Genealogy: Finding Your Ancestors Online: Essentials

Available through Cornell or a local public library or personal subscription Provides access to historical documents and photos, local narratives, oral histories, indexes and other resources in over 30,000 databases that span from the 1500s to the 2000s. The Library Edition of Ancestry.com has fewer personalized functions and options than the versions available to private subscribers. More detail about the differences

The largest collection of genealogical lists on the Web today. A good starting point for problems and challenges.

Available through Cornell or a local public library Available through Cornell or a local public library. Features indexes to tens of thousands of genealogy books and journals, Revolutionary War records, and Freedman Bank Records.

Information is volunteer-sourced and of uneven quality. .
Recommended: International Genealogical Index(IGI) index of birth and marriage registers from all over the world submitted by volunteers who transcribed information from the microfilms of original records collected by the FHS; Family History Library an online catalog. Microfilm can be borrowed through a local Family History Center.

The supporting organization for thousands of surname discussion lists. Features many primary documents that have been transcribed or scanned by volunteers and made searchable such as obituaries, county histories, tax lists, etc.

Run by volunteers. Organized by county and state. Provides gateways to and email discussion lists for counties.

A collection of ongoing volunteer transcription projects for census records, marriage bonds, wills, and other public documents.

Find others working on your family to exchange information.

60 million records. Includes forums for discussion.