Kip Sperry's favorite internet sites

Family History Internet Sites

Compiled by Kip Sperry Blogs and Newsletters Brigham Young University FamilySearch Forums and Message Boards General Libraries and Archives Link Collections Maps Miscellaneous Records Societies and Organizations Technology and Forms Tips Blogs and Newsletters Ancestry Insider http://ancestryinsider.blogspot.com Dear Myrtle's Genealogy Blog http://blog.dearmyrtle.com Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter http://blog.eogn.com Family History Expos www.familyhistoryexpos.com/wordpress Genealogy and Family History.com www.genealogyandfamilyhistory.com Genealogy Blog www.genealogyblog.com Genealogy Blog Finder http://blogfinder.genealogue.com Genealogy Blogs (ProGenealogists) www.progenealogists.com/top25blogs2009.htm Genealogy Gems News Blog http://genealogygemspodcast.blogspot.com Genealogy Newsline (Family Roots Publishing) www.familyrootspublishing.com Genealogy's Star.com http://genealogysstar.blogspot.com Genea-Musings www.geneamusings.com Renee's Genealogy Blog http://rzamor1.blogspot.com RootsMagic Blog http://blog.rootsmagic.com TechnoGenealogist http://fsanne.blogspot.com Brigham Young University BYU Family History Library, Harold B. Lee Library www.lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory BYU Family History Archives www.lib.byu.edu/fhc BYU Harold B. Lee Library Catalog www.lib.byu.edu BYU Digital Archives http://lib.byu.edu/digital BYU Idaho Special Collections and Family History http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy http://familyhistory.byu.edu BYU Immigrant Ancestors Project http://immigrants.byu.edu BYU Independent Study: Free Genealogy/Family History Online Courses http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/courses/free.cfm BYU Family History Lab, 1031C JFSB http://familyhistorylab.byu.edu Finding Sources at the BYU Family History Library http://ilehi.org/byufhl Religion C 261 Family History Online Lessons    http://familyhistorylab.byu.edu/261.php Religion C 261 Online Syllabus and Textbook http://familyhistorylab.byu.edu/261syllabus.php FamilySearch FamilySearch www.familysearch.org New FamilySearch https://new.familysearch.org FamilySearch Labs https://labs.familysearch.org FamilySearch Forums http://forums.familysearch.org FamilySearch Indexing http://indexing.familysearch.org FamilySearch Research Wiki https://wiki.familysearch.org FamilySearch Training System ("Sandbox") https://training.familysearch.org/training Family History Library, Salt Lake City https://library.familysearch.org/centers/saltlakecity-library Library Catalog of the Family History Library https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog Maps at FamilySearch (England Jurisdictions, 1851) http://maps.familysearch.org Research Classes Online https://learning.familysearch.org/researchcourses     Forums and Message Boards About.com Genealogy Forum http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?nav=messages&webtag=ab-genealogy Ancestry.com Message Boards http://boards.ancestry.com CousinConnect.com http://cousinconnect.com FamilySearch Forums http://forums.familysearch.org Genealogy.com GenForum http://genforum.genealogy.com GenealogyWise Forum http://www.genealogywise.com/forum Looking4Kin http://www.looking4kin.com Rootsweb Message Boards http://boards.rootsweb.com   General About.com Genealogy http://genealogy.about.com Access Genealogy www.accessgenealogy.com Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana www.genealogycenter.org Ancestry.com www.ancestry.com BYU Family History Library, Harold B. Lee Library www.lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory Canada Libraries and Archives Genealogy Centre www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/index-e.html Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet www.cyndislist.com FamilySearch www.familysearch.org Genealogy.com www.genealogy.com Genealogy Gems http://genealogygems.tv Genealogy Gems Podcast www.genealogygemspodcast.com Genealogy.org www.genealogy.org Genealogy.com GenForum http://genforum.genealogy.com GenealogyToday http://genealogytoday.com GenealogyWise: The Genealogy Social Network www.genealogywise.com GENUKI: UK & Ireland Genealogy www.genuki.org.uk Kindred Trails www.kindredtrails.com myGenShare.com http://mygenshare.com Olive Tree Genealogy www.olivetreegenealogy.com RootsWeb.com www.rootsweb.ancestry.com Sirius Genealogy www.siriusgenealogy.com Treasure Maps Genealogy http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps USGenNet http://usgennet.org USGenWeb Project www.usgenweb.org WorldGenWeb Project www.worldgenweb.org Vital Search Worldwide www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com Libraries and Archives Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana www.genealogycenter.org American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts www.americanantiquarian.org Brigham Young University—BYU Family History Library, Provo, Utah http://lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory Church History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah www.churchhistorylibrary.org Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, Houston, Texas www.houstonlibrary.org/clayton Dallas Public Library—Genealogy Section http://dallaslibrary2.org/genealogy/index.php Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library