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Useful Links

  Message Boards

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  Free Genealogical Data Sources

• Ellis Island:  Passenger lists from 1892 to 1924 (25 million records) can be searched online. Includes ship images and history.

• FamilySearch: Provided by the LDS church. 1880 US census, 1881 UK and Canadian census, US Social Security Death Index, extensive pedigree collection, Vital Records Index for Mexico and Scandinavia.

• FreeUKGEN: Volunteer effort to transcribe UK data. Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales (1837-1983), UK Census data (1841-1891), and Parish registers.

• IreAtlas Townland Database:  this database allows you to find locations of Irish townlands and civil parishes. 

• Library and Archives Canada: Census Images, military records, maps, and land grant information.

• Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics: Births 1864-1877; Marriages 1864-1930; Deaths 1864-1877 and 1908-1955

• RootsWeb: Social Security Death Index, many user contributed databases and family trees, hosts many message boards that are organized by location, surname, or topic.

• National Trust Names (UK Surname Profiler) - create surname distribution maps

• Waterford County Library: Searchable databases of Waterford interest, including Griffith's Valuation; Death Registers; Grave Memorials; The Great War: Waterford Dead; and Trade Directories

  Subscription and Pay for View Databases

• Ancestry.com: US and UK censuses, birth, marriage and death records, US Immigration records, military records, and much more.

• Irish Ancestors:  This website provides an extensive collection of background information and maps, much of which is free. A fees are charged for searching some of the databases.

• Irish Family History Foundation: The Irish Family History Foundation is the coordinating body for a network of government approved genealogical research centers in the Republic of Ireland (Eire) and in Northern Ireland which have computerized tens of millions of Irish ancestral records of different types.  Searches are free but a fee must be paid to view record details.

• New England Ancestors:  Founded in 1845, New England Historic Genealogical Society is the oldest and most respected nonprofit genealogical organization in the country.  Their extensive set of databases are available to members for online searching.

  Genetic Genealogy Tutorials and Related Resources

• DNA 101: Y-Chromosome Testing:  provided by the Blair DNA project

• Glossary of words used in Genetic Genealogy:  provided by FamilyTree DNA

• International Society of Genetic Genealogy 

• Kerchner's DNA Testing & Genetic Genealogy Info and Resources Page

• Rootsweb Genealogy-DNA Mailing List:  For anyone with DNA (i.e., anyone!) who would like to discuss methods and share results of DNA testing as applied to genealogical research.

  Public DNA Databases

• Y-search: Sponsored by FamilyTree DNA, this database allows individuals that have tested their y-DNA with different companies to make their results available for comparison

• Sorenson Medical Genetics Foundation: The Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to building the world's foremost collection of DNA and corresponding genealogical information.

• YHRD database: This database is mainly intended for forensic purposes.  It is interactive and allows the user the search for Y-STR haplotypes in various formats and within specified metapopulations.

• MitoSearch: Sponsored by FamilyTree DNA, this database allows individuals that have tested their mitochondrial DNA with different companies to make their results available for comparison

  DNA Testing Companies

• DNA-Ancestry: Ancestry.com is in the process of taking over the marketing of Relative Genetics DNA testing

• Ethnoancestry:  testing for paternal line ( y-DNA STR and SNP), maternal line (m-DNA), ancestral origins (y-DNA, m-DNA, or autosomal-DNA), and extended family analysis (autosomal DNA).

• FamilyTree DNA:  testing for paternal line ( y-DNA STR) and maternal line (m-DNA) analysis

• Oxford Ancestors:  testing for paternal line ( y-DNA STR) and maternal line (m-DNA) analysis

• Relative Genetics:  testing for paternal line ( y-DNA STR), maternal line (m-DNA), ancestral origins (y-DNA, m-DNA, or autosomal-DNA), and extended family analysis (autosomal DNA).

Last updated: 04 May 2008

Project Manager: Dave Mountain  <d-mountain @ comcast.net>