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USGenWeb is a long-running volunteer project dedicated to keeping genealogy research free and accessible online, organized by U.S. state and county. Visitors can explore family history resources, immigration and naturalization records, historical naming conventions, document care guides, and much more across all 50 states.

Interment.net is a searchable database of nearly 12 million burial records drawn from cemeteries, churches, government agencies, and genealogists across the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and beyond. Unlike Find-a-Grave, it publishes each transcription separately to preserve accuracy, making it a valuable research tool for anyone tracing family history through cemetery records.

The Rhode Island USGenWeb Project is a comprehensive genealogy and history resource covering all five counties of Rhode Island, with records spanning cemeteries, census images, maps, family histories, and historical articles. Visitors can search by county or town, browse transcribed gravestone records, access probate and birth records, and connect with county coordinators through mailing lists and query boards.

Susan LeBlanc, an accredited genealogist, shares decades of ancestral research through this blog covering family histories, book reviews, lectures, and published articles on topics ranging from French-Canadian roots to Revolutionary War families. The site offers both personal research discoveries and professional insights, making it a rich resource for anyone tracing New England and colonial American ancestry.

CountyHistorian.com hosts the RoyalWeb (CecilWeb) project, a detailed genealogy resource tracing Richard Cecil's connections to the Elizabethan court and beyond, expanding into royal lineages, client research, and biographies of entertainment personalities. The site blends professional genealogy services with self-directed historical research, offering a wiki, sorted article archives, and content originally published on Google Knol.

The COGenWeb Project is a volunteer-driven genealogy hub dedicated to providing free resources for anyone researching Colorado family history, organized by all 64 counties with coordinators and research aids. Part of the broader USGenWeb network, it offers cemetery records, vital records, historical documents, and county-level data stretching back to Colorado's earliest territorial days.

The South Plains Genealogical Society (SPGS) is a Lubbock, Texas-based organization dedicated to helping people trace their family histories and ancestral roots. Their site offers resources for local, state, national, and world genealogy research, along with meeting info, surname research, an award-winning newsletter called South Plains Roots, and a podcast.

Miriam's genealogy blog documents her ongoing research into her family tree, blending personal storytelling with practical tips and resource links for fellow researchers. Posts like 'Flashback Friday' and 'Mug Book Monday' give the site a warm, narrative quality that makes ancestral history feel vivid and immediate.

A comprehensive place index for the Victoria County History, an ongoing century-long project to publish detailed histories of every English county. Researchers into medieval English genealogy, family history, and local history will find this an invaluable reference for navigating over 200 published volumes organized by county and parish.

The Caldwell County TXGenWeb site is a dedicated genealogy resource covering births, marriages, cemeteries, pioneers, and war memorials for Caldwell County, Texas, as part of the larger TXGenWeb project. Coordinated by V Sofge and N Hickman since 1998, it offers a research center and indexed records for anyone tracing family roots in this Texas county.