This page last updated March 2, 2008.

Some of the pages in the links below may contain out-dated information.

Genealogy-related:  General

• Ancestry.com  Ancestry.com has a search engine and various databases - some of these are free and some are only available to paying members.  The extensive message board system has been merged with the one from RootsWeb (also see the RootsWeb listing below) - the message boards are still suffering some growing pains from the big merge, but do offer a lot of information.

  They also run the site at Myfamily.com, which offers password-protected free private websites where family members can post current photos, recent (still living) generations of the family tree, post messages with recent family news to share with other family members, etc. - the kind of stuff you'd like to share with aunts, uncles, and cousins, but not with the world at large.

• Cyndi's List - a huge site with links to all kinds of genealogy-related information.

• familysearch.org - The search website belonging to the LDS Church (Mormons).

• RootsWeb - Now affiliated with Ancestry.com (see above), RootsWeb is a very large free genealogy site offering message boards, mailing lists, databases to search, the searchable free WorldConnect family tree, etc.  Rootsweb also offers free web hosting with unlimited space, although they do ask that you not upload any file types other than HTML, web graphics, and other web components.  RootsWeb Freepages hosting is not limited to genealogy sites - see the RootsWeb Freepages directory for the variety of categories offered.  For more information on getting a RootsWeb Freepages site, see the Freepages information page.

• USGenWeb - The USGenWeb Project consists of a group of volunteers working to provide free genealogical resources for all US counties and states.  For more information about the project, see the USGenWeb information page.

• Dutchess County Genealogical Society (New York)

• Ulster County Genealogical Society (New York)

These projects are incomplete and looking for volunteers to do transcriptions.

• The USGenWeb Census Project (us-census.org) - free online U. S. census transcriptions

• The USGenWeb Census Project (rootsweb.com).  This has the same name as the project above, but is a completely different website.  Not sure if the data is the same or not.

• Hope Farm Press & Bookshop - A locally run bookstore based in Saugerties, Ulster County, New York.  "Hope Farm Press specializes on books on New York.  That includes New York State Genealogy and History, Military History - i.e. Revolutionary War, French and Indian War, Civil War; Native Americans (Indians) - i.e. Iroquois Confederacy, Six Nations, Algonquin, Mohawk Indians, Delaware Indians, Mohican, Seneca Indians, Oneida Indians, Tuscarora Indians; Dutch Colonial History, Folklore, Environment, Hiking, Nature, Railroads, Steamboats, and Town and County History.  We also host the NYGenWeb pages for Greene and Ulster Counties, the Saugerties Kiwanis Hudson Valley Garlic Festival pages, a Community Events page, and provide tourism details and links to all the New York relevant websites."

• Kinship - Family-run bookstore based in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York.  "NY Family History source records, Books and CD's for New York State, especially colonial Dutch and German & 19th Century Records".

• Dead Fred, Ancient Faces, Your Past Connections, FamilyHistorySites - These websites offer places where people may post old photos found at yardsales, flea markets, etc. or descendants may post family photos to share with others. Your Past Connections also offers a searchable database of found items other than photographs (documents, Bibles, etc.).

• Photographs from the Past - This is a personal home page devoted to old photographs of unidentified ancestors, both the webmaster's own relatives and those submitted by others (new submissions are not currently being accepted due to the webmaster's workload).  There is also an extensive page of links to other "mystery photo" web sites.

• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System - databases kept by the National Park Service on individuals, regiments, battles, etc.  Very helpful.

• 20th New York State Militia / 80th New York Volunteers

• 128th New York Volunteers

• Very Basic Help for Beginning Web Authors - this site is divided into sections on the basics of HTML, how to get your family tree onto a web site, and the best way to scan photos for use on a web site.  Easy to understand and very helpful.

• Juanita's Help Files - basic information about getting started with HTML, FTP, etc.

• Webmaster's Resources - a list of links to various help sites for webmasters.

• Website Building with No Hard Drive:  Tricks and Trials - help for people who want a web page, but have no hard drive space to write it on (WebTV users, users of public computers (school, library), etc.)