Adoption

Confidential Intermediary Service of Illinois
White Oak Foundation

Bible Records

Bible records can be posted by individuals on personal pages or
Bible Records Online
Family Bibles Blog
Message Boards
Library of Virginia - Digital Collection Bible Records
Family Bibles Website

Biographies

Biographies can be posted by individuals on personal pages or:
Message Boards
US Biographies Project
- IL - Illinois Biographies
- OH - Muskingum County Ohio Biographies

Births

Birth records must be obtained from the local Jurisdiction.
On-line Indexes and Records are rare a few exist.
Access will be restricted. (see Vital Records)

Look for baptisms or christinings, etc in Church Records

Birth Information and the names of Parents is often found as a secondary source on other records such as marriage applications, death certificates, and Social Security records.

Canada, British Columbia - Births 1872 - 1998
Information and samples
Scotland - Index to births, marriages & deaths of Scotland
IGI at LDS (Family Search)
Public Record Finder.com
US - Birthdays in One Step
US - Arizona Births 1887 - 1929
US - Illinois Cook County 1872 - 1933
US - Ohio - Meigs County Births 1867-1908
US - Minnesota Births 1900 - 1907
US - South Dakota Birth Records pre 1900
US - Utah Births 1897 - 1905
US - West Virginia partial with Images
US - Wisconsin Pre 1907 Vital Records Index

Books

The On-line Books Page
Google Books On-line books
BYU Family History Archive
Microsoft's Live Search Books
Old-Yearbooks.com

AbeBooks.com - Find: New, Used, and Out of Print Books
Alibris Books - Find: New and Used Books
Amazon.com Books! Earth's Biggest Bookstore.
Genealogy -- Ancestry
Barnes & Noble Online
Closson Press
Genealogy Book Exchange
Genealogical Publishing Co.
Globe Corner Bookstore
Higgonson Books - County & Family
Journal of Online Genealogy
ScotPress
Willow Bend Books

Cemeteries

American Battle Monuments Commission
Interment.net - Directory of Cemetery Lists on the Internet
Virtual Cemetery Search & Post
Rootsweb Cemetery Records
Find A Grave.com
A Very Grave Matter - NE Cemeteries with photographs
Political Graveyard - Cemeteries by State and County
AJGS - International Jewish Cemetery Project
CO - Boulder, CO - Columbia Cemetery Index
CO - Colorado Springs - Evergreen & Fairview Cems
IL - Illinois State Genealogical Society - Cemetery Project
IL - Rootsweb - Illinois Cemeteries
IL - Illinois Cemetery Care
IL - Graveyards of Chicago
OH - Columbus Greenlawn & Deleware - Oak Grove
TX - Lamar Co., Tx Cemetery Records
WI - WIGenWeb Tombstone Photographs

American Battle Monuments Commission WWI, WWII, Korea, & Vietnam
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War - Search for Graves
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System

The Association for Gravestone Studies
"Cemetery do's & don'ts" and Forms

Census

U.S. Census Bureau Home Page
USA Counties - Modern Census Statistics
Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census

Free Census Records
Census Online - Links to Images, Transcriptions, and Indexes by State
1790 US Census
1850-1900 US Census @ FamilySearch Labs
Census Images online and on CDROM by SK Publications
GenWeb Archives Census Project - Actual Census Images
GenWeb Census Project
1870 Michigan Index & Images
1820 Campbell Co VA transcribed

Subscription Services $
Subscription Census Indexes by Year - by Jeff

Ancestry Online Images and Indexes $
Ancestry - Library Edition - available in many libraries
Heritage Quest Online $ available from many libraries - with home access
Genealogy.com - uses HQ Online's Images $

Finding Aides
Soundex Instructions - the new "old" version (see step #4)
National Archives - Microfilm index - Search "Census and the year"
Enumeration Forms & Questions 1850-1990 - Census Forms to Print
Heritage Quest Census Products - CDROMs, Microfilm of Images & Indexes $
1930 Census Tools
How to Research the 1930 Census - by NARA
1930 Federal Population Census - info Form
Obtaining EDs for the 1930 Census
1930 Cook County & Chicago Ward and ED maps

Churches

The Restoration Movement in Illinois
Church History by County - maps and biographical sketches
The Church Of England Homepage
UK Church Directory
Evangelical Lutheran Church Archives
American Friend Obituary Index Main

Deaths

Death certificates can be obtained from the local Jurisdiction or State Archives.
Also look for Obituaries, Funeral Home, Church, Cemetery, and Probate Records.

