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Ancestry World Tree, build your family tree using our pedigree files
Ancestry World Tree is the largest collection of free pedigree files online. When you submit your family tree you help the Ancestry World Tree grow
http://www.ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.htm
Genealogy.com Family Home Pages
Search for home pages that contain a particular name
http://www.genealogy.com/users/index.html
GenForum - Surnames (Genealogy.com)
http://genforum.genealogy.com/surnames/
KindredKonnections.com: Genealogy, Ancestry and Family History Search, Family Tree
Ancestry, Genealogy, Family Tree, and Family History Search at kindredkonnections.com. Free Genealogy Search with Death Records, Birth Records and Free Family Tree Genealogy Software
http://www.mytrees.com/index.html
Ancestor Surnames
Find your ancestors' surnames in transcribed documents.
http://ancestorsurnames.com
Family Tree Searcher
Enter your ancestor information just once to search for family trees at multiple online genealogy databases.
http://www.familytreesearcher.com
Find Ancestors and Surnames on Surname Site
Free genealogy data and links to other sites with data
http://surnamesite.com
1600s Ancestor's Data Base
The 1600s ANCESTOR DATA BASE contains listings of thousands of Colonial Ancestors with proven lines.
http://www.firstfamilies.org/db/
All Genealogy - Searchable databases
Has unique genealogy databases as well as links to searchable census databases, genealogy software and genealogy resources for each state.
http://www.all-genealogy.com/data/default.htm
All Surnames Genealogy
Find surname sites, surnames, ancestors in the free genealogy sites directory and surname registry.
http://all-surnames.com
Ancestry Connections
Helps the online genealogist find sites that share the same surnames. Pages listed by name. There is also a section of specific areas of research.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/4076/index.html
Arkansas Ties
Contains a listing of persons buried in Pulaski, Saline, and Faulkner Counties in Arkansas.
http://www.ArkansasTies.com
Banat Genealogy
A resource for searching the Neupanat Parish Records. The records have not been translated and appear as images of the actual documents.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gruber/banat/
Burial records - Narrogin and districts
Listings in cemeteries for the Narrogin and surrounding districts including numerous headstone transcriptions.
http://angelfire.lycos.com/wa2/llarment/index.html
Cemetery Tombstone Inscriptions, Allegheny County, PA
Cemetery Inscriptions for Allegheny County, PA. Over 50 cemeteries posted.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~njm1/tombs.htm
CensusDiggins.com
Census online and other searchable databases including marriage records, tax lists, Civil War soldiers, death records, Civil War prisons and more. Genealogy tips, links, and search engines.
http://www.censusdiggins.com
Civil War Databases at Ancestry.com
2 million+ record of soldiers as well as regimental chronicles, officer profiles, battle synopses and 1,000+ soldier photographs.
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/military/cwrd/main.htm
Connect with Surnames
Alphabetical surname directory, with a webring for researchers.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7708
CousinConnect.com - Genealogy Queries
A database where genealogists can post their genealogy queries, or browse queries to connect with their distant cousins.
http://www.cousinconnect.com
Cranbourne Cemetery
This is a listing of names on the Cranbourne, VIC, Australia, cemetery register.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cranbourne/
Cyber Surfer Genealogy Site
Database with 10,000+ Canadian, Acadian, American, French and English people, including numerous family trees in Acadia, Ontario, Quebec, Canada, America, US, France and England, plus links to genealogy resources worldwide.
http://www.cyber-surfer.com/genealogy.htm
Cyberancestors
Family history of European line that began migration to New England in the early 1600s.
http://www.cyberancestors.com
Dead Fred's Photo Genealogy Archive
Find or submit photographs of your ancestors. Includes a free, searchable database containing 1000s of identified photos as well as unknown photos.
http://www.deadfred.com
Debi McGee Cundiff's Book Indexes
Links to every name indexes for books about Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina and South Carolina.
