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General Genealogy Resources

  • Allen County Public Library offers free genealogy consultations
  • Ancestry.com
  • AncestryAcademy.com (from Ancestry.com) has many How-To videos
  • Castle Garden no longer exists; search Ellis Island, Ancestry and Family Search for immigration records
  • Civil War Soldiers
  • Connecticut Genealogy
  • Cousin Chart from Family Search
  • Cyndi’s List has lots of help for beginners
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  • Family Search – Getting Started
  • Family Search Learning Center
  • Family Search Online Consultations – Free
  • Family Search Research Wiki
  • Family Tree offers some free webinars
  • Federal Land Records
  • Genealogy.com
  • Genuki (UK & Ireland)
  • Getting Started Tutorial from AmericanAncestors
  • Handwriting Help from FamilySearch
  • Historical Scanned Maps
  • Interment.net
  • Legacy Obituary Index
  • Library of Congress Research Guides
  • Los Angeles Public Library Genealogy Garage YouTube page
  • Meyers Gazetteer (for those researching German ancestors)
  • National Archives
  • National Archives of England
  • National Archives of Ireland
  • National Genealogical Society Free Resources
  • National Personnel Records Center
  • New England Historic Genealogical Society
  • ProGenealogists
  • Social Security Death Index
  • Soundex Calculator
  • US GenWeb Project
  • Vital Records Information

Related Pages

  • Land Records
  • Military Titles at Blackstone Library
  • Connecticut Genealogy and Local History
  • General Genealogy Resources
  • Local History Resources
  • Branford Family Genealogies
  • Researching Your Branford Ancestor
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