Family History and Genealogy Links

by Tom Tullis (TomTullis@aol.com)
Last Updated 6/27/2003

U.S. Census Records

• Census records on Ancestry.com (blank census forms), Genealogy.com, or FamilySearch.org:
• 1930 ($) (FULL index)
• 1920 ($) (Only heads indexed)
• 1910 ($) (Only heads indexed)
• 1900 ($) (Only heads indexed)
• 1880 (FULL index)
• 1870 ($) (Only heads indexed)
• 1860 ($) (Only heads indexed)
• 1850 ($) (Only heads indexed)
• 1840, 1830, 1820, 1810, 1800, 1790 ($)(Only shows heads of household)
• USGenWeb Census Project
• Rootsweb US Census Project
• Census Online
• HeritageQuest Online ($) (1790-1930 censuses)

Surname Resources

• Rootsweb Surname Message Boards
• GenForum Surname Message Boards
• Google Surname Directory
• U.S. Surname Distribution Maps
• Surname Web

Location Resources

• USGenWeb
• Rootsweb U.S. States Message Boards
• Local Resources
• Massachusetts GenWeb
• Massachusetts GenWeb Archives
• Bristol County GenWeb
• Bristol County Census Records (courtesy of Barbara Tourtillott)
• Book: History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, compiled by D. Hamilton Hurd (1883)
• Book: History of Easton by William L. Chaffin (1886) (directory listing only)
• Easton Historical Society
• Easton Records Online (courtesy of Barbara Tourtillott)
• Easton Directory, 1889 ($)

Vital Records (Births, Marriages, Deaths, etc)

• Social Security Death Index
• Rootsweb BMD Project
• Rootsweb User-Contributed Records: Births, Marriages, Deaths
• Ordering copies of Vital Records: VitalChek ($), Vital Records Information ($)
• Some State Vital Records that are Online:
• California Death Records
• Colorado State Archives
• Illinois State Archives
• Indiana Marriages (through 1850) (Also Wayne Co Marriages to 1903)
• Kentucky Vital Records Index
• Maine Marriage Archives
• Maryland State Archives
• Michigan Death Indexing System
• Minnesota Death Records
• Missouri Births and Deaths
• Ohio Death Certificate Index
• Texas Death Records
• Genealogical Data at the Library of Virginia
• Western States Historical Marriage Record Index (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)

Land Records

• Bureau of Land Management (BLM) General Land Office (GLO) Land Patents
• Arkansas Land Records
• Louisiana Land Records
• Wisconsin Land Records

Cemeteries and Gravestones

• Find-a-Grave
• Interment.net
• Rootsweb Tombstone Transcription Project (by state and county)
• Rootsweb User-Contributed Cemetery Records
• Genealogy.com's Virtual Cemetery

Obituaries and Online Memorials

• Rootsweb Obituary Daily Times
• Legacy.com
• ObitMessenger (subscription service) ($)
• USGenWeb Obituary Project
• Rootsweb User-Contributed Obituaries
• Seventh-Day Adventist Obituary Index
• American Memorials ($)
• US Newspaper List

Military Records

• Rootsweb User-Contributed Military Rosters
• Pennsylvania State Archives (including Revolutionary War records)
• U.S. Army Military History Institute
• Civil War
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System (National Park Service)
• The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
• American Civil War Research Database ($)
• Confederate Pension Applications, Texas
• World War I History Commission Questionnaires
• National Archives: World War II Casualties (by state & county only):
• Army and Army Air Force
• Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard
• American Battle Monuments Commission (WW I, WW II, Korean War)
• The Virtual Wall (Vietnam War)

Old Photos

• AncientFaces
• DeadFred
• Adopt-a-Photo
• Ancestor Photo Archive
• Family Old Photos
• The Western History Photography Collection: Denver Public Library
• Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Collection
• Dating old photos

Old Newspapers, Historical Documents, Books, Maps, and Bibles

• Making of America: Books and Journal Articles from the 19th Century:
• University of Michigan Site
• Cornell University Site
• U.S. Internet Genealogical Society
• Newspaper Abstracts
• Historical Newspaper Collection ($) (Ancestry.com)
• Accessible Archives, Inc. ($)
• HeritageQuest Online ($)
• Historic Map Collection of the U.S. Library of Congress
• Bible Records Online
• eHistory.com

Immigration Records

• Ellis Island Online
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

Libraries, Societies, and Organizations

• New England Historic Genealogical Society
• Family History Library, Salt Lake City (Library Catalog)
• Allen County (Indiana) Public Library
• Daughters of the American Revolution (Library Catalog)
• Sons of the American Revolution (Library Catalog)
• Library of Congress (Library Catalog)

Miscellaneous Databases

• US Patent and Trademark Office
• US Library of Congress "American Memory" Collection
• Rootsweb User-Contributed School Alumni Lists

Genealogy Software

• Family Tree Maker ($)
• Ancestry Online Family Tree
• MyTrees Online
• Ancestry Family Tree
• Family Tree Legends ($) (can download 30-day free trial)
• Ages ($) (shareware)
• Ancestral Quest ($)
• Brother's Keeper ($) (shareware)
• Generations Family Tree ($)
• The Master Genealogist ($)
• Personal Ancestral File ($, but cheap)
• RootsMagic ($) (can download limited demo version)

General Resources

• Ancestry.com ($)
• Genealogy.com ($)
• Rootsweb
• Rootsweb MetaSearch (searches multiple databases)
• Cyndi's List (links)
• GenealogyPortal.com (searches)
• Access Genealogy
• Genealogy Today
• Origins.net ($) (English, Irish, & Scottish records)