Anchorage Genealogical Society
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This site is put together by a group of volunteers working together to provide free genealogy websites for genealogical research in Alaska. This project is non-commercial and fully committed to free genealogy access for everyone.
Last Updated: 31 December 2022   [Located in Category: Alaska Resources]
"The Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics is responsible for managing vital records in the State of Alaska which include birth, death, fetal death, divorce and marriage certificate data, along with reports of adoption."
Last Updated: 10 June 2020   [Located in Category: Alaska Resources]
Digital access to many documents, photographs, articles and other information about the people of our great state.
Last Updated: 16 June 2020   [Located in Category: Alaska Resources]
"The Alaska Collection at Loussac Library contains over 20,000 books on Alaska and the North, including rare books, maps and manuscripts. Alaska state and Anchorage municipal documents as well as CD-ROM databases with polar and Alaskan information are also available."
Last Updated: 31 December 2022   [Located in Category: Alaska Resources]
One of the largest genealogy research collections in the United States. With access to local, national, Native American and military records.
Last Updated: 23 February 2020   [Located in Category: U.S. Resources]
This is a fee-based website containing thousands of searchable collections of records from around the world. Ancestry.com has spent more than a decade building the world's largest online family history resource, including historical records, photos, stories, family trees and a collaborative community of millions.
Last Updated: 12 May 2019   [Located in Category: International Resources]
"Welcome to the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery. This is where some of Alaska's most notable sons and daughters are buried and where we honor our glorious history. The cemetery was established by President Woodrow Wilson in 1915 and the 22 acres includes ten private tracts and ten public tracts. The Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery serves as a tribute to the many people who have made Alaska famous throughout the world. Please join us at the Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery and revisit a part of the heritage of Anchorage and Alaska."
Last Updated: 31 December 2014   [Located in Category: Anchorage Resources]
Angelus Memorial Park, also known as Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, is located in Anchorage, Alaska. Address: 440 East Klatt Road, Anchorage, AK 99515.Phone: (907) 344-1311
Last Updated: 12 May 2019   [Located in Category: Anchorage Resources]
The Ancestors Portal was born, in line with other portals dedicated to genealogical research and family history, promoted in many countries, from the desire to make available online the enormous documentary heritage of personal and genealogical interest – in particular, civil status records, draft lists and matriculation roles – preserved in the Italian State Archives, essential for conducting research on family and individual history, but also of great interest for historical, genealogical, demographic research and social Sciences.
Last Updated: 16 November 2023   [Located in Category: International Resources]
ArchiveGrid identifies archived record collections and documents held by institutions and are broken down state-by-state and the entities that hold the collections. You can gain access to millions of records, manuscripts and other collections.
Last Updated: 24 November 2019   [Located in Category: U.S. Resources]
A wonderful website by the University of Richmond Digital Scholarship Lab. Hundreds of digital maps covering a wide array of items from county and populations to demographics and crop production
Last Updated: 10 February 2020   [Located in Category: U.S. Resources]
A guide to getting started in building your family tree.
Last Updated: 4 November 2019   [Located in Category: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide]
Don't let the "Tree Removal" at the top of this page fool you! There are some GREAT tips and links on this page.
Last Updated: 12 May 2019   [Located in Category: International Resources]
This site provides live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than five million Federal land title records issued between 1820 and the present. It also has images related to survey plats and field notes, dating back to 1810. Due to organization of documents in the GLO collection, this site does not currently contain every Federal title record issued for the Public Land States.
Last Updated: 12 May 2019   [Located in Category: U.S. Resources]
An indexed listing of cabinet card 19th century photographers. A popular style of photograph for the time.
Last Updated: 7 December 2023   [Located in Category: U.S. Resources]
A look into life of late 1800's London! Digitized poverty maps and police notebooks provide an insight into the neighborhoods of London.
Last Updated: 9 March 2020   [Located in Category: International Resources]
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1924 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress. Mostly FREE.
Last Updated: 1 January 2020   [Located in Category: U.S. Resources]
This site has just been updated (2019) and some of the things that it contains include: A categorized & cross-referenced index to genealogical resources on the Internet; a list of links that point you to genealogical research sites online; a free jumping-off point for you to use in your online research; and a "card catalog" to the genealogical collection in the immense library that is the Internet. Your genealogical research portal onto the Internet.
