Family History Sites on the Internet – Research Phase
Last updated on 15 November 2006


DeAnne Shelley

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The Internet provides many different types of tools to help genealogists trace their family trees. Family History research has classically been defined in four phases: the survey phase, the research phase, the evaluation phase and the publication phase.

The Goal of the Research Phase is to seek out primary and secondary sources to add to your knowledge of your family tree. Computers can help genealogists find and sometimes even search original source material online.

Family History Library Catalog – search the locality – http://www.familysearch.org

Wonderful Mega Search Engine – http://www.google.com

US GenWeb Project – search by state and county – http://www.usgenweb.com

Ancestry – great databases – http://www.ancestry.com

Library of VA digitization project http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/bio/index.htm

Persi Collection – http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/periodicals/persi/main.htm

Manuscript collections – NUCMC – http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/

US GenWeb Archives – http://rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/

Cemetery Transcription Library – http://internment.net

Census images and links – http://www.census-online.com/ and http://www.censuslinks.com

Ellis Island Emigrant Index – http://ellisislandrecords.org

Civil War Database – http://civilwardata.com/ $10.00 fee site

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (NPS) – http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/

Bureau of Land Management online records – http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/

Native American Web Sites – http://cyndislist.com/native.htm

Cyndi’s List – Use Alphabetical Index http://cyndislist.com/alpha.htm

Genealogy Links – this site continues to grow – http://genealogylinks.net

US Progenealogists - http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm

123 Genealogy Training – http://www.123genealogy.com

Alan Mann’s Genealogy page – http://www.alanmann.com/genealogy.htm

African – American Research - http://familyhistory.byu.edu/weblinks2.asp#af

Allen County Public Library – http://www.acpl.lib.in.us

Barbara Renick’s Z-Roots list of links – http://www.zroots.com/links.htm

BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy – http://familyhistory.byu.edu

British Columbia, Canada VR – http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/index.htm

Mesa Regional Family History Center – http://www.mesarfhc.org

Genealogy SiteFinder – http://www.genealogy.com/links

Home page construction kit – http://www.cyndislist.com/construc.htm

Using Maps- http://mac.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs09902.html

Library of Congress Online Catalog – http://lcweb.loc.gov/catalog/

National Archives and Records Admin – http://www.nara.gov/

RootsWeb – http://www.rootsweb.com

Social Security Death Index and 5– www.ancestry.com/ssdi/advanced.htm

Mormon Pioneers - http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/pioneer_search3.htm

Free Classes – http://www.261.byu.edu

Great Instruction - http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/

Free Lookup Help - http://www.raogk.org/

American Migration Website - http://members.aol.com/gedsearch/migrate.htm

Passenger Lists Online - - http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/onlinelists.html

Immigrant Processing Center for NY - http://germanroots.home.att.net/ellisisland

        World GenWeb at http://www.worldgenweb.org

        Northeastern Research – http://www.negenealogy.com

        Southeastern Research – http://www.segenealogy.com 

        New England Research – http://www.newenglandancestors.org

        Stephen Morse Emigration – http://www.stephenmorse.org

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