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~debic
Family History at Your Past Connections
Search a database of historical family documents (marriage and birth certificates, photos, diplomas and others) that have been discovered at flea markets, garage sales and auctions.
http://www.pastconnect.com/
Family Quest Central
Searchable database over 10,000 surnames and still climbing. Contributors contact information available, photo retouching, Links,and forum.
http://www.familyquestcentral.com
Family Search
Online genealogical search service of the International Genealogical Index (IGI) and the Ancestral Files of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
http://www.familysearch.com
Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site
Internet FamilyFinder allows you to search web sites and genealogy data.
http://www.familytreemaker.com/ifftop.html
Family Workings
Includes many links and gedcom files of families.
http://www.familyworkings.com/main.htm
FamilySearch Internet - Search
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
http://www.familysearch.org/default.asp
FindYourFamilyTree.com
Search this growing collection of family trees for free. Submitted by individuals from around the world this data is available online and on CD-ROM.
http://www.findyourfamilytree.com
FREE Genealogy Resources and Surname Databases
FREE Genealogy Resources - Don\'t pay for information you CAN get for FREE! Eight searchable family databases, FREE online lessons!
http://www.taken2genealogy.com
Gedcoms.com
Contains gedcom files for genealogy and family history research. Also offers surname pages and links to other resources.
http://www.gedcoms.com/
GenCircles
Contains large database of user-submitted GEDCOM files. Includes the ability to post messages regarding specific surnames if a match is found.
http://www.gencircles.com/
Gendex
Indexes thousands of WWW databases containing genealogical data for over twenty million individuals.
http://www.gendex.com/gendex/
GENDEX -- Index of Surnames
http://www.gendex.com:8080/display?page=surnames
Genealogy Depot
Family records site providing a simple search and display format.
http://www.genealogydepot.com/
Genealogy Directory of Surname Sites
Directory of sites with a common searchable database of 39 surnames.
http://members.1stnetusa.com/a/genealogy/
Genealogy Index
Index to the Patchogue-Medford Library genealogy collection.
http://pml.suffolk.lib.ny.us/gen/gen.htm
Genealogy Record Links
Links to many searchable databases and 300 million+ records in North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.
http://members.tripod.com/~rosters/index.html
GeneaNet
Features a network of online genealogy databases.
http://www.geneanet.org/
GenTree
An alphabetized listing of searchable genalogical databases.
http://www.gentree.com
Henley Marriage and Obituary Database
Virginia Library searchable database of the Bernard J. Henley Papers includes the newspaper title, location, and date, and the text of the marriage or obituary notice.
http://eagle.vsla.edu/henley/
Interactive Genealogy Searches
Free one-stop source for finding genealogy sites, family surname searches, books, comprehensive and specialized sites
http://members.aol.com/Sftrail/inter-gen2.html
Jan's Genealogy Page
Genealogy database of over 21,000 names.
http://home.eunet.no/~jantertn/GeneEng.html
JewishGen Databases
Includes over 50 searchable databases sorted by regions. Includes Yitzkor books, utilities and general databases for Jewish genealogy.
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/
Kentucky Genealogy
This is a mostly fee-based web site that contains several Kentucky marriage databases including Boone, Campbell, Clark and Kenton Counties as well as an Unknown County database.
http://worrel.org/kygen.html
Korean War Databases
Search for Korean War casualties. Supplies the branch of the military, cause of death, date of death and other useful information.
http://www.koreanwar.org/html/korean_war_databases.html
Marriage Registry
Marriage records submitted by visitors with the names of the bride and groom, location and date of the marriage.
http://www.genealinks.com/register.htm
MHI Photograph Database
Search for pictures of ancestors that fought in the American Civil War.
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/PhotoDB.html
Newspaper Abstracts
Newspaper abstracts and extracts for genealogy research from newspapers worldwide published prior to 1923.
http://NewspaperAbstracts.com
Northern New Mexico Families
Genealogical database of over 9500 individuals. Primary surnames are López, Argüello, Velarde, García, de Herrera and Candelaria, but many collateral surnames are included.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~uribe/
Obituary Daily Times
This is a daily index of published obituaries with an interactive search feature.
http://obits.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi
Of Rivers, Railroads, and Rolling Plains
Family site with more than 10,000 names in database.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~venita/
Ohio River Valley Families Genealogy Database
Searchable genealogy database of over 62,000 people most of whom settled the Ohio River Valley region of the United States.
http://orvf.com/index.html
Out on a Limb
Resources for genealogists including cemetery listings for Arkansas and Texas and marriage records from Arkansas.
