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Genealogy - Web Sites

Genealogy - Miscellaneous

GENEALOGY BOOKSTORES - On-line Bookshops and the like

On-line Newsletters - News Forums etc.

Genealogy Web Sites


A Thousand Genealogy Links http://members.tripod.com/~surnames/

Formerly known an Ian’s Homepage, has a thousand links of genealogical resources in United Kingdom, Canada US, Australia, New Zealand, International

Access Genealogy http://www.accessgenealogy.com

Ancestors Attic Genealogy Links

http://members.aol.com/Tuffsearch/Genealogylinks.html

Nice Graphics, Tools, Tips and Forms, Naming Traditions Vitals, Census, Social Security Death Index Information, New York, Illinois, Missouri Links, Emigration/Immigration, Maps and Land Information, 1894 News Clippings, Cemeteries and Obituaries

Ancestors Home Page http://www.pbs.org/kbyu/ancestors/

Resource Guide, National and International links, Toolkit Teachers guide, Blank Charts and Forms

Ancestry Home Page http://www.ancestry.com

Search Social Security Death Index, Early American Marriage Records, Persi, Ancestry World Tree (7 million names), other free databases

Barrel of Links

http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.html

John Lacombe site has a Civil War page with 127 Links, also 331 Genealogy Links (Not categorized)

Bath Family Genealogy

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bathonia/BaHm.htm

All you want to know about their origins.

Caernarvon Caernarfonshire WalesGenWeb  

Site maintained by Jayne Primmer

Coal Mining Ancestors

History of Welsh Mining
http://www.swan.ac.uk/swcc/index.htm

e-mail miners@swansea.ac.uk

Ancestors in the coal mining industry? Try this site for the South Wales Coalfield Collection.

Crooked Tree Index

http://www.doitnow.com/~moravia/index.html

Archives, Online Records and Databases, Mailing Lists, Native American Genealogy, British Records, Canada Information, Genealogy Websites

Cyndi’s List

http://www.CyndisList.com

http://www.CyndisList.com/database.htm

One of the best sites on the Internet.

Cyndi Howell has 41,600 Genealogy links categorized and cross referenced in over 1,000 Categories

Digital Resources Worldwide http://home.wxs.nl/~hjdewit/links_en.html

Good Links to Genealogy sites in Netherlands, Belgium. Some Links for Europe, United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Latin and South America

Donna Speer Ristenbatt Genealogy – On the Trail of our Ancestors

http://www.ristenbatt.com/genealogy/homepage2.htm

Dutch Research, Mennonites, Palatines, Loyalists, etc

Everton Publishers Home Page http://www.everton.com

US and International Links, Searchable Data Base

Exis http://www.exis.net/umbrella/find.htm

Family Tree Maker Home Page http://www.familytreemaker.com

FTM has searchable databases. The Family Finder Index has about 123 million names from census records, marriage records, Social Security death records, family trees and etc

Family Tree Searcher  http://www.familytreesearcher.com

This site makes your search for family trees on the Internet easier.

Once you've entered your family information, you won’t need to enter it again.

You can then search multiple web sites from this web site.

This free service will create the optimal searches for your ancestor data.

Federation of East European Family History http://feefhs.org

Societies Homepages

Genealogy: Advice for Effective Searches http://www.genealogy-search-advice.com
Answer a series of simple questions and get free, customized advice on the most effective next steps in your genealogy search. The customized advice covers how to best move your genealogy search further back in time using census, birth, death, and other records.

Genealogy Exchange and Surname Registry http://www.genexchange.com

Genealogy Gateway http://www.polaris.net/~legend/bookmark.htm

Steve Lacy’s Site has 40,000 genealogical links. Surnames, Obituaries, US, Scotland, Ireland Resources, Central and East European Ethnic Records, Databases, Military

Genealogy Homepage, The http://www.genhomepage.com/

Genealogy Online http://www.genealogy.org

Surname List, GenChat, 1880 Census, Homepages

Genealogy’s Most Wanted http://www.citynet.net/mostwanted

A registry with over 18,000 listings and 8,200 surnames

Genealogy Sites Around the World http://www.dhc.net/~design/sites.htm

Civil War Links, Ship Lists, Cajun and Acadian, LDS and FHC Links, Cemetery Links and Databases

Genealogical Society of Utah 

Has produced a unique finding aid for Wales. Its microfiche series ‘Abstracts and Indexes of Wills is an index of testators, witnesses and legatees in pre 1858 Welsh wills proved in Welsh consistory courts. Copies are held by Welsh Record Offices and Family History Societies.

