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History and Genealogy

Genealogy
Adoption Sites
Genealogy Magazines and Organizations
Medical, Military and Vital Records
United States
International
Kentucky
African American

Genealogy

Beginners Guide

GeneaSearch - Learning to utilize new tools that were never available before!
Distant Cousins - A free resource that helps you connect with your distant cousins, both past & present!
Ancestors - The companion web site to the PBS family history and genealogy television series.
Family Tree Maker How to Guide - Learn about collecting information & organizing what you've got GenGateway.com - Complete web site searches of over 50,000 records
Genealogy.com - Here to give you the tools and resources you need to discover your family story
The Genealogy Homepage - Various links to sites with vital information when searching family history

Resources

Cyndi's List - More than 83,950 links!
Ancestry.com - the No. 1 Source for Family History Online
GenSource - Provides the online genealogist with databases to assist them with their research online.
Ancient Faces.com - 100% free online photo genealogy
Family Search - Created by the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter day saints Internet Genealogy service
RootsWeb - The internet's Oldest and Largest Genealogy community
Heritage Quest - Become a member and receive discounts on books, software, & magazines
Family History - This site is an online genealogy community that hosts over 130,000 message boards.
Your Family.com - Find your families web site

Surnames and Lineages

Surname Search - Genealogy and surname search
Surname Web - 114,971 surnames, 3,152 Surname Resource Centers, and 72,238 web page listings

Adoption Sites

Reunite.com - A site exclusive to adoption search and reunion
Adoption.org - Search 400,000+ adoption web pages
Adoption Network Law Center - Are you looking for a solution to your unplanned pregnancy? Or perhaps you're looking to adopt a newborn baby to help fulfill your dreams of parenting? Adoption Network Law Center can help.
National Adoption Center - the Center has helped to find adoptive families for more than 21,000 U.S. children and helped countless families through the adoption process.

Genealogy Magazines and Organizations

Family Tree Magazine - Discover, Preserve, and Celebrate your family history
Federation of Genealogical Society - Founded in 1976. Main priority is serving its members
DAR - Daughters of the American Revolution.
National Genealogical Society - an organization that leads and educates the genealogical community.
Association of Professional Genealogists - Supporting High Standards in the Field of Genealogy
SAR - Sons of the American Revolution.

Medical, Military, and Vital Records

Genealogy Quest, Military Collection - Military Rosters and Service Records
Military Resources Worldwide - Cyndi's list of military resources online
Vital Records Information - Information on where to obtain vital records, such as birth, marriage, and death
U.S. Army Center of Military History
Naval Historical Center - To enhance the Navy's effectiveness
U.S. Civil War Center - To promote the study of the Civil War from all perspectives
Cemetery Junction - Helps the genealogy community find information about their ancestors.

United States

Genealogy


Census Online -
The History net - Where history lives on the Web
American Antiquarian Society - A national research library of American history Literature and Culture
U.S. GenWeb Project - A volunteer project whose goal is to create web sites for genealogical research Death Indexes - A directory of online death indexes listed by state and county

History


History Channel - The best search in History
Links to the Past - Developed by the Cultural Resources, Recreation and Conservation Web Team
American Jewish Historical Society
AmericasLibrary.gov - Brought to you from the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the largest library in the world and the nation's library.

International

Genealogy


UK & Ireland Genealogy - Getting started in genealogy and family history from the UK and Ireland
Genealogy Links - This web site consists of 7000 links to online surname searchable records

History


HistoryNet.com contains daily features, photo galleries and over 1,200 articles originally published in our various magazines.
History Wiz - For lovers, students, and teachers of history
The History Place - The past into the Future

Kentucky

Genealogy


Surnames of Kentucky
Henderson County Historical and Genealogical Society
Henderson County American History and Genealogy Project
Kentucky Vital Statistics - Indexes to selected Kentucky Vital Records available for searching
Kentucky Historical Society - Collect and preserve the artifacts, papers and other documentation of Kentucky's history

History


Women in Kentucky - This site celebrates the lives of kentucky women, past and present.
Kentucky - Tourism information and Kentucky history.
Kentuckiana Digital Library - Digitized collections housed in Kentucky archives.

African American

Genealogy

AfriGeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy. From Africa to the Americas
Christine's African American History

History


Black Facts - Your Internet Resources for black history information
Afro-American Almanac - Your Internet resource for african-american history
Black Voices - Educating the world about the black community
The encyclopedia Guide to Black History
African American Web Connection - providing a doorway to Afrocentric web resources
Juneteenth.com - World Wide Celebration