http://dar.org/library Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah https://library.familysearch.org/centers/saltlakecity-library Family History Library Catalog, Salt Lake City, Utah https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog Godfrey Memorial Library www.godfrey.org Library of Congress, Washington, DC www.loc.gov Los Angeles Public Library—History and Genealogy Department, Los Angeles, California www.lapl.org/central/history.html Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, Missouri www.mymcpl.org/genealogy National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC http://archives.gov Newberry Library—Genealogy Collections, Chicago, Illinois www.newberry.org/genealogy/collections.html New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts www.americanancestors.org New York Public Library, New York, New York http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/lhg/research.html St. Louis County Library—Special Collections Department www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc Sutro Library—California State Library, San Francisco, California www.library.ca.gov/collections Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio www.wrhs.org WorldCat www.worldcat.org Link Collections Census Finder: A Directory of Free Census Records www.censusfinder.com Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet www.cyndislist.com Easy Google Genealogy Searcher www.searchforancestors.com/google/searcher.html Family Genealogy and History Internet Education Directory www.academic-genealogy.com Family Tree Magazine 101 Best Websites of 2010 www.familytreemagazine.com/article/101-Best-Websites-2010 GenealogyBuff.com http://genealogybuff.com Genealogylinks.net www.genealogylinks.net GENUKI: UK & Ireland Genealogy www.genuki.org.uk Linkpendium (A Directory of Genealogy Links) www.linkpendium.com ProGenealogists: 50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites for 2010 www.progenealogists.com/top50genealogy2010.htm RootsWeb.com www.rootsweb.ancestry.com State Websites http://familytreemagazine.com/article/2010-best-state-websites WorldCat www.worldcat.org ZRoots.com (Barbara Renick) www.zroots.com Maps Atlas of Historical County Boundaries http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp David Rumsey Map Collection www.davidrumsey.com Generation Maps http://generationmaps.com Google Maps http://maps.google.com HistoricMapWorks.com www.historicmapworks.com MapQuest www.mapquest.com Maps at FamilySearch (England Jurisdictions, 1851) http://maps.familysearch.org Panoramic Maps at the Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/panhome.html Names in Stone (Cemetery Maps) www.namesinstone.com US County Maps by State, 1914 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shastaca/maps_index.html Miscellaneous CousinConnect.com http://cousinconnect.com Genealogy Freelancers www.genealogyfreelancers.com FamilyTreeDNA www.familytreedna.com GENEApro http://geneapro.com genebase.com (DNA) www.genebase.com geni.com (Online Family Trees) www.geni.com Global Genealogists http://globalgenealogists.com HowManyofMe http://howmanyofme.com Kindred Konnections (Online Family Trees) www.kindredkonnections.com LDS Church: Family History Online (Menu > Serving in the Church > Other Callings > Family History) www.lds.org myfamily.com www.myfamily.com MyHeritage.com (Online Family Trees) www.myheritage.com OneGreatFamily (Online Family Trees) www.onegreatfamily.com/Home.aspx Photo Tree www.phototree.com ShoeString Genealogy http://shoestringgenealogy.com Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation www.smgf.org Surnames: U.S. Surname Distribution www.hamrick.com/names Time Capsule www.dmarie.com/timecap TreeSeek (Creates Genealogy Charts from FamilySearch Data) www.treeseek.com TribalPages (Online Family Trees) http://tribalpages.com Records Access Genealogy www.accessgenealogy.com Accessible Archives www.accessible.com/accessible American Ancestors (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts) www.americanancestors.org American Memory (Library of Congress) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Civil War Research Database http://asp6new.alexanderstreet.com/cwdb Ancestry.com www.ancestry.com Archives.com www.archives.com Bureau of Land Management, United States www.glorecords.blm.gov CastleGarden.org, Immigrants, 1820-1892 www.castlegarden.org Civil War Archive www.civilwararchive.com Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Archive www.itd.nps.gov/cwss Death Indexes & Records Online http://deathindexes.com DistantCousin.com http://distantcousin.com Early Latter-day Saints: A Mormon Trail Pioneer Database http://earlylds.com Ellis Island: Immigration Passenger Search www.ellisisland.org FamilySearch www.familysearch.org Family History Archives at BYU www.lib.byu.edu/fhc FamilyLink www.familylink.com Find A Grave.com www.findagrave.com FindMyPast (Great Britain) www.findmypast.co.uk Footnote.com (Historical Records) www.footnote.com GenealogyBank.com www.genealogybank.com GenealogyToday http://genealogytoday.com Genealogy Gateway http://gengateway.com Genealogy Trails History Group http://genealogytrails.com GenWed.com: Marriage Records www.genwed.com Google Books http://books.google.com Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 www.germanroots.com/hamburg.html  HeritageQuest