The Best (Free!) U.S. Links
Categories:
------ Surname & Compiled Genealogy Research
------ Locality Research
------ Document Images and Transcriptions
| Surname Research & Compiled Genealogies | ||||
| Message Boards | ||||
| genforum.genealogy.com | ||||
| boards.ancestry.com next link gets you there quicker |
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| Ancestry/USGenWeb Surnames | ||||
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| Compiled Genealogies | ||||
| Worldconnect Advanced Search | ||||
| LDS
Ancestral Files LDS Pedigree Resource Files |
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| Gendex (REMOVED; no longer in operation slow) | ||||
| E-Mail Lists | ||||
| Rootsweb Lists (archived messages) | ||||
| Personal Sites | ||||
| at Rootsweb | ||||
| at FamilyTreemaker.com | ||||
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| Locality Research | ||||
| County-Based Web-Sites | ||||
| USGenweb
Main State List follow this to the state and county you want |
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| County-Based Message Boards | ||||
| follow this USGenWeb link to the county you want and look for a Query or Message Board or Forum Link | ||||
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| start here at Ancestry.com and follow the links (this is FASTER) | ||||
| Maps/ Cartography/ Topography | ||||
| NationalAtlas.gov (Interactive Mapping & Place-name Searching ) | ||||
| USGenWeb Digital Map Library | ||||
| U.S. Geological Survey (USGS/GNIS) Place Names | ||||
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| Document Images and Transcriptions | ||||
| Public Land Records | ||||
| U.S. General Land Office/Bureau of Land Management (Awesome!) | ||||
| County-Based Search of Document Collections | ||||
| easiest
method: search a particular State at this USGenweb
Digital Archives Page Best Bet: Pick a state from the selection buttons, then enter a County and Surname in the Search Box. --You can also go to a particular USGenweb County Page using the above-mentioned "Main State List" link where you may be able to browse or search ONLY that county's documents) |
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| State-Based Digital Archives & Transcriptions | ||||
| Library of Virginia Digital Archives | ||||
| Illinois State Archives-Online Databases(CyberDrive Illinois) | ||||
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