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==General list==
* 1704-1984 US Passenger Lists. ([http://www.genealogybank.com/explore/newspapers/passenger-lists external link]) 34 ports, all States and the District of Columbia.
 
* America's GenealogyBank ([http://www.newsbank.com/ 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|Social Security Death Index]] site to be updated weekly.
 
* [http://www.genealogyontheweb.com/productsus.php/ Ancestry US Database Directory]
 
 
* Ancestry.com ([http://www.ancestry.com external link]), a site that offers subscriptions to view American, British, Canadian and German [[census|census]], Birth, Marriage, Death and Military records, as well as other useful documents. Owned by [[The Generations Network|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.
 
* Ancestry.com ([http://www.ancestry.com external link]), a site that offers subscriptions to view American, British, Canadian and German [[census|census]], Birth, Marriage, Death and Military records, as well as other useful documents. Owned by [[The Generations Network|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 ([http://www.ancientfaces.com external link]), Free member-generated genealogy and family history database allows the sharing and searching of family photos, stories, and recipes.
 
* AncientFaces.com ([http://www.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]] ([http://www.cyndislist.com/ external link]) a list of over a quarter of a million genealogical links that include many databases.
 
* [[Cyndi's List]] ([http://www.cyndislist.com/ external link]) a list of over a quarter of a million genealogical links that include many databases.
 
* DeadFred.com ([http://www.deadfred.com/ external link]) Free searchable genealogy photo database populated by user and owner contributions.
 
* DeadFred.com ([http://www.deadfred.com/ external link]) Free searchable genealogy photo database populated by user and owner contributions.
* Deutscher Genealogieserver of the Verein für Computergenealogie<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogy.net|title=Ahnenforschung, Familienforschung, Genealogie - Der deutsche Genealogieserver - Verein für Computergenealogie - Verein für Computergenealogie e.V.|work=genealogy.net}}</ref> - major portal for German genealogy and genealogical societies
 
 
*[http://www.academic-genealogy.com/ 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.™
 
*[http://www.academic-genealogy.com/ 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 ([http://www.familyhistoryfederation.com/wiki/ 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]]
 
* [[Familypedia]] - free cooperative family history wiki using [[Semantic MediaWiki]]
 
* [[FamilySearch]] - a database developed by [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
 
* [[FamilySearch]] - a database developed by [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]
 
* Family Tree Seeker ([http://www.familytreeseeker.com external link]) [[GENDEX]] database, finds person records on private genealogical homepages.
 
* Family Tree Seeker ([http://www.familytreeseeker.com external link]) [[GENDEX]] database, finds person records on private genealogical homepages.
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* Geneall ([http://www.geneall.net/en/ 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"
* [[Find a Grave]] - an online database of cemetery records (over 152 million burial records and 75 million photos).
 
 
* [[GeneaBloggers]] ([http://geneabloggers.com/ external link]), a resource list of thousands of blogs related to genealogy and family history; many blogs include actual research records and resources<ref>http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2013/03/what-is-geneablogger.html What is a "GeneaBlogger" ?</ref>
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* GenealogyBuff ([http://www.genealogybuff.com/ external link]) - a database of historical and surname data, searchable by geographical location.
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* GenealogyLinks.net ([http://www.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
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* Genebase Bionet Builder ([http://www.genebase.com external link])
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* GenForum ([http://www.genealogy.com/forum external link]) Queries and family history data grouped by surnames. Operated by The Generations Network.
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* Internet Surname Database ([http://www.surnamedb.com external link]), database of family surname origins.
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* LostCousins ([http://www.lostcousins.com external link]), which has databases linking the people recorded in published censuses with their living descendants, enabling researchers with common ancestry to make contact.
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* [[MyHeritage|MyHeritage Research]] ([http://www.myheritage.com/research external link]), an aggregated search system covering a large number of genealogy databases
 
* [[Rodovid]] - global genealogy in many languages, genealogy wiki
 
* [[RootsWeb|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.
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* TNG Network ([http://tngnetwork.lythgoes.net 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/
 
