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***[http://www.ellisisland.org/default.asp/ Ellis Island Foundation] Ellis Island ship manifests with an index. | ***[http://www.ellisisland.org/default.asp/ Ellis Island Foundation] Ellis Island ship manifests with an index. | ||
***Various [http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=6365&o%20iid=831&o%20lid=831&o%20it=831| state archives] and government agencies best located at [http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List] | ***Various [http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=6365&o%20iid=831&o%20lid=831&o%20it=831| state archives] and government agencies best located at [http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List] | ||
***[http://www.heritagequestonline.com/ Heritage Quest] Hard to decide where this goes. Its free.... if you have a library card from a participating library... which is many/most. This company provides "web libraries" to K-12, university, and local libraries, and happens to have a family history branch. | |||
**Membership $$$ Required | **Membership $$$ Required | ||
***[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] Lots of content... lots of money. | ***[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] Lots of content... lots of money. | ||
***[http://www.genealogy.com/index_r.html/ Genealogy.com] Seems to be Ancestry.com's only real competetor... until you realise that it has the same [http://www.myfamilyinc.com/default.aspx/ parent company]. So much for competition. | ***[http://www.genealogy.com/index_r.html/ Genealogy.com] Seems to be Ancestry.com's only real competetor... until you realise that it has the same [http://www.myfamilyinc.com/default.aspx/ parent company]. So much for competition. | ||
***[http://www.kindredkonnections.com/ KindredKonnections] | ***[http://www.kindredkonnections.com/ KindredKonnections] | ||
***[ | ***[http://www.lineages.com/ Lineages, Inc] Yep, it is what it looks like it is. You pay them to do research for you. This can help when you get stuck. | ||
*Services | *Services | ||
**[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List] The webs largest index of all things genealogy. | **[http://www.cyndislist.com/ Cyndi's List] The webs largest index of all things genealogy. | ||
**[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb] Portal site for Ancestry.com's free half, Rootsweb. | **[http://www.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb] Portal site for Ancestry.com's free half, Rootsweb. | ||
**[http://www.genealogybuff.com/ Genealogy Buff] Kind of like rootsweb, it searches other sites and gives you links... mostly you get links, but there is some content. | |||
*Software | *Software | ||
**[http://www.familytreemaker.com/ Family Tree Maker] (FTM): not recommended | **[http://www.familytreemaker.com/ Family Tree Maker] (FTM): not recommended | ||
Revision as of 17:38, 1 June 2005
Techniques: Genealogy
Links
- Historical Records
- Free Access
- FamilySearch - User submitted lines of varying accuracy; as well as the 1880/1881 Census for US, UK, Can; an older SSDI; and various extracted records.
- USGenWeb Project An army of volunteers putting all sorts of great genealogy content on the web in their spare time. (Also a branch of rootsweb -> Ancestry.com -> MyFamily.com)
- Ellis Island Foundation Ellis Island ship manifests with an index.
- Various state archives and government agencies best located at Cyndi's List
- Heritage Quest Hard to decide where this goes. Its free.... if you have a library card from a participating library... which is many/most. This company provides "web libraries" to K-12, university, and local libraries, and happens to have a family history branch.
- Membership $$$ Required
- Ancestry.com Lots of content... lots of money.
- Genealogy.com Seems to be Ancestry.com's only real competetor... until you realise that it has the same parent company. So much for competition.
- KindredKonnections
- Lineages, Inc Yep, it is what it looks like it is. You pay them to do research for you. This can help when you get stuck.
- Free Access
- Services
- Cyndi's List The webs largest index of all things genealogy.
- RootsWeb Portal site for Ancestry.com's free half, Rootsweb.
- Genealogy Buff Kind of like rootsweb, it searches other sites and gives you links... mostly you get links, but there is some content.
- Software
- Family Tree Maker (FTM): not recommended
- User Review: The company puts out some decent content and their customers wanted a program that worked with their content cds, so they threw together the worst program I have ever used and bundled it with their other stuff. The hassle is not worth any convinence that being able to interface with their content may provide. Unfortunately (true to the ms phenomenon) people seem to use what comes with their other software. (eep! Even this now belongs to MyFamily.com)
- GeneWeb: open source web-based family tree software
- Personal Ancestral File: free
- Family Tree Maker (FTM): not recommended