Genealogy & Family History
140 sites
https://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm
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.
http://academic-genealogy.com/californiastateinformation.htm
A comprehensive link directory covering California state resources for genealogists and historians, compiled by V. Chris and Thomas M. Tinney, Sr. as part of their Family Genealogy & History Internet Education Directory. Visitors can explore curated links organized by region (Northern and Southern California) and topic, including archives, databases, government records, library networks, heritage resources, and more.
http://blog.transylvaniandutch.com/
TransylvanianDutch is a deeply researched genealogy blog tracing the family history of Transylvanian and Eastern European Jewish ancestors, with a focus on St. Louis connections and original document transcriptions. The creator regularly publishes transcribed newspaper articles, census records, tombstone photographs, and family letters through recurring features like Amanuensis Monday and Tombstone Tuesday.
http://www.countyhistorian.com/
CountyHistorian.com hosts the RoyalWeb (CecilWeb) project, a detailed genealogy resource tracing Richard Cecil's connections to the Elizabethan court and beyond, expanding into royal lineages, client research, and biographies of entertainment personalities. The site blends professional genealogy services with self-directed historical research, offering a wiki, sorted article archives, and content originally published on Google Knol.
https://txczgs.org/
The Texas Czech Genealogical Society is a membership-based organization dedicated to helping people research and discover their Czech ancestry from regions including Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia. The site offers a master surname index, cemetery records, information on Czech pioneers in Texas, and resources for tracing family history across nearly two decades of organized research efforts.
https://lan-opc.org.uk/
The Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project provides free genealogical and local history data for Lancashire, England, including parish registers and census records. It is part of the broader OPC network, making historical records freely accessible to family history researchers tracing Lancashire ancestry.
https://jolink.org/search.html
Jolink Genealogy is a dedicated one-name study site tracing the history and emigration of the Jolink family surname and its variants, including Jolinck, Jonink, and related names. This search links page catalogs general and genealogy-specific search engines useful for family history research, with notes on free vs. paid inclusion and Dutch genealogy portals.
https://ilbond.whalen-family.org/lands/tr6417.htm
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.
http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/
Olive Tree Genealogy Blog is a long-running resource maintained alongside the Olive Tree Genealogy website, offering tutorials, obituary transcriptions, genealogy news, book and app reviews, and links to free genealogy records. The blog focuses heavily on Canadian and American ancestry research, with regular posts sharing historical obituaries and tips for tracing family trees.
https://union.nj.genwebs.org/communities/plainfield
Part of the NJGenWeb project, this page focuses on genealogical resources for Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, including cemetery listings, historical newspapers, church records, and local history collections. Volunteer coordinator Leilani Cummings maintains this community hub for researchers tracing family roots in the Plainfield area.