http://talesofold.net/limb/index.html
ParishRegister.com
Search free the Parish Registers of St. Peters, London Docks.
http://www.parishregister.com
Peter Kurt's Database
Includes over 25,000 individuals and focuses on The Netherlands.
http://www.hef.kun.nl/user_htmls/klok_html/genealogie/index-eng.html
Pontius Genealogy Website
Search for Pontius ancestors. Results show all known information including the researcher.
http://www.pontiusgenealogy.com
Pottsville, Pennsylvania Newspaper's Obituaries
Search for obituaries that were listed in the newspapers of Pottsville, PA. The site also recommends resources for genealogy software, getting organized and census records.
http://www.abeshaus.com/obituaries/default.asp
RootsWeb Searchable Databases
Roster of more than one million Web pages of content and hundreds of millions of names on RootsWeb.
http://searches.rootsweb.com/
Royal Genealogical Data
Genealogy database of the British Royal family which includes 30,000 individuals from the earliest times to the present.
http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Scottish Documents
Provides free access to the index of Scottish wills and testaments from 1500-1875.
http://www.scottishdocuments.com
Search Rootsweb Archives
Searches genealogy surname posts.
http://searches.rootsweb.com/sgsurnames.html
Social Security Death Index Interactive Search
RootsWeb searchable database of the US Social Security death benefits index.
http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/
Surname Files at the Garst Museum
http://www.dcoweb.org/gsnf/surnamehome.htm
Surname Genealogy Archive
Free genealogy database of transcribed documents and lists of names from the past, and obituaries to help you find your ancestors and surnames and gain an insight into their everyday lives.
http://surnamearchive.com/
Surname Heirlooms
We reunite heirlooms of the past to family members of today. Items listed by surname. Site also offers: Geenalogy Freebies, Contest, Unidentified Photos: listed by state/country, Auction & much more!
http://www.surnameheirlooms.com
SurnameWeb
A database of surname specific genealogy sites and personal pages.
http://surnameweb.org/index.htm
The Computerized Ancestor
A database furnished by Yates Publishing consisting of over 840,000 family group sheets submitted over the years to the Family Group Sheet Exchange.
http://www.sanbachs.net/cdi.html
The Hertfordshire Surnames List
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/hertford.html
The Mighty Oak
Surname database listing over 99,000 individuals.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~quick
The National Archivist
Digital images of original registers, entry books and indexes, reproduced under license from The National Archives. . Estate Duty Office Indexes to Death Duty Registers 1796 to 1903 . Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths at Sea 1854 to 1890 . Index to Divorce and Matrimonial Causes 1858 to 1903
http://www.nationalarchivist.com
The Senderling Database
Includes the names Empie, Kling, Bellinger, France, Ottman, Lehman, Senderling, Borst, Patten, Keyser, Eisele, Frantz, Kilts, Kniskern, Konkle, Macht, Maxson, Schaffer, Seeber, Skeirik, and Sommer.
http://www.freemarket-phone.com/base.html
Ulster Genealogical Database
Searchable database of Northern Irish individuals and families. Updated weekly.
http://www.uhp.org.uk/genealogy/
USGenWeb Archives: Ohio Births, Deaths, and Marraiges
http://bmdproject.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?st=OH&t=D
Vaishya Vani Kutumb
Providing family tree information for the Vaishya Vani community. The database is searchable by first name, last name or birthdate.
http://www.kutumb.net
WebWide Surname Locator
This tool is a focused search engine for locating surnames in genealogy databases across the web.
http://www.geocities.com/cribbswh/surnames/
Wedding Bells From Colonial Thru 1899
A place to research and post marriages from family histories.
http://www.angelfire.com/tx/1850censusrecords/colonialwedbells.html
Wellington Genealogy Index
Search an index of notices published daily in the newspapers of Wellington, New Zealand, from January 1 2000.
http://www.genealogy-index.co.nz
World Genealogy Records thru 1899
Free database searches and a place to post family wedding, birth and death records to make contact with other family members.
http://members.tripod.com/~sweetblueroses/worldgen/worldgen.html
  My Family Branches: An Online Community of Family Trees
My Family Branches is a FREE website for researchers to put their family trees and information online. It is maintained by The Olive Tree Genealogy
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~myfamilybranches/

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