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Web Tools
Cyndi’s List
This classic collection of links continues to grow—with 264,800 links in 180-plus categories at last count—and remains our favorite stop to find family history sites.
Diigo
This nifty gizmo lets you add sticky notes to Web pages to mark your family history finds, then you can share your discoveries and notes with other researchers.
Lost Cousins
A fascinating new application of technology to genealogy, Lost Cousins takes your relatives from FamilySearch’s 1880 US, 1881 Canadian and 1881 British census transcriptions and matches them to other researchers investigating the same folks. The catch: Only a subscriber can initiate contact with a “lost cousin,” though there’s no charge to register or reply to a message.
MyHeritage
The face-recognition gimmick will get you here—which celebrities look like they belong in your family tree? But don’t overlook the MyHeritage Research free genealogy search engine, which looks for your ancestors (with spelling variations) in hundreds of key genealogy databases. And try the free, visually oriented Family Tree Builder genealogy software that runs in 12 languages.
One-Step Web Pages by Stephen P. Morse
Cut to the chase in a few dozen genealogy database sites, including Ellis Island, CastleGarden.org, Automated Genealogy and several SSDI destinations. This Web magician’s clever set of tools let you search them in a single step.
RootsTelevision
Who needs YouTube when we’ve got Roots Television, the Internet TV channel for genealogists? Programs include how-to footage, lectures, storytellers’ recollections, tips from leading researchers and even some genealogy humor.
Tribal Pages
Not just another place to share pedigrees, this free site lets you share, document, chart and illustrate your family tree online. To date, TribalPages has more than 100,000 trees and a database of more than 80 million names and 1 million photos.
WeRelate
This “wiki” project, which has allied itself with the Allen County Public Library’s genealogy department, lets you scour 6 million genealogy-related Web pages, create and collaborate on pages, and build an online tree using Family Tree Explorer—all for free.
WorldCat
Search the catalogs of 10,000-plus libraries worldwide—more than 1 billion items, all told—from your Web browser’s toolbar with WorldCat’s free plug-in.
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