Getting Started with Genealogy

You are about to start on a exciting journey in the exploration of your family history. Researching your family history is one of the fastest growing hobbies. But it is much more than just a hobby, it will help you discover more about who you are, where you can from and your families place in history.

Genealogy is a combination of family lore, living history and written records. During your research you will experience the wonder of finding old photographs, albums and forgotten heirlooms of the past. It is your responsibility to tell your children and grandchildren about their family heritage and let them share in the joy of your historic finds.

United States & County Genealogy, Facts and Records

Each State has information on its history, discontinued and extinct counties, archives, museums and libraries, Historical & Genealogical Societies, links to state & county government, state & county genealogy links. It also explains the Family History and genealogical records availible for the State and each county within that State.

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming Genealogy

Helpful Genealogy Websites

• United States General Website Links
  • Family History Library
  • Search 60 Years Of Everton Data: For the first time ever you can get access to more than 150,000 pedigree files and family group sheets from Evertons. – World Vital Records
  • State Genealogy Networks - facebook.com
    • AL • AR • AZ • CA • CO • CT • DE • FL • GA • IA • ID • IL • IN • KS • KY • LA • MA • MD • ME • MI • MN • MO • MS • MT • NC • ND • NE • NH • NJ • NM • NV • NY • OH • OK • OR • PA • RI • SC • SD • TN • TX • UT • VA • VT • WA • WI • WV • WY
  • Family Group Sheet Project
  • Free GenForum Message Boards – Free Genealogy Site
  • Free Rootsweb Message Boards – Free Genealogy Site
  • American History and Genealogy Project (AHGP)
  • Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK)
  • American Local History Network, Inc. (ALHN)
  • USGenweb project Archives
  • USGenWeb Archives Project for Arizona

• Genealogy DNA Testing
  • Ancestry DNA Testing – Use DNA testing to break through your genealogical barriers!
  • Family Tree DNA – find relatives that had become “lost” over the years and decades.
• United States Books Website Links
  • United States Books at Amazon.com
  • Genealogy Publishing Company Books
• United States Cemeteries and Graveyards Website Links
  • Gravestone Photo Project
  • Tombstone Inscription Project - UsGenweb
  • Obituary Project - UsGenweb
  • United States Cemeteries at Internment.net
  • The Political Graveyard
  • Terminology & Meanings of Tombstone Symbols
  • Cemetery Records & Research - from The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy.
  • Cemetery and Graveyard Associations by State
    • Alabama Cemetery Preservation Alliance (ACPA)
    • New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association
  • United States Church Books at Amazon.com
• United States Church & Bible Website Links
  • Overview of Church Records - from The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy.
  • United States Church Books at Amazon.com
• United States Military Website Links
  • United States Pension Project
  • Civil War Soldiers System Database
  • Overview of Military Records - from The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy.
  • Search Revolutionary War 1775-83 Service Records, Rejected Pensions, Loyalists Records, 1775-1783 Pay Rolls, Courts-Martials, Officers, Pension Index, Pensioner Census, 1841
  • Search Civil War Soldiers, Service Records, Regiments, General Officers, Battle Summaries, Pension Index: 1861-1934, CSA Field Officers and the War of the Rebellion
  • United States Military Record Books - Amazon.com
• United States Periodicals, Newspapers and Publications
  • Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers – These historic newspapers are available to read online in Chronicling America at the Library of Congress.
  • United States Newspaper Program
• United States National Historical, Genealogical and Ethnic Society Website Links
  • Archives, Libraries and Societies by State
    

    Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho

    Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan

    Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York

    North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota

    Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

  • American Historical Society of Germans from Russia,631 D Street, Lincoln NE 68502-1199
  • Negro Historical Association of Colorado Springs, (NHACS), 5180 Mountain Villa Grove, Colorado Springs, CO 80917; 719-574-8332
  • Black Genealogy Search Group, P.O. Box 40674, Denver, CO 80204-0674
  • Czech and Slovak Search Group, 209 S. Ogden, Denver, CO 80209-2321
  • Genealogical Society of Hispanic America, P.O. Box 9606, Denver, CO 80209-0606
  • Jewish Genealogical Society
  • Palatines to America
  • Slovenian Genealogy Society
  • WISE Search Group (Wales, Ireland, Scotland,England), P.O. Box 48226, Denver CO 80204-8226
  • Daughters of the British Empire
  • International Society of Sons and Daughters of Slave Ancestry, P.O. BOX 436937, CHICAGO, IL 60643-6937; Phone: (773) 238-2686
  • National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1776 D Street NW,
    Washington, D.C. 20006; Phone: (202) 628-1776
  • National Society of Sons of the American Revolution, 1000 South Fourth Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40203; (502) 589-1776