General Genealogy

AfriGeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy
Records button links to African-American census records, death records database, library archives, slave data collection, surnames database, state and world resources, African-Native genealogy, cemetery records and military records.
http://www.afrigeneas.com/welcome.html

Barrel of Genealogy Links
Links to over 300 general sites and over 100 Civil War sites.
http://www.genealogytoday.com/barrel/

Black Sheep Ancestors
Links to lists from insane asylums, executions, prisons and convicts, outlaws and criminals, and court records from the USA, Canada and the UK.  Includes list of pirates and buccaneers.  Most records are listed by state but there is also an alphabetical list of names for some record types.  Some records are searchable.
http://blacksheepancestors.com

Boston Family History
Site includes information on census records, city directories, employment records, military records, newspapers, passenger lists, Quakers, religious records, social security records and vital records.  The focus is on Massachusetts/New England.
http://www.bostonfamilyhistory.com/rec_main.html

Colonial Occupations
Contains descriptions of old occupations, from acater to zoographer. List is organized alphabetically.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/ocupaton.html

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Over 56,000 links to genealogy sites, listed by category.
http://www.cyndislist.com/

Death Indexes
Contains death indexes, records and obituaries by state.  Note that some databases require payment.  Information on some states' vital records is included.
http://www.deathindexes.com/

Diseases and Medical Terms in Old Documents
Contains definitions of diseases and medical terms found in old documents.
http://www.mckechnies.net/family

/_references/medical.htm

FamilySearch
Searchable database of the Family History Department of the Church of Latter-day Saints. Includes their Ancestral File, International Genealogical Index and Web sites. Click on "Custom Search" to access the Family History Library Catalog, Family History Source Guide and Family History Centers.
http://www.familysearch.org/

Freedmen's Bureau Online
Contains records relating to the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.  Includes records relating to murders and outrages, freedmen's labor, marriage records and more.  Includes some New York information.
http://freedmensbureau.com/

Genealogy and Family Heritage
Contains links to a variety of sites. Topics include documents; commercial sources; organizations; research techniques; databases; continental Europe; United Kingdom; Australia and Pacific; and North America.
http://www.cyberpursuits.com/gen/default.asp

Genealogy Forum
Contains links to addresses, ethnic resources, other resources, vital records/other records and United States resources.
http://www.genealogyforum.com

/gfaol/resource/index.html

Genealogy Home Page
Contains links to a variety of genealogy sites, including research guides, libraries, genealogical societies, religious resources, family resources and worldwide sources. http://www.genhomepage.com/

Genealogy Portal
Search eight search engines at once for ancestors or families, census or vital records, local histories/collections, research help and genealogical products/services. Links to sites in the following categories: archives and libraries, guides to research, historical sites, location-specific, names and personal sites, primary records, research supplies and software and utilities.
http://www.genealogyportal.com/

Genealogy Resources on the Internet - WWW
Contains extensive list of genealogy sites organized alphabetically by category.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~cgaunt/gen_web.html

Genealogy.com Learning Center
Contains information on getting started with your genealogy, getting organized, developing your research skills, sharing your family's story and reference.  Includes free online classes.
http://www.genealogy.com/genehelp.html

Heraldry on the Internet, Coats of Arms, Family Crests
Coats of arms are organized by city/town or by family name. Site also includes Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry, links to related sites and other information.
http://digiserve.com/heraldry/

Historical Links from the Association of Public Historians of New York State
Contains links to various websites that may be useful for historical and genealogical research.  Topics include cemeteries and preservation, census records, genealogy (general), genealogy (New York), government and law, grant funding, history (general), history (military), history (New York), history (Underground Railroad), history (Native Americans), maps, newspapers and travel.
http://www.aphnys.org/links.html

JewishGen: The Official Home of Jewish Genealogy
The site's InfoFile Index provides access to various countries and topics. The Family Finder database allows you to search by surname. Includes various other databases and links.
http://www.jewishgen.org/

Librarians Serving Genealogists
Contains links to online resources for genealogists. Also contains information about collection development, preservation, reference services, information literacy, professional development and education for librarians.
http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/genealib/

Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room
Contains information about sources available onsite at the Library of Congress.  Includes full text of Library of Congress bibliographies and guides to the collections.
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/

Links to State Archives
Site contains links to state archives and libraries.
http://www.wvculture.org/history/linkarch.html

Medal of Honor Citations
Site contains full-text of Medal of Honor citations awarded between 1863 and 1979. Includes history of the medal and statistics.
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm

