Starting Places

• Links
• Surname Registries
• Primary Documents
• Good general starting places

• North America - General
• Southern United States - General
• Kentucky
• Maryland
• Missouri
• North Carolina
• West Virginia

• Ships/Ports
• German/Dutch
• United Kingdom
• Quakers

• Amick/Emig/Emich
• Apperson/Epperson
• Comer
• Estes
• Eubank
• Farnsworth
• Ferguson
• Harvey
• Hunt
• Jones
• Kuykendall
• Lacey
• LeMaster
• Moore
• Poindexter
• Quisenberry
• Stout
• Van der Veer/Vandiver

• Genealogy Software and User Groups
• Publishers & Journals
• Miscellaneous

Genealogy resources

Starting Places

Christine's Genealogy Website

Christine's Genealogy Website offers a good starting place for African-American researchers.

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

Over 23,200 links, categorized & cross-referenced, in over 70 categories!

Family Tree Maker's Family Finder

Search the internet and/or their CD-ROMs for listings of your relatives by surname and given name.

Genealogy Resources on the Internet

An extensive list of web sites, ftp sites, mailing lists and other resources.

GenSource: I Found It

Search engine designed to locate pages on; surnames, one name studies, ship passenger lists, genealogical societies and associations, researchers, software, books, family mailing lists, online records of churches, census data, and cemeteries, and more.

GenSource: Common Threads

Search engine designed to find other genealogists researching your family name

Historical Genealogy Collection

Allen County (IN) Public Library offers links to genealogy informatin by state and much more.

International Internet Genealogical Society University

Instruction for the genealogist plus lots of links.

Lineages

Info for beginners and experienced searchers, queries, "Next of Kin" search, various records.

LinkMonster Genealogy Catalog

A browsable or searchable collection of genealogy links.

Top Genealogy Sites

Over 40,000 Links, Tools, Search Engines, Books, Etc.

Root Diggin' Dept.

A good collection of links for beginners to experts by Janyce.

Yahoo - Arts/Humanities/History/Genealogy

Links to genealogy from Yahoo.

Surname Helper

A search engine for queries and surname registrations posted on various genealogy sites. Participating sites include many USGenWeb and WorldGenWeb sites, all GenConnect boards and more.

GeneaNet

Searchable surname registry. Their goal is a multilingual database indexing all the genealogical resources over the world, on-line as well as off-line.

GenConnect

Searchable surname registry with query and data boards.

GenForum

Browsable surname registry - grouped by alphabetical order and by region/state.

Genealogy Gateway to the Web

Surname links and other resources.

Helm's Surname Queries

Quarterly grouping of queries for browsing or searching.

RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative

Database of surnames, info from various researchers and more. Search Rootsweb surname list archives.

Snap! Online: Living: Genealogy: Lineages & Surnames: Surnames

Extensive surname links by alphabet.

Surname Web

Browsable links to surname pages and a surname webring.

Ancestry Home Town

A membership-based service hosting a variety of databases.

Archiving Early America

Digitized primary source material from 18th Century America including newspapers, maps and personal stories.

Censuslinks on the Internet

Links to sections of the Census which have been uploaded from various sources, indexed by State.

Genealogical Research at the National Archives

Find the NARA Center nearest you.

The 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses

Catalog of National Archives Microfilm (from Genealogy Online).

US GenWeb Archives

Census data, Tombstone Transcription, Military Records and lots more.

United Kingdom Census

Information on what census records were taken.

Ron Taylor's UK Census Finding Aids and Indexes

Indexes to UK Census Data, mainly from the 1851 Census. Fee-based lookup service on full record.

Ancestral Findings

Meta search of a number of databases and other resources.

Vital Records Information - US

Concise nformation about where to obtain vital records from each state territory and county of the United States. Excellent guidelines tell you the information you should include in your request. Links to Foreign Vital Records sources and Adoption resources.

Helm's Genealogy Toolbox

Site focuses on area-specific (atlas) and family/surname resources (white pages) and commercial resources (yellow pages).

The Genealogy Home Page

The National (US) Genealogical Society

NGS offers lots resources for the genealogist from tips on getting started to how to preserve old documents.

RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative

An ever-growing site hosting not only a database of surnames, but mailing lists for geographical and surname search and many other services.

RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project

A collection of family trees provided hundreds of people uploading to Rootsweb. Many millions of names are represented!