Last Updated: 12 May 2019   [Located in Category: International Resources]
"The DAR, founded in 1890 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a non-profit, non-political volunteer women's service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history, and securing America's future through better education for children. DAR members volunteer more than 250,000 hours annually to veteran patients, award thousands of dollars in scholarships and financial aid each year to students, and support schools for underserved children with annual donations exceeding one million dollars. As one of the most inclusive genealogical societies in the country, DAR boasts 175,000 members in 3,000 chapters across the United States and internationally. Any woman 18 years or older-regardless of race, religion, or ethnic background-who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of the American Revolution, is eligible for membership. Encompassing an entire downtown city block, DAR National Headquarters houses one of the nation's premier genealogical libraries, one of the foremost collections of pre-industrial American decorative arts, Washington's largest concert hall, and an extensive collection of early American manuscripts and imprints. NSDAR is exempt from Federal income taxes under the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and receives no government funding."
Last Updated: 12 May 2019   [Located in Category: U.S. Resources]
A map collection database that is viewable on-line using a variety of viewing applications. The database is maintained by Stanford University.
Last Updated: 15 January 2020   [Located in Category: International Resources]
The world's most accurate translator. Translates text and files from 31 languages.
Last Updated: 16 November 2023   [Located in Category: International Resources]
Research Ship's Records for Immigrant Arrivals at Ellis Island
Last Updated: 16 November 2023   [Located in Category: International Resources]
"The Family History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints houses a collection of genealogical records that include names of more than 3 billion deceased people. It's the largest collection of its kind in the world."
Last Updated: 12 May 2019   [Located in Category: International Resources]
Your free learning, research, and activities center for family history.
Last Updated: 16 November 2023   [Located in Category: Anchorage Resources]
Founded in 2000, FamilyTreeDNA pioneered the field of genetic genealogy—the use of DNA testing to establish relationships between individuals and determine ancestry. As leaders in the industry, we provide advanced technology for users to gain further insight into their family history—all with a simple swab of DNA. Over 2 million people have tested with FamilyTreeDNA, resulting in the most comprehensive DNA matching database in the industry.
Last Updated: 13 January 2024   [Located in Category: DNA Resources]
"America's #1 family history magazine, is the leading how-to publication for those who want to discover, preserve and celebrate their roots. It covers all areas of potential interest to family history enthusiasts, reaching beyond strict genealogy research to include ethnic heritage, family reunions, memoirs, oral history, scrapbooking, historical travel and other ways that families connect with their pasts. Family Tree Magazine strives to provide engaging, easy-to-understand instruction that empowers readers to take the next steps in the quest for their pasts—with a beginner-friendly approach that makes genealogy a hobby anyone can do. In addition to our bimonthly magazine, we produce a free weekly e-mail newsletter, a free monthly podcast, three blogs, online video tutorials, CDs and digital downloads."
Last Updated: 12 May 2019   [Located in Category: Genealogy Publications]
"FGS was founded in 1976 and represents the members of hundreds of genealogical societies. The Federation of Genealogical Societies links the genealogical community by: serving the needs of its member societies, providing products and services needed by member societies, and marshaling the resources of its member organizations. FGS links the genealogical community by helping genealogical societies strengthen and grow. To do this, FGS publishes FORUM magazine, filled with articles pertaining to society management and genealogical news. FGS also publishes an extensive series of Society Strategy Papers, covering topics about effectively operating a genealogical society. FGS also links the genealogical community through its annual conference -- four days of excellent lectures, including one full day devoted to society management topics."
Last Updated: 12 May 2019   [Located in Category: Genealogical Societies]
Paid subscription service that provides genealogy research, on-line family tree building and DNA testing (Through LivingDNA). They also provide extensive records for the United Kingdom and United States.
Last Updated: 15 May 2019   [Located in Category: International Resources]
"Find a Grave's mission is to find, record and present final disposition information from around the world as a virtual cemetery experience. Find a Grave memorials may contain rich content including pictures, biographies and more specific information. Members can leave remembrances via 'virtual flowers' on the memorials they visit, completing the virtual cemetery experience. Find A Grave is a resource for anyone in finding the final disposition of family, friends, 'famous' and 'infamous' individuals." ***Autumn 2017 - Find-A-Grave recently sold, and the new owners are redesigning the customer interface, among other changes.
Last Updated: 12 May 2019   [Located in Category: International Resources]
This site offer "a ton of free resources that are incredibly valuable and not very well-known. ... Each new post will explore a new site you can use to research your family's origins in great depth."
Last Updated: 12 May 2019   [Located in Category: International Resources]
Comprehensive solutions for genetic genealogy and family tree search. GEDmatch provides more applications for comparing your DNA test results with the most people worldwide.
