Major genealogy sites
Ancestors
Ancestors is the companion website to a family history and genealogy television series aired by PBS, a US broadcaster. Although the site is aimed at a US audience, it features a number of case studies, tutorials and downloadable charts which would be useful to any budding family historian.
- Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
An immensely popular US based site covering the whole world and with many thousands of links. Has an enormously useful A-Z subject list where you can find links to every possible genealogical topic. -
Family Search
Family Search, the LDS genealogy site. Over 400 million names on this immense database. You can also download free family history software from here. -
Genes Reunited
Sister-site to Friends Reunited, Genes Reunited includes a family tree-builder and allows users to not only find their ancestors but to connect with living relatives and to share information with others looking for information too. Basic membership of the site is free and expanded membership is offered at a cost. - Genuki
UK and Ireland Genealogy. A large collection of genealogical information pages relating to England, Ireland, Scoltand, Wales the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. - Rootsweb
Rootsweb is an immense US genealogical co-operative with links to many other projects such as the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild and FreeBMD. There are thousands of mailing lists through which you can communicate with other family historians. - Back to top ^
