General Resources

Operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), this free website offers a variety of genealogical databases, access to unindexed images of genealogical records, wiki entries describing various types of genealogical research, and access to the Family History Library's catalog. Includes free access to the 1940 United States Federal Census.

Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1924 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

The nation's founding genealogical society

The Internet's oldest and largest FREE genealogical community