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I've been doing internet genealogy since I was 12. Things have come a long way since the RSL was posted to Prodigy bulletin boards. This is by no means a comprehensive list of useful things I've found, but it's at least some acknowledgement of places I've found to be helpful.

Big, Huge Sites

ROOTSWEB
This is the big daddy of free sites. I can't even begin to describe all they offer but my favorites are:
They also host:

Cyndi's List A bizillion links to all things genealogy.

US GenWeb Geographically based resources. Best bets are the State/County pages and the archives search. You can also go directly to a county page:

      County: State:

WorldConnect (see below)

ANCESTRY.COM The World Tree was free, but is now part of WorldConnect (see below). A membership buys access to their extensive databases as well.

Search Engines

INTERNET FAMILY FINDER From FamilyTreeMaker. They index member sites, their CD's and sites on the Internet.

FAMILY SEARCH LDS and its IGI, ancestral file and 1880 census are online. N

WorldConnect

Rootsweb has the most usable and comprehensive user-generated family database.

Go there | Go to my personal file | Go to the Morrow DNA file | Go to my Jenkins file

Search my Jenkins Morrow family file (Enter surname or surname, given)

Search the whole shebang:

Surname
Given Name
Birth Place omit blanks
Birth Year
Death Place omit blanks
Death Year
Father
Mother
Spouse
Skip Database
Updated Within
Fuzzy Search  (uses soundex)    

Message Boards and Surname Resources

Rootsweb/Ancestry Message Boards The recently merged message boards from Rootsweb (formerly GenConnect) and Ancestry.com.

    or enter a surname or locality:    Use Soundex

GenForum Query Boards -- Query boards run by FamilyTreeMaker.
   
or enter a surname:

Rootsweb Name Boards-- Resource boards for virtually any name. Includes links to other people's pages.
 
or enter a surname:

Rootsweb Mailing Lists

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You must enter the correct mailing list name for this to work. The link will generate an email formatted to subscribe or unsubscribe to the list you choose.

Other useful Sites

Massachusetts Vital Records - list of vital records available online for Massachusetts

Bower Family Homestead

Genealogy's Most Wanted

Town/County Finder Find the counties to go with your cities.

Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of the Settlers of New England

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