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DCGenWeb is a volunteer-maintained genealogy resource dedicated to collecting records, histories, and research tools for tracing Washington D.C. family history. Part of the USGenWeb Project, it features place histories, archival records, a searchable name database, and contributions from over a decade of work by coordinator Ray Gurganus.

The USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project is a volunteer-driven effort to record, photograph, and preserve cemetery inscriptions across the United States and beyond, including military and foreign cemeteries. Coordinated by Rebecca Maloney and Debra Crosby, the project offers resources for joining, submitting surveys, and registering cemeteries to help genealogists trace their ancestors through preserved gravestone records.

JewishGen's Ellis Island One-Step Search Tools, developed by Stephen Morse, provide powerful alternative search interfaces for the Ellis Island immigrant arrival database covering records from 1892 to 1957. Part of the broader JewishGen platform, this tool is particularly valuable for Jewish genealogy researchers tracing ancestors who passed through Ellis Island, with access to ship manifests and flexible search options beyond the official database.

Created by Joe Beine, DeathIndexes.com is a comprehensive directory of links to online death records, obituaries, cemetery burials, wills, probate records, and death certificate indexes organized by U.S. state and county. An essential genealogy research tool, it also covers the Social Security Death Index and major city records for places like New York City, Chicago, and Detroit.

The National Society, Descendants of Early Quakers (NSDEQ) is a membership organization founded in 1980 to promote historical research and preservation of Quaker family records. Visitors can explore membership requirements, qualifying ancestors, and useful genealogical sources tracing lineage back to the early Society of Friends.

The Descendants of Mexican War Veterans (DMWV) is a non-profit national lineage society chartered in Texas, dedicated to honoring those who served in the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848. The site features a graves registry project, virtual cemetery, historical markers, membership information, and preservation efforts for one of America's lesser-remembered conflicts.

NYGenWeb is the New York State affiliate of the USGenWeb Project, offering free genealogical and historical records organized by county with dozens of volunteer coordinators contributing data. Visitors can search place names, access census records, explore historical maps, find Civil War and WWI Medal of Honor recipients, and browse tombstone transcriptions covering all of New York State.

The OHGenWeb Project is a volunteer-driven, entirely free genealogical resource covering all 88 counties in Ohio, offering transcribed census records, tombstone inscriptions, deed records, vital records, and ancestor photos. Part of the larger USGenWeb network, it connects researchers with county coordinators and hosts special projects like the Ohio Tombstone Transcription Project and the Penny Postcards from Ohio Archives.

Miriam Robbins runs this genealogy blog dedicated to historical city directories as a research tool for tracing ancestors across the United States and beyond. Posts cover topics like using the Green Book to research African-American roots, finding rural ancestors in small-town directories, and navigating digitized resources by state and province.

Randy Seaver's long-running genealogy blog chronicles his daily research sessions, covering ancestor discoveries, DNA matches, and tools like RootsMagic, AncestryDNA, and MyHeritage. With hundreds of posts dating back to 2007, it offers a detailed personal record of active family history research alongside news and commentary from the genealogy community.