Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Colossians 3:23-24

Popular Genealogy Websites

$=Pay Sites

 Ancestry.com  $ - Ancestry.com is the leading genealogical data site,
and includes articles, instruction, and reference help.

MyHeritage.com - Focuses on genealogy community building and networking.

FindAGrave.com - This database of 57 million cemetery inscriptions adds
about a million per month and often includes tombstone photos.

FamilySearch.org - This major data website sponsored by the LDS Church
includes the IGI, census records, the library’s catalog and a growing
collection of historical records from throughout the world, along with
instruction and reference help.

Genealogy.com $ - A major data site, includes family trees, instruction
and reference help.

Geni.com – Free, with the world’s largest collaborative family.

MyFamily.com - Hosts family websites for sharing photos, genealogy, and more.

FamilyLink.com $ - One of the most popular FaceBook applications helps people
identify and network with their family and search billions of records.

RootsWeb.com – One of the largest, free, user-contributed data sites, includes
575 million names in family trees, also instruction and reference help.

AncestorHunt.com – Free genealogy search engine linking to free data.

AccessGenealogy.com – Millions of names in 250,000 pages, along with links to
free data; especially useful for Native American information, and some data.

SearchForAncestors.com - Interactive directory of free genealogy websites and data.

GenealogyBank.com $ - 1 billion exclusive records from 4500 newspapers and historical books.

USGWArchives.net – A large collection of free data, arranged by state and searchable across the entire collection.
CyndisList.com – The best subject catalog of genealogy webpage links.

Interment.net - Transcribed and indexed cemetery inscriptions.

OneGreatFamily.com  $ - A family tree sharing and collaboration website.

GenealogyToday.com - Includes instruction, reference articles, and some unique data collections.

SurnameWeb.org – A collection of surname website links; online since 1996.

FindMyPast.co.uk  $ - 650 million British records of many types [formerly FindMyPast.com].

Geneanet.org - A European collection of 400 million names in family trees, community, and submitted records.

DeathIndexes.com - Lists of links to United States death records, by state.

Linkpendium.com – Nine million genealogy links organized by state/county and surname.

EllisIsland.org - Database of 24 million New York passenger arrivals that is free to search.
Actual passenger list images can be printed or purchased.

GeneBase.com - A DNA ancestry cataloguing project with 675,000 users.

GenealogyTrails.com - Five year old site with free U.S. data contributed by volunteers.

GenealogyBuff.com – A free genealogy search site with hundreds of data sources.

FamilyTreeMaker.com - Homepage for Ancestry.com's genealogical software.

USGennet.org - Historical and genealogical web hosting service.

WorldVitalRecords.com $ - The data collection provided by Family Link, with over a billion records,
 as well as instruction and reference help.

FamilyTreeDNA.com - DNA testing service focused upon family history test types.

Fold3.com  $ - Formerly known as Footenote.com  In conjunction with the U.S. National Archives, Footnote offers data, original records images,
and more.

KindredKonnections.com $ - Grassroots created data site with compiled family trees, and some extracted records.

CensusFinder.com - Links to free census records.

Archives.com $ – A major new subscription data site, launched in July 2009 and already with more than a billion names.

DistantCousin.com - An online archive of genealogy records and images of historical documents.

FamilyHistory101.com - Less than four years old and full of instruction and guidance for genealogists.

ThePeerage.com – A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.

TribalPages.com - Family trees hosting with 300,000 members and 80 million names.

RootsChat.com – Free family history messaging forum with almost 3 million mostly UK messages.

HeritageQuestOnline.com $ - Census, PERSI (the periodical index), books, all free to you at many libraries.

NewspaperObituaries.net – A directory of obituary databases and archives on the web.

AncientFaces.com - Share genealogy research, community pages, family photos & records more for free.

JewishGen.org - Jewish, reference, instruction, coordination, and databases.

PoliticalGraveyard.com - Comprehensive source of U.S. political biography that tells where many dead politicians are buried.

CousinConnect.com - A large free queries website.

DAR.org - Site of the largest lineage society; includes their library catalog and 32 million name index.

FamilyTreeMagazine.com –Website for popular magazine that includes shopping, links, and research tools.

AmericanAncestors.org $ –The new name for the NEHGS website and their 3,000 databases.

GenealogyLinks.net – 50,000 links to free sites, arranged by state and county.

GenWed.com- Online marriage records, where to order, some indexes, and more.

ObitLinksPage.com- State-by-state directory of obituaries and obituary resources.

Genuki.org.uk- Large collection of genealogical information pages for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales,
the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man.

GenoPro.com- Genealogy software that produces genograms

US-Census.org- Census abstracts (U.S. GenWeb Census Project)

Genealogy.org– A listing of 400+ registered websites, ranked weekly by hits.

FamilyTiez.com– A site where families can establish their own pages to share news, photos, events and genealogy
with each other.

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