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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