* [[WikiTree]] - free genealogy community dedicated to building a worldwide family tree accessible to everyone
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* WorldGenWeb.org ([http://www.worldgenweb.org/ external link]) World-wide genealogical and historical records and resources.
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==Death specific databases==
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* Cemetery Junction ([http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/ external link]), a repository of cemetery transcriptions from the United States, Australia and Canada
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* DeathIndexes.com ([http://www.deathindexes.com/ external link]), a directory of online death records indexes, including death certificate indexes, probate records, obituaries and cemeteries
 
* [[Find A Grave|Findagrave]] ([http://www.findagrave.com/ external link]), an online database of cemetery records (over 152 million burial records and 75 million photos
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* Interment.net ([http://www.interment.net/ external link]), a global repository of cemetery transcriptions
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* Obitsarchive.com ([http://oa.newsbank.com/enter/obcent/ external link]), a database of published obituaries, restricted to the United States
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* Obituary Central ([http://www.obitcentral.com/ external link]), another database of United States obituaries, created by indexing the contents of online newspaper obituary databases
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* Political Graveyard ([http://politicalgraveyard.com/ external link]), a repository of burial information on United States politicians
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==Geographically specific sites==
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===Britain and Ireland===
 
* Family History Federation ([http://www.familyhistoryfederation.com/ external link]) The Federation of Family History Societies promotes interest in researching family history and encourages membership of member societies.
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* FamilyRelatives.com ([http://www.familyrelatives.com external link]), a Jersey-based site concentrating on British records, including some free. Requires free DjVu browser plug-in for images. <!-- Importing GEDCOM... please wait... Import failed. Your file is larger than the maximum size allowed by your server to be uploaded via a PHP web form. Have your host increase the value of "upload_max_filesize" (in php.ini), or upload your file to the "gedcom" folder and import it directly from there instead. -->
 
* FindMyPast.com (formerly 1837online) ([http://www.findmypast.com external link]), a British site with complete [[General Register Office|General Register Office]] civil registration indexes for England and Wales, census records, military records and migration records.
 
* FindMyPast.com (formerly 1837online) ([http://www.findmypast.com external link]), a British site with complete [[General Register Office|General Register Office]] civil registration indexes for England and Wales, census records, military records and migration records.
 
* [[Findmypast.co.uk]] ([http://www.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.
 
* [[Findmypast.co.uk]] ([http://www.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.
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* FreeBMD ([http://www.freebmd.org.uk external link]), an online searchable partial index of births, marriages, and deaths in England & Wales from 1837 based on [[General Register Office]] records.
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* FreeCEN ([http://www.freecen.org.uk/ external link]), Free searchable database of UK census records.
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* FreeReg ([http://www.freereg.org.uk/ 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.
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* General Register Office (UK) ([http://www.gov.uk/research-family-history external link])UK Government site containing BMD info
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* Genesreunited ([http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/ external link]), limited UK census data, plus community generated family trees.
 
* [[GENUKI]] - information covering the British Isles
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* National Archives (UK) ([http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ external link]) Official Archives of the United Kingdom
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* National Archives (Ireland) ([http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy/ external link]) Official Archives of the Republic of Ireland
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* Scotlands People ([http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk external link]) BMD & Census
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* [http://www.ukgenweb.com/ UK Genealogy Web]
 
* [http://www.ukgenweb.com/productsuk.php/ Ancestry UK Database Directory]
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* [http://www.lookupuk.com/main Lookup United Kingdom]
   
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===Germany===
 
* Deutscher Genealogieserver of the Verein für Computergenealogie<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogy.net|title=Ahnenforschung, Familienforschung, Genealogie - Der deutsche Genealogieserver - Verein für Computergenealogie - Verein für Computergenealogie e.V.|work=genealogy.net}}</ref> - major portal for German genealogy and genealogical societies
   
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===Serbia===
* GEDCOMP<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lklundin.dk/gedcomp/english.php|title=GEDCOMP - GEDcom COMParison|work=lklundin.dk}}</ref> - [[GEDCOM]] COMParison mostly related to [[Denmark]]<ref>{{cite news | date=2004-04-22 | accessdate=2009-01-14 | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E3D8163AF931A15757C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print | title= From Shared Resources, Your Personal History | first= Peter |last= Wayner |authorlink= Peter Wayner | newspaper= [[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
 
