Resources
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of free genealogy-related websites for family history research.
These are some free offsite resources for researching ancestors across the United States, covering multiple states and counties.
Libraries, Archives, and Organizations
- National Archives
- Library of Congress has many free digital collections,
including the historic newspaper collection
Chronicling America
and the Maps collection
- Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
- Internet Archive
- National Park Service where you can "Explore America's Story" to
find photos, documents, and databases such as the
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Database
- Newberry Library
- BYU Family History Library
- Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library
of American genealogical and historical manuscripts and publications
- Open Library read books online
- HathiTrust manages an ever growing number of library digital collections, including
Cornell University's Making of America collection
- Project Gutenburg read books online
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Google Newspaper Archive to search articles from hundreds of newspapers
- Bureau of Land Management land patents database to search
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USGS Domestic Names
- Coffelt Database of Vietnam War Casualties
- American Revolutionary War
- Family Search a robust genealogical service
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Find A Grave burial records, which oftentimes have photos, biographies, records, obituaries, family connections, ...
- Linkpedium a genealogy resource directory
Focused on Ethnicity
YouTube Channels
More Worthy Links
- USGenWeb Archives - The USGenWeb Project's online data storage
- WorldGenWeb explore the genealogy of
the United States and other countries
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Do History "shows you how to piece together the past from the fragments that have survived"
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Ancestral Quest software for your family history project, a Basics version is available free
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Legacy software for your family history project, their Standard Edition is available to download free
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Cyndi's List - an extensive, categorized, and cross-referenced list of genealogical research websites
- Conference Keeper
maintained by the National Genealogical Society
- Calendar of Genealogy Events
maintained by Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
Links to websites that are not part of The USGenWeb Project are provided for your convenience and
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