50 Free Genealogy Sites

50 Free Genealogy Sites
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1. FamilySearch: largest collection of free genealogical records in the world
https://familysearch.org/

2. WikiTree: enormous collaborative family tree
http://www.wikitree.com/

3. Fulton History: historical newspapers from the US and Canada
http://fultonhistory.com/

4. Find a Grave: locate your ancestors in cemeteries across the globe
http://www.findagrave.com/

5. Google News Archive: millions of archived newspaper pages
https://news.google.com/newspapers

6. US National Archives: official US National Archives site, many free genealogy databases and resources
http://www.archives.gov/

7. Automated Genealogy: indexes of the Canadian census
http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/

8. FreeBMD: civil registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

9. USGenWeb Project: massive free genealogy resource directory by US state and county
http://usgenweb.org/

10. WorldGenWeb Project: genealogy resources by country and region, not to miss
http://worldgenweb.org/

11. Cyndi’s List: highly respected directory of free genealogy resources and databases online
http://www.cyndislist.com/

12. Library and Archives Canada: official archives of Canada, census records and more
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx

13. Ellis Island: immigration records, free indexes and original records, fee to download copies
http://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/

14. FreeReg: baptism, marriage, and burial records from parish registers of the UK
http://www.freereg.org.uk/search/index.shtml

15. Crestleaf: various genealogy records
http://crestleaf.com/

16. RootsWeb: world’s largest genealogy community, huge amount of free information
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

17. Castle Garden: immigration records, pre Ellis Island
http://www.castlegarden.org/searcher.php

18. Chronicling America: giant database of archived US newspapers from the Library of Congress
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

19. Dead Fred: genealogy photo archive
http://deadfred.com/

20. African Heritage Project: records on former slaves, freedpersons and their descendants
http://www.africanaheritage.com/

21. Immigrant Ancestors Project: emigration registers for locating birthplaces 
of immigrants in their native countries
http://immigrants.byu.edu/main_page

22. Daughters of the American Revolution: military service records and more
http://www.dar.org/national-society/genealogy

23. JewishGen: Jewish ancestry research
http://www.jewishgen.org/

24. FreeCEN: transcribed census records from the UK
http://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

25. Access Genealogy: vast family history directories and more, good Native American resources
http://www.accessgenealogy.com/

26. British Library, India Office: records on British and European people in India pre 1950
http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/

27. Guild of One-Name Studies: extensive surname research site
http://one-name.org/

28. Geneabloggers: massive directory of genealogy related blogs with a huge amount of free information
http://www.geneabloggers.com/

29. NativeWeb Genealogy: list of Native American genealogy resources and searchable databases
http://www.nativeweb.org/resources/genealogy_tracing_roots_/

30. Viximus: member submitted biographical information
http://www.viximus.com/Bio/Kenneth-Burn.htm

31. WieWasWie: for researching ancestors from the Netherlands (in Dutch)
https://www.wiewaswie.nl/

32. UK National Archives: official National Archives of the UK
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/

33. The National Archives of Ireland: official National Archives of Ireland
http://www.genealogy.nationalarchives.ie/

34. GENUKI: reference library of genealogical resources for the UK and Ireland
http://www.genuki.org.uk/

35. German Genealogy Server: German ancestry research (many sections in German)
http://compgen.de/

36. Preserve the Pensions: War of 1812 pension records access
http://www.preservethepensions.org/

37. Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System: Civil War records from the National Park Service
http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm

38. LitvakSIG: Lithuanian-Jewish genealogy databases and resources
http://www.litvaksig.org/

39. Italian Genealogical Group: Italian American genealogy resources and databases
http://italiangen.org/

40. Internet Archive: a large amount of information useful to genealogists, 
but you’ll need to do some digging
https://archive.org/

41. Billion Graves: headstone records
http://billiongraves.com/

42. Open Library: good place to find family history books, search for surnames or locations
https://openlibrary.org/

43. GenDisasters: for researching disasters and other events your ancestors might have been involved in
http://www3.gendisasters.com/

44. RomanyGenes: Romanichal ancestry research
http://romanygenes.com/

45. Patriot and Grave Index: revolutionary war graves registry and patriot index 
from the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
http://patriot.sar.org/fmi/iwp/cgi?-db=Grave%20Registry&-loadframes

46. Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection: vast number of archived US newspapers
http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/

47. Seventh-day Adventist Obituary Database: hundreds of thousands of obituary entries
http://www.andrews.edu/library/ASDAL/sdapiobits.html

48. Släktdata: genealogy records for Sweden (in Swedish)
http://www.arkivdigital.net/swedish-genealogy#arkivdigital-and-slaktdata

49. Hispanic Genealogy: wonderful list of resources for researching Hispanic ancestry
http://www.hispanicgenealogy.com/

50: Free Genealogy Search Engine: search hundreds of free genealogy resources at one time on Family History Daily
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