Helpful Links

USGenWeb Archives - The USGenWeb Project's online data storage

WorldGenWeb - explore the genealogy of other countries

MISCELLANEOUS

County Office - find government offices in your county

Find A Grave - find the graves of ancestors, oftentimes the entry includes family connections, biographies, obituaries, photos, and more

GNIS - (Geographical Names Information Service) GeoNames defines and locates places for you

Photograph dating - About Parenting's Genealogy category has articles about dating and identifying the people in old photos

This Day In History - view historic events of a specific date

Black Facts - search for Black history information by date, word or category

Professional Document Restoration

• The Book Craftsman - hand book-binding and the rebuilding of old, valuable books (including old Bibles)
• Sage Old Books - restoration, book-binding and repairs
• Albums & Bookbinding - binding, restoration and repair

LAND SEARCH & MAPS

Bureau of Land Management - searchable database for land patents

United States Territorial Map - shows formation dates

Color Landform Atlas - find state maps

Library of Congress - Map Collections 1544-1996

University of Texas - historical maps of the United States from the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection

University of Virginia - cultural maps in the American Studies Department

About Education - Geography's Map category focuses on maps

Ancestry - Surname facts and distribution maps

NEWSPAPERS & BOOKS

Chronicling America - search historic newspapers

DAR Library - Daughters of the American Revolution collection of American genealogical and historical manuscripts and publications

Digital Public Library of America

Google Newspaper Archive - search articles from hundreds of newspapers

Newspaper Abstracts - "Finding Our Ancestors In The News!"

The Olden Times - search historic newspapers

Open Library - read books online

Internet Archive - read books and view record images (such as military census) online

Project Gutenburg - read books online

Genealogical.com - Books and e-Books

MILITARY

National Archives - search military records from the Revolutionary War through the present

American Revolutionary War

National Park Service - Civil War Soldiers & Sailors

Cornell University Library - look through Civil War documents

1883 Pensioners - listing for each state of information about persons receiving a military pension

Coffelt Database of Vietnam Casualties

QUERIES

GenForum - surname boards

Rootsweb - message boards for people to collaborate on surnames, locations, etc.

Rootsweb - mail list by state/ county/ surname

Matt's Script Archive - WWWBoard is a threaded World Wide Web discussion forum and message board

GENEALOGY SOFTWARE

TNG-The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding© ("TNG") is a powerful way to manage and display your family tree on your own website, all without generating any static HTML. Instead, your information is stored in a database and the pages are created on demand. All you need is a website and TNG!  Current version for $32.99

Ancestral Quest - a Basics version is available free, as well as a Full version for $30

Roots Magic - a variety of programs are available, including RootsMagic, PersonalHistorian, FamilyAtlas, and Family Reunion Organizer, plus free trial offers are available

Legacy - their Standard Edition is available to download free, as well as a Deluxe version for $30

OTHER GENEALOGY-FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS

Do History - "shows you how to piece together the past from the fragments that have survived"

Cyndi's List - an extensive, categorized, and cross-referenced list of genealogical research websites

RootsWeb - a guide to tracing family trees

The Genealogy Spot - a free comprehensive genealogy site

Family Search - a robust genealogical service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Treasure Maps Genealogy - genealogy and family tree how-to help, including Deciphering Old Hand Writing

Family Tree Searcher - enter your ancestor data just once to search for family trees at multiple web sites

Genealogy Search Advice - submit specific requests "for an ancestor and his/her parents," "for an ancestor's siblings," or "for an ancestor's other descendants"

Links to web sites that are not part of The USGenWeb Project are provided for your convenience and do not imply any endorsement of the web sites or their contents by The USGenWeb Project.