Geographical Pages

North American Genealogy Resources

Genealogy related information for various States and Provinces is available from a variety of servers which may be official government services, genealogy society efforts, or maintained by interested individuals.

USGenWeb Project

Pages arranged by State on which volunteers have uploaded a variety of Census records, family bible info, marriages, wills, ship lists, church records, documents, etc. Search the USGenWeb archive.

Southern Queries Genealogy Magazine

Queries, links and a chat room for discussing Southern genealogy.

Cindy's Southern Genealogy

A very good set of links for the Southern genealogist.

Don Chesnut's Genealogy Page

Some good KY & NC info and his family tree info.

Traveller Southern Families

Links, queries, searchable gedcoms and other resources for the Southern genealogist.

Mississippi State Historical Text Archive

Hosts a wide range of materials for the study and teaching of history. Also home of Afrigeneas a mailing list focused on genealogical research and resources in general and on African ancestry in particular.

Geographic Name Server

Put in the city name and get current county information.

Heading South

A resource page for the Southern-Trails list at Rootsweb.com with resources on the migration to and through the South.

KyGenWeb

Links to US GenWeb archives for Kentucky Counties.

Kentucky Biographies

A searchable collection

Dayna's Kentucky Resources

Links to many KY resources.

Kentucky Birth Lookup

State birth records from from 1911 until 1997.

Maryland State Archives, Marriage References, MSA S 1527

A list of early Maryland marriages from church and meeting records and, after 1777, county records.

MoGenWeb main page; Missouri genealogy

Links to US GenWeb archives for Missouri Counties.

Cooper County, Missouri USGenWeb

Cooper County, MO - surnames, queries, lookups.

'Gone But Not Forgotten'-Missouri Pioneers

Lists of early Missouri pioneers.

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - U.S. - Missouri

Cyndi's links to Missouri sites.

IIGS MO page

Links to societies, churches and other Missouri resources.

Anne Hood's Missouri Page

Information on MO records available (by county) and Missouri links.

Dayna's North Carolina Resources

Links to many NC resources.

NC GenWeb

Links to US GenWeb archives for North Carolina Counties.

WV GenWeb

Links to US GenWeb archives for WV and other WV links.

Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants

Dedicated to the history and genealogy of West Virginia concentrating on central West Virginia. Lots of good resources.

WV GenWeb for Upshur County

Upshur County resources, of course.

Upshur County, WV

County description is from Hardesty's 1883, early marriages, and more.

Immigration/World Genealogy Pages

The "Great Emigration"

Ships lists (17th c.) from the book "Planters of the Commonwealth" and other sources.

Cunard Archives at Liverpool University

Information on ships of the Cunard lines.

Immigrant Ship Information

A compilation of ship descriptions from various Internet mailing lists.

Passenger Lists

18th, 19th and 20th c. passenger lists for emigrants from Ireland to the United States and Canada.

Ship's Passenger Lists and Indexes

Searchable 19th-20th c. passenger lists for ships arriving New York, Baltimore and elsewhere.

Immigration Manifest Microfilm

19th c. Canadian and North American information by a professional researcher offering lookups.

Ellis Island

The Ellis Island group plans to have a variety of resources for the researcher.

OCFA - The Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid - Genealogy

Canadian immigrant info.

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

Group founded to search, copy, decipher and type passenger lists and make them freely available.

The Olive Tree

Resources for Dutch/German settlers in North America - passenger lists, registries and more.

The Palatines to America Homepage

An article on who the Palatine (German) settlers were.

Donna Speer Ristenbatt Genealogy Home Page

Dutch Research Corner and a variety of resources for Dutch searchers.

German Genealogy Home Page

Tips for beginners and information for German research.

German Migration Resource Center

Offers a place for German migrant queries, bibliographies and links.

Internet Sources of German Genealogy

Lists, links, secondary sources and many resources for the German researcher.

German Genealogy: Alsace / Elsass

The Alsace was sometimes German and sometimes French, so there are special issues for the Alsatian researcher.

Pennsylvania Dutch genealogy

A variety of resources, links, mailing list and more.

OMII Genealogy Project

The Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois Genealogy group focusing on mostly Swiss Mennonite and German Amish descendants.

UK/Ireland Genealogy

Getting started and doing geneaological research in Great Britain and Ireland.

Cornish Family History Society

Lots of information for the genealogical researcher.

