Genealogy & Family History
138 sites
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records organized by U.S. state, offering access to census data, wills, deeds, tombstone transcriptions, and other historical documents.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.
https://plymouthcolony.net/rigenweb/index.html
The Rhode Island USGenWeb Project is a comprehensive genealogy and history resource covering all five counties of Rhode Island, with records spanning cemeteries, census images, maps, family histories, and historical articles. Visitors can search by county or town, browse transcribed gravestone records, access probate and birth records, and connect with county coordinators through mailing lists and query boards.
https://spgstx.org/
The South Plains Genealogical Society (SPGS) is a Lubbock, Texas-based organization dedicated to helping people trace their family histories and ancestral roots. Their site offers resources for local, state, national, and world genealogy research, along with meeting info, surname research, an award-winning newsletter called South Plains Roots, and a podcast.
https://www.usgenweb.org/
USGenWeb is a long-running volunteer project dedicated to keeping genealogy research free and accessible online, organized by U.S. state and county. Visitors can explore family history resources, immigration and naturalization records, historical naming conventions, document care guides, and much more across all 50 states.
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://pagenweb.org/
PAGenWeb is the official Pennsylvania state resource within the USGenWeb Project, connecting researchers to county-level genealogy records, family histories, and data collections across all Pennsylvania counties. Celebrating over 26 years of operation, the project coordinates volunteers and accepts contributed records to help people trace their Pennsylvania ancestry.
https://afamilytapestry.blogspot.com/
Jacqi Stevens documents her deep dive into family history research on this genealogy blog, tracing ancestors like Thomas Firth Rainey and Isham Rainey through court records, census data, and historical documents across Mississippi, Georgia, and Virginia. Each post methodically works through primary sources to untangle lineages, making it a compelling read for anyone interested in Southern American genealogical research.
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.
https://ctgenweb.org/
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.
http://ingenweb.org/
INGenWeb is Indiana's branch of the USGenWeb Project, providing a county-by-county gateway to genealogical records, obituaries, cemeteries, military records, and historical resources for all 92 Indiana counties. Volunteers coordinate research materials including census projects, orphan train records, historical maps, and a concise 1926 history of Indiana, making it a comprehensive hub for anyone tracing Hoosier ancestry.