Genealogy Subject Guide: Web Resources

"We provide expert family history services through our staff, original scholarship, data-rich website, educational opportunities, and research center to help family historians of all levels explore their past and understand their families’ unique place in history."

This resource is divided into 13 short chapters that will take a beginner through the basics of genealogy research. There's a glossary of terms and a list of other genealogy resources.

Upcoming genealogy workshops at the David Library of the American Revolution in Washington Crossing, PA.

Get genealogy information specifically related to New Jersey.

Castlegarden.org is a free database developed and funded by The Battery Conservancy. It contains and makes available eleven million records of immigrants who arrived at the Port of New York from 1820 - 1892.

"Chronicling America, begun in 2005, is a database and companion website produced by the United States National Digital Newspaper Program, a partnership between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities, maintained by the LOC."

A comprehensive, categorized & cross-referenced list of links that point you to genealogical research sites online. Your genealogy starting point for more than 20 years!

Dick Eastman has been writing this genealogy newsletter for 23 years. He has been involved in genealogy for more than 35 years. He has worked in the computer industry for more than 40 years in hardware, software, and managerial positions.

This archive contains Passenger Records which may provide 11 fields of information including passenger name, date of arrival, ship of travel, age on arrival, and more; Historical Manifests scanned from the original microfilm, showing the same fields of information and much more; and over 900 Ship Images along with the history and background of each ship that brought immigrants to America.

"FamilySearch is a genealogy organization operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was previously known as the Genealogical Society of Utah and is the largest genealogy organization in the world."

"Find A Grave is the best place on the internet to look for burial and other final disposition information for your family, friends and famous people. The site provides tools that let people from all over the world work together, share information and build an online, virtual cemetery experience."

Findmypast are able to offer their members the most comprehensive collection of British and Irish online records. This rich collection - including the largest online resource for UK wills and probate material - will help anyone with UK ancestry looking to delve beyond 19th and 20th century records, as well as descendants of early North American settlers to bridge the gap to the old country.

This social networking site brings together over 40 million original historical documents and continues to grow by "millions each month." Through a unique partnership with the National Archives, it recently added "the first ever" interactive World War II collection, which includes an interactive version of the USS Arizona Memorial, World War II Hero Pages, and World War II photos.

"Genealogists are the most numerous users of the Washington, DC, research rooms, and 13 regional records service facilities of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). This area provides many of the finding aids, guides, and research tools that can prepare you for a visit to one of our facilities or for requesting records from NARA."

Have fun discovering more about your Pennsylvania ancestors!

“This comprehensive resources provides links to information on almost all aspects of family history research. The mission is to promote scholarly educational access to all key worldwide Internet genealogical and family history databases and resources."

“Genealogy Buff is a free genealogy website designed especially for novice researchers of genealogical information. Its key features include a thorough surname search tool and an easily navigable homepage organized by topics that link to both free and subscription based genealogy websites.”

“A FAQ from the U.S. Census Bureau. Answers many basic genealogy questions, particularly in the realm of government information sources.”

"JewishGen, a non-profit organization affiliated with the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, was founded in 1987 as a bulletin board with only 150 users who were interested in Jewish genealogy. Primarily driven by volunteers, there are more than 1,000 active volunteers throughout the world who actively contribute to our ever growing collection of databases, resources and search tools. Currently, JewishGen hosts more than 25 million records, and provides a myriad of resources and search tools designed to assist those researching their Jewish ancestry."

This site contains tools for finding immigration records, census records, vital records, and for dealing with calendars, maps, foreign alphabets, and numerous other applications. Some of these tools fetch data from other websites but do so in more versatile ways than the search tools provided on those websites.

This resource claims to be "the world's largest online family tree," including millions of names and records. Two user paths are offered: "Just looking for your family tree" for the curious and "Seriously researching your genealogy" for genealogists. Noteworthy features include the Genealogy Learning Center, online records management, printable forms, and a newsletter.

A genealogy guide for finding vital records

This website is a directory of links to websites with online death indexes, listed by state and county. Included are death records, death certificate indexes, death notices and registers, obituaries, wills and probate records, and cemetery burials. You can also find information here about searching the Social Security Death Index online.

"The Archives Records Information Access System (ARIAS) is designed to facilitate citizen access to archival records created by all branches and levels of Pennsylvania State Government."

"The Internet's Oldest and Largest Genealogy Community" RootsWeb offers a host of genealogical resources, including search engines and databases, a listserv, discussion groups, and related links.”

Forms available for free from the society to aid in documenting your family history.