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  • 1

    Ancestry.com

    ancestry.com
    Subscription based resource of worldwide census, marriage, newspaper and various other records.... More Includes some free searchable databases, columns and articles, gedcoms, and forums.
    From the site: About Customer Contributed Content (CCC) - CCC allows Ancestry users to submit alternate names for a record, (i.e. maiden name, nickname) or to correct errors in our index. ... Ancestry users contribute three things to the success of CCC:

  • 2

    NewspaperArchive.com

    newspaperarchive.com
    Registered members may access database of searchable and downloadable archived newspapers from ... Morethe 1700's to today.
    From the site: NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest historical newspaper database online, contains tens of millions of newspaper pages from 1759 to present. Every newspaper in the archive is fully searchable by keyword and date, making it easy for you to quickly explore historical content. NewspaperARCHIVE.com is adding newspaper pages faster than you can search them - with one newspaper page added every second - that’s over 80,000 images a day, or about 2.5 million pages per month! ...

  • 3

    World Vital Records

    worldvitalrecords.com
    WorldVitalRecords.com offers users international record databases, references to top genealogic... Moreal resources, a blog planet, podcasts, videocasts, Webinars, expert advice, training, and user-generated content.
    From the site: Founded in 2006, by Paul Allen and several key members of the original Ancestry.com team, World Vital Records, Inc. provides affordable genealogy databases and family history networking tools to a worldwide audience. "I started Ancestry.com with my best friend back in 1996. Over the next few years I saw it grow into the largest genealogy company in the world. ...

  • 4

    Kindred Konnections

    kindredkonnections.com
    Subscription based service contains thousands of genealogy databases displayed as pedigree-link... Moreed trees and searchable by surname.

  • 5

    The Genealogist

    thegenealogist.co.uk
    UK Birth Marriage and Deaths, Census Transcripts, Parish Records and more. Subscriptions from u... Morender £5 a month.

  • 6

    Obtaining EDs for the 1930 U.S. Census

    stevemorse.org/census/
    Helps you find the 1930 U.S. Census Enumeration District for a known address.

  • 7

    National Archives and Records Administration

    archives.gov/research/order/
    Information on how to purchase or rent microfilm publications from NARA.

  • 8

    Census Online

    census-online.com
    Guide to census sites on the web.... More
    From the site: Mark Reed , age 30, is a graduate of the University of Michigan (BSE Eletrical Engineering, ...

  • 9

    Wisconsin Historical Society - Online Genealogical Research Service

    wisconsinhistory.org/genealogy/ogrs/
    How to order copies of pre-1907 Wisconsin birth, marriage, and death records. Link to informati... Moreon on other Wisconsin Historical Society holdings.

  • 10

    Ohio River Valley Families Genealogy

    orvf.com
    Searchable database of over 90,000 lineage-linked individuals.

  • 11

    CensusTools

    censustools.com
    Electronic spreadsheets for organizing, archiving, preserving and sharing U.S. and Canadian cen... Moresus records.
    From the site: It worked but it wasn't a long-term solution so I bought the censustools.com domain and started my own website. Along the way I created more spreadsheets, offering them all as free downloads. Today I offer over 40 spreadsheets for census, cemetery and passenger manifest data.

  • 12

    The 1901 census for England & Wales

    1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk
    Official site giving access to the census records. Searches show records held, further access i... Mores paid.

  • 13

    Family Tree Connection

    familytreeconnection.com
    Data indexed from a variety of secondary sources such as high school and college yearbooks, cit... Morey directories, local club member lists and church records. Subscription for access.

  • 14

    Virginia's Descendants

    virginiasdescendants.com
    Offers information on Virginia's immigrants, their descendants and connecting families.

  • 15

    KinShips

    kinshipsprints.com
    Art prints of passenger ships, primarily those sailing the North Atlantic routes between 1890 a... Morend 1940. Most are in color and can be viewed before purchase.

  • 16

    NARA 1930 Census Microfilm Locator

    1930census.archives.gov
    Guide to family history research in the 1930 U.S. census by the National Archives and Records A... Moredministration. Index to microfilms available.

  • 17

    Federal Census Records for New York State

    nysl.nysed.gov/genealogy/fedcen.htm
    Information on what's available for rental at the State Library in Albany.

  • 18

    UK Transcriptions

    uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com
    Transcriptions contributed by volunteers and site owner, includes census and parish records, ma... Moreinly from the Midlands. Indexed by name.

  • 19

    CemSearch

    cemsearch.co.uk
    A searchable index of cemeteries in Lancashire, UK, including Burnley and Preston. Fee for prov... Moreision of records.

  • 20

    MennoSearch.com

    mennosearch.com
    Genealogical information on Swiss and German Mennonites who emigrated to Pennsylvania, Virginia... More and Maryland in the 18th Century.

  • 21

    Northeast Kingdom Genealogy

    freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nekg3/nekg.htm
    Database listing from old newspapers, town records and cemeteries.


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