Social Security Death Index - SSDI
Index includes only a limited number of deaths prior to 1965
SSDI at Ancestry - Limited information without subscription
SSDI at Rootsweb
SSDI at Genealogy.com - FamilyTreeMaker Online
Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA
Rootsweb Death Records
Legacy.com - online obits & memorials
Public Record Finder.com
US - Arizona Deaths 1878 - 1954
US - California Deaths 1940 - 1997
US - Georgia Death Certificates, 1919-1927
US - Illinois Death Certificate Index 1916 - 1950
US - Illinois Death Certificate Index - Pre 1916 - Partial Index (see About)
US - Illinois Cook County 1872 - 1987
US - Illinois - Homicides in Chicago 1870 - 1930
US - Kentucky Death Index 1911 - 1992 - KYVitals.com
US - Kentucky Death Index 1911 - 1992
US - Massachusetts Deaths 1841 - 1910
US - Michigan Death Index 1867 - 1897
US - Minnesota Death Certificate Index 1908 - 1955
US - Missouri Death Index 1910-1955 & Certificates for 1910-1929 & 1950-1955
US - New Mexico Death Index project 1899-1940
US - North Dakota 1881 - 2005
US - Ohio Death Index 1913 - 1944 - New 1938 - 1944
US - Ohio, Death Certificates 1908 - 1953 @ FamilySearch Labs
US - Ohio, Cleveland Necrology File
Ohio, Meigs County Deaths 1866 - 1908
Ohio, Meigs County Deaths 1913 - 1937
US - Tennesse Index to Death Records 1908-1912
US - Tennesse Partial Index to Death Records 1914-1925
US - Texas Death Records 1964- 1998
US - Utah Death Certificates 1905-1954 - search by name
US - VA - Death Records in Virginia, 1853-1896 (Lib of VA ) NOT ALL!
US - West Virginia - Partial with Death Certificate Images
US - Wisconsin Pre 1907 Vital Records Index
Canada, British Columbia - Deaths 1872 - 1978
Information and samples
Scotland - Index to births, marriages & deaths of Scotland $

DNA

International Society of Genetic Genealogy
Bob Dorsey on taking a DNA sample
The Science of Molecular Genealogy NGSQ 2005
GeneBase.com Information & Networking site

Testing Companies

ISOOG's Y-DNA Comparison Chart

DNA Ancestry
DNA Heritage
Ethnoancestry
Family Tree DNA
National Geographic Genographic Project
Oxford Ancestors
Relative Genetics
Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation

Compare Results

YSearch.org - sponsored by Family Tree DNA
YBase.org - sponsored by DNA Heritage
YHRD.org search geographically
Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation
Mito Search - sponsored by Family Tree DNA

Projects

World Families - Search for Surname Projects
Johnson/Johnston DNA Project
Stevenson DNA Project
West Surname DNA Project
Results page

Divorce Records

US - Colorado Divorce Index (1975 - 1999)
US - Kentucky Divorce Index 1973 - 1993
US - Texas Divorce Records 1968 - 1997

Employment Records

Railroad Retirement Records

Family Information

Also see DNA Results look for pedigree charts

Family Search

One Great Family

OneWorldTree

- MyFamily.com

- WorldConnect

- World Family Tree

AncientFaces.com

Famillion

FindMyPast

Gen Circles

Geneanet.org

Genes Reunited

GenServ

KindredKonnections

KindredTrails.com

Our Family Tree

Those Before Us

TribalPages

WeRelate

Geni.com

RelativelyMe on Facebook - OneGreatFamily

FamilyLink.com

We're Related on Facebook - FamilyLink

FamilyBuilder

Ancestry Message Boards - by Surname or Location

Gen Forum - by Surname

CousinConnect.com by Surname or Location

Internet Genealogy with Query Tips

American House of Delano

Hartenstein - Hertenstein Family Page

Johnson Reports - good research discussions

Problems with Hinshaw

Thomas Miner Society and a list of his descendants

Francis West of Duxbury

West / De La Warre Family of Virginia

Surname Sites at Rootsweb

Funeral Homes

Legacy.com - List of Funeral Homes & Links
Search FuneralNet
DCGS Funeral Home Project

