LDS LINKS - FREE RECORDS
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, official websites

LDS website continues worldwide digital project at FamilySearch – This site manages the largest collection of genealogical records worldwide. In 2007 it announced plans to begin digitizing and indexing its collection for broader, more economic online access—starting with popular collections like the U.S., Canada, and U.K. censuses. FamilySearch has created free online indexes to date for the 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 U.S. Censuses. FamilySearch is working with The Generations Network to provide enhanced, free indexes for the remaining U.S. censuses. Salt Lake City, Utah—FamilySearch International reaches a milestone with the digitization of publications online. It began the initiative in 2007 and is ramping up to do even more—and faster. The effort targets published family, society, county, and town histories, as well as numerous other historical publications that are digitally preserved and made accessible for free online. The digital publications can be searched at www.FamilySearch.org (Go to FamilySearch.org, then click Search Records, then click Historical Books).

FREE COURTHOUSE DIGITAL RECORDS AND MORE - Entire collections can be searched for free directly online. Approximately 46.3 million new records and 1.2 million new images are now available on the Record Search pilot at http://pilot.familysearch.org.

NOTE – For the following website you will need to download Flash if you do not already have it on your computer. The link is also provided right there on the website, to download it. The direct route: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#

1. Ancestry.com $ - Ancestry.com is the leading genealogical data site, with some articles, instruction, and reference help.
2. Genealogy.com $ - This is major data site, with instruction and reference help.
3. MyHeritage.com - MyHeritage focuses on genealogy community building and networking.
4. RootsWeb.com - Rootsweb is a major data site, with free instruction and reference help.
5. MyFamily.com - Hosts family websites for sharing photos, genealogy, and more.
6. FamilySearch.org - This is a major data website sponsored by the LDS Church and includes with instruction and reference help.
7. FindAGrave.com - A database of cemetery inscriptions and photos.
8. Geni.com - Web 2.0 and focuses on genealogy community building and networking.
9. Footnote.com $ - In conjunction with the U.S. National Archives, Footnote offers data, original records images, and more.
10. AncestorHunt.com - A site consisting of collected genealogy links.
11. OneGreatFamily.com $ - This is primarily a family trees sharing and collaboration website.
12. GenealogyToday.com - Genealogy Today includes instruction, reference articles, and includes some unique data collections.
13. WorldVitalRecords.com $ - WVR is also known as Family Link, and represents a major data website, with instruction and reference help.
14. AccessGenealogy.com - A website that includes references to helpful articles, especially for Native American information, and some data.
15. USGennet.org - Historical and genealogical web hosting service.
16. Interment.net - Transcribed and indexed cemetery inscriptions.
17. CyndisList.com - A huge website dedicated to cataloguing genealogy website links.
18. GeneBase.com - A DNA ancestry cataloguing project
19. SearchForAncestors.com - Interactive directory of free genealogy websites and data.
20. EllisIsland.org - Database of passenger lists that is free to search. Actual passenger list images can be purchased.
21. FamilyTreeMaker.com - Homepage for Ancestry.com's genealogical software.
22. KindredKonnections.com $ - Grassroots created data site with compiled family Trees, and some extracted records.
23. Linkpendium.com - A collection of genealogy links categorized by region and surname.
24. DeathIndexes.com - Lists of links to United States death records, by state.
25. FamilyTreeDNA.com - DNA testing service focused upon family history test types.
26. CousinConnect.com - A large free queries website.
27. TribalPages.com - Family trees hosting and charting program.
28. CensusFinder.com - Links to free census records.
29. USGenWeb.com - A group of volunteers working together to provide free genealogy websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States.
30. GenealogyBank.com $ - Database with index of newspapers and early books.
31. JewishGen.org - Jewish, reference, instruction, coordination, and databases.
32. PoliticalGraveyard.com - Comprehensive source of U.S. political biography that tells where many dead politicians are buried.
33. Genuki.org.uk - Large collection of genealogical information pages for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man.
34. *Genealogytrails.com - Three year old site with free data contributed by volunteers (not ranked)
35. GenCircles.com - Upload and share your family trees.
36. *GenoPro.com - Genealogy software that produces genograms
37. Census-Online.com - Links to censuses and census abstracts.
38. HeritageQuestOnline.com $ - Census, PERSI (the periodical index), books.
39. US-Census.org - Census abstracts (U.S. GenWeb Census Project)
40. Daddezio.com - Website focused upon Italian research, with instruction, information and more.
41. Geneanet.org - A collection of family trees, community, and submitted records.
42. GenWed.com - Online marriage records, where to order, some indexes, and more.
43. FindMyPast.com $ - Indexes to British records of many types.
44. *FamilyHistory101.com - Less than two years old and full of instruction and guidance for genealogists
45. AncientFaces.com - Share genealogy research, community pages, family photos & records more for free.
46. *Dar.org - Site of the largest lineage society; includes their library catalog and 32 million name index.
47. GenealogyLinks.net - Links to free sites, arranged by state and county.
48. Pittsburgh   (And much, much more)