Ireland Genealogy - World GenWeb Project

Queries, passenger lists and lots of resources for the researcher.

Genealogical Guide to Ireland

Information on the process of tracing Irish roots.

Irish Roots Magazine

A magazine for Irish genealogists.

Ireland Genealogy Course

An online class for researchers, with good info and pointers for anyone doing Irish genealogy.

Northern Irish References

A site for researching Scots-Irish Ulster Province family histories.

Scottish Genealogy Society

Membership organization for those tracing roots in Scotland. Many publications for sale.

Wales Genealogy

Information for getting started on genealogy research in Wales.

North Wales Genealogy Info

Information on digging for your roots in North Wales.

Free BMD

Births, Marriages and Deaths - a project to upload Civil Registration index information for England and Wales.

Quaker Corner

Rootsweb's resource for researching Quaker ancestors. Search Quaker Monthly Meetings

Jerry Richmond's Quaker Collection

A collection of Family Group Sheets of a number of early, significant Quaker families. Plus other resources for Quaker research.

Quaker Queries

Info on the Quaker Queries journal and Ruby Simonson McNeill's genealogy.

Other Countries

Heritage Quest Europe

Connect online with genealogists researching areas of interest to you working in towns in European countries.

Italian Genealogy, Heritage, Culture & Databases on the WWW Resources for the Italian researcher.

Family Pages

Rowan's Amick pages

Descendants of Johannes Amick and Eva Dorothea, Palatine immigrants who gave over on the Pink George & William in 1732. GER>PA>NC>MO.

Mieth Family Genealogy Database

Mieth, Clapp, Amick, Kobel, Albrecht, Cortner, etc. of Guilford Co., NC

Emmerich/Emerich/Emerick/Emrick/Emrich

Name origin speculations, family group charts and more.

Climbing Jeremy's Family tree

A family site with quite a few WV Amick links.

Zopp Family in Cyberspace

Quite a few Amicks, but not much information on them. Probably WV line.

Pitsenbarger & Amick

This site is about the WV line, also descended from Johannes and Eva Amick. See also the Desc. of Abraham Pitsenberger for this line.

The Emigh Database

Donna Kilroyd's Emigh ancestors (PA>NE).

Apperson/Epperson Index

A variety of information including church records, excerpts from books, and an area for queries.

Descendants of Peter Apperson

Melanie Nolan's Apperson pages.

The Bush Family - 1568-1999

Desc. of John Bush b. 1568 in Hampshire England.

Barry Comer's genealogy

Not related to me, but one of the few Comer pages I've found.

Dean Estes pages

Descendants of Nicholas Eastes, b: 1495 Deal, Kent, England.

My Elusive Ancestors

Descendants of Nicholas Estes, born 1495 in Deal, Kent Co., England.

Eubank

James Eubank's genealogy pages.

Farnsworth Index

Farnsworth One Name Study pages.

Rowan's Farnsworth pages

Descendants of Thomas and Susannah Farnsworth who arrived in America in 1677. Eng>NJ>WV>MO.

Don Norman's Farnsworth page

A page on the WV Farnsworths from Henry. One of the 700 families Norman has documented.

Farnsworth Family Tree Project

Collected Farnsworth genealogy info and Farnsworth Family Newsletter archive.

Farnsworths of Vermont

Farnsworth Family who settled in Vermont, U.S.A. Descendants are traced back to the early American settlements of the 1700s.

Ferguson Home Page

Ferguson Files is a quarterly surname newsletter which hosts query boards at this site.

Clan Fergusson Society

Information on the Perthshire Fergussons.

Clan Fergusson Society of North America

The society has genealogical records submitted by their members. If you join, you are sent information they have on your line. See also Region XII for info on activities in the Pacific Northwest.

Ferguson Genealogy

A page of lineages and queries from the members of the Ferguson-L list.

Ferguson Genealogy

Paul Cales Ferguson site.

Fergusons of Ireland

A variety of information on Fergusons of and from Ireland.

The Harvey Genealogist

A Harvey Surname Resource and Family Organization dedicated to all things Harvey including Harvey Genealogy, Ancestory, History, and lineage.

The Hunt List

Searchable archive and other resources for Hunt researchers

Hunt Archives

Collecting original records and gedcoms from all Hunt lines.