Genealogy Articles, BLOGs, & Info

Genealogy BLOG - Everton's
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
Genealogy Librarian News

24-7 Family History Circle
About Genealogy
The Genealogue
GenRoots BLOG
George Morgan's Blog
GenWeekly
Roots Television
RootsWeb Review Search - Weekly online Articles
Upstate NY Genealogy Notes

What Can I Do First? - Beginning Genealogy
Internet Genealogy with Query Tips
A Gift That Money Can't Buy - Basic Forms

Genealogy Companies & Services

The Generations Network
My Family.com
Ancestry.com
DistantCousin.com
Genealogy.com
- Family Tree Maker Software
Rootsweb.com
WorldVitalRecords.com
LDS Family Search
Footnote.com - putting NARA records online
GenealogyBank.com

The Gold Bug - AniMap Plus
Everton Publishers
Family Tree Magazine
Proquest
- AGLL: Genealogy and Family History Products and Services
RootsMagic
Wholly Genes: TMG - The Master Genealogist Files Area

Genealogy Links

RAND Genealogy Club
www - good list by topics
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
www - great list by topics
LDS Family Search
Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Chris Gaunt
What's New in WWW Genealogy Pages

Genealogy Societies & Organizations

FGS - Federation of Genealogical Societies
Society Hall - Info on Gen. Societies
Genealogy Speakers Guild
NGS - National Genealogical Society
GENTECH - Home Page
DuPage County (IL) Genealogical Society
ISGS - Illinois State Genealogical Society
N.E.H.G.S. - New England Historical & Gen. Society.
Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants
Palatines to America
VA Genealogical Societies

GenWeb Project & Sharing Information

World Genealogy Web Project
USGenWeb Project
- ILGenWeb Project
-- DuPage County ILGenWeb
RootsWeb Message Board - to post queries by Country, State or County
LDS Family Search
USGenWeb Archives: Illinois Table of Contents
GENDEX -- WWW Genealogical Index
www - Search by name - look for families or data
Genealogical Database Index
Genealogy Helplist United States
GENEALOGY

Government

Welcome to the INS Home Page
National Archives and Records Administration
Footnote.com - putting some NARA records online
The Federal Web Locator

History

The History Net - Where History Lives on the Web
Ellis Island
interviews with immigrants
IL - Illinois Links
IL - Bureau County History, Illinois
IL - Bureau County - Museums & Historical Societies
IL - Chicago Architecture thru time
www - maps and sketches of old Chicago
IL - DuPage County, Illinois ALHN History Site
IL - Glen Ellyn Historical Society
NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
Genealogy of the French Royal Family
LES CAPETIENS - LES CROISADES
The Carpathian Connection
Royal Genealogies

Home Sources

Can be posted by individuals on their personal web site ( use Search Engines)

or on a Family Information site. Also see Bible Records

Immigration & Naturalization

US Citizenship & Immigration Services

Some naturalization indexes

US - IL - Cook County Declarations of Intent 1871-1929

Thirteen Reasons Our Ancestors Migrated

What Passenger Lists are Online?

US - One Step Searches of Ellis Island, Castle Garden, Other Ports, & NARA Arrival Records

US NYC - Castle Garden 1830 through 1892

US NYC - Ellis Island Records 1892 - 1924

US Boston, Massachusetts Passenger Lists

US Galveston Immigration Database

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

Passenger Lists on the Internet

Canadian Immigration Records (1925-1935)

Olive Tree Genealogy passenger lists

TheShipsList

Foreign Departures

Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890 - 1899

Danish Emigration Archives

Danish Police Emigration Register 1868 - 1908

Vejile Emigration Lists 1879 - 1887

Emigrants south Jutland & Slesvig Holsten

Germany Hamburg - Departure Index

Norwegian Emigrants 1825 - 1873

Ship Images

Google Images

Steve Morse

Ancestry.com - Passenger Ships and Images List - subscription needed to see images

Maritime Timetable Images

Mystic Seaport

Norway-Heritage Hands Across The Sea

PhotoShip.co.uk

TheShipsList

Answers.com

Armed-guard.com

Boten

Cimorelli

Greatships

GreatOceanliners

Immigration Ship Transcribers Guild

KinshipsPrints

The Late Great Ocean Liners

The Mariners' Museum Library

Michael Palmer

NavSource Archives

Oceanliners

The Peabody Essex Museum

Travel Brochure Graphics

Uncommonjourneys - Ships of State page

Ships of Our Ancestors - List of Ships

Voyage to Jamestown Captain John Smith

Voyage to Jamestown Master George Percy

TheShipList - Accounts of Voyages

Land

Bureau of Land Management - Orig Certificates
Illinois Federal landsales

Libraries

(Online Collections, Online Catalog, Home Pages)

