Family Search
Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) web site. A computerized system of genealogical information that helps researchers identify their ancestors and organize family history information.
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USGenweb
County-by-county access to genealogical information - always an important way to search. Easy to use. Logical
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US Genweb Archives
Actual documents, databases. Also check out Statewide material. Example: USGenWeb Archives – NY- State Files – Prisons
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World Genweb
Wide variety of what is available at each site. Some have volunteers who have packed the site with raw data; others have only minimal information. Can change frequently. Keep checking back. Typical topics included on the sites: queries, surname lists, general information on the county and its resources, e.g. courthouse hours, free look-ups, sometimes how to subscribe to a mail list for that county.
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Rootsweb
A vast clearinghouse of genealogical data
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Worldconnect
Index to thousands of gedcoms, some of which you can download.
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Immigrant Ship Transcribers Guild
Listing of ship passenger lists
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Obituary Daily Times
Listing of fairly current obituaries
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Kris Kuhn Krumm’s website
Links to cemeteries in Ohio with actual photos of tombstones in cemeteries.
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Cyndi’s List
Largest site for finding genealogical web pages by general topics – hundreds of thousands of links listed
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Ellis Island
Ellis Island records from 1892 to 1924
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Ohio Historical Society
Ohio Historical Society’s various databases, including Ohio death certificates.
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Family Search Learning Center
Free research courses, research wikis, discussion forums - all to help you learn how to do your family history.
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Center for Archival Collections
Center for Archival Collections at Bowling Green State University. Includes listings of northwest Ohio newspapers, church records, manuscripts
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Lucas County, Ohio Probate Court
This web site gives information about Lucas County, Ohio
-Birth records
-Death records
-Marriage records
-Estates and will records
-Birth registrations and corrections
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Google
Best search engine for the web. Try your names. Put in quotes, add location, to cut down on hits (e.g. “Lucy Keeler” Fremont Ohio)
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Ohio Mayflower Society
The Ohio Mayflower Colony is part of a national group, the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, who enjoys history and fellowship and tracing ancestry to those who crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower.
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Linkpendium
A site which lists web resources organized by state and then county and then by record category.
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Genealogy Resources, by State
The US government's website. Find an A-Z list of some of each state's genealogical resources.
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