Online www.heritagequestonline.com Hugh Wallis’s Genealogical Web Sites http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis Immigrant Ancestors Project at BYU http://immigrants.byu.edu Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild www.immigrantships.net Interment.net (Cemetery Records Online) http://interment.net Internet Archive www.archive.org LDS Church Archives: Selected Collections http://ldsarch.lib.byu.edu LDS Church History Library www.churchhistorylibrary.org Library of Congress www.loc.gov Mormon Migration http://lib.byu.edu/mormonmigration Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868 http://lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch Names in Stone (Cemetery Records & Maps) www.namesinstone.com National Archives, Washington, DC www.archives.gov Newspaper Archive www.newspaperarchive.com 19th-Century Newspapers www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/news/19thcentury.html ObituariesHelp.org http://obituarieshelp.org Peerage.com: A Genealogical Survey of the Royal Families of Europe http://thepeerage.com PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/persi http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3165 Scotland's People (Scottish Records) www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk State and Territorial Archives www.statearchivists.org/states.htm One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse http://stevemorse.org The Original Record www.theoriginalrecord.com USGenWeb Project www.usgenweb.org USGenWeb Archives http://usgwarchives.net Utah Digital Newspapers http://digitalnewspapers.org Utah Gravestones http://utahgravestones.org Utah—Pioneer Online Library http://pioneer.utah.gov WorldGenWeb Project www.worldgenweb.org WorldVitalRecords.com www.worldvitalrecords.com Winter Quarters Project http://winterquarters.byu.edu Societies and Organizations Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Washington, DC www.aahgs.org American Society of Genealogists www.fasg.org Board for Certification of Genealogists www.bcgcertification.org Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) http://dar.org Daughters of Utah Pioneers www.dupinternational.org Family History Expos www.familyhistoryexpos.com Federation of Genealogical Societies www.fgs.org International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists www.icapgen.org/icapgen New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts www.americanancestors.org RootsTech: Family History and Technology Conference http://rootstech.familysearch.org Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy www.infouga.org/index.php?option=2011institute Sons of Utah Pioneers www.sonsofutahpioneers.org Utah Valley PAF Users Group www.uvpafug.org Utah Genealogical Association www.infouga.org http://blog.infouga.org Technology and Forms About Genealogy Free Genealogy Charts and Forms http://genealogy.about.com/od/free_charts Ancestor Hunt (Genealogy Search Engine) www.ancestorhunt.com AncestralQuest (Software for Windows) www.ancquest.com Ask.com (General Search Engine) www.ask.com Easy Genealogy Forms www.io.com/~jhaller/forms/forms.html  Family Tree Charts www.obituarieshelp.org/free_printable_blank_family_tree.html FamilyTree Maker from Ancestry.com (Software for PC and Mac) www.familytreemaker.com Google: Easy Google Genealogy Searcher www.searchforancestors.com/google/searcher.html Google (General Search Engine) www.google.com Google Translate (Automatic Translator) http://translate.google.com Gramps: Genealogical Research Software http://gramps-project.org Just Answer: Ask an Expert www.justanswer.com Legacy Family Tree (Software for PC) www.legacyfamilytree.com LiveRoots (Genealogy Search Engine) www.liveroots.com MacFamilyTree (Software for Mac) www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytree Mocavo: Free Genealogy Search Engine www.mocavo.com One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse http://stevemorse.org Personal Ancestral File (PAF) (Software for PC) www.familysearch.org/eng/paf/pafonline.asp http://paftutorial.byu.edu Personal Ancestral File (PAF) on a Mac www.parowansoftware.com/PAFonMac/PAFonMAC.html RootsWeb.com www.rootsweb.ancestry.com RootsMagic (Software for PC) www.rootsmagic.com Yahoo.com (General Search Engine) www.yahoo.com Tips Abbreviations Found in Genealogy www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/abbrev.html Abbreviations Found in Genealogy Records https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Abbreviations_Found_in_Genealogy_Records Abbreviations Used in Genealogy www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/abbrevs.html Census Tutorial http://census.byu.edu FamilyHistory101.com http://familyhistory101.com Hugh Wallis’s Genealogical Web Sites http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis Kip’s Tips (Ancestry.com) www.ancestry.com/learn/library/category.aspx?category=&type=11&page=1&bydate=1 Mormon Studies Resources http://lib.byu.edu/sites/mormonstudies Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness www.raogk.org Research Classes Online https://learning.familysearch.org/researchcourses Script (Handwriting) Tutorials Online http://script.byu.edu Scottish Handwriting Tutorials www.scottishhandwriting.com ShoeString Genealogy http://shoestringgenealogy.com ZRoots.com (Barbara Renick) www.zroots.com Revised April 2011