GeneaNet Genealogical Data Base Network http://www.geneanet.org

British Isles, Canada, France, Netherlands, and Sweden Links, Surname Search

Gensource http://www.gensource.com

Heritage Quest http://www.heritagequest.com/

Institute of Heraldic and Gen Studies ihgs@ihgs.ac.uk

Immigrants

Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild building an important resource

Irish Roots http://www.youririshroots.com

Irish Genealogy research - Irish surname history and Irish Coat of Arms, Ancestor Reports, plus information on tracing your Irish Ancestors

Julies Welsh Surname List

This has been incorporated into the Welsh Family History Archive website

Juliana’s Links

http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/testurllinks/search.asp

Juliana Szucs Smith has over 4,000 links to genealogical websites

Lethbridge Family History Centre http://www.leth.net/fhc/

General Canadian Resources, Canadian military, Canadian history, genealogy resources for all provinces, Alberta history, pioneer histories, databases, how-to, research resources, people finders, US census & databases, top websites, LDS sites

LDS Family Search Website http://www.familysearch.org/

Census & Lists, Court & Legal Records, Cultural and Religious, Family Histories and Genealogies (Ancestral File, Biographies, Family Databases), Key Genealogy Sites’, Land and Properties, Libraries (Family History Library Catalogue), Migration, Military, Places, Record Keeper, Research Support, Royalty and Nobility Services & Tools, Surnames & Family Organizations, Vital Records (I.G.I. Index)

Mining Company, The http://genealogy.miningco.com

Adoption, Census, Jewish, Native, Irish Resources, Chat Rooms

Olive Tree, The

http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/index.html

http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/rslsearch.html

Ontario, Palatines, 17th Century New York Register, Military Information and Militia Rolls, New Netherland, Loyalist in Ontario, Mennonites, Huguenots and Walloons, Mohawk Nation, New York, New Jersey, Ships Lists, Ireland and Canada information

Photographs by Rosemary Griffiths http://www.genealogyphotographs.com

Have a picture of the Welsh church where your relations were married or laid to rest.

A novel idea and a site well worth a visit.

RAND Genealogy Club Home Page http://www.rand.org/personal/Genea

How to Start, Reference Information, Historical Information Regional, Ethnic and Religious Groups, Adoption, Immigration Surnames, Land Records Obituaries

Roots Genealogical Data Cooperative http://www.rootsweb.com

500,000 Surname List, US State Links, Mailing Lists, Roots L, Immigrant Ship Transcribers Gild

Searchable Genealogy Links http://www.bc1.com/users/sgl/

Lauren Knoblauch’s links to African American, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Europe, Asia, Hispanic, USA and Jewish searchable websites

Seamen & Master Mariners 

Tracing British seamen and master mariners 

This site by Bob Sanders is an excellent resource with specific information on master mariners of Cardiff

Seeker, The http://www.the-seeker.com/gene.htm

Adoption, Military, Native American Links, Genealogy Links

Society of Genealogists
info@sog.org.uk (General enquiries)
sales@sog.org.uk (Bookshop)
cig@sog.org.uk (Editor, Computers in Genealogy)

Surname Web http://www.surnameweb.org

Titanic List http://vsia.edu/vnp/titanic/p2.htm

UK & Ireland Genealogical Information Service (GENUKI)

Homepage http://www.genuki.org.uk/

England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man

      http://www.genuki.org.uk/big (Information related to all the British Isles)

England http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/

Ireland http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl

Scotland http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/index.html

Wales http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/

Channel Islands http://users.itl.net/~glen/genukici.html

Isle of Man http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/lom.html

UK Surnames Web site http://www.county-surnames.co.uk/index.mv

a free facility for exchanging family history data.

UK Society of Genealogists http://www.soc.org.uk/online

US Census http://www.census.gov

US Surname Distribution http://www.hamrick.com/names/

Data from 50 States, 1850 Census, 1880 Census, 1990 Phone Book

US GenWeb Project http://www.usgenweb.org/

Welsh Genealogy http://www.nwi.co.uk/famhist/fhinfo.htm

So you’ve decided to trace your Welsh ancestry? The genealogy section of the North Wales Internet web site can help you in your quest by providing valuable information and reference pointers for people interested in tracing their Welsh roots. Good site for beginners.

