Resources to help with the research and construction of a family tree.  Great place to start and excellent, all in one place, reference.

American Memory  Over 90 historical collections online from the Library of Congress.

Ancestornews.com  Resource center for beginning Internet genealogy.  A lot of free information, but also commercial products.

Ancestry.com  Requires paid membership.

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet  More than 87,550 links!

FamilyHistory.com  Hosts over 130,000 message boards which are divided into three main categories, Surnames, Geography, and Research Topics.

FamilySearch.org  Internet Genealogy Service from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints - Includes: Step-by-step research guidance and access to "vast record collections".

Gendex.com  Includes a genealogical index, currently with over twelve million names, and which is available for online searching. 

Genealogy.com  Contains a list of useful resources, including guides and libraries, as well as Newsgroups and mailing lists.  The links section contains over 72,000 genealogy Web Sites. 

GenForum  How to articles, reference materials, message boards.  Many commercial products.

GenServ  Free one-time surname search.

RootsWeb.com  "The Internet's Oldest and Largest Genealogy Site"

SurnameWeb.com

U.S. GenWeb Project  Links to State pages, which are the jumping off points to get started on your research. At the State Site, you will find links to each County within that state, where you will find a wealth of county related information.  Also, the Digital Library (Archives) offers actual transcriptions of public domain records, including copies of census records, marriage bonds, wills, and other public documents.

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