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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 | ''[https://www.familysearch.org/ FamilySearch.org]'' Largest free online collection of genealogical resources including Historical Records Collections, FamilySearch Research Wiki, FamilySearch Forums, Five Minute Genealogy videos, on-line classes, and more.<br> | ||
[https://www.familysearch.org/ ''FamilySearch Historical Records Collections''] Free index and/or digital images to more than 500 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. | [https://www.familysearch.org/ ''FamilySearch Historical Records Collections''] Free index and/or digital images to more than 500 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. | ||
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''[http://www.ellisisland.org/default.asp Ellis Island.org]'' 1892-1924 New York City passenger arrival index showing ethnicity, arrival date, residence, age, ship, port of departure, passenger manifest image, and ship’s image. The best index for this site is at [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/eidb/ellisgold.html?firstkind=starts&FNM=&lastkind=starts&LNM= ''Ellis Island in One Step'']. | ''[http://www.ellisisland.org/default.asp Ellis Island.org]'' 1892-1924 New York City passenger arrival index showing ethnicity, arrival date, residence, age, ship, port of departure, passenger manifest image, and ship’s image. The best index for this site is at [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/eidb/ellisgold.html?firstkind=starts&FNM=&lastkind=starts&LNM= ''Ellis Island in One Step'']. | ||
''[http://www.fold3.com/documents Fold3.com]'' Free access at [[ | ''[http://www.fold3.com/documents Fold3.com]'' Free access at [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History ]]Centers. Digital original sources such as naturalizations, Revolutionary War papers, Civil War papers, Mormon Battalion pensions, newspapers, Southern Claims Commission, and Texas births and deaths. Formerly known as Footnote.com | ||
''[http://www.gencircles.com/ GenCircles.com]'' Indexes user-contributed family trees. | ''[http://www.gencircles.com/ GenCircles.com]'' Indexes user-contributed family trees. | ||