Welsh Surname List Julie's Welsh Surnames List  

This has been transferred to the Welsh Family History Archive website.

Home page is http://home.clara.net/wfha/wales/index.htm

WorldGen Web http://www.worldgenweb.org

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

World Roots http://www.worldroots.com

   

Family History Societies  

Only Welsh Societies are listed here


The Federation of Family History Societies http://www.ffhs.org.uk

has links to Societies World-wide and is up-dated on a regular basis.

It is recommended that you check their site for the latest information.

For general queries about genealogy, or the Federation, email info@ffhs.org.uk


Cardiganshire FHS

Carmarthenshire FHS

Clwyd FHS

covers the pre 1974 county of Flintshire, most of Denbighshire and parts of Merionethshire.
Secretary: Mrs. A. Anderson,
The Laurels, Dolydd Road, Cefn Mawr, Wrexham LL14 6NH

email the Society: chairman@clwydfhs.org.uk
email its Webmaster: treasurer@clwydfhs.org.uk

Dyfed FHS

covers the pre 1974 counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.
The society has branches at Cardigan, Carmarthen, Haverfordwest, Llanelli and Upper Towy Valley, and a shared interest in the London Branch.
Secretary: Mr John James,
38 Brynmelin Avenue, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, SA15 3RT

email the Society: John.H.James@nationwideisp.net
email its Webmaster: JEvansHughes@netscapeonline.co.uk

email its membership Secretary/email contact: A9JEH@compuserve.com (John Hughes)

Glamorgan FHS

covers the pre 1974 county of Glamorgan with some small border adjustments.
The society has branches in Aberdare, Bridgend, Cardiff, Merthyr, Pontypridd and Swansea, and has a shared interest in the London Branch.
Secretary: Mrs. Maureen Bullows,
The Orchard, Penmark, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, CF62 3BN

email the Society: glamfhseditor@lineone.net
email its Webmaster: glamfhseditor@lineone.net

Gwent FHS

covers the pre 1974 county of Monmouthshire, with a small part of old Breconshire and with a few other small border adjustments.
The society has branches in Abergavenny/Monmouth, Chepstow, Ebbw Vale, Newport and Pontypool.
Secretary: Mrs Nicola Thomas,
11 Rosser St, Wainfelin, Pontypool, NP4 6EA

email the Society: secretary@gwentfhs.org.uk
email its Webmaster: webmaster@gwentfhs.org.uk

email its Contact point: gwent.fhs@cableol.co.uk

Gwynedd FHS

covers the pre 1974 counties of Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, parts of Denbighshire and most of Merionethshire.
The society has branches at Llandudno, Caernarfon, Pwllheli, Llangefni and Dolgellau, and has a shared interest in the London Branch.
Secretary: Ms Yvonne Edwards,
36 Y Wern, Y Felinhelli, Gwynedd, LL56 4TX

email the Society: Gwynedd.Roots@tesco.net
email its Webmaster: Gwynedd.Roots@tesco.net

email its Contact point: Gwynedd.Roots@tesco.net

Montgomeryshire FHS

covers the historical county of Montgomeryshire and its borders. 

The Society has a shared interest in the London Branch.
Secretary: Mr. Stephen W. Jones,
1 Moreton Rd, South Croydon, Surrey, CR2 7DN

email the Society: montgensoc@freeuk.com
email its Webmaster: montgensoc@freeuk.com

Powys FHS covers the pre 1974 counties of Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire and Breconshire.
The society has Groups at Brecon, Montgomery and Radnor.
Secretary: Mrs. Vera Brown,
Oaker's Lodge, The Vineyards, Winforton, Herefordshire, HR3 6EA

email the Society: verabrown1@btopenworld.com
email its Webmaster: micronic@hallmark.kc3ltd.co.uk

email its Contact points:
verabrown1@btopenworld.com (Vera Brown, secretary)
m.macsorley@btopenworld.com (Projects Co-ordinator)
lloyd.lewis@virgin.net (Lloyd Lewis, Editor)
bryanthomasjones@hotmail.com (Bryan Jones, Members’ Interests Secretary)
philbufton@hotmail.com (Mr P G T Bufton, Federation Rep.)

