~ Early Web Links ~

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.

The WorldGenWeb Project is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization dedicated to collecting and providing free access to genealogical and historical records from countries around the world. An invaluable resource for family history researchers, the site organizes records by country, covering virtually every nation on the globe from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.

Part of the NEGenWeb Project, this site documents Nebraska's rich railroad history with sections covering railroad accidents, worker biographies, job descriptions, and the railroads that served each county. Genealogists will find it especially useful for tracing ancestors who worked on or traveled the Iron Road across Nebraska, including records from the Railway Express Agency spanning 1850 to 1975.

Johnson County KSGenWeb is a free genealogy and history resource for Johnson County, Kansas, offering hundreds of pages of county records including births, deaths, marriages, court records, census data, biographies, and cemetery gravestone photos. Part of the USGenWeb Project and maintained by volunteers since 1995, this site is an invaluable archive for anyone tracing family roots in the Olathe, Kansas area.

A massive genealogy and family history mega-portal curated by professional genealogist Thomas Milton Tinney, linking to billions of primary and secondary database resources organized by country from A to Z. Researchers at any level can explore regional genealogy portals, archival records, surname databases, and how-to guides for documenting family history across the world.

The CTGenWeb Project is a volunteer-driven genealogy resource dedicated to Connecticut ancestry, offering county-by-county research pages, obituary records, and historical information for all eight Connecticut counties. Part of the larger USGenWeb network, it provides research forms, surname registries, and links to special projects for anyone tracing their Connecticut roots.

A dedicated genealogical resource for Red River County, Texas, compiling cemetery records, marriage records, wills, yearbooks, mailing lists, and historical organization information for family researchers. Part of the TXGenWeb network, this site represents years of collaborative effort to preserve and share county-level records with the genealogical community.

The HIGenWeb Team's Hawaii genealogy hub is part of the USGenWeb Project, offering county-level records, databases, and historical background on the Hawaiian Islands for family history researchers. Coordinated by Doreen Harunaga-Ewing and Bob Jenkins, the site organizes resources by county and provides free access to materials for those tracing Hawaiian and Polynesian ancestry.

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.

Cousin Russ runs this practical blog dedicated to helping users navigate Family Tree Maker software, covering versions FTM2017 and FTM2019 on both PC and Mac. Posts address real reader questions on topics like census source templates, relationship settings, citations, and undocumented features, making it a handy reference for genealogists using the program.