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Here is a list of some free databases on the Internet (or partly free at Family History Centers, or Family History Library). They are good sites to begin research on a family that lived in the United States. | Here is a list of some free databases on the Internet (or partly free at Family History Centers, or Family History Library). They are good sites to begin research on a family that lived in the United States. | ||
''[ | ''[https://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch.org]'' Largest free online collection of genealogical databases including Ancestral File, International Genealogical Index, 1880 U.S. federal census index, Pedigree Resource File, U.S. Social Security Death Index, and the Vital Records Index—North America. | ||
[ | [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=historical_records ''FamilySearch Record Search Pilot''] Free index to 55+ U.S. - Canada sources, including '''''selected''''' federal and state censuses, birth, marriage, and death records, funeral home records, Freedman's Bank and Freedman's Bureau records, military pensions, probate records, passenger lists, WWI draft registrations, and land records, plus many other international records. | ||
''[http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/search Ancestry.com]'' Free at larger Family History Centers, it contains a limited subset of the information contained in paid subscription to Ancestry.com. | ''[http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/search Ancestry.com]'' Free at larger Family History Centers, it contains a limited subset of the information contained in paid subscription to Ancestry.com. | ||
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''[http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb WorldConnect]'' 820 million names on family trees including births, marriages, deaths, parents, children, sources, pedigrees, family groups, and submitter contact data. | ''[http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb WorldConnect]'' 820 million names on family trees including births, marriages, deaths, parents, children, sources, pedigrees, family groups, and submitter contact data. | ||
[http://usgwarchives.net/ ''USGenWeb Archives''] Free transcriptions of census records, marriage bonds, death records, wills, biographies and other documents, transcribed by volunteers, organized by state and county. Searchable. | [http://usgwarchives.net/ ''USGenWeb Archives''] Free transcriptions of census records, marriage bonds, death records, wills, biographies and other documents, transcribed by volunteers, organized by state and county. Searchable. | ||
== Other Databases == | == Other Databases == | ||