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'''FindMyPast.com:''' This is for mainly British and other UK records. This website has many more Birth, Marriage, and Death Records which familysearch.org or ancestry.com do not have. They also have better indexers than ancestry.com. Ancestry has a lot of indexing errors because they outsource to India for indexers. FindMyPast.com does not do this and have fewer errors in their indexing. FindMyPast.com also has the full 1911 UK census which ancestry does not have. The only downside to FindMyPast.com is that the original images are of lower quality than ancestry. This site is extremely useful if you have any ancestors from England or other UK areas. <br>  
'''FindMyPast.com:''' This is for mainly British and other UK records. This website has many more Birth, Marriage, and Death Records which familysearch.org or ancestry.com do not have. They also have better indexers than ancestry.com. Ancestry has a lot of indexing errors because they outsource to India for indexers. FindMyPast.com does not do this and have fewer errors in their indexing. FindMyPast.com also has the full 1911 UK census which ancestry does not have. The only downside to FindMyPast.com is that the original images are of lower quality than ancestry. This site is extremely useful if you have any ancestors from England or other UK areas. <br>  


'''Footnote.com: '''This site mostly has records from the US. One thing that sets this site apart from many of its others is the ability for users to contribute even more information. As the name of this web site suggests, site members may annotate, or "footnote," existing web pages or even create their own web pages about history-related material. The material contributed can include text, pictures, or even video. If you have original source images of your own that you want to share with friends and family, simply upload them to Footnote and use the site's tools to make your information searchable and available to others. It is useful if you have ancestors that lived in the United States.<br>  
'''Fold3.com: '''This site mostly has records from the US. One thing that sets this site apart from many of its others is the ability for users to contribute even more information. As the name of this web site suggests, site members may annotate, or "footnote," existing web pages or even create their own web pages about history-related material. The material contributed can include text, pictures, or even video. If you have original source images of your own that you want to share with friends and family, simply upload them to Footnote and use the site's tools to make your information searchable and available to others. It is useful if you have ancestors that lived in the United States.<br>  


'''Genline.com: '''This site is mainly for Swedish genealogy. It is the leading Swedish genealogical website. It has over 26 million pages of family history records from the 16th to the 20th century. It is very useful for people with Swedish ancestry. <br>  
'''Genline.com: '''This site is mainly for Swedish genealogy. It is the leading Swedish genealogical website. It has over 26 million pages of family history records from the 16th to the 20th century. It is very useful for people with Swedish ancestry. <br>