Genealogy & Family History
140 sites
https://hiski.genealogia.fi/historia/indexe.htm
The HisKi project, maintained by the Genealogical Society of Finland, offers a searchable database of historical parish records including christenings, marriages, burials, and moves. It is an invaluable tool for tracing Finnish family history, with ongoing additions of new parishes as data is digitized.
https://nygenweb.net/
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.
https://deathindexes.com/
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.
http://usgwarchives.net/
The USGenWeb Archives is a massive volunteer-driven repository of genealogical records organized by U.S. state, offering access to census data, wills, deeds, tombstone transcriptions, and other historical documents. Each state has its own table of contents and FTP directory maintained by dedicated volunteer coordinators, making it a vital research hub for anyone tracing American ancestry.
http://lamarcountytx.org/
A comprehensive genealogy and family history resource dedicated entirely to Lamar County, Texas, compiled by a team of local researchers. Visitors can explore census records, cemetery records, marriage records, Bible records, military pension records, family trees, and much more, all organized for tracing ancestry in this northeastern Texas county.
http://pasttimesproject.co.uk/
Past Times Project is a British community hub dedicated to reconnecting people with their past, offering tools to find old friends, schoolmates, and former colleagues alongside a library of nostalgic 20th century memories. Visitors can also explore heritage attractions across the UK, trace family history through the Gene Junction feature, and contribute their own life stories to a permanent memoir archive.
https://genealogy-links.co.uk/html/more.links.html
UK Genealogy-Links is a comprehensive link directory curating hundreds of genealogical resources for researchers tracing British family histories, with a focus on census records, parish registers, probate records, and county-specific archives. It covers national and international sources alongside dedicated sections for Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, and Suffolk.
https://sites.google.com/site/paperangels02/genealogy_blogs
Curated by Joe Beine, this page from the Paper Angels site collects and recommends a hand-picked selection of online genealogy blogs, newsletters, and journals. Notable picks include Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, Randy's Genea-Musings, JewishGen Blog, and Miriam's AnceStories, making it a useful jumping-off point for family history researchers.
http://onlinedirectorysite.blogspot.com/
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.
http://medievalgenealogy.org.uk/vch/index.shtml
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.