WorldCat (OCLC) - Online Catalog

Library of Congress Home Page
- NUCMC - National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections

Repositories of Primary Sources - 5,000 sites Worldwide
LDS Family History Library
Libraries Online
Genealogical Archives and Libraries
Libweb - Library WWW Servers
large list of libraries on the www
Library of Virginia - Digital Collection
Welcome to the Electric Library
FirstSearch Service

IL - Glen Ellyn Public Library
Godfrey Memorial Library - Middletown, CT
IL - Illinois Family History Libraries
IL - The Illinois State Archives incl. online databases
IL - Illinois State Historical Library
IL - The Newberry Library
IL - Wheaton Public Library
IL - Wheaton Public Library CAT - On-line Catalog & Vital Records Index
IL - ILLINET WEB: ILLINET Online
how to get dialup access to Statewide Catalog
IN - Allen County Pub. Lib. - Historical Genealogy Dept.
IN - Indiana State Library
LA - Louisiana State Archives
NJ - New Jersey State Archives
NY - The New York Public Library Home Page
OH - Cleveland Public Library
OH - Case Western Res. University Library & Ohio Link
OH - Ohio Historical Society/Archives-Library
State Archives of Ohio
VA - DAR Library
VA - The Library of Virginia
VA - University of Virginia Library
WI - UW-Madison Electronic Library: MadCat Interfaces

The British Library
Odessa - German-Russian Genealogy Library

Locations

City Directories

Find out what records are available and where to locate them.
GenWeb Project
LDS Research Guides
Genealogy Societies
Libraries & Archives and Church Records
Message Boards - Post Queries & Info
Also see Maps, Maps Historic, and Language

Canada

Research Outline for Canada - from Family Search
Canada GenWebProject
Canadian Genealogy Centre" #1 for Canadian Research
Census Records, Immigration, Naturalizations, Passenger Lists, Military
Automated Genealogy - Census Indexes for Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba
That's My Family - Search several databases at once

Denmark

Finding Records of Your Ancestors in Denmark 1834 to 1900 - from Family Search
Danish Genealogical Resource
The Royal Library, Copenhagen - Home Page
Royal Danish Embassy - Tracing Your Ancestors Info & Links
Denmark GenWebProject

ArkivalierOnline - English page
Digital Images of Church Records & Census Records
Danish Demographic Database - English Version
Census Index 1769-1921
Danish Emigration Archives - 1868-1908
Danish Probate Index
Kirkebilleder - Church Photographs
Danish State Archives - in English
Copenhagen Regional Archive
Viborg Regional Archive
Odense Regional Archive
Abenra Regional Archive
Esbjerg Arkive
Census & Marriage of Aarhus
Vejile Emigration Lists 1879 - 1887
Emigrants south Jutland & Slesvig Holsten
Facts about Genealogical Research in Denmark
Danish Immigrant Museum

Eastern Europe

Also see Poland and Slovenia
East Europe GenWeb
GenConnect - List of Countries
Place Names of Europe long file
FEEFHS - Fed. Of Eastern Europe Fam. Hist. Societies
FEEFHS's - Online Map Room
German Russian Genealogy
Cyndi's List - Eastern Europe
It's All Relative Genealogy Chech & Slovak
Chech Republic, Bohemia and Moravia Genealogical Research
Slovak and Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogy Research
National Archives of Hungary
Research Russian Roots - GenWeb

German

Germany GenWeb
Germany Message Boards
German Roots
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Germany
Links to German resources
German Genealogy Home Page
Germany Genealogy - Query Entry
Schroeder & Fuelling GbR, German Gen. Sources in Poland
German genealogy: Sample Letters to a Church
German-Russian Genealogy
Internet Sources of German Genealogy
Palatines to America
Link-O-Mania Genealogy Germany & Russia
Helm's Genealogy Toolbox
The Palatine Migration of the Early 1700s
The German Connection
Genealogical Societies for Saxony
Germany's Telephone directory by Tele Info Verlag
www - German telephone directory - look for names

