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'''America - History and Life:''' This is a database of US Books, Academic Journals, Newspapers, and Magazines that can contain information about your ancestors that cannot be found on familysearch.org or ancestry.com. It is somewhat useful if you have ancestors that lived in the United States.<br> | '''America - History and Life:''' This is a database of US Books, Academic Journals, Newspapers, and Magazines that can contain information about your ancestors that cannot be found on familysearch.org or ancestry.com. It is somewhat useful if you have ancestors that lived in the United States.<br> | ||
'''American Ancestors: '''This site is for US research, specifically New England research from the Mayflower onward. It is the website of the New England Historical Genealogical society. It has many records and databases that can only be found on this website. One of the most popular of these databases is The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. It is the flagship journal of American genealogy and the oldest in the field. A huge variety of genealogies and source material have been published in the Register for over 160 years, with an emphasis on New England. Authoritative compiled genealogies have always been a primary focus of the Register. It is very useful if you have ancestors that lived in the early American colonies or from New England. <br> | |||
'''The American Civil War Research Database:''' This site doesn’t seem to have anything that ancestry.com doesn’t have. It is not much help if you have already searched the Civil War records on ancestry.com. <br> | '''The American Civil War Research Database:''' This site doesn’t seem to have anything that ancestry.com doesn’t have. It is not much help if you have already searched the Civil War records on ancestry.com. <br> | ||
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'''Ancestry.com:''' Largest set of worldwide family history databases including vital and civil registration births, marriages, deaths, divorces, passenger lists, naturalizations, church, cemetery, military, court, and land records, wills, directories, voting registers, family and local histories. <br> | '''Ancestry.com:''' Largest set of worldwide family history databases including vital and civil registration births, marriages, deaths, divorces, passenger lists, naturalizations, church, cemetery, military, court, and land records, wills, directories, voting registers, family and local histories. <br> | ||
'''Arkiv Digital:''' 30 million Swedish church records. <br> | '''Arkiv Digital:''' 30 million Swedish church records. <br> | ||
'''EmiWeb:''' An Internet-based archives about migration to and from Scandinavia. <br> | '''EmiWeb:''' An Internet-based archives about migration to and from Scandinavia. <br> | ||
'''FamNet:''' Online network for New Zealand roots. <br> | '''FamNet:''' Online network for New Zealand roots. <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> | '''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> | ||
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'''JSTOR:''' This site is a collection of academic journals with letters and images corresponding to them. This site is not very helpful for genealogical research. <br> | '''JSTOR:''' This site is a collection of academic journals with letters and images corresponding to them. This site is not very helpful for genealogical research. <br> | ||
'''MyHeritage.com:''' 5 billion historical records. <br> | '''LegacyStories.org:''' document, preserve, research, and share "living history" using multi-media. <br> | ||
'''MyHeritage.com:''' 5 billion historical records. <br> | |||
''' | '''NewspaperArchive.com:''' World's largest newspaper archives with billions of articles from the USA and around the world. <br> | ||
'''One Great Family:''' This is a site with the goal of creating one giant family tree. It is basically like OneWorldTree on ancestry.com. Just like OneWorldTree, you must be careful because since it is all submitted information there is information that is wrong. Check for listed sources to confirm if information is correct or not.<br> | '''One Great Family:''' This is a site with the goal of creating one giant family tree. It is basically like OneWorldTree on ancestry.com. Just like OneWorldTree, you must be careful because since it is all submitted information there is information that is wrong. Check for listed sources to confirm if information is correct or not.<br> | ||