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• General Research   - Directory at Genealogy Today

• Ancestor Genealogy Photo Archive - Free genealogy collection of vintage family photos to help find your ancestors and surnames in your genealogy research.
• Ancestors At Rest
  
• Ancestry & Genealogy from Ireland - Find out the basic information that will set you on the road to discovering your genealogy. Featured are two Irish sources of information to get you started.
• Ancestry.com - Commercial site but also some free searchable databases, columns and articles, gedcoms, and forums.
• Burke's Peerage & Gentry - The complete genealogical guide to Britain's titled and landed families. There are 5,000+ records with over 750,000 individuals in one searchable database.
• Center for Life Stories Preservation - Tips, references, guidelines and online tools for gathering and sharing family memories and life stories.
• Diagnosis: Geneaholic - Information about membership in a genealogy group and mailing list for those addicted to genealogy.
• Dig Up Your Roots - Children or adults interested in family history research can find suggestions and links for genealogy research.
• Directory of Irish Genealogy - Genealogy registry, information, links, FAQ, advice about professional research, articles and more for tracing Irish ancestors.
• DoHistory - Shows how to piece together the past from the fragments that have survived. A case study of Martha Ballard's diary is used for examples.
• Easy Family Tree Internet Genealogy - Resource center for using digital, electronic and Web technology to locate your family tree and share your findings with others.
• E-Family - A free resource for genealogy research of south African ancestry.
• Ellis Island Records - Searchable database and copies of passenger manifests of ships arriving at Ellis Island from 1892 through 1924.
• Family History Show - Network radio talk show on family history. Broadcast live on the internet through KTSA radio in San Antonio.
• Family Web - Digital Dosima mainly covers East African Asians from the Gujarati community.
• FamilyTreePages.com - A free online service that converts your GEDCOM file into a customized genealogy web site. No programming or other special skills are required. Simply upload your GEDCOM and customize pages with your choice of font styles, color combinations, and background images.
• Free-b-kins - Custom designed, free graphics specifically for genealogy and history. Includes buttons, bars, and themes to download free.
• From Here To Eternity - We reunite family keepsakes of the past to descendent of today. Items are listed by surnames
• Genealogical Journeys In Time - Featuring tips, surnames, queries, resources, and top genealogy sites from around the world.
• Genealogical Web Sites Watchdog - Lists web sites which provide misleading or inaccurate genealogical information.
• Genealogy and History - Scholarly genealogy and family history links to all internet resources, worldwide.
• Genealogy Finds - Genealogy information contained in scanned documents from the past, to help you find your ancestors and surnames for your genealogy research.
• Genealogy Help in the UK for Private Researchers - Genealogy Help provides local history, photos, parish registers transcriptions and census return transcriptions. Mainly for the county of Somerset.
• Genealogy Helplist - A collection of genealogy volunteers willing to help others by looking up specific items at institutions near them, or help supply other information easily accessible to them.
• Genealogy Reading Room - Library of Congress: Local History and Genealogy Reading Room: address, hours of access and services.
• Genealogy Research Club - Tips on researching, posting of queries and surnames and a searchable database of queries and surnames.
• Genealogy Roots Corner - Genealogy resources for surname queries and genealogy companies and businesses.
• Genealogy Site Finder - Good source to find on-line links for research.
• Genealogy Web Page Tutorial - Tutorial on how to create a genealogy webpage with comparisons of software for online use, ideas for content, and genealogy graphics.
• The Genealogy Spot
  