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* Rodoslovlje i Heraldika ([[Serbian Genealogical Society]] (SGS) ([http://www.rodoslovlje.com/ external link]), on the site a genealogical database can be found containing surnames, origins of surnames, locations, archival index, heraldic and background information.
* [[GeneaBloggers]] - a resource list of thousands of blogs related to genealogy and family history; many blogs include actual research records and resources<ref>http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2013/03/what-is-geneablogger.html What is a "GeneaBlogger" ?</ref>
 
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* GeneaNet - an international genealogy database
 
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===South Africa===
* [[GENUKI]] - information covering the British Isles
 
* [[Gliesians]] - a database repository of private GEDCOM files to support data analysis
 
* [[HeritageQuest]]-a database and genealogical search engine with census records from 1790. <ref>http://www.heritagequestonline.com</ref>
 
* [[In Florida Memory]]-a primary document database run by the State Library and Archive of Florida. <ref> https://www.floridamemory.com</ref>
 
* [[Mocavo.com]] - genealogy search engine and databases
 
* [[MyHeritage]] - aggregated search system and genealogy databases
 
* [[Rodovid]] - global genealogy in many languages, genealogy wiki
 
* [[RootsWeb]], free genealogy resources, including WorldConnect, a database with over 480,000,000 surnames
 
* Rötter ("Roots")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogi.se/|title=Rötter - Sveriges Släktforskarförbund|work=genealogi.se}}</ref> - major portal for Swedish genealogy and genealogical societies in the Swedish Federation of Genealogical Societies (Sveriges Släktforskarförbund)
 
* [[Serbian Genealogical Society]] - online database with surnames, locations and background information
 
 
* South African Genealogy Database, GenDatabase.com is an online database with 50 million records.<ref>[http://www.gendatabase.com/]</ref>
 
* South African Genealogy Database, GenDatabase.com is an online database with 50 million records.<ref>[http://www.gendatabase.com/]</ref>
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* [[Werelate.org]] - 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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===Sweden===
* [[WikiTree]] - free genealogy community dedicated to building a worldwide family tree accessible to everyone
 
 
* Rötter ("Roots")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.genealogi.se/|title=Rötter - Sveriges Släktforskarförbund|work=genealogi.se}}</ref> - major portal for Swedish genealogy and genealogical societies in the Swedish Federation of Genealogical Societies (Sveriges Släktforskarförbund)
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===United States===
 
* 1704-1984 US Passenger Lists. ([http://www.genealogybank.com/explore/newspapers/passenger-lists external link]) 34 ports, all States and the District of Columbia.
 
* America's GenealogyBank ([http://www.newsbank.com/ 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|Social Security Death Index]] site to be updated weekly.
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* GenealogyBank.com ([http://www.genealogybank.com/explore/all 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|Social Security Death Index]] site to be updated weekly.
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* 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. <ref>http://www.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/login login required</ref>
 
* [[In Florida Memory]] - a primary document database run by the State Library and Archive of Florida. <ref> https://www.floridamemory.com</ref>
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* Political Graveyard ([http://politicalgraveyard.com/ external link]), a repository of burial information on United States politicians
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* USGenWeb.Org ([http://www.usgenweb.org/ external link]) Free genealogical websites for every county in every state in the U.S.
 
* [[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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==Search engines==
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* Free Genealogy Search Engines ([http://www.surnamesupersearch.com/ external link]), a directory of genealogy search engines allowing access to over 3 billion names
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* Genealogy Blog Finder ([http://blogfinder.genealogue.com/ external link]), search engine and directory of genealogy weblogs
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* Marriage Search Engines ([http://www.genlookups.com/marriages/ external link]), databases and links to other databases of marriage searches by geographical location.
   
 
==Comparison of notable databases for uploading family trees==
 
==Comparison of notable databases for uploading family trees==
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* View historical records.
 
* View historical records.
 
* Send messages to other members.
 
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* GEDCOM Endogamy Inspector Reporter
 
* GEDCOM Surname Frequencies Report
 
* GEDCOM Birthdates Timeline
 
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Latest revision as of 09:58, 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.

