Today on Ancestry I was contacted about a record I had found at FamilySearch. I explained that it was only a textual record and gave them the website for FamilySearch. I just received another note from the same person thanking me for the information. They also mentioned that they were new to genealogy. I promptly replied that FamilySearch was a free genealogy website and that inspired this post.
Genealogy is one of the fastest and most popular hobbies today. Everyday someone in the world decides that they want to learn more about their ancestors. It can also be expensive especially collecting birth, marriage, divorce, death, pension and military records. Here is a list my favorites, it is definitely an eclectic list but used lovingly nearly every day! I hope that you find some of these websites helpful to you in your search.
- FamilySearch
- Cyndi's List
- Ancestry.com's Free Index Collection
- Legacy.com's Obituaries*
- Bing
- SC Dept. of Archives and History
- Missouri Digital Heritage
- Library of Congress
- Bureau of Land Management
- Georgia Virtual Vault
- Open Library
- West Virginia Division of Culture and History
- Internet Archive
- British History Online
- Digital Public Library of America
- Europeana
- Internet Public Library
- World Digital Library
- Project Gutenberg
- Kentucky Digital Library
- Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
- Google Books
- Genealogy Gophers
- Wikipedia
- Find-A-Grave
- Fold3 - Free Civil War Records
- Fold3 - What's Free at Fold3
- American Ancestors - Free Records
