Helpful Links

There are hundreds, if not thousands, of genealogy-related websites to help you with your American family history development. We hope you find these resource links useful. If you have additional resources that you have found to be quite helpful, please share them with us.

BOOKS & NEWSPAPERS

Books

• DAR Library - Daughters of the American Revolution collection of American genealogical and historical manuscripts and publications
• Digital Public Library of America
• Genealogical.com - Books and e-Books
• Internet Archive - read books and view record images (such as military census) online
• Open Library - read books online
• Project Gutenburg - read books online

Newspapers

• Chronicling America - search historic newspapers
• Google Newspaper Archive - search articles from hundreds of newspapers
• Newspaper Abstracts - "Finding Our Ancestors In The News!"

ETHNICITY

• African-American
• Germans from Russia
• Irish American Immigration History
• Japanese
• Jewish
• Native American
• Swedish

EVENTS CALENDARS

• Conference Index
• Conference Keeper
• Eastman
• Facebook Genealogy Events Calendar
• Mid-Continent Public Library
• National Genealogical Society
• Society of Genealogists

GENERAL

• Family Search - a robust genealogical service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Find A Grave - find the graves of ancestors, oftentimes the entry includes family connections, biographies, obituaries, photos, and more
• The Genealogy Spot - a free comprehensive genealogy site
• Linkpedium
• USGenWeb Archives - The USGenWeb Project's online data storage
• WorldGenWeb - explore the genealogy of other countries

HOW-TO

• Cyndi's List - an extensive, categorized, and cross-referenced list of genealogical research websites
• Deciphering Old Hand Writing
• Do History - "shows you how to piece together the past from the fragments that have survived"
• YouTube
  • Amy Johnson Crow
  • Family History Fanatics
  • Genealogy Gems
  • Genealogy TV
  • Lisa Lisson

LAND & MAPS

• Bureau of Land Management - searchable database for land patents
• Color Landform Atlas - find state maps
• Cultural maps in the American Studies Department of the University of Virginia
• Library of Congress - Map Collections 1544-1996
• ThoughtCo. - Geography's Map category focuses on maps
• USGS Domestic Names - search place names

MILITARY

• 1883 Pensioners - listing for each state of information about persons receiving a military pension
• American Revolutionary War
• Coffelt Database of Vietnam Casualties
• Cornell University Library - look through Civil War documents
• National Archives - search military records from the Revolutionary War through the present
• National Park Service - Civil War Soldiers & Sailors

POT-POURRI

• County Office - find government offices in your county
• Mail Lists & Message Boards
  • GenForum - surname board (Read Only)
  • Matt's Script Archive - WWWBoard is a threaded World Wide Web discussion forum and message board
• Professional Document Restoration
  • Albums & Bookbinding - binding, restoration and repair
  • Sage Old Books - restoration, book-binding and repairs
• Software
  • Ancestral Quest - a Basics version is available free, as well as a Full version for $30
  • FamilyTreeMaker - now a Mackiev product
  • Legacy - their Standard Edition is available to download free, as well as a Deluxe version for $30
  • Roots Magic - a variety of programs are available, including RootsMagic, PersonalHistorian, FamilyAtlas, and Family Reunion Organizer, plus free trial offers are available
  • TNG-The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding© ("TNG") is a powerful way to manage and display your family tree on your own website, all without generating any static HTML. Instead, your information is stored in a database and the pages are created on demand. All you need is a website and TNG!  Current version for $35

Links to web sites that are not part of The USGenWeb Project are provided for your convenience and do not imply any endorsement of the web sites or their contents by The USGenWeb Project.

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Page content reviewed and/or updated by the Advisory Board 2022 Dec