Hunt Family History

The Lineage And Ancestry Of Ralph Hunt of Long Island, New York prepared by Sanford Hunt. surnames and Mitchell J. Hunt summary

Early Northeast U.S. Hunt Families

A variety of New England Hunt lines are followed.

Jones Family Research

Some Jones families of Indiana, Missouri & Texas.

Jones-White family

The Descendants of William Jones, Wales>NC.

Rowan's Jones-Hunt pages

Descendants of Jabez Jones and Nancy (Bean?) Beck, NC>KY>MO.

Keeping up with the Jones's...

A resource for Jones researchers.

Kuykendall.org

Kuykendall information, chat room and more.

Kuykendall Genealogy Page

Genealogy for Coykendall, Kirkendall, Keykendall, Kikendall, Cuykendall, Kuykindolph, Kirkendol, Curkendall, Kuyrkendall, or Kuykendal, including the text of George Benson Kuykendall's 1919 book on the family.

Steve Lacy's Family Homepages

Lots of Lacey/Lacy material, links to other Lacy pages and a site search engine to make it easy to find queries.

Elton & Bonnie Lacey's Family Homepage

Thomas Lacy of VA, de Lacys and more.

Allen Lacy's pages

Descendants of Thomas Lacy who immigrated to Virginia from Wales some time between 1680-1685.

LeMaster Family Page

Descentdants of Abraham Lemaster, who was born between 1636-1639 in Ste. Marie Parish, Isle of Jersey and immigrated to St. Mary's Co., MD.

LaMaster/LeMaster

Bob LaMaster's genealogy pages.

The Lykins Info Site

Bobby Lykin's site has over 35,000 names plus other data and links. For another view of the data see his Family Tree Maker pages

The Likins Family Homepage

Descendants of Peter Nilsson Lycon/Laicon.

Ross Family Generations

Descendants of Nils Laicans.

Moore-L mailing list page

Some back issues of the mailing list for researchers of the surname MOORE anywhere, anytime, any spelling variation.

Mohr, Moore, Maurer Melting Pot

Genealogy and history of Mohr, Moore, Maurer & Mowrer families and the Mohr one-name study, including various spelling variations. Check out the Links.

Moore/Moor Family Genealogy

A page on mostly Alabama Moores.

Poindexter Descendants Association

American descendants of the Poingdestre Family, Isle of Jersey, Channel Islands. George Poingdestre, arrived in the Colony of Virginia in 1657.

Howard J. Poindexter

Howard has written biographical sketches of several Poindexters.

Christina Adams' Quisenberry Tree

Desc. of John Quisenberry, b 1627.

Quisenberry research/Desc. of Humphry Quisenberry

My Southern Family's Quisenberry site.

Descendants of Lord Herman Von Questenberg

Drawing on the work of Anderson Chenault Quisenberry this site details the line.

Stouts in America

Information on both English and German Stout progenitors and their descendants.

The Van Der Veer Name

Lots of information on Van der Veers and other variations on the surname.

Vandever

Vandever, Van De Ver, Vanderver, Vandeveer, Vandevier Research

Gene Macintosh Genealogy Software

A shareware program for the Mac - GEDCOM compatible.

Gendex

GEDCOM to HTML translator plus surname registry and webhosting services.

Silicon VAlley PAF Users Group Home Page

PAF user group with over 6,000 members.

Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site

Yes, they are selling their product - but they are offering lots of services as well. Check it out!

PAF Review - Home Page

A newsletter for PAF users with links to shareware add-ons.

Reunion 5.0

Commercial family tree software for Macintosh.

Everton's Genealogical Helper

The Magazine Dedicated To Helping Genealogists Since 1947.

Journal of Online Genealogy

The Journal is a free e-zine which focuses on the use of online resources and techniques in genealogy and family history.

Lineages, Inc.

Several free databases - 1820 pension rolls, VA, KS, Vietnam & Pearl Harbor. Books and other products.

S-K Publications: Your Genealogy Experts on the Web

They sell 1800-1850 Census books - photocopies of the original census pages. They also have a fee-based GEDCOM exchange program.

Westland Publications Genealogy

Specializing in publications is to provide information on immigrant ancestors.

Notable Women Ancestors

A quirky collection of interesting women throughout history.

Deciphering Old Handwriting

An excellent essay on deciphering the handwriting on old records.

Genepool Webring

A webring of genealogical sites.

Daughters of the American Revolution

Check out the State Societies - they often have links to local genealogical resources.