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 ==== Iceland  ====
 [http://www.islendingabok.is/IServlets/index.jsp http://www.islendingabok.is/IServlets/index.jsp] - Iceland genealogy site
-=== HISPANIC&nbsp;GENEALOGY&nbsp;(see also SPAIN) ===
+=== HISPANIC&nbsp;GENEALOGY&nbsp;(see also SPAIN)  ===
 ==== General  ====
 *[http://www.hispanicgenealogy.com/ http://www.hispanicgenealogy.com/] -portal for genealogy in many different countries
 *[http://www.genealogia-es.com/enlazrpai.html http://www.genealogia-es.com/enlazrpai.html] - Hispanic GenWeb in Spanish with links to various countries
 *[http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/genealogy/ http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/genealogy/] -links to genealogy resources by topic and country (some links don’t work)
 *[http://www.apellidositalianos.com.ar/genealogia_otros_paises.htm#Argentina http://www.apellidositalianos.com.ar/genealogia_otros_paises.htm#Argentina] – genealogy links sorted by country; includes some pedigrees. Some links don’t work. There are links for various European countries and ethnic groups as well.
-==== Argentina ====
+==== Argentina  ====
 *[http://genargentina.com.ar/ http://genargentina.com.ar/] - general information and links to records and databases, including immigration
-==== Brazil ====
+==== Brazil  ====
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/ https://www.familysearch.org/] Over 4 million church records are available on FamilySearch with browsable images
 *[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Brazil_Websites https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Brazil_Websites] - links for genealogical research in Brazil, including archive addresses
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 *[http://www.cec.uchile.cl/~mpilleux/genealogia/genealogia.html#Buscadores http://www.cec.uchile.cl/~mpilleux/genealogia/genealogia.html#Buscadores] links for family history research in Chile [note: the “more direct link” listed on the page does not work
-==== Cuba ====
+==== Cuba  ====
 *[http://www.cubagenweb.org/ http://www.cubagenweb.org/] - Cuba GenWeb <br>
-==== Mexico ====
+==== Mexico  ====
 *[http://genealogy.about.com/od/mexico/Mexico_Mxico_Mexican_Genealogy_Family_History.htm http://genealogy.about.com/od/mexico/Mexico_Mxico_Mexican_Genealogy_Family_History.htm] introduction with links
 *[http://genealogy.about.com/od/mexico/a/records.htm http://genealogy.about.com/od/mexico/a/records.htm] - introduction to family history research in Mexico&nbsp;
 *[http://www.worldgenweb.org/~mexwgw/ http://www.worldgenweb.org/~mexwgw/] - MexicoGenWeb
 *[http://genealogia.org.mx/ http://genealogia.org.mx/] - includes links to FamilySearch RecordSearch baptisms, marriages, and deaths, and the 1930 Census for Mexico
-==== PACIFIC ISLANDS ====
+==== PACIFIC ISLANDS  ====
 *[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Pacific_Island_Guide_to_Family_History_Research https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Pacific_Island_Guide_to_Family_History_Research] - research guide
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 ==== Samoa  ====
 *[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/samoa/ http://www.accessgenealogy.com/samoa/] - American Samoa Genealogy Resource Center
 *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~samoawgw/ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~samoawgw/] - Samoa GenWeb
-==== Tonga ====
+==== Tonga  ====
-*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Tonga_customs_and_research_ideas https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Tonga_customs_and_research_ideas] - discusses records and strategies for research in Tonga<br>
+*[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Tonga_customs_and_research_ideas https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Tonga_customs_and_research_ideas] - discusses records and strategies for research in Tonga
+=== OTHER&nbsp;COUNTRIES&nbsp;AND&nbsp;ETHNIC&nbsp;GROUPS ===
+==== Asia&nbsp; ====
+*[http://www.cyndislist.com/asia.htm http://www.cyndislist.com/asia.htm] links to genealogy websites in various Asian countries, India, the Philippines, and the West Indies
+==== China ====
+*[http://www.cyndislist.com/china/general/ http://www.cyndislist.com/china/general/] - links to Web sites dealing with various aspects of Chinese history and genealogy
+*[http://genealogy.about.com/library/authors/ucboey1a.htm http://genealogy.about.com/library/authors/ucboey1a.htm] - introduction to Chinese genealogical records
+==== Japan ====
+*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jpnwgw/Kosekilaw.html http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jpnwgw/Kosekilaw.html] explains how to use and get family papers called koseki
+*[http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jicc/consulat.htm http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jicc/consulat.htm] - listing of Japanese embassies, needed to get koseki
+*[http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/japanese-internment.html http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/japanese-internment.html] - information about Japanese Internment camps during WWII
+*[http://www.densho.org/densho.asp http://www.densho.org/densho.asp] The Japanese American Legacy Project
+*[http://genealogy.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rootsweb.com%2F%7Ejpnwgw%2F http://genealogy.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rootsweb.com%2F%7Ejpnwgw%2F] – Japan GenWeb
+==== India ====
+*[http://www.new.fibis.org/ http://www.new.fibis.org/] - families in British India research organization
+*[http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/Home.aspx http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/Home.aspx] British Library India Office Family History Research includes links to 300,000 births, marriages, deaths in India Office records – bias towards Britons and Europeans
+==== Indonesia ====
+*[http://www.roosjeroos.nl/zoekhulp http://www.roosjeroos.nl/zoekhulp] - Roosje Roos, a data base of civil registration records
+==== Caribbean  ====
+*[http://www.candoo.com/genresources/index.html http://www.candoo.com/genresources/index.html] - Genealogical resources by country
+*[http://vocopvarenden.nationaalarchief.nl/ http://vocopvarenden.nationaalarchief.nl/] - information about the Dutch East India Company and Dutch emigrants overseas
+==== Jewish ====
+*[http://www.jewishgen.org http://www.jewishgen.org] research guidance, various data bases, links to many other Jewish resources worldwide
+*[http://www.rtrfoundation.org http://www.rtrfoundation.org] – archive data base showing Jewish records that exist for Poland, the Ukraine, and Moldova, searchable by town, gives location and archive addresses
+*[http://sites.huji.ac.il/archives/ http://sites.huji.ac.il/archives/] - Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Jerusalem (CAHJEP) – has lots of records not available elsewhere [especially for German Jews]
+*[http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/ http://www.jewishgen.org/JRI-PL/] - Jewish Records Indexing – Poland
+*[http://www.genealoj.org/ http://www.genealoj.org/] -Cercle Genealogique Juive (French Jewish Genealogical Society)
+==== South Africa ====
+*[http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/sagen.htm http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/sagen.htm] -general information and links
+*[http://www.national.archives.gov.za/ http://www.national.archives.gov.za/<span style="display: none" id="1311101492313E">&nbsp;</span>] - National Archives of South Africa
+*[http://www.safamilytree.com/TNG/index_html.html http://www.safamilytree.com/TNG/index_html.html] - South African Family Tree- over 4,000 compiled families<br>