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Free genealogy message boards and forums for posting surname queries, asking questions or just networking with fellow genealogists. Even if you don't want to contribute, you can search these message boards and forums for your family surname.

About Genealogy Message Board
Enter one of the most active general genealogy message boards on the Web. Visitors can browse postings and discussions, or register as a new member (free) to ask questions or post surname queries.

Ancestry.com / RootsWeb Message Boards
A Web community with over 90,000 family history message boards devoted to surnames. There are thousands of topic-specific message boards too - from Feuds of Kentucky to SS Princess Sophia Shipwreck. You can search across all message boards or even start your own.

BBC - History & Genealogy Message Boards
This popular collection of UK-based message boards includes forums relating to history, surnames, family trees, and more.

Common Threads
Search here to find other genealogists researching your family name. If you are at a "dead end" finding information on your ancestors, add a surname entry to so other family members can find you!

CompuServe Genealogy Forums
After 12 years of being available only to CompuServe members, the CompuServe genealogy forums are now available on the Web without charge. Message boards are available for a variety of genealogy techniques, surnames and locations.

GenealogyForum.com - Alphabetic Surname Message Boards
The Genealogy Forum on AOL has hundreds of message boards available to its members, but for those of you who don't use AOL they also have free message boards available at the GenealogyForum online.

GenForum Surname Forums
A "forum" site with over 8200 boards devoted to specific surnames, states, countries, and general topics.

GenTalk
A directory of Internet genealogy discussion groups and message boards. Primarily links to surname-specific boards, though a few topic-specific boards are also included.

iVillage - Genealogy Research Message Board
A moderately active general genealogy discussion board.

Yahoo! Groups - Genealogy
Yahoo! Groups includes over 3,000 message boards pertaining to genealogy and family history. Some are general, but most are geared toward very specific topics - from a particular surname to genealogy photos.

YourFamily.com - The Long Lost Family Bulletin Board
A message board for anyone searching for birth parents, birth siblings, relatives and friends.

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