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* [[Werelate.org]] ([http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Main_Page/ external link]) genealogy wiki and sourced collaborative, referenced place index, sponsored by the [[Allen County Public Library]] and the [[Foundation for On-Line Genealogy]] |
* [[Werelate.org]] ([http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Main_Page/ external link]) genealogy wiki and sourced collaborative, referenced place index, sponsored by the [[Allen County Public Library]] and the [[Foundation for On-Line Genealogy]] |
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* [[WikiTree]] - free genealogy community dedicated to building a worldwide family tree accessible to everyone |
* [[WikiTree]] - free genealogy community dedicated to building a worldwide family tree accessible to everyone |
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==Comparison of notable databases for uploading family trees== |
==Comparison of notable databases for uploading family trees== |
Revision as of 08:12, 23 March 2021
This is a list of genealogy databases and online resources that are not specifically restricted to a particular place, family set, or time period in their content.
- Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.
- 1704-1984 US Passenger Lists. (external link) 34 ports, all States and the District of Columbia.
- America's GenealogyBank (external link), a site available to libraries; It contains over 1,300 newspapers; over 125,000 books; over 23 Million obituaries; and the only Social Security Death Index site to be updated weekly.
- Ancestry US Database Directory
- Ancestry.com (external link), a site that offers subscriptions to view American, British, Canadian and German census, Birth, Marriage, Death and Military records, as well as other useful documents. Owned by The Generations Network, which owns several major genealogical portals, among these being Genealogy.com and RootsWeb.com. The Library Edition of this site (distributed by ProQuest LLC) can be accessed for free inside many libraries within the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and elsewhere.
- AncientFaces.com (external link), Free member-generated genealogy and family history database allows the sharing and searching of family photos, stories, and recipes.
- Cyndi's List (external link) a list of over a quarter of a million genealogical links that include many databases.
- DeadFred.com (external link) Free searchable genealogy photo database populated by user and owner contributions.
- Deutscher Genealogieserver of the Verein für Computergenealogie[1] - major portal for German genealogy and genealogical societies
- Family Genealogy and History Internet Education Directory - Wiki - Professional, worldwide humanities and social sciences mega portal, connected directly to numerously related sub-sets having billions of primary and secondary database resources; information that provides family history and genealogy records. Free Coverage of the Genealogy World in a Nutshell.™
- Family History Federation (external link) The Federation of Family History Societies promotes interest in researching family history and encourages membership of member societies.
- Familypedia - free cooperative family history wiki using Semantic MediaWiki
- FamilySearch - a database developed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Family Tree Seeker (external link) GENDEX database, finds person records on private genealogical homepages.
- Find a Grave - an online database of cemetery records (over 152 million burial records and 75 million photos).
- FindMyPast.com (formerly 1837online) (external link), a British site with complete General Register Office civil registration indexes for England and Wales, census records, military records and migration records.
- Findmypast.co.uk (external link) Specialists in British and Irish online records. Offering subscription access to Census records, Wills, Marriages, Court records, Apprentice records and more. Collections date from 1200s up to 1800s. Exclusive partnerships with The Society of Genealogists, Eneclann, The National Library of Ireland and The Borthwick Institute.
- FreeBMD (external link), an online searchable partial index of births, marriages, and deaths in England & Wales from 1837 based on General Register Office records.
- FreeCEN (external link), Free searchable database of UK census records.
- FreeReg (external link), The FreeREG Project's objective is to provide free Internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records, which have been extracted from parish registers and non-conformist church records in the UK.
- Geneall (external link), multilingual site displaying pages with infornation similar to that in Familypedia infoboxes; "4.084.591 People 177.815 Surnames Last update: 23-03-21"
- GeneaBloggers (external link), a resource list of thousands of blogs related to genealogy and family history; many blogs include actual research records and resources[2]
- GenealogyBank.com (external link), a site that offers subscriptions; It contains over 1,300 newspapers; over 125,000 books; over 24 Million obituaries; and the only Social Security Death Index site to be updated weekly.
- GenealogyBuff (external link) - a database of historical and surname data, searchable by geographical location.