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Internet Toolbox

I recently watched an Webinar and Mr MacEntee shared this research Toolbox and the idea of putting it in a blog so it can be used from any computer.

Research Toolbox
[Editor's Note: most, if not all of these resources are free and can be easily accessed without having to create a login and password. Some sites, such as Ancestry offer some free content but also charges users for premium content. These sites display ($) next to the link.]

      General Research

Ancestry                             http://www.ancestry.com/ ($)
Bing                                   http://www.bing.com/
DAR                                  http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search/
Ellis Island                          http://www.ellisisland.org/
Family Search                     http://www.familysearch.org/
Footnote                             http://www.footnote.com/ ($)
Google                              http://www.google.com/
Google Blog Search           http://blogsearch.google.com/
Google Groups                  http://groups.google.com/
Google News Archive         http://news.google.com/archivesearch
Google Scholar                  http://scholar.google.com
Internet Archive                   http://www.archive.org
NARA                                 http://www.archives.gov
Roots Web Search Thingy
   http://sitesearch.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search
US Gen Web                      http://www.usgenweb.org
US Gen Web Archives         http://usgwarchives.org/index.htm
World Gen Web                 http://www.worldgenweb.org
Yahoo                                http://www.yahoo.com

      Other Research Toolboxes

Cyndi’s List                          http://www.cyndislist.com
Diigo Gen Res Resources     http://groups.diigo.com/group/gensource
English Family History and Genealogy
   http://www.pricegen.com/english_genealogy.html
Ireland Genealogy Links       http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/ireland/
Steve Morse One Step          http://www.stevenmorse.org

      Books and Libraries

250 Killer Archives   
   http://oedb.org/library/features/250-plus-killer-digital-libraries-and-archives
ALPL                                    http://www.alplm.org/library/library.html
Allen County Public Library   http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx
Ancestry Card Catalog     
   http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/alldblist.aspx
Family Search Historical Books
   http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php
Google Books                     http://books.google.com
Hathi Trust                           http://www.hathitrust.org
Internet Archive Texts            http://www.archive.org/details/texts
Internet Public Library            http://www.ipl.org
Library of Congress              http://www.loc.gov/index.html
Newberry Library                  http://www.newberry.org
Open Library                        http://openlibrary.org
PERSI                                   http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/persi.html
The Online Books Page        http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/archives.html
WorldCat                             http://www.worldcat.org

      Calculators and Tools      

Document Hyperlink Checker
   http://www.ablebits.com/word-hyperlink-manager-addins/index.php
Atlas Hist County Boundaries
   http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/
Birth Date Calculators         http://www.cyndislist.com/births.htm#Birthdate
Calendar Converters           http://www.cyndislist.com/calendar.htm#Converters
Cousins and Relationships   http://www.cyndislist.com/cousins.htm#Charts
Geographical Names          http://geonames.usgs.gov/
Inflation Calculator              http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
TypeIt (accents and other characters)    http://typeit.org/
US Dollar Historical Value    http://www.measuringworth.com/uscompare/
Weather History                   http://www.weatherbase.com

       Cemeteries and Death Records      

Ancestors at Rest                  http://ancestorsatrest.com/
Find A Grave                       http://www.findagrave.com
Internment                            http://www.interment.net
Midwest Obits  
 http://midwesternmicrohistory.blogspot.com/2008/09/current-obituaries-by-state.html
Obit Daily Times                  http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi
Obits Links                           http://www.obitlinkspage.com
Online Searchable Death Ind    http://www.deathindexes.com
SSDI                               
   http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693
Tributes                               http://www.tributes.com
US Military Grave Locator    http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1

       Census

Census Finder                      http://www.censusfinder.com/index.htm

      City Directories

City Directories of the US      http://www.uscitydirectories.com/
Eve and Don's City Directories    http://www.evendon.net/PGHLookups/DirM.htm
Online Historical Directories   
    https://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/Home

      Courts

CA Superior Court              http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/find.htm
 SF Superior Court              http://www.sfsuperiorcourt.org/index.aspx?page=467

        Education
       
Legacy Family Tree Webinars http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/Webinars.asp

