This page was created to provide a list of handy genealogy links to students in a class that I co-teach, with Bernie Bradner, to beginning genealogy researchers.  We hope you find these useful to your research and learning.

Programs:

Get a really good genealogy program (actually, we believe it's the best!).  The Standard Edition is completely free.
     

GeDStrip is a program I wrote which uses a standard GeDCom to generate genealogy web pages showing the non-living individuals in your family tree.  This program is intended as an aid to contact others researching the same lines as yourself.  Go to the GeDStrip download page.
If you wish to place a complete family tree on the web then use the Legacy Family Tree program instead.
 

Research Guides:

RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees.  A very comprehensive guide to genealogy research in various areas.

RootsWeb's Index Page.  One of the best guides to Web resources for genealogy research, but may be a bit daunting to the first-time visitor.
 

Mailing Lists:

RootsWeb's Mailing Lists.  Subscribe (free) to some of these discussion groups for the areas/surnames that fit with your research.  You will then get e-mails from others discussing their research for the same areas/surnames.  Many will also help with suggestions, look-ups, etc.

RootsWeb's Mailing List Archive.  Browse, or search, through previous discussion group messages to see which group is the right one for you, or to see if there are any previous messages of interest.

Search the archives of all Mailing Lists for your surname or other keywords of interest to see if mentioned.
 

Genealogy Databases:

RootsWeb's World Connect.  Search other people's on-line family trees to see if they have a connection with your research.

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites.  An excellent informational site with the links that aren't here!

Olive Tree Genealogy.  An excellent site with on-line databases — especially useful for Canadian research.

GenealogyLinks.Net.  Links for many countries including the UK and Canada.

Search the 1880 USA, and the 1881 Canadian and British censuses all at once or individually using the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' (Mormons') database.

Search the L.D.S. I.G.I.  This site permits a search of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' (Mormons') International Genealogical Index.  Which is a database of birth/christening, marriage and death/burial records from around the world.

Hugh Wallis' I.G.I. Batch Numbers.  A site to simplify searching complete families in North America and the British Isles using the above I.G.I.

Archived Newspapers.  On-line searchable indexes of historical newspaper articles.

Obituary Index  for Canadian and U.S.A. newspapers of the past 10 years or so.

All Surnames Genealogy.  Surname resources and links to surname sites — register your surname web site.

LinkPendium – The Definitive Directory.  A massive listing of surname and USA genealogy links.
 

Canadian Databases:

Library and Archives Canada.  Main web page.

Library and Archives Canada  –  Genealogy Centre Databases.  Government of Canada's databases available to genealogy researchers.

GenealogyLinks.Net.  More links for Canada.

Free Genealogy Canada.  Even more links for Canada — with separate pages for each province.

inGeneas Canadian Roots.  A good site for early Canadian data.

Ontario Genealogical Society's Cemetery Index Search.  A searchable database of cemetery transcriptions indexed by branches of the Ontario Genealogical Society.  Note:  This database contains some records not available from the following O.C.F.A. web site.

Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid.  A searchable database of names found on Ontario gravestones.  This database does not include most of Toronto area's cemeteries.  Note that finding a name here does not necessarily mean that the person is buried in the named cemetery.  For example, parents' names mentioned on a child's gravestone are included in this database but they may be buried elsewhere.
Note:  This database contains some records not available from the O.G.S. web site.

1851 Canada East (Quebec), Canada West (Ontario), New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Censuses.  On-line geographic search.
Index to the 1851 New Brunswick Census.  An index and transcription to the above 1851 census for New Brunswick.

1853 Toronto Tax Assessment Rolls.  A searchable index used in place of the missing 1851/2 Toronto census to locate "heads" of families — but contains no family information.

1871 Ontario Census. Library and Archives Canada database.  On-line search but only for the "head" of household (unless surname is different) – Queens University database.
After finding the page you want, order a copy of the census page from Archives Canada for a reasonable fee.

1881 Canadian Census.  Search and view the on-line 1881 Canadian Census pages using Library and Archives Canada's web site.
Actually, Archives Canada's search engine is a total disgrace so it is far better to use the L.D.S. search engine to locate your individuals, and then use that data to locate and view the census page at Archives Canada.

1891 Canadian Census.  Search and view the on-line 1891 Canadian Census pages using Library and Archives Canada's web site.