The Morgan Society (England & Wales)
advances the study of genealogy and the history of the name Morgan and all persons with the surname and connected families.
It is affiliated to the Morgan Society International, and there are separate affiliated Societies covering Scotland, Ireland and Australia.
Secretary: Mrs. Joyce Morgan,
11 Arden Drive, Dorridge, Solihull, West Midlands, B93 8LP

email the Society: morgan.society@virgin.net
email its Webmaster: morgan.society@virgin.net

On-line Newsletters

If you find dead links on this page please contact the Webmaster.

Cyndi’s List Magazines, Journals & Columns — Online Editions

http://www.CyndisList.com/magazine.htm

Treasure Maps — Free E-Mail Newsletter

http://www.firstct.com/fv/tmaps.html

Global Gazette — Canada’s Genealogy & Heritage Online Magazine

http://globalgenealogy.com/gazette.htm

 

   

Genealogy - Miscellaneous

 Specialist Sites - Gedcom - Research - Unclassified

Free HTML Pedigree Charts and Family Group Sheet

http://www.ida.net/users/elaine/pedigre2.HTM

Ged2html — A Gedcom to html Translator

http://www.gendex.com/ged2html/3.0/Welcome.html

Use this software to put your Gedcom onto your website.

Cyndi’s List construction page also lists other translators

GedClean

http://www.raynorshyn.com/gedclean/

Gedclean was designed to work with Ged2html (a program that will convert Gedcoms to HTML). It is a utility used to “clean” information about living individuals out of a Gedcom file in order to maintain privacy

Genealogy Research site

http://www.concentric.net/-Lkessler/gplinks.shtml   

Unclassified Sites

http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/indiana/genealogy/mirinfo.html#Search

http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/PHA/OSR/gendis/index.htm

http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/search.cfm

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/

 

 

Database and Surname Lists

Ancestry Search

http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search.asp

Social Security Death Index, Early American Marriage Records, Persi — Periodical Source Index (Index to every genealogical article published), has 500 books that have been scanned. This should be searched for every pre 1900 ancestor. (Also includes Ancestry’s World Family Tree.) Monthly charge ($6.95 month or $59.40 per year)

Ancestry’s World Family Tree

http://www.ancestry.com/worldtree/tree.htm

Database of 8 million names — you can submit your own Gedcom

British Columbia Archive and Record Service

http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/index.htm

Marriage Registration Index 1872-1921 and Death Registration Index 1872-1976

Canadian Expeditionary Force

http://www.archives.ca/db/cef/index.html

index to personnel files of over 600,000 soldiers who enlisted during WW I

Cyndi’s List

http://www.CyndisList.com/database.htm

Databases, Search Sites, Surname Lists, Military, Family and People Records, Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes, Vital Records, Roots and Roots Web

Cyndi’s List - Wales Section

http://cyndislist.com/wales.htm

Dyfed Family History Society

http://www.westwales.co.uk/dfhs/dfhs.htm  

The Danish Demographic Database

http://ddd.sa.dk/ddd2.htm

Census database does now covers the period 1787-1911, and the emigration database covers the period 1868-1900

Everton Publishers

http://www.everton.com/

US Links, International Links, Searchable Data Base Links — Can submit your own Gedcom

Everton’s Online Search – GEDSRCH

http://www.everton.com/info.htm

Several databases available estimated at 5 million names

Family Origins Genealogy Registry (Parson’s Technology, Inc)

http://www.parsonstech.com/genealogy/registry-search.html

Homepages created using Family Origins (Family Origins will create a Web page for you and store it on their server)

Family Tree Maker (Broderbund, Inc.)

Family Tree Maker Home Page

http://www.familytreemaker.com

Internet Family Finder, Social Security Death Index, Family Finder Index, Civil War Ancestry, Resource Library, Who/Where Searches for E-mail /Phone addresses

Genealogy Site Finder (Helm’s Genealogy Toolbox)

http://www.familytreemaker.com/links/index.html

Over 57,000 links to genealogy Web sites

Internet Family Finder

http://www.familytreemaker.com/iffrintro.html

The most comprehensive genealogical index on the web. Indexes Web sites, searches Genealogy Library, User Pages, Message Board, Classified, Civil War Data Bases, FTM CD’s (130), World family Tree.

