Genealogy Resources – national and international
Census Information and Vital Records
- National Archives 1940 Census Records
- National Archives 1950 Census Records
- Where to write for vital records
- State death indexes
- How to obtain vital records
- Public Records Search
Other Resources
- African Ancestored Genealogy
- Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana Special collections include African American and a Native American Gateway; military records; and a surname database contributed by researchers. One of the largest genealogical library collections in the U.S.
- BillionGraves Search their free database by people or by cemetery. Many entries have photos of grave sites. Free app helps to direct you to the GPS location in a cemetery, which is a great help as many cemeteries are poorly marked.
- Brigham Young University family history and genealogy
- Bureau of Land Management – Land Records
- Free Genealogy and Family History Online
- Ellis Island Immigration Records
- Family Search from the Latter Day Saints
- Federation of Genealogical Societies
- findagrave.com
- Freedman’s Bureau A Federal agency of the United States Department of War to help slaves who were set free after the Civil War and also poor whites with provisions, clothing, and fuel. It also helped with immediate and temporary shelter and supplied food and aid to the destitute and suffering.
- JewishGen An easy-to-use website with many record groups and good surname search facilities. Daitch-Mokotoff phonetic search algorithms for eastern European and Jewish name searches. Some databases require payment.
- Legacy.com The global leader in online obituaries, partners with more than 1,500 newspapers and 3,500 funeral homes across the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Consumers can also express condolences, share direct support for families, and celebrate the people who have touched their lives.
- Military Records
- National Genealogical Society
- National Historical Geographic Information System
- New England Historic Genealogical Society
- New York Public Library (NYPL) Among the elite tier of library collections, second only to LOC in the size and scope of its historical and genealogical collections. The NYPL Map Division has one of the best collections in the U.S.; the Milstein Division has extensive local history and genealogical materials related to the all fifty states, including one of the largest American collections of city directories on microfilm; other notable divisions are the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Dorot Jewish Division, Manuscripts and Archives, Performing Arts Division, and the Science, Industry, and Business Library. Plus many accessible online digital collections and image galleries; and use of lntraLibrary Loan through ILL and your local library card.
- Newspaper Archives
- National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution
- Ontario cemeteries
- Scotlands People
- Sons of Union veterans of the Civil War
- Surname searches for published family trees
- U.K. and Ireland genealogy
- U.S. Geological Survey Historical Maps
- USGenWeb Project Free county/state historical and genealogical resources; research resources and content projects driven by volunteers of local and state genealogical societies throughout the United States. Also see WorldGenWeb Project for records beyond the U.S.