German & American Sources for German Emigration to America

Austro Hungarian Information
Swiss Roots

Ireland

Irish Roots
Irish Genealogy Ltd.
The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA)
Clare Heritage & Genealogical Research Centre
Limerick Ancestry
Mayo Ireland - Web Sites
Irish Midlands Ancestry
Sligo County Heritage
Irish Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths $

Poland

Poland GenWeb
Transcribed Records, Polish Records, American Records, Maps, Cities, etc.
GenConnect - worldwide Post Queries
Archives in Poland
Polish Genealogy Society of America
PolishRoots
PGSA - Resource Center
PGSA - Ships & Immigration
Cyndi's List - Poland
The Polish Genealogy Home Page

Scotland

Finding Records of Your Ancestors, Scotland from Family Search
The ScotlandGenWeb Project

ScotlandsPeople
The official government source for genealogical data - $$
Ancestry.com - $$
National Archives of Scotland
Scottish Archive Network
Ordnance Survey (Maps and place names)
National Library of Scotland - Map Collection
The UK & Ireland Gen. Information Service
Statistical Accounts of Scotland 1791-9 and 1845
AncestralScotland.com
Scotland Genealogy
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - Scotland
The Scotish Genealogy Society
Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Fam. Hist. Society
East Ayrshire Family History Society
Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society
Lanarkshire Family History Society

The Clans & Tartans of Scotland
Scots Ancestry Research Society
Illinois St. Andrew Society
ScotPress

Slovenia

GenWeb - Genealogy and Heraldry in Slovenia
Slovenian Genealogy Society International
GenConnect - queries
Stari Trg ob Kolpe church records - with the Kaps Family
Obtained after posting this Query. Good?, Lucky? or Good and Lucky!
Slovene Genealogy Links

United Kingdom

Public Record Office
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - United Kingdom
The British Library
Master Index to royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname
Domesday Book Online
UK Genealogy - The Portal for UK Genealogy Research
UK Genealogy News - September 2000 - Edition 1
Useful Dates in British History

US -Colorado

State Archives
COGenBlog - Colorado Genealogy BLOG
Colorado Newspapers in Ayer's Directories

US - Illinois

United States Resources: Illinois
Illinois Trails

US - New England

America's Homepage - Plymouth
Tisbury, MA & Martha's Vineyard Records
NEGS - Mass. List of Town & Other Records
NEGS - CT. List of Town & Other Records
LDS - RESEARCH OUTLINE - Connecticut

US - New York

New York State Archives
NY State Dept. of Health - Vital Records
NewYork GenWeb Project
New York Index of Wills

US - Ohio

Ohio GenWeb County Selection Table
Genealogy Helplist Ohio
Western Reserve Historical Society
Vital Records - Ohio Death Index

US - Pennsylvania

PA GenWeb County Selection
Brenda's PA Genealogy Links
Genealogy Helplist Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

US - Virginia

VAGenWeb Project
Bedford County GenWeb
Campbell County GenWeb
- Lynchburg (City) GenWeb
Louden County GenWeb
Rockingham County GenWeb
The Library of Virginia

Maps - Historic

Foreign

JewishGen ShtetlSeeker
Find Lat & Long of Central & Eastern Europe towns - links to Mapquest
German City Maps

Historical


Library of Congress - Online Map Collections
Civil War Maps
Historical Maps of the US
Historic Map Works - Northeast and TX for now
Map & Geographic Info Center of U of Conn.
Connecticut & New England - 1834 Map of US, 1755 middle British Colonies - large files
Historical County Lines
Railroad Maps 1828-1900
1895 US Atlas
Old Maps of New England (ME, NH, VT, CT, RI, MA) and New York
Fed. Of Eastern Europe FHS - Online Map Room
Historic Maps - old Atlas scanned images
Panoramic Maps - Library of Congress
Illinois 1790
Rare Map Collection
U.S.A. Maps in the Peabody Library
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
Key to Sanborn Maps
Florida in color
Georgia in color
Utah in color

Marriages

Marriage Certificates and Applications must be obtained from the local Jurisdiction.
Access may be restricted. (see Vital Records)