General list[]

  • 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.
  • 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.™
  • 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.
  • 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[1]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • MyHeritage Research (external link), an aggregated search system covering a large number of genealogy databases
  • 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.
  • 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/
  • 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.

Death specific databases[]

  • Cemetery Junction (external link), a repository of cemetery transcriptions from the United States, Australia and Canada
  • DeathIndexes.com (external link), a directory of online death records indexes, including death certificate indexes, probate records, obituaries and cemeteries
  • Findagrave (external link), an online database of cemetery records (over 152 million burial records and 75 million photos
  • Interment.net (external link), a global repository of cemetery transcriptions
  • Obitsarchive.com (external link), a database of published obituaries, restricted to the United States
  • Obituary Central (external link), another database of United States obituaries, created by indexing the contents of online newspaper obituary databases
  • Political Graveyard (external link), a repository of burial information on United States politicians

Geographically specific sites[]

Britain and Ireland[]

  • Family History Federation (external link) The Federation of Family History Societies promotes interest in researching family history and encourages membership of member societies.
  • FamilyRelatives.com (external link), a Jersey-based site concentrating on British records, including some free. Requires free DjVu browser plug-in for images.
  • 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.
  • General Register Office (UK) (external link)UK Government site containing BMD info
  • Genesreunited (external link), limited UK census data, plus community generated family trees.
  • GENUKI - information covering the British Isles
  • National Archives (UK) (external link) Official Archives of the United Kingdom
  • National Archives (Ireland) (external link) Official Archives of the Republic of Ireland
  • Scotlands People (external link) BMD & Census
  • UK Genealogy Web
  • Ancestry UK Database Directory
  • Lookup United Kingdom

Germany[]

  • Deutscher Genealogieserver of the Verein für Computergenealogie[2] - major portal for German genealogy and genealogical societies

Serbia[]

  • 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.

South Africa[]

  • South African Genealogy Database, GenDatabase.com is an online database with 50 million records.[3]

Sweden[]

  • Rötter ("Roots")[4] - major portal for Swedish genealogy and genealogical societies in the Swedish Federation of Genealogical Societies (Sveriges Släktforskarförbund)

United States[]

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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. [5]
  • In Florida Memory - a primary document database run by the State Library and Archive of Florida. [6]
  • Political Graveyard (external link), a repository of burial information on United States politicians
  • 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

Search engines[]

  • Free Genealogy Search Engines (external link), a directory of genealogy search engines allowing access to over 3 billion names
  • Genealogy Blog Finder (external link), search engine and directory of genealogy weblogs
  • Marriage Search Engines (external link), databases and links to other databases of marriage searches by geographical location.

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
ancestry.com 457
  • Multilanguage user interface.
  • Some records are free for anyone to access, but the majority are accessible only by paid subscription.
MyHeritage 4214
  • Multilingual user interface.
  • Connecting trees made by different users by suggested matches
  • Limit of 250 individuals in tree
  • Limit of 2500/unlimited individuals in tree depending on plan
  • Timeline and Timebook
geni.com 6114
  • Social network.
  • Web based editing of own network.
  • Downloading of GEDCOM files.
  • Tree view is only shown to users that have logged in.
  • Searching in other users' trees.
  • Connecting trees made by different users.
  • Collaborative editing of friends' trees.
FamilySearch 2471
  • All features free

N/A

GeneaNet 7633
  • Multilanguage user interface.
genesreunited 64853

(1795 GB)

  • Add your family tree (unlimited size).
  • Forums and message boards.
  • View historical records.
  • Send messages to other members.
  • View other members' trees.
Rodovid 217,138
  • Wiki based social network.
  • Web based editing of own network.
  • Multilanguage user interface.
  • Searching in other users trees.
  • Connecting trees made by different users.
  • Collaborative editing.
  • Uploading of scanned documents and photos.
  • Access to referenced genealogical place index.
  • Access to referenced source index.
  • Email notification of updates on watched pages.
  • Free site
Werelate.org 203,422

(38022 US)

  • Wiki based social network.
  • Web based editing of own network.
  • Up and downloading of GEDCOM files.
  • Searching in other users trees.
  • Connecting trees made by different users.
  • Collaborative editing.
  • Uploading of scanned documents and photos.
  • Access to referenced genealogical place index.
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