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Where
to Find Vital Records in the U.S. States & Territories
Free online databases plus contact information, Web sites, fees and
application forms for requesting vital records (birth, marriage, death, divorce
and adoption) in all 50 U.S. states and American Samoa, Guam, Canal Zone,
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. There is even
information on researching Adoption of Alien Children, Births Abroad or on the
High Seas and Certificates of U.S. Citizenship.
How
to Find Your Ancestors on the Internet
Essential Web searching strategies and techniques for finding
surnames and family Web pages on the Internet.
25 FREE Ways to Research Your Family
Tree Online
Web sites around the world contain free information of use to family
tree researchers including birth, marriage, death, military and census
records, ships passenger lists, surnames, wills, photos and much more!
Here are twenty-five of the best.
25 More FREE Ways to Research Your Family
Tree Online
The popular
series is back for round two with a twist! This list of twenty-five more free
genealogy sites includes free genealogy indexes and records, tools, lessons,
lookups and more. Plenty of free genealogy to keep you busy searching for weeks!
Ellis
Island - Successful Searching
Over 26 million users overwhelmed the Ellis Island genealogy site in
its first 54 hours of operation. Access is finally starting to improve,
but you still shouldn't miss these tips for getting onto the site and
conducting a successful search.
FamilySearch.org
Part I
Explains how to use FamilySearch.org to find
census records, ships passenger lists, vital records, family histories,
bible records, and much more!
FamilySearch.org
- Part II
Introduces a new genealogy research aid, Research
Guidance, which is especially useful when you can't find the
information you are looking for online or when you need help in
determining which records to search.
FamilySearch.org - Part
III
Explores two more new research options on the
FamilySearch Web site. Here's the scoop on what these tools can do
for you, with step-by-step instructions on how to make the most of them
in your genealogy research!
The
Social Security Death Index Online
The names of over 64 million Americans are contained in the SSDI, a
"must search" for people looking for ancestors who died since 1962.
Learn what the SSDI is, how to search it (it's free) and what to do when you
can't find your ancestor.
GEDCOM
101
What exactly is a GEDCOM and how do you read one? Learn everything
you need in this introduction to GEDCOM files and get started on the
road to sharing family tree information with others!
How
To Share Your Genealogy Files
Sharing information is
second nature to most genealogists, but trading database files is not always as
easy as it sounds. Here's how to do it correctly.
Now
you CAN Find Your Ancestor Online - The Race to Digitize the US Census
The race to put US census data online is heating up between Heritage
Quest, Genealogy.com and MyFamily.com (parent company of Ancestry.com).
Here's the scoop on what each company is offering and how much it will
cost to access these digitized census records.
