Resources Articles
From state vital records and censuses to historical books and immigration data, this year’s 101 Best Websites list features tools that can bust your brick walls—but not your budget.
5/17/2012
Answers for the beginner, the befuddled and anyone hitting a brick wall.
11/16/2011
Turn the page in your family history with these 50 essential roots references.
10/20/2011
A new-on-the-scene search engine, Mocavo, is genealogy-specific and blazing fast. It searches tens of thousands of websites such as forums, blogs, state archives, Find A Grave, the Library of Congress, Internet Archive and the National Archives.
8/2/2011
Published family histories can save or sink your research. Follow our advice for finding these potential genealogy treasure troves and mining the good information while weeding out the bad.
8/2/2011
Membership societies exist for ethnic groups large and small. We've included those with national or international scopes.
8/2/2011
Save yourself hours of scrolling newspaper microfilm: Now you can go online to search more historical papers than ever -- and get family stories in seconds.
8/2/2011
Records from fraternal benefit orders (FBOs) are another resource to add to your genealogy arsenal.
8/2/2011
Confused by the complications of copyright? Get the answers you need before you download that photo, upload those GEDCOMs or publish your family's story.
7/1/2011
The ability to take your tree with you and to view attached records makes this irresistible for any iPad- or iPhone-owning genealogist.
6/14/2011