- GenealogyLinks.net (external link) - Over 50,000 genealogy links to ships passenger lists, cemetery transcriptions, censuses for UK, Ireland, Scotland, US, Europe, Canada, Australia.
- GeneaNet - an international genealogy database
- Genebase Bionet Builder (external link)
- GenForum (external link) Queries and family history data grouped by surnames. Operated by The Generations Network.
- Genesreunited (external link), limited UK census data, plus community generated family trees.
- GENUKI - information covering the British Isles
- HeritageQuest Online - Operated by ProQuest - includes the 1790-1930 U.S. Federal Census, an extensive collection of family and local history books, the Periodical Source Index (PERSI), the Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, the Freedman’s Bank Records, and selected portions of the U.S. Serial Set. The website is accessible from more than 4,000 subscribing public and academic libraries in the U.S. and Canada, over 1,000 LDS Family History Centers, and a variety of historical and genealogical societies. More than 18 states in the U.S. offer free access for all of their citizens, and many public libraries provide home access to their cardholders. [3]
- In Florida Memory - a primary document database run by the State Library and Archive of Florida. [4]
- Internet Surname Database (external link), database of family surname origins.
- LostCousins (external link), which has databases linking the people recorded in published censuses with their living descendants, enabling researchers with common ancestry to make contact.
- Marriage Search Engines (external link), databases and links to other databases of marriage searches by geographical location.
- MyHeritage Research (external link), an aggregated search system covering a large number of genealogy databases
- Rodoslovlje i Heraldika (Serbian Genealogical Society (SGS) (external link), on the site a genealogical database can be found containing surnames, origins of surnames, locations, archival index, heraldic and background information.
- Rodovid - global genealogy in many languages, genealogy wiki
- RootsWeb.com, free genealogy resources, including WorldConnect, a database with over 480,000,000 surnames. The oldest and largest free genealogy site, supported by Ancestry.com.
- Rötter ("Roots")[5] - major portal for Swedish genealogy and genealogical societies in the Swedish Federation of Genealogical Societies (Sveriges Släktforskarförbund)
- South African Genealogy Database, GenDatabase.com is an online database with 50 million records.[6]
- TNG Network (external link) GENDEX database, finds person records on private genealogical homepages. The TNG has ceased operations. Please visit one of these other GENDEX sites: GenDex Network http://gendexnetwork.org, FamilyTreeSeeker.com https://www.familytreeseeker.com/ Please also visit The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding ("TNG") https://tngsitebuilding.com/
- USGenWeb.Org (external link) Free genealogical websites for every county in every state in the U.S.
- Werelate.org (external link) genealogy wiki and sourced collaborative, referenced place index, sponsored by the Allen County Public Library and the Foundation for On-Line Genealogy
- WikiTree - free genealogy community dedicated to building a worldwide family tree accessible to everyone
- WorldGenWeb.org (external link) World-wide genealogical and historical records and resources.
Comparison of notable databases for uploading family trees
Some of these also have social networking features.
Web site | Alexa traffic rank[7] | Free features | Features for subscribers | |
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ancestry.com | 457 |
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MyHeritage | 4214 |
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geni.com | 6114 |
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FamilySearch | 2471 |
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GeneaNet | 7633 |
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Genes Reunited | 64853
(1795 GB) |
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Gliesians | 3,348,226
(400,311 US) |
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Rodovid | 217,138 |
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Werelate.org | 203,422
(38022 US) |
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WikiTree | 20,423
(8755 US) |
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See also
- Family History Research Wiki handbook reference information and educational articles showing how to find ancestors
References
- ^ "Ahnenforschung, Familienforschung, Genealogie - Der deutsche Genealogieserver - Verein für Computergenealogie - Verein für Computergenealogie e.V.". genealogy.net. http://www.genealogy.net.
- ^ http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2013/03/what-is-geneablogger.html What is a "GeneaBlogger" ?
- ^ http://www.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/login login required
- ^ https://www.floridamemory.com
- ^ "Rötter - Sveriges Släktforskarförbund". genealogi.se. http://www.genealogi.se/.
- ^ [1]
- ^ Traffic rank according to alexa.com April 2015. Low number indicate high popularity.
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