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Links
Useful research links
Ancestry.com
A major commercial genealogy platform offering two core services: a paid "Family History" membership giving access to historical records and family-tree-building tools, and AncestryDNA, a genetic testing service that reveals ancestral origins across thousands of global regions.
British Newspapers Archive
A digital archive of historical British and Irish newspapers spanning the early 1700s through the mid-20th century, including major titles like The Times as well as regional papers, giving researchers searchable access to historical news coverage and advertisements.
Conference Keeper
A free online calendar aggregating thousands of genealogy webinars, in-person and virtual programs, workshops, and conferences from organizations worldwide, along with related education, job, volunteer, and grant listings for the genealogy community.
Cyndi's List
A long-running, free categorized directory of genealogy resources on the internet, containing over 318,000 links across 231 categories. It functions as a "card catalog" pointing researchers to genealogical information elsewhere on the web, with browsing by category and user-submitted links.
Cyndi's List - Citing Sources
A subsection of Cyndi's List focused specifically on source citation in genealogy, organizing links into categories such as "Citations in Genealogy," "Evidence Explained," and "Forms & Citation Generators," plus related material on research standards and evaluating evidence.
David Rumsey - Map Collections
A freely accessible digital archive of more than 150,000 historical maps and related cartographic images spanning the 16th through 21st centuries, viewable through tools like a LUNA image viewer and a map georeferencer; the physical collection is housed at Stanford University Library.
Delaware Genealogical Society
A membership organization dedicated to genealogical research with a focus on Delaware records, offering webinars, newsletters, searchable databases, and indexed records, with additional journals and archived program content reserved for dues-paying members.
Delaware Historical Society
A cultural institution preserving and presenting Delaware's history, holding what it describes as the nation's largest privately held collection of Delaware-related material (about 3 million items) across a history museum, research library, and historic properties, plus educator resources and public exhibitions.
Delaware Public Archives (Dover, DE)
The State of Delaware's official archive, preserving and providing public access to historical records and government documents through digitized collections, a research room, and educational programs aimed at researchers, genealogists, and the general public.
Delaware WWII Fallen
A memorial website documenting World War II servicemembers with ties to Delaware, hosting articles (218 of roughly 238 focused on fallen Delawareans) that preserve their stories as a historical record of their sacrifice.
Evidence Explained
A citation and research-methodology resource for genealogists working with historical documents, offering more than a thousand example citations for U.S. and international source types. It emphasizes evaluating and analyzing evidence, not just formatting citations correctly.
FamilySearch Wiki - Delaware
A page on the FamilySearch Research Wiki intended to cover Delaware-specific genealogical research guidance (record types, repositories, and research strategies for the state); the specific page returned an error when checked, but it sits within FamilySearch's broader wiki of free, crowd-sourced research guides organized by place.
FamilySearch.org
A free, nonprofit international genealogy platform run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, offering billions of searchable historical records, a shared family tree with over a billion profiles, digitized photos and documents, and free in-person help at more than 5,000 Family History Centers worldwide.
Find A Grave
A free, community-built database of cemetery and burial records, hosting more than 265 million memorials since 1995. Users can search for ancestors' or notable individuals' final resting places and contribute memorials, photos, and tributes of their own.
Find My Past
A subscription genealogy service billed as home to the largest online collection of UK and Irish genealogy records and newspaper archives, offering searchable census, birth/marriage/death, and newspaper records plus a family tree builder with automated record-matching hints.
Free UK Genealogy
A volunteer-run UK charity providing free access to family history records through three projects — FreeBMD (births, marriages, deaths), FreeCEN (census data), and FreeREG (parish registers) — all transcribed and digitized by volunteers and searchable at no cost.
Genealogical Society of New Jersey
A nonprofit founded in 1921 dedicated to preserving New Jersey family history, publishing a journal and newsletters and maintaining extensive manuscript collections housed at Rutgers University, alongside membership, educational programs, and public resources like cemetery and Bible records.
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
A nonprofit educational organization founded in 1892 and billed as "the portal to your Pennsylvania past," offering library collections, educational programs, publications, and access to Pennsylvania genealogical records through in-person visits, webinars, and online resources.
Genealogy Tip Of The Day
A genealogy education site run by researcher Michael John Neill, delivering free daily research tips by email alongside blog posts on techniques, books, and resources, plus paid consultations, lectures, and research trips.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
A cultural and historical institution offering news, events (workshops and lectures), and blogs covering education, genealogy, and history topics, serving as a resource for both researchers and the general public interested in Pennsylvania's past.
Maryland Genealogical Society
An organization founded in 1959 that helps members explore their family history through publications, programs, webinars, research guidance, and access to genealogical databases and photo collections.
National Archivist & National Administration
The website of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the federal agency that preserves and provides public access to the nation's historical documents, photos, and records, including presidential libraries and educational resources for researchers, veterans, and educators.
National Genealogical Society
A nonprofit dedicated to helping people research and document family history, offering courses, publications, an annual conference, member resources, and free educational materials, while also serving as a hub connecting genealogy societies, libraries, and archives and promoting professional research standards.
Sleepless Genealogist Calendar
A free, curated calendar of genealogy events worldwide, mixing complimentary webinars with fee-based conferences (marked with a dollar sign), which users can sync to Google Calendar; organizations can submit their own events for free inclusion.
Sussex County Genealogical Society
A Delaware nonprofit offering training, education, programs, and presentations for genealogical research, including monthly meetings and special interest groups on genealogy software and DNA research; it is a member of the National Genealogical Society and the 1940 Census Indexing Project, serving the Delmarva region.
The Sleepless Genealogist Calendar
A calendar of genealogy related meetings, conferences and presentation.
UK & Ireland Genealogy
A non-commercial virtual reference library for UK and Ireland genealogy, maintained by a charitable trust and volunteers, providing freely accessible research material contributed from multiple sources.
Virginia Genealogical Society
A membership organization supporting research into Virginia family history, offering publications, webinars, research articles, a community forum, virtual conferences, and specialized resources such as an index to 1800 Virginia Personal Property Tax Lists.