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With more than 14 billion pages on the Web as this guide is being created, every genealogist and family historian needs superior search tools to avoid being swamped in irrelevant results. They need help pinpointing their family members in this wealth of online information -- and to get Internet results quickly and easily. This is a guide to genealogy and family history search tools as well as to advice on using search engines such as Google and other online search strategies successfully  -- with an emphasis on free resources.

Note: Our blog, Relative Musings, has helpful genealogy resources. An index of these topics is available. This augments our Genealogy Resources guide to recommended online research resources and our Brickwall Genealogy page. And follow us on Twitter for genealogy updates and tips.

GO TO:  Search Engines |  Databases  | Google Search Tips  | Search Sources  |  Articles


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500 Brickwall
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Genealogy Search Engines     [ Top ]

Family Tree Search Engine from GenealogyInTime lets you search 3.8 billion online records from family trees, genealogy forums and more -- free

Genealogy Search Engine from GenealogyInTime lets you search 2.2 billion ancestral records -- free

Genealogy Search Engines on Cyndi's List

9 Free Genealogy Search Engines at About.com

Genealogy Databases     [ Top ]

FamilySearch: Search billions of names in births, marriage, death, census, IGI and more -- free

Ellis Island: Search for immigrant ancestors -- free

FindaGrave: Search millions of memorials and find cemeteries, famous graves, more  -- free

FreeBMD: Search more than 228 million births, marriages and deaths in the UK starting in 1837. More info.

FreeREG: Search more than 4 million entries from UK parish registers. More info.

FreeCen: Search UK census records for 1841-1891, noting transcription still underway [More info]

Genealogy Databases listed on Wikipedia

RootsWeb: Search millions of names in family trees, plus surname entries, mailing list postings, more -- free

SSDI: Search the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) in One Step, from Stephen P. Morse -- free

USGenWeb Archives: Use state-specific search engines for archives of postings -- free

Google for Genealogy     [ Top ]

Google Books: Use this search to find ancestors in online genealogy books, local histories and more

Google Genealogy Style: 25 search tips to get more from your Google searches for your ancestors

Google Search Tips for Genealogists, including search strategies, use of Google Books, from FamilySearch

Google Your Family Tree: tips, search boxes

Googling for Grandma: resources from Cyndi's List

Free Genealogy Help for Google: Use this site's brief, temporary family tree to search Google for ancestors.

Genealogy Search Sources     [ Top ]

Ancestry Hunt: Guide to genealogy and family history search engines and resources

Cyndi's List: Large, well known guide to genealogy and family history resources

GenForum: Search inside forums by surnames and locations to find queries, answers on ancestors

Open Library and more from Archive.org with more than 1 million books fully online

Articles on Genealogy Searches

Guide to Performing Genealogy Searches: tips from GenealogyInTime magazine

Why You Can't Find Them:  name changes and misspellings, with many examples and strategies to get around this difficult dead end

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Netting Your Ancestors:
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The Sleuth Book for Genealogists: Strategies for More Successful
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Smart Family History:
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Genealogist's Guide
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Tracking Down
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Organizing Your
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The Unpuzzling Your
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Genealogists Question and Answer Book: Solutions and Advice for Maximizing Your Research Results

 

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Visit our Genealogy Shop for family history and genealogy books, software and other products today. Check out the sections for German genealogy, Irish genealogy and much more.

Special Resources & Ideas     [ Top ]

Brick Wall Mailing List: Join this is a forum where you can post brickwalls, those elusive ancestors that you can find nothing on. And find new solutions.

Afri-Geneas Brick Wall Forum: for advanced genealogy researchers to post brick wall problems and documentation

Discrepancy Charts: organize conflicting data in chart form to better see inconsistencies and determine what further research to do

Rootsweb Surname List: post your surname and find others researching your name

Keep an Eye on eBay for potential books or Bibles for your family or surname

Avoid Genealogy Burnout due to the frustration of brick wall problems and use these strategies to get re-energized and continue the hunt.

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Finding Your Family
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Planting Your Family Tree
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Other Genealogy Resources   [ Top ]

Family Research Tips & Tools including an index to our growing series of Finding Family for Free segments

Genealogy Resources: links to many of the most helpful online resources for family history research, many available free, and including a section on getting started in genealogy

Relative Musings:  our blog on genealogy and family history research, including the growing number of Finding Family for Free entries. index to our blog.

GenealogyWise Groups: expand your genealogy searches with colleagues

Special Interest Resources:   New Holstein, Milwaukee, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Genealogy, Canton Glarus, Simmental, Switzerland and
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The Census Book:
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Your Guide to the Federal
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First Steps in Genealogy:
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Genealogy 101:
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How to Do Everything
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They Became Americans:
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They Came To
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