www.castlegarden.org
Ellis Island Passenger Arrival Records
www.ellisisland.org
VII. Genealogy Community
Rootsweb
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com
VIII. Other Related Sites
Google Your Family Tree book's companion website
www.GoogleYourFamilyTree.com
Legacy
www.legacy.com
Library of Congress
www.loc.gov
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
www.archives.gov
Newseum
www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/
We Relate
www.werelate.org
IX. Commercial Websites (Fee-Based)
Ancestors on Board
www.ancestorsonboard.com
Ancestry
www.ancestry.com
Ancestry.com
Family Link (World Vital Records
www.worldvitalrecords.com
www.familylink.com
Find My Past
www.findmypast.com
www.1837online.com
Footnote
www.footnote.com
Genealogy Bank
www.genealogybank.com
Newspaper Archive (Heritage Microfilm)
www.newspaperarchive.com
World Vital Records
www.worldvitalrecords.com
X. Specialty Websites or Web Pages
Diseases on Genealogy Quest
http://www.genealogy-quest.com/glossaries/diseases1.html
Glossary of Ancient Diseases on the Olive Tree Genealogy
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hornbeck/disease.htm
Medical Terms and Diseases
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hornbeck/disease.htm
Old Medical Terminology
http://www.thespeeds.com/genealogy/speeds/research%20aids/old_medical_terminology.htm
XI. Military
Military on Genealogy Quest
http://www.genealogy-quest.com/military/index.html
Military Ancestors, Genealogy & History
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/mil/
Military Records
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/military/
Military-Genealogy.com
http://www.military-genealogy.com/
Research in Military Records
http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/military/
XII. Source Citations
Cite Your Genealogy Sources
http://genealogy.about.com/od/citing/a/sources.htm?p=1
Citing Sources
http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/library/find/guides/general/?guide-id=133205
Documenting Sources
http://bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
XIII. Search Tools
Search Engine Watch
http://searchenginewatch.com
Top Search Engines and Directories: Family Genealogy and History Internet Education Directory
http://www.academic-genealogy.com/index.htm
Wikipedia List of Search Engines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines
PERSI (PERiodical Source Index)
http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3165
Genealogical Search Engine Tool
http://gensource.com/ifoundit
Genealogy Surname Web
http://www.surnameweb.org/
XIV. Google's Specialized Tools
Genealogy Search Help for Google
http://www.genealogy-search-help.com
Google Guide
http://www.googleguide.com/
Google Options
http://www.google.com/options/
Google Help
http://www.google.com/support/
Google Troubleshooting Guide
www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=112667
Google Groups
http://groups.google.com
Google Patents Search
http://www.google.com/patents/