Public Record Finder.com
US - Colorado Marriage Index (1975 - 1998)
US - Florida, Hillsborough County - No longer available
1878 to 1893 Index with Actual Images Index Sample - Cert. Sample
US - Illinois Marriage Index < 1906
US - Illinois Cook County 1872 - 1957
US - Indiana Marriage Index to 1850
US - Kentucky Marriage Index 1973 - 1993
US - Maine Marriages 1892 - 1996
US - Nevada, Clark Co (Las Vegas) Marriage Index 1984 > Present
US - New Jersey 1848 - 1867
US - Ohio, Cuyahoga Marriage Index 1810 - 1998
US - Ohio, Meigs Marriages by Bride 1819 - 1868
US - Ohio, Meigs Marriages by Groom 1819 - 1868
US - Texas Marriages 1966 - 1997
US - Texas - Lamar - Marriage Records
US - Virginia Marriage Records - old card index at Lib. of VA
US - West Virginia partial with Images
US - Wisconsin Pre 1907 Vital Records Index
Canada, British Columbia - Marriages 1872 - 1923
Information and samples
Scotland - Index to births, marriages & deaths of Scotland

Military

NARA Pension and Service Record Access

Civil War Soldiers - NPS

Pension Files < 1900 US GenWeb Pension Project

1755 French and Indian War

Civil War Soldiers & Sailors

Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database

IL Civil War Record Search

www - 250,000 Union Army volunters from Illinois by name or place
Information: CIVIL WAR DATABASE

Illinois in the Civil War

IL - Black Hawk War Database

IL - Spanish-American War Veterans

World War I Draft Registrations

World War II Enlistment

WWII Prisoners of War Database

State Level Lists of Casualty - Korea and Vietnam

Newspapers/Obituaries

N.W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annuals - 1869-1919 by Location
Colorado Newspapers in the Ayer's Directories
Lib of Congress - Catalog of Newspaper Holdings
Lib. of Congress - Chronicling America

GenealogyBank - $ Historic newspapers < Discounted Membership
Proquest Archives
Newspaper Abstracts Home Page
Newspaper Archive - $ Historic newspapers
Rootsweb's Newspaper Index
SmallTownPapers & World Vital Records
American Friend Obituary Index Main

Internet Public Library - Current newspapers search by state and county
NewspaperDirect - Current Newspapers online - actual images
Legacy.com - Current Online Obituaries
HotSheet.com - Links to newspapers

CA - California Digital Newspaper Collection - The Call & The Alta
CO - Colorado Historic Newspapers
IL - Illinois Newspaper Project Main
IL - Villa Park Argus - Obit Index
LA - Index of DEATHS in METRO NEW ORLEANS LA 1994-5
NY - New York Times Archives 1851 - 1923 & 1986 on are Free
NY - Northern New York Historical Newspapers
NY - Old Fulton County History Upstate newspapers
NY - New York Public Library Obituary page
OH - Ohio Newspapers
OH - Lima News - Electronic Obituaries 1996-2000
VA - Richmond Daily Dispatch 1860 - 1865

British Library newspaper catalog and archive
Paper of Record International papers - free registration

Other On-Line Records

Records may be posted by: Jurisdiction, Archive, Gen. Society, Gen Co., or Individual.

Library of Virginia - Digital Collection
National Archives and Records Administration
Odessa Library - databases German & Russian to US

Probate & Wills

Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA
US - Texas Probate Index - 11 counties
Lib of VA Index of Wills to 1850 some beyond.
Public Record Finder.com

Royalty

BBC Kings & Queens Timeline
Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
Master Index to Royal Genealogical Data - ordered by lastname
World Royalty A-Z
Royal Genealogies
Heraldry Unlimited - Kings & Kingmakers
History and Family lines
Monarchies of Europe
Genealogy of the French Royal Family
LES CAPETIENS - LES CROISADES
French history, maps, pictures - in french with sound
The Carpathian Connection - Eastern Europe
Spanish Rulers
Cindy's List - Royalty Links
Open Directory - Royalty Links
Royal & Noble Bibliography Secondary Sources and Lineage Compilations
Bibliography for Royal Research

Vital Records

Vital Records - Where to Get them in the US
Where to Write for Vital Records - CDC site
United States Vital Records Information
Court Web Sites

See Locations or use GNIS and MAPS to locate a place.
Use MAPS-Historic to find the jurisdiction.
Also see Births, Marriages, Divorce, and Deaths.

US - Wisconsin Pre 1907 Vital Records Index