NARA Access to Archival Databases
AAD System provides access to over 350 databases created by federal agencies.  Topics covered include the military, SEC, historic preservation, NASA and much more.  Most databases are full text but a small number are indexes only.  Some series identify people.
http://aad.archives.gov/aad/

National Archives and Records Administration
Contains information about National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) regional facilities, publications, genealogy workshops and courses. Also contains genealogical research guides and finding aids (some are digitized). Access to NARA Archival Information Locator (NAIL) database (prototype database of selected NARA holdings).
http://www.archives.gov

/research_room/genealogy/index.html/

National Register of Historic Places
Site contains a link to the National Register Information System (NRIS), searchable by name, location, agency or theme. The 70,000+ listings include historic areas in the National Park System, over 2300 National Historic Landmarks and other properties across the country that have been deemed significant to the nation. Site also includes travel itineraries, information on teaching with historic places and links to National Register publications.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/

Native American Genealogy
Contains information about Cherokee, Lakota, Choctaw, Gage, and First Nations of Canada. Includes links to other Native American resources.
http://hometown.aol.com/bbbenge/front.html

Obituaries
Search site for 21st century obituaries in over 250 newspapers or browse by newspaper.  Also includes Social Security Death Index results.
http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp

Olive Tree Genealogy Homepage
Searchable site contains ship passenger lists (arranged by date and then by passenger name), information about Mennonites, Loyalists in Canada, Mohawk Nation, Huguenots and Walloons, Palatines, New York, New Netherland and more.
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/index.shtml

RootsWeb
RootsWeb sponsors USGenWeb, WorldGenWeb, Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild and more. Site contains a surname list, Social Security Death Index, United States county/state resources and world resources.
http://www.rootsweb.com/

Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Data on this site is obtained from the United States Social Security Administration's Death Master File.
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng

/Search/ssdi/search_ssdi.asp

State Libraries of the USA
Contains links to state libraries in the United States.
http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/usa-state.html

USGenWeb Project
RootsWeb-sponsored site contains the Census Project, Tombstone Projects (both consist of transcriptions) and State Projects. Also contains a Digital Library with transcriptions of public records.
http://www.usgenweb.com/

Vital Records Information for United States
Site contains information about obtaining vital records (birth, death, marriage and divorce records). Each entry gives the record type, cost of obtaining the record, dates available, form and other remarks.
http://vitalrec.com/

Immigration and Naturalization-Genealogy

Canadian Passenger and Immigration Records
Database contains records from the National Archives of Canada Miscellaneous Immigration Index. Most of the immigrants in the database arrived from Great Britain between 1801 and 1849. Includes instructions for ordering records.
http://www.ingeneas.com/free/index.html

Castle Garden Immigration Records
Search 10 million immigrants who arrived in NYC 1820-1913.  Quick search is free.  Records include occupation, age, sex, literacy, date of arrival, origin, port, last residence, destination, plan, ship and passage.
http://castlegarden.org/

Cimorelli Immigration Manifests Online
Contains ship information, 1890-1930, listed by ship or by port of departure or arrival. Also contains early records prior to 1890. Lists of all ships in database by date. Other features include shipwrecks, Irish immigrants, German immigrants from Russia, emigrants from Waasland.
http://www.cimorelli.com/safe/shipmenu.htm

Ellis Island
Site contains a search engine for searching the Ellis Island database of passengers arriving in New York 1892-1924.  Initial information includes name, residence, arrival date and age at arrival.   Free registration allows access to the full record for passengers (name, ethnicity, place of residence, date of arrival, age on arrival, gender, marital status, ship of travel and port of departure).  Site also includes information on the immigrant experience.
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org

ISTG - Ships Passenger Lists
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild site. Passenger lists are organized by date, ship's name, port of departure, port of arrival, captain's name or passenger's name.
http://www.immigrantships.net

Online New York Naturalization Indexes
Includes links to indexes for Manhattan, Brooklyn, Albany County, Nassau County, Ontario County, Rockland County, Suffolk County, Warren County and Westchester County.  Dates of coverage vary.
http://www.jgsny.org/nynats.htm

Ship and Yacht Register-Mystic Seaport
Contains ship register lists from the New York Marine Register, American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping and the Record of American and Foreign Shipping.  Ship register lists cover 1857-1900 and are searchable by vessel and shipmaster.  Also contains yacht register lists from Fox's Yachting List and American Yacht List.  Note:  Does not contain passenger lists.
http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/

initiative/ShipRegisterList.cfm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
History, Genealogy and Education section of this site includes an overview of the INS (now part of the Department of Homeland Security) history and historical articles.  Also contains information about immigration records (including a list of ports of entry), naturalization records and Chinese immigrant files.
http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/