Genealogical Family History
The study of ancestry has always been popular as people wanted to learn more about their ancestors who lived before them. Some cultures have maintained thorough records of families and ways of life through art, literature, and religious records. Today, there are three major companies, one a religious organization, that has created computerized records of families all over the world.
FamilySearch.org
A free Non-profit genealogy family tree worldwide project of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (The Mormons of Salt Lake City, Utah). The Mormons support ancestral research for their own church members and offer it to the public as a worldwide service project. They do not charge the public to build and work with others to create ancestral family trees. They also do not recruit for you to join their church on their genealogy site. BestLINKS's FamilySearch Manual
A free Non-profit genealogy family tree worldwide project of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (The Mormons of Salt Lake City, Utah). The Mormons support ancestral research for their own church members and offer it to the public as a worldwide service project. They do not charge the public to build and work with others to create ancestral family trees. They also do not recruit for you to join their church on their genealogy site. BestLINKS's FamilySearch Manual
Ancestry.com
A subscription based Family Tree company that has existed for about 25 years which charges users about $25 a month to build their own family trees and share information with millions of others in the US and other nations to record ancestry.
A subscription based Family Tree company that has existed for about 25 years which charges users about $25 a month to build their own family trees and share information with millions of others in the US and other nations to record ancestry.
Geni.com A free based system similar to ancestry that does allow free accounts but this private family tree online service withholds research except for the "Pro" subscription of about $20 a month. Geni is a favorite for certain immigrant communities like Lithuanians to store and exchange research in their own foreign languages back to European roots. It's owned by another Pay site, My Heritage which requires yet another subscription.
Stephen Morse's "One Step"
Ancestry Search
This brilliant search engine has you entering your ancestors and it can search ship arrivals from Europe, Census records in the US and much more. It's a tool many genealogists use to research people's family ancestors.
Photo: 1925 European immigrants at the docks of Ellis Island's Immigration receiving station looking across to New York's Manhattan.
This brilliant search engine has you entering your ancestors and it can search ship arrivals from Europe, Census records in the US and much more. It's a tool many genealogists use to research people's family ancestors.
Photo: 1925 European immigrants at the docks of Ellis Island's Immigration receiving station looking across to New York's Manhattan.
A Treasury of Primary Documents
This is an invaluable set of links to American and European classic and important documents throughout history--like the Bible and early translations, Constitutions, early Colonial, historic documents from the US Founding Fathers back to the Middle ages and more than you even know about.
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