Favorite links

No more dusty courthouses for me. I prefer to browse these amazing online attics.

New England Historic Genealogical Society Just got my 20th anniversary membership card from them. That's scary.

Washington State Digital Archives An excellent use of my tax dollars. Other states, take a look.

Free BMD Looking for old English births, marriages or deaths? The best index is here.

Ansley Family Association A good starting point for anyone researching this family in the US.

The UK's National Archives Half a millennium of records online. Pretty impressive.

1901 Canadian Census (Free!) The interface is novel, but you can't beat the price.

Cleveland Public Library Databases & Link Library A century of Cleveland deaths, obituaries and burials are indexed here.

Jewish Records Indexing - Poland An international effort to bring 19th-century villages back to life.

General Land Office records Did an ancestor disappear off into the West? Look for them buying land on the prairie.

TNG Gendex Index Search the network of TNG-powered genealogy sites, all at once.