Sun City Shadow Hills Genealogy Club 

GENEALOGY Online 

 

Free sites (some sites require that you subscribe)  

• ​www.genealogy.com‎

• www.myheritage.com‎

• Familysearch.org 

• Findagrave.com

• Headstone Symbols - the meaning of symbols found on headstones

• Findmypast

• stevemorse.org - tools for finding immigration records, census records, vital records, and for dealing with calendars, maps, foreign alphabets, and numerous other applications. ​​

• Top 100 Most Popular Genealogy Websites (January 2015)

• The Top 10 Free Genealogy Websites for finding your Ancestors (June 2019)

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Research by State, Nationality or Ethnicity 

American Ancestry 

• Family History Daily - free sites for every state

• County Histories - books.google.com – here you can find old digitized county histories

• Civil War Ancestors - Research Guide

• libertyellisfoundation.org- Ellis Island passenger records

  •   Ellis Island - Martha Horner's presentation to the club​

• National Archives genealogy resources 

• Library of Congress genealogy resources 

• Library of Congress - Chronicling America - access to millions of historical newspaper pages

  •  Pat Corcoran's handout on using Chronicling America ​

• Genealogical Society of Broward County, FL - Research aids, tips & hints

• Topeka Genealogy Society - Research tools & tips 

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 Eastern European Ancestry

• Unusual Sources for Genealogy Research 

• Tips for Using FamilySearch for Eastern European Ancestors 

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UK & Irish Ancestry 

• Researching Irish Ancestry - Ron Gilmore 

  • PPT presentation -2/4/2019 meeting

  • List of Sources in Ireland for Ancestry Research - posted 2/26/2019 

• Irish Roots Magazine - resource tool for tracing Irish ancestors.  Free editions of the magazine are sometimes available.  Go to the website, scroll down until you see the front page of the edition that says it costs "0.00" and click on it.  You will have to subscribe with contact information to download a copy. 

• GENUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy - a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland. It is a non-commercial service, maintained by a charitable trust and a group of volunteers.

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Miscellaneous Tools ​

• High Definition Genealogy - Thomas MacEntee 

• Abundant Genealogy - Thomas MacEntee

• Genealogy Bargains - "Save money on genealogy and family history"

• WeRelate.org - a Genealogy Wiki - By contributing to WeRelate you can help build a unified family tree containing the best information from all contributors. 

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• Google for Genealogy Cheat Sheet 

• Using Google Tools for Genealogy Research - Get Handout Here

• Five Online Search Strategies by Amy Johnson Crow

• WikiTree - a shared social networking genealogy website

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• Facebook - Guide to genealogy research using Facebook

• YouTube - genealogy channels - 6 page list 

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Commercial sites

• Ancestry.com 

• 48 Ancestry.com Search Tips - a 22 page booklet to help guide your Ancestry.com searches.  

• Ancestor Seekers - organizes research trips to Salt Lake City and provides professional services

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