         Genealogical Societies
    
Austin Family Assoc               http://www.afaoa.org
CGSL                                   http://californiaancestors.org
Crandall Family Assoc          http://www.cfa.net/cfa/contents.html
FGS                                     http://www.fgs.org
Freer Low Family Assoc         http://www.freerfamily.org
German Genealogy Group  http://www.germangenealogygroup.com
GSG                                    http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org
Huguenot Hist Society           http://www.huguenotstreet.org
ISFHWE                                http://www.isfhwe.org
ISGS                                    http://www.ilgensoc.org
NEHGS                                http://www.newenglandancestors.org
NGS                                    http://www.ngsgenealogy.org
SCGS                                  http://www.scgsgenealogy.com
Schenectady Hist Society       http://www.schist.org
Society Hill                           http://www.daddezio.com/society/
State Historical Societies       http://www.stenseth.org/us/statehs.html

     Illinois            

ALPL                              http://www.alplm.org/library/library.html
Diigo Illinois Genealogy http://groups.diigo.com/group/illinois-genealogy
Illinois State Archives 
   http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/archives.html
Illinois State Gen Soc      http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ilsgs/
Illinois State Hist Soc       http://www.historyillinois.org
Illinois State Library         http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/
IRAD  
   http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradhome.html
Newberry Library            http://www.newberry.org

      Land Records

Bureau of Land Management   http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/

      Living People

123people                    http://www.123people.com
Alumni.net                     http://www.alumni.net
AnyWho                        http://www.anywho.com
Facebook                      http://www.facebook.com
peoplefinders                http://www.peoplefinders.com
pipl                               http://www.pipl.com
US Search                     http://www.ussearch.com/consumer/index.jsp
Veromi                          http://www.veromi.net/processor.asp
White Pages                  http://www.whitepages.com
yasni.com                      http://www.yasni.com
Zaba Search                 http://www.zabasearch.com

    Maps

David Rumsey Map Collection http://www.davidrumsey.com
Historic Map Works      http://www.historicmapworks.com/

      New York            

Albany County Records       http://www.albanycounty.com/achor/
Albany RDC Records    http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/albany/
Early New Netherlands 
   http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rclarke/
Huguenot Hist Society       www.huguenotstreet.org
NY GenWeb           
   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygenweb/county.htm
NYGBS                        http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org
NY Hist Soc                  https://www.nyhistory.org/web/
NY Hist Timeline           http://home.eznet.net/~dminor/NYNY.html
NYS Archives                http://www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml
NYS Library                   http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/
NYS Offline Resources  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nysource/
Northern NY Hist Newspapers http://news.nnyln.net
Northern NY Genealogy
   http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hubbard/NNY_index/surnames.html
Old Fulton Postcards            http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html
Olive Tree Genealogy NY     http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/
People of Colonial Albany  
   http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/
PCA Bio Index                   
   http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/bioindex.html#v
Schenectady DHA                 http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/index.html
Schenectady Hist Society        http://www.schist.org
Ulster County Families       
   http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~luke/

      Newspapers
         
Chronicling America               http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
Civil War Newspapers            http://www.uttyler.edu/vbetts/newspaper_titles.htm
Genealogy Bank                     http://www.genealogybank.com ($)
NEH Historic Newspapers       http://www.neh.gov/projects/usnp.html
NY Times Article Archive  
   http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/nytarchive.html
Newspaper Archive                 http://www.newspaperarchive.com ($)
Northern Cal Newspapers       http://www.rainydayresearch.com/index.html
Northern NY Hist Newspapers http://news.nnyln.net
Old Fulton Postcards               http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html
Online Historical News         
   http://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home
US News Archives on the Web
   http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html

Photos
Dead Fred                              http://www.deadfred.com
LOC Flickr Photostream           http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/
NARA Photos                        
   http://www.archives.gov/research/formats/photos.html
tineye                                      http://www.tineye.com
Wikimedia Commons              http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

       Search Engines

Dogpile                                  http://www.dogpile.com
Highbeam                              http://www.highbeam.com
iSeek                                      http://education.iseek.com/iseek/home.page
Online Journal Search Engine       http://www.ojose.com
Scirus                                     http://www.scirus.com
Soople                                   http://www.soople.com
Vadlo                                     http://vadlo.com
Virtual Learning Resource Center   http://www.virtuallrc.com

       Vital Records

Avail of Vital Records by State
   http://www.byub.org/ancestors/records/vital/extra2.html
CDC Vital Records Directory    http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w.htm

      Volunteer Projects

Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness    http://www.raogk.org
Restore the Ancestors Project    http://www.restoretheancestors.com
Unclaimed Persons                  http://www.unclaimedpersons.org

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