1901 Canadian Census.  On-line census pages — but you first need to know the location of the family!  Or . . . . .
Index to the 1901 Canadian Census.  An index and transcription to the above 1901 census.

1906 Alberta, Manitoba & Saskatchewan Census.  On-line census pages — but again, like the 1901, you need to know the location of the family!

1911 Canadian Census.  On-line census pages — but you first need to know the location of the family!  Or . . . . .
Index to the 1911 Canadian Census.  An index and transcription to the above 1911 census   (click on a Province to search by surname).

1916 Alberta, Manitoba & Saskatchewan Census.  On-line search using LDS transcriptions at Family Search, Pilot web site.

Ontario GenWeb Census Project — for all other Ontario censuses.  First select the County/District then click on a tab to select the census year.  It's getting there but there's still lots more to be done.  They need more volunteers to transcribe data from microfilms — hint!

Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics.  Searchable birth, marriage and death registrations for non-living individuals.

New Brunswick Vital Statistics.  Searchable birth, marriage and death registrations from 1800 to 1958 in various databases.  This web site also has data from land records, military, immigration, directories, cemeteries, newspapers, and other sources.

The Ontario Vital Statistics Project.  A "work-in-progress" index of Ontario registrations of births, marriages and deaths, plus indexes for Canadian censuses.

Manitoba Vital Statistics.  Searchable registrations of births (>100 years ago), marriages (>80 years ago) and deaths (>70 years ago).

Saskatchewan Vital Statistics.  Searchable registrations of births (>100 years ago) and deaths (>70 years ago).  Marriage registrations are not yet available.

British Columbia Vital Statistics.  Searchable registrations of births (1872–1903), baptisms (1836–1888), marriages (1872–1933), colonial marriages (1859–1872), and deaths (1872–1988).

Canada GenWeb.  Click on the Canadian map here for links to provincial information and various data files.

Ask a Toronto Librarian.  Get a free lookup for Toronto — useful for getting an address from a directory for those census searches.

Kindred Trails.  More links to Canadian resources and data.
 

British Isles Databases:

GenUKI.  A web starting point for UK and Irish genealogy.

British Census Indexes, Transcripts, and Images available on-line or on CD.  Daniel Morgan's listing of British census availability by county.

Search the 1881 British census using the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' (Mormons') database.

1901 Census of England & Wales.  On-line search of 1901 census data.  A fee is payable to view the actual page, but this site can be used to find individuals and provide partial information without payment.

1911 Census of England & Wales.  — Free on-line search of 1911 census and then a fee payable to view the census pages.

1911 Census of Dublin, Ireland.  On-line search of 1911 census data and view census pages.

FreeBMD.  English and Welsh civil registration index information for births, marriages and deaths for the period 1837 to 1983.

FreeREG.  UK Parish Register information for baptisms, marriages and burials of mostly pre-1837 records. This is a fairly recent project and more volunteers are needed to transcribe data at home for this growing database.

FreeCEN.  UK census data for 1841 through 1891.  This is another work in progress and new volunteers to transcribe data are always welcome.
See what's done.   Search FreeCEN.

FindMyPast.  This pay-per-view web site contains graphics of census pages, registrations of Births, Marriages and Deaths (since July 1837) and Overseas BMDs (since 1761), Military and Migration records.

UK BMD.  United Kingdom Births/Marriages/Deaths.  Links to county and other indexes of births, marriages and deaths.  New data is being added as it becomes available.

UK National Archives  –  on-line documents.  World War 1 and some WW2 military records and also wills.  Searching the index is free.  There is a small charge to download the graphic images.

British Citizens in India.  British citizens (especially of military families) were born, baptised, married, died, and buried in India.  Search the British Library's India Office Family History records for your missing individuals.

Scotland's People – Connecting Generations.  The official government source of genealogical data for Scotland — online births/marriages/deaths, census data, wills and parish records.

Historical Directories.  University of Leicester's searchable on-line images of directories for many counties of England and Wales.

Genes Reunited.  See if someone else has your rellies in their tree and, if you wish, upload your tree in an attempt to contact others.

England Family History and Genealogy  – Price and Associates, Expert Links.

GenealogyLinks.Net.  More links for the British Isles.

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