Message Boards: Difference between revisions

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Message Boards can be helpful in your family history research. Several message boards are available:

FamilySearch Forums Free forums organized by geography.
GenForum at Genealogy.com.
Ancestry.com Message Boards: Ancestry is a subscription site, but the Message Boards are free.
Rootsweb Message Boards: Same boards as Ancestry.com Message Boards, with Rootsweb banner instead.

Genealogical Bulletin Board Systems (GBBS):http://www.genealogy.org/state.asp?state=md This site lists genealogical electronic bulletin boards where you can look for answers and post queries.

GenExchange: http://www.genexchange.org/state.php?state=mdThis site includes databases (church, cemetery, census, land, immigration, naturalization, and vital records), directories, historical accounts, mailing lists, queries, local surname researchers, and look-up volunteers.

Linkpendium – The Definitive Directory http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/MD/ This site has links to state and county resources.

Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa/md.html This site contains a useful list of sites and resources and includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.

USGenWeb: www.mdgenweb.org This site is a cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, message boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county, state, and country.

Wee-Monster: http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/vitalrecords.html. Replace ‘vitalrecords’ with ‘deathrecords’, census, military or naturalization to locate other resources.) This site lists records available by state, by county and by some cities.

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 *[http://boards.rootsweb.com/?o_iid=33216&o_lid=33216 Rootsweb Message Boards]:&nbsp; Same boards as Ancestry.com Message Boards, with Rootsweb banner instead.
-*''Cyndi Howells' List:'' '''[http://www.cyndislist.com/md.htm www.cyndislist.com/md.htm]'''.
+''Genealogical Bulletin Board Systems (GBBS):'''''http://www.genealogy.org/state.asp?state=md'''&nbsp; This site lists genealogical electronic bulletin boards where you can look for answers and post queries.
-*''Genealogical Bulletin Board Systems (GBBS):'''''http://www.genealogy.org/state.asp?state=md'''&nbsp; This site lists genealogical electronic bulletin boards where you can look for answers and post queries.
 *''GenExchange:'' '''http://www.genexchange.org/state.php?state=md'''This site includes databases (church, cemetery, census, land, immigration, naturalization, and vital records), directories, historical accounts, mailing lists, queries, local surname researchers, and look-up volunteers.