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American Family Immigration History Center -
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/
Contains arrival records for the 22 million immigrants who entered New York through Ellis Island from 1892 to 1924. It includes immigrants' names, their ports of origin, ages, nationalities, hometowns and marital status.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index -
http://www.kcls.org/erout/goto.cfm?f=bgmi&d=92
Citations from biographical reference works.
British Family History Overview -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/
British Broadcasting Company links to available family history resources in the UK, Scotland and Wales.
CastleGarden.org -
http://castlegarden.org
Free access to arrival records on 10 million immigrants from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened. It includes immigrants names, occupation, age, date of arrival, ports of origin, and name of the ship. A timeline covering the period from 1800 to 1999 of the events that took place at the Battery and the Castle in New York, which offers historical perspective is included.
Christine's Genealogy Website -
http://ccharity.com/
African American genealogy resources.
JewishGen: Jewish Genealogy -
http://www.jewishgen.org/
Discussion groups, databases including the Shtetlseeker and Family Finder, and links to other Jewish genealogy sites.
Legacy.com -
http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp
Legacy.com hosts the obituary sites of more than 200 leading U.S. newspapers. It is searchable by name, date, newspaper, state and keyword.
Social Security Death Index -
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm
Contains 63 million+ records of persons who had Social Security Numbers and whose death was reported to the Social Security Administration.
Supplies, Forms, Charts -
http://www.cyndislist.com/supplies.htm
Download or print charts and forms from the web, or find someone to print that enormous family tree for a reunion.
Vital Records -
http://vitalrec.com/index.html
Where to write for birth, death and marriage records.
