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*Periodical Source Index (PERSI) at http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/persi/search/people People Search] allows searches for a family name in over a million article titles in genealogical periodicals. If the Article “Results List” is too long, redo the search but in the Keyword field add the two-letter postal abbreviation for the state where they lived. | *Periodical Source Index (PERSI) at http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/persi/search/people People Search] allows searches for a family name in over a million article titles in genealogical periodicals. If the Article “Results List” is too long, redo the search but in the Keyword field add the two-letter postal abbreviation for the state where they lived. | ||
* $ and Free: Google books at http://books.google.com - type in the surname and another key word such as the locality, i.e. town, or county or state/province | *$ and Free: Google books at http://books.google.com - type in the surname and another key word such as the locality, i.e. town, or county or state/province | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/ Internet Archive] | *[http://www.archive.org/ Internet Archive] | ||
*The [[Introduction to the Family History Library Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]] Do a “Surname” search. This searches the world’s largest genealogical library holdings for published works catalogued by surname. | *The [[Introduction to the Family History Library Catalog|Family History Library Catalog]] Do a “Surname” search. This searches the world’s largest genealogical library holdings for published works catalogued by surname. | ||
*[http://genforum.com/ GenForum of Genealogy.com] has 170 million names; quarter of million a week | *[http://genforum.com/ GenForum of Genealogy.com] has 170 million names; quarter of million a week | ||
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*Genealogy.com (FamilyFinder) - has enormous databases (300m entries) for families | *Genealogy.com (FamilyFinder) - has enormous databases (300m entries) for families | ||
* | *[http://rsl.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Roots Surname Lists] | ||
*MyTrees at www.Kindredkonnections.com | * $ MyTrees at [www.Kindredkonnections.com Kindred Konnections] a fabulous site for surnames | ||
*www.MyHeritage.com | * $ [www.MyHeritage.com My Heritage] has over 353 million names worldwide | ||
*www.GenesReunited.com the largest UK site with over 650 million UK names; perhaps the most effective, powerful web site whose offerings allow researchers to find distant cousins working on in-common ancestry | * $ [www.GenesReunited.com Genes Reunited] the largest UK site with over 650 million UK names; perhaps the most effective, powerful web site whose offerings allow researchers to find distant cousins working on in-common ancestry | ||
*www.lostcousins.com | * $ [www.lostcousins.com Lost Cousins] a wonderful site that provides access to hundreds of millions of UK-based and other ancestral names throughout many parts of the world | ||
*www.Onegreatfamily.com | * $ [www.Onegreatfamily.com One Great Family] has over 130 million names worldwide | ||
* | *[http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php BYU’s Family History Archive] has scanned several thousands of free, published family histories all scanned, imaged, indexed and online | ||
* | *[www.one-name.org Guild of One Name Studies] or with nearly 8,000 UK surnames registered | ||
*New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Soc http://www.americanancestors.org/ | *New Eng. Hist. & Gen. Soc http://www.americanancestors.org/ | ||