• Genealogy Web Search Tools - Search tools to find genealogical web sites and surname databases.
• GeneaSearch.com - Free genealogy lookups, family newsletters, state genealogy, queries, female ancestors, beginner's guide.
• GenForum by Genealogy by Jan - GenForum has various topics including different wars, lookups, obits, and marriages.
• GenHelp: Genealogy Help at your Fingertips - Find your ancestors with free interative genealogy articles, research tips & lessons. Each article & tutorial allows the reader to respond or request further assistance. Family tree help on cemeteries, census, immigration, military, Native Americans, obituaries, search, surnames & more. New articles added weekly.
• GenHome - Surname Daily Post, Genealogy Mail List, Genealogy Links Page, Genealogy Homepages, Online Newspapers, and The Query Post.
• GenieSpeak - Contains links to upcoming events, a speakers bureau, vendors, societies/family associations, family pages, societies seeking vendors and databases.
• GenLookups.com - A directory of volunteers - A directory of genealogy lookup volunteers and volunteer sites for assistance in finding family data.
• GenTech - An independent, non-profit organization dedicated to educating genealogists in the use of technology for gathering, storing, sharing and evaluating their research.
• GenTutor Heritage Home Page and Genealogy Tutor Tips - Genealogy and history links to more than two dozen pages by Beverly Whitaker, Genealogy Tutor. Includes genealogy tips and information about early American roads, trails, and churches.
• GenWeb Search Engine - One of the largest search engines online for genealogical information. Visitors may add to Users Surnames and post queries.
• Guild of One-Name Studies - Organization supporting study of all occurrences of a surname, as opposed to a particular pedigree or descendancy.
• The History Slice - This site provides how-to articles, book reviews, surnames, genealogy tools, regional links, and lots of old photographs.
• How to Obtain Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce Certificates - Centers for Disease Control - where to write for vital records.
• International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists (IBSSG) - An association of genealogists who have found "blacksheep ancestors" in their direct family lines, or under the "One Degree Rule" of the Society.
• International Internet Genealogical Society - The IIGS mission statement: "Fundamentally, genealogists around the world have many common interests: we want records preserved and made more accessible, we want better ways to share our research on the Internet and by other means, we want better software tools for organizing and presenting our research, and we just want to talk with each other and have fun."
• Lutherans Online Genealogy Exchange - Trace your family roots and history - A family name registry and message board for those researching surnames or specific individuals with Lutheran connections.
• NameSay - Web site contains the phonetic spellings of family names. Visitors are welcomed to submit any names not already listed.
• NARA Genealogy Page - Provides information about research facilities, online tools, publications, and Web resources.
• Numbering Systems In Genealogy - A page on numbering systems used in recording people in genealogy by Richard A. Pence.
• The Olden Times: Old Newspapers for Genealogy - Obits, births, marriage, old news stories & more, all scanned from 18th-20th c. U. S. newspapers. Index of names, search engine.
• Olive Tree Genealogy - Genealogy and primary source documents, history.
• The OpenGen Project - Aims to develop standards in the area of genealogical and historical data processing. Includes details of the project and mailing list.
• Oral History Questions - List of oral history questions for researchers at The Gene Pool.
• Past Faces - A databank of old photos and early portraits of people from many locations to compliment family tree data.
• Past Voices: Letters Home - Search free genealogy collection of vintage letters from soldiers and ordinary people. Find your ancestors and build your family tree. Includes tips and articles on finding and preserving old documents.
• Plant Your Family Tree Award - An award, and web ring, for people who share an interest in preserving their family history.
• RootsBooks - A large online bookstore for genealogists and historians, including international research, military records, surnames, books about locations, software and more.
• Rootsforum.com - Web presence for the CompuServe genealogy forums. Membership in CompuServe is not required for access.
• RootsWeb - Genealogical resource with searchable databases, family trees, mailing lists, and message boards.
• Surname to Soundex Calculator - An online surname to soundex converter utility based on the US archive standards. Includes an explanation of the soundex algorithm and soundex limitations.
• Tombstone Birthday Calculator - Online utility calculates birth date from death date and age at death. Includes dates of change from Julian to Gregorian calendar by country.
• US Legacies - Preserving Memories, History and Family Traditions, through sharing genealogy information, excerpts from diaries, old photographs and recipes from a bygone era.
• Vive La Cajun - Provides free genealogy resources for researching Louisiana, the U.S., Canada and Europe.
• Wills on the Web - Wills of celebrities and ordinary people, 1493-1998.