~ Early Web Links ~

The homepage for Colleen Fitzpatrick's 'Forensic Genealogy' book series, combining traditional genealogical research with forensic techniques like photograph analysis, DNA testing, and document examination. Visitors can participate in weekly photo quizzes, explore upcoming speaking events, and learn how forensic science methods can break through brick walls in family history research.

JoeAnt.com hosts a curated web directory focused on genealogy resources, listing sites for ancestor searches, family tree research, obituary databases, ethnic records, heraldry, and surname lookups. A well-organized gateway to dozens of genealogy tools and databases, it covers everything from beginner guides to specialized resources like military records and international family history searches.

Part of the ILGenWeb Project, this page presents original land ownership records for Bond County, Illinois, specifically Shoal Creek Township 6 North, Range 4 West, Section 17. Researchers tracing Illinois pioneer families will find names, acreage, dates, and deed volume references drawn from the Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database.

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.

GenealogyLinks.net is a massive curated directory of over 50,000 links organized by region, covering genealogy resources for the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and beyond. Researchers can browse birth records, marriage records, census data, and more by country or state, making it an invaluable starting point for tracing family history worldwide.

The USGenWeb Project offers free, volunteer-maintained genealogy resources organized by U.S. state and county, helping researchers trace their family history using historical records. This particular page provides free mobile-ready website templates for county coordinators looking to redesign their USGenWeb chapter pages.

The NEGenWeb Project is a volunteer-driven collection of county and state genealogical resources dedicated to free genealogy research in Nebraska, covering census records, cemetery listings, place names, archives, and transcribed historical publications. Part of the broader USGenWeb Project, it offers a clickable county map, an online library of digitized books and maps, and links to Nebraska genealogical societies and libraries.

Stephen P. Morse's "One-Step Webpages" is a massive collection of genealogy research tools that streamline searches through immigration records, passenger lists, and ship manifests from Ellis Island, Baltimore, Boston, New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and beyond. With hundreds of specialized search forms spanning records from the early 1800s through the mid-20th century, it is an indispensable resource for anyone tracing immigrant ancestors to the United States.

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.

Malcolm Austen, an IT staff member at Oxford University, dedicates a significant portion of his homepage to his deep involvement in genealogy, including maintaining GenUKI pages for Kent and Oxfordshire and serving in leadership roles for multiple family history societies. His interests extend to Scottish dancing, Morris dancing, and amateur radio, but genealogy clearly dominates the page with extensive links to societies and resources.