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World Connect

FamilySearch

Ancestry World Tree

GenCircles

Contacts
check here for finding other researchers working on your family

GenForum

Ancestry Message Boards

RootsWeb Message Boards

RootsWeb Mailing Lists

(find your list, then choose to
“Search the Archives”)

U.S. GenWeb Project

go to your state and then county to see if
they have archived queries or special
research contact pages

ALWAYS check your county page for whatever county you are researching to see what sort of resources they have put on the web.

WebPage Searching

Google

remember to put phrases in quotes for better
results or use the advanced search link to
help guide you

Linkpendium



Books & Journals

HeritageQuest

- Family History Books
- County History Books
- Persi Search (to genealogical journals)

Remember to go to the table of contents link for the book you are looking at and see if there is an index in the book.

LDS Family History Library
Catalog Surname Search

will give you information about books published on the surname you are researching.  Many are filmed and can be borrowed from Salt Lake.

Genealogy Societies

Check Society Hill
which is a directory to Genealogical and Historical Societies.

If you don’t have any luck try a Google Search with something like Wenatchee Genealogical Society as a search term

Libraries

Go to Switchboard.com
Do a Business Search
Under Business Name/Category put Libraries
enter the city and state
make certain the “include surrounding areas” box is checked and choose the mile range you want (the default is within 10 miles)

Once you get the name of the libraries search for them by name in Google to find websites (if they have one) and see what their policies are. Do they advertise that they will NOT do online reference? Do they have an online catalog? Do they have a genealogy section on their web page? Is there a contact person you can email for more information?

When you contact libraries ask specific questions like "can you tell me how I would find an obituary for Jonathan Simmons who died in Clarksville 3 Jun 1894? As opposed to "can you find obituarys for any Simmons who died in Clarksville?"

Archives & Historical Libraries & State Libraries
Search Google with terms like :
Maryland Archives
Washington Digital Archives
Oregon State Library (in quotes)
Virginia History Library
Illinois Historical Library

Court Houses
Court House Directory from Genealogy.com

Vital Records
Get current forms to order vital records
For funeral homes go to FuneralNet

Look-Up Volunteers
go to Google– search by putting terms like Kansas Genealogy Lookups
Don’t get discouraged if some requests aren’t answered – people are volunteers and sometimes they get too busy, sometimes they get disorganized and sometimes they go the extra miles for you. Keep trying.