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NativeWeb's genealogy resource section curates links and references for tracing Indigenous ancestry, covering American Indian, First Nations, and African-Native heritage research. This specialized directory includes listings for Black Indian genealogy, the Five Civilized Tribes, the USGenWeb Project, and other tools for those researching Native American family roots.

The California Pioneer Project maintains a crowdsourced list of settlers who migrated to or were born in California prior to 1880, compiled from genealogical researchers across the country. Visitors can browse pioneer names by county, access Gold Rush-era diary bibliographies, search county biographical indexes, and connect with other researchers through a contact directory.

The IAGenWeb Project is a volunteer-driven genealogy hub covering all 99 Iowa counties, offering free access to vital records, gravestone photos, census data, and historical military records. Part of the larger USGenWeb network, it receives over a million visits per year and features special projects ranging from Civil War rosters to Orphan Train rider records.

The ALGenWeb Project is a comprehensive genealogy resource covering Alabama as part of the larger USGenWeb network, offering county-by-county links, vital records, census data, land records, and ethnic research guides. Researchers tracing Alabama ancestors will find clickable county maps, state archive connections, mailing lists, message boards, and special projects like tombstone transcriptions and Mexican War veterans files.

WYGenWeb is a free genealogy research hub for Wyoming family history, organized by county and listing records, histories, and resources to help researchers trace their Wyoming ancestors. Part of the larger USGenWeb Project, the site covers all Wyoming counties with county seats, establishment dates, and volunteer coordinators contributing transcribed records and cemetery data.

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.

Helm's Genealogy Toolbox, created by Matthew L. Helm and first appearing in 1994, claims the title of the oldest comprehensive genealogy and local history index on the web. Visitors can search a full-text index of genealogy resources or browse by U.S. state to find links pointing to research tools and local history materials across the country.

Created by Piet and Willeke Molema-Smitshoek, this Dutch-language genealogy portal organizes hundreds of links across 40 categories covering archives, cemeteries, heraldry, emigration, military records, paleography, and regional Dutch genealogy resources. Active since 1997 and still updated, it serves as a comprehensive starting point for anyone researching Dutch family history.

LAGenWeb is a volunteer-driven project providing free access to Louisiana genealogy records organized by parish, part of the larger USGenWeb network established in 1996. Visitors can search ancestor databases, explore parish-level sites, browse old maps, and find research tips without paying for access.

PAGenWeb is the official Pennsylvania state resource within the USGenWeb Project, connecting researchers to county-level genealogy records, family histories, and data collections across all Pennsylvania counties. Celebrating over 26 years of operation, the project coordinates volunteers and accepts contributed records to help people trace their Pennsylvania ancestry.