MIGenWeb
Michigan Genealogy on the Web. |
Family Tree Searcher
This is a free site that makes it easier for people to
find family trees on the Internet. With it, you need to enter your
ancestor's information just one time to search multiple sites for family
trees. |
New
England Ancestors
Sponsored
by the New England Historic Genealogy Society but not just for
families from the new England area, this site contains a catalog of
more than 200,000 genealogy-related books and more than 2 million
histories and listings, as well as columns by historians and
genealogists that can help with research. Society members have
access to more databases, but the library staff will happily answer
any research-related questions sent to them via e-mail. |
Cyndi's
List
Although not a
database in itself, Cyndi's List provides something even more
valuable: a searchable, constantly updated index of the URL's for more
than 70,000 genealogy-related websites. These are categorized by
country and in some cases even by county and town. |
GenForum
Run by
Genealogy.com, this free site allows people to post queries according
to surnames. With any luck, someone will respond either on the
site or by e-mail. it can be a great site for beginners needing
a leg up in their research. |
Ancestry.com
Although
ancestry.com is a subscription site, it offers its best databases
free. This includes the Social Security Death Index, which
catalogs the last address for people who died after the mid-1960's an invaluable
source for tracking living relatives. |