Last Updated: 25 November 2023   [Located in Category: DNA Resources]
The Genealogical DNA Analysis Tool (GDAT) is an app developed by Becky Mason Walker (Beckins LLC) that utilizes autosomal DNA to aid in the research of family trees. GDAT is specifically designed to analyze DNA data from genetic genealogy tests and help users identify their biological family members and ancestry. GDAT provides several features for analyzing and visualizing DNA data, including triangulation, segment analysis, chromosome mapping, and ancestry estimation. It also offers various tools for comparing and filtering DNA matches, including surname searches, geographic searches, and pedigree analysis. GDAT is available for download as a desktop application for Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems.
Last Updated: 14 January 2024   [Located in Category: DNA Resources]
Marc McDermott, a genealogy blogger, recently published a pretty neat flowchart illustration that shows how to apply the concepts of the GPS to sound genealogical research. Both Elizabeth Shown Mills and Thomas Jones provided a lot of input to make this as useful as possible. Here's the link where you can see it: https://www.genealogyexplained.com/basics/genealogical-proof-standard/
Last Updated: 12 July 2020   [Located in Category: Genealogy Publications]
A fee based service of the General Register office in Northern Ireland. You are required to create an account and purchase credits.
Last Updated: 19 January 2020   [Located in Category: International Resources]
Search newspapers from the state of Georgia from the 1800's-2000's. Searches can be made of different regions, counties and news papers. This is a project of the Georgia Digital Library.
Last Updated: 1 March 2020   [Located in Category: U.S. Resources]
A U.S. based German research group with links to information from the United States and around the world.
Last Updated: 1 January 2020   [Located in Category: U.S. Resources]
A group and website that assists others in find their GI fathers.
Last Updated: 2 August 2020   [Located in Category: International Resources]
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and so very much more.
Last Updated: 1 January 2020   [Located in Category: U.S. Resources]
A website designed to search a specific Irish graveyard or a general search using the graveyard locator function.
Last Updated: 2 August 2020   [Located in Category: International Resources]
This website contains a list the counties of all the counties in Ireland and Northern Ireland, a critical step in researching Irish ancestors. Each county can be selected and looked at further, with links to searchable databases.
Last Updated: 1 January 2020   [Located in Category: International Resources]
Information on Italian Genealogy Research
Last Updated: 16 November 2023   [Located in Category: International Resources]
Judy Russell is a genealogist with a law degree, and her purpose at The Legal Genealogist is, in part, to help folks understand the often arcane and even impenetrable legal concepts and terminology that are so very important to those studying family history. Without understanding the context in which events took place and records were created, we miss so much of both the significance and the flavor of what happened.
Last Updated: 16 November 2023   [Located in Category: U.S. Resources]
"The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections."
Last Updated: 12 May 2019   [Located in Category: U.S. Resources]
"Linkpendium is a 10,000,000+ resource directory to everything on the Web about families worldwide and genealogically-relevant information about U.S. states and counties. We cover both free and subscription sites, with a strong emphasis upon free resources."
Last Updated: 1 January 2020   [Located in Category: U.S. Resources]
State of Missouri Vital Statistics site where you can currently download death and birth records for 1910-1960.
Last Updated: 12 May 2019   [Located in Category: U.S. Resources]
MyHeritage is an online genealogy platform with web, mobile, and software products and services, introduced by the Israeli company MyHeritage in 2003. Users of the platform can obtain their family trees, upload and browse through photos, and search through over 19.4 billion historical records, among other features.
Last Updated: 16 November 2023   [Located in Category: International Resources]
Not a flashy site, but home to a number of interesting articles. Click on Resources and you will see a list of "FREE" items, including forms and software.
Last Updated: 15 May 2019   [Located in Category: International Resources]
The Anchorage facility closed in 2014, and records were transferred primarily to the Seattle branch. Much of the extensive collection is now digitized. Among the regional holdings germane to genealogical research: Federal population censuses for all States, 1790-1930 (including indexes for 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920); over 500 census index books for the years 1790-1870, with some gaps; military service records; pension and bounty land warrant applications; passenger arrival records; Native American and Village censuses; naturalization records; and portals for the entire digitized national collection.
Last Updated: 1 January 2020   [Located in Category: U.S. Resources]
A repository of Irish census records, wills, marriages and so much more! The site even has a section for genealogy.
Last Updated: 1 January 2020   [Located in Category: International Resources]
NGS' Mission is to serve and grow the genealogical community by providing education and training, fostering increased quality and standards, and promoting access to and preservation of genealogical records. History: NGS is more than a century old! The National Genealogical Society was organized in Washington, DC, in 1903.
Last Updated: 12 May 2019   [Located in Category: Genealogical Societies]