Major Databases for Beginning United States Research: Difference between revisions

'''''When the first search doesn’t find data . . .'''''If the original search results in no matches, remove most of the details in the search request. Alternatively, try variant name spellings in the search request. Wild card name searches may also be supported in some computerized databases. <br>

Here is a list of some of the best free databases on the Internet (or partly free at Family History Centers, or Family History Library)—good sites to begin research on a family that lived in the United States.

''[http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb WorldConnect]''&nbsp; 820 million names on family trees including births, marriages, deaths, parents, children, sources, pedigrees, family groups, and submitter contact data.