You should use this database of every pre 1900 ancestor. Has 60,000 families with 100 million names on over 100,000 websites. You can add your information to this site

Internet Family Finder Agents

Allows you to register a name. They will email you when more names like the one you have registered have been added. You are limited to 10 names. They will not go through other websites

Family Finder Index

http://www.familytreemaker.com/ffitop.htm

This is a commercial site. Indexes FTM CD-Rom data, 171 million names — census, marriage records, Social Security Death Index Family Tree, 20% of people who arrived in US are listed

Gendex

http://www.gendex.com:8080/

Individuals: 9,506,894

Surnames: 317,162

Databases: 2,862 gives name, birth date, locality, and name of submitter

Genealogy Library Search

http://www.genealogylibrary.com/

Includes over 600 books and databases online, monthly fee $5.99 or $39.99 per year. Promises to add three new databases a day

GeneaNet-Genealogical Database Network

http://www.geneanet.org/

A database indexing surnames dating before 1850. GeneaNet is free

Genealogy Online GEDCOMS

http://genealogy.org/~ajmorris/geddex/geddex.htm

Database has about 1 to 2 million names.

Must download GEDCOM file to see family relationships.

Has 556,815 Names — 5 10 files

GenServ Surname Home Page (by Cliff Manis)

http://www.genserv.com/

Over 14 million names of individuals in 10,390 Gedcom’s databases. Must submit Gedcom to have access to database. They will search their database for possible matches. To send Gedcom to GenServ — create Gedcom, then go to attachments on tool bar and send as attachment on email

General Register Office for Scotland

http://www.origin.net/GRO/

Online pay-per-view database of indexes from the genealogical records of the GRO(s). Cost is £6 for 24 hours. Births/baptism & Banns/Marriages from old Parish Registers dating from 1553-1854 plus indexes to births, deaths, and marriages from 1855-1897. 1891 census index also online.

I Found It (by Gen Source)

http://www.gensource.com/

Search for genealogical sites on Internet, locate surnames, name studies, ship passenger lists, genealogical societies and associations, researchers, software, books, family mailing lists, online records of churches, census data and cemeteries. Intended to be like Internet Family Finder but much smaller

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Archive 1815-1880

gopher://gopher.uic.edu/11/library/libdb/landsale

545,000 public domain land sales.

Can search by name, date, sale type, acres, price and County

Kentucky Vital Records Index

http://ukcc.uky.edu/~vitalrec/

Kentucky death index for 1911-1992,

Kentucky Marriage Index for 1973-1993,

Kentucky Divorce Index for 1973-1993

Kindred Konnections Database (by Kindred Konnections)

http://www.kindredkonnections.com/cgi-bin/surname?-1+0+0+English

70 million names in genealogical archives, Social Security Death Index, Census indexes. 19 million surnames. If you send in a Gedcom you can search the Library free for one month.

Online Genealogical Database Index

http://www.gentree.com/gentree.html

The Online Genealogical Database Index contains links to all known genealogical databases searchable through the Web. It is limited to searchable databases and does NOT include links to sites devoted to a family unless a database is available for searching

Ontario 1871 Census Index

http://130.15.161.15/1871.htm

Roots Web

Roots Surname List (by Karen Isaacson and others)                        http://rsl.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/rslsql.cgi

A data base with more than 486,000 surnames, tells who else is searching the same names. All email addresses are current. This data base should be used for every pre- 1900 North American ancestry.

RootsWeb Surname Mailing List 

http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist

Divided into regions then alphabetically

RootsWeb Search Engines

http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/searches/

Databases for Arkansas, California, Louisiana, South Carolina South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont and Wisconsin

US Gen Web Archives

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/

Ultimate Family Tree Club (by Palladium Interactive)

Palladium’s Family Tracer

http://www.uftree.com/UFT/Nav/familytracergedcom.html

Database has over one million family names — you can search data base free but to download a Gedcom file the cost is $4.00

Ultimate Family Tree Web Pages

http://www.uftree.com/UFT/Nav/familywebpagesview.html

Social Security Death Index and Web pages search separate, Relationship Lineages

US Surname Distribution

http://www.hamrick.com/names/

Data from 50 States, 1850 Census, 1880 Census 1990 Phone Book

Surname Spring Board

http://www.geocities.com/~alacy/spring.htm

Database has over 8,000 surnames. If you have a website with your family tree data on-line in HTML format then submit your page

US Census Bureau Given Name Database

http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/freqnames.html

Names and surnames from 1990 census — last name file 88,799 names

Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index

http://143.207.5.3:82/search/

Searchable obituary index

Welsh Ancestor List

http://home.clara.net/wfha/wales/alpha.htm 

This is a huge list. It can be downloaded but file is 800kb. Updated regularly.

Welsh Family History Archive

Home page is http://home.clara.net.wfhs/wales/index.htm