Cyndi’s List.com

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Oct 082010
 

I haven’t used this site in a long while, but when I first started out in this adventure this site helped me a lot with discovering the genealogy treasures on the ‘net.  www.cyndislist.com is an organized directory of genealogy websites around the world. It links to databases, forms, software, libraries, societies, government sources, how-tos – pretty much every genealogy topic under the sun.

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 Posted by Suzy at 7:21 pm

Ancestry.com

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Oct 082010
 

One of my favorite sites for trying to find new possible records in Canada & the US. It’s been years since I’ve had any paid subscription to this site. But that’s mainly because I haven’t found new records that I need to see, or I can find the record for less cost once I know where to look.

I also use their free online family tree to post some of my older brick walls, hoping to find that little flashing leaf leading me to that elusive record that will give the breakthrough I’ve been searching for.

Check it out at www.ancestry.com or www.ancestry.ca. They are both the same site, but the site will try to direct you to either the US or Canada site depending on where your computer IP geographically maps you.

 Posted by Suzy at 6:40 pm

FamilySearch.org

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Oct 082010
 

The Mormon church is very much into genealogy, tracing/recording families from around the world, not just their members.  While this fact has not been popular with some people/religions it has proven to be a valuable resource for genealogists.  It’s been a few years but I’ve used the tiny local family centre to order/view microfilms from France & found records taking my ancestors back to the late 1600s. And the cost – I think it cost in the range of $8 – 10 per film rental including shipping.

The FamilySearch.org website is also valuable with an online catalog of sources that can be rented from Salt Lake City, downloadable forms, indexed transcribed records. And growing more valuable as they undertake the huge project of transcribing all the records they possess – microfilm, microfiche, books…  I’ve used the new pilot project to view census records that I would usually have to pay a fee to view on sites like Ancestry.com

 Posted by Suzy at 6:19 pm
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