Family History & Genealogy Resources

Resources compiled by Family Search. Some resources listed by tribe.

Provides access to detailed archival collection descriptions, making information available about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and other archival materials. It also provides contact information for the institutions where the collections are kept. ArchiveGrid data is primarily focused on archival material descriptions for institutions in the United States.

The contents of this site includes: Emancipation of Slaves in the District of Columbia, 1862-1863; 1850 Washington DC Mortality Schedule; Negroes Lynched in the United States Since 1859; Adams County Mississippi Court Record Book; Virginia Mortality Schedules; Transcribed Wills; Historical Reports; Tombstone Transcriptions; Property Tax Rolls, Inventory Lists, and Slave Sales; Census Transcriptions; District of Columbia Manumission Papers; Emigrants to Liberia; Fugitive Slave Cases and Habeas Corpus Case Records for Fugitive Slaves.

Free access to records for more than 22 million immigrants, passengers, and crew members who came through Ellis Island and the Port of New York. Coverage: 1892 to 1924.

Directory of societies listed alphabetically by state and searchable by name. Includes links and addresses.

Includes passenger lists and genealogies, history of the trip, and some original documents by and about the Pilgrims.

The National Archives and Records Administration site explains where to find passenger lists and immigration records and provides several links to immigration resources.

Arranged by research topics or types of records available to search. From the Research Topics pages, you will find links to pages throughout the website with articles, finding aids, and other information to help you prepare for your genealogical research at the National Archives.
The records most commonly used by genealogists include:
-- Military Service Records
-- Immigration Records (Ship Passenger Arrival Records)
-- Naturalization Records
-- Passport Applications
-- Land Records
-- Court Records (Bankruptcy, Civil, Criminal and Court of Appeals Records)

Links to Sanborn map websites.

Freely available from ancestry.com. See "About Social Security Death Index" below the search box for details. 1935 - current.

Resources for finding your Revolutionary War ancestors.

Genealogical research resources organized by county and state, created and maintained by volunteers throughout the nation.

Where to find birth, death, marriage, or divorce records listed by state.

Lineage information for your Revolutionary War ancestors.

A free resource of the Battery Conservancy that provides access to eleven million records of immigrants who arrived at the Port of New York from 1820 - 1892.

Access at the Denver Public Library. Available only to customers inside DPL locations.

Photographs of ancestors uploaded by people from around the world.

Resources by Asian country.

Collects and provides images of headstones with their GPS locations so users worldwide can access those records. Requires free registration.

Free resource. Created and maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Final disposition information from around the world as a virtual cemetery experience. Includes gravestone photographs.

Access to free books, movies, documents, software and music.

World-wide access top over 25 million records.

Connects researchers of Jewish genealogy. Includes a Discussion Group, Family Finder (a database of over 60,000 surnames and towns), Infofiles (comprehensive directory of information resources, organized by both topic and country) and a variety of other databases, such as the ShtetlSeeker.

Resources that point to information on your Mexican ancestors.

Use at the Denver Public Library or use your Denver Public Library card to get access.