This page is devoted to a few of the many great websites designed to educate and inform. Scroll to find sites for helpful genealogy research and useful writing aids.
This site contains a detailed genealogy guide with an emphasis on census records:
http://cleaningservicenewyorkcity.com/nyc-geneaolgy.html
A subscription site with over 2 billion newspaper articles and historical records (1690 to present) from all 50 states:
http://geneaologybank.com
This site focuses on tracing ancestry through geography:
http://teletracnavman.com
This site contains a listing of useful genealogy websites and related articles:
http://genealogy.thepenry.net
Free forms for requesting records from the National Archives:
www.archives.gov/forms
Free forms for a variety of genealogy needs, such as individual and family group sheets, pedigree charts, research logs, and census blanks:
http://www.genealogysearch.org/free/forms.html
http://www.cs.williams.edu/~bailey/genealogy/
Free genealogy forms and charts. Free genealogy and family tree search tips, how-to articles and online genealogy tutorials and more, including such articles as deciphering old handwriting, understanding family coat of arms, and tombstone rubbings:
http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps
A leading genealogical data subscription site with some free access:
http://www.Ancestry.com
A major genealogical data site with free instruction and reference help:
http://www.RootsWeb.com
A major genealogical data site sponsored by the LDS Church with instruction and reference help:
http://www.FamilySearch.org
A listing of ships and passengers entering US ports during the 1800’s (one ship in 1677):
http://www.actiondonation.org/articles/finding-family.html
Fun facts about names, including meanings and popularity:
www.names.org
A free website showing headstone photos from around the world. This site is dependent upon volunteers using Smartphones to take GPS tagged photos:
https://www.Billiongraves.com
A free database with millions of names, cemetery inscriptions, and photos:
http://www.FindAGrave.com
A website that catalogues genealogy website links. This vast website contains many ethnic sources listed on their “main menu”:
http://www.CyndisList.com
This easy-to-use site contains tabs to various research sites:
http://searchingforgrandfathers.com/#
A compilation of frequently asked questions about grammar, spelling, and word usage by Oxford word and language experts As well as including a thesaurus and Spanish-language section:
http://www.lexico.com
Free English, Medical, Legal, Financial and Computer dictionaries, thesaurus, acronyms, idioms, encyclopedia, a Literature Reference Library, and a search engine:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com
A free online reference source for answers to questions from a variety of encyclopedias, dictionaries, glossaries, and atlases:
http://www.answers.com
An unusual site containing thousands of quotes and sayings catalogued under a variety of topics:
http://www.wiseoldsayings.com
A government site that discusses symptoms and treatment of diseases, as well as injuries and other health events that could impact people (such as diseases from flooding):
http://www.cdc.gov/
A leading source for trustworthy medical news and information:
http://www.webmd.com