Free Genealogy Resources

Here are some of the best free resources and websites to add to your Genealogy Favorites list. New links as of 9 Feb 2019 have an asterisk.

• *Access Genealogy: An enormous directory of links to online genealogy resources.
• *Antenati: Italian birth, marriage, and death records organized by province, town, and year.
• *Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (U.S.): Your ancestor's records may be hiding in the next county. Use this tool to find out.
• *Castle Garden: People didn't arrive at Ellis Island only.
• Chronicling America: Access to select digitized newspapers from 1789–1924.
• Cyndi's List: The mother of all genealogy resources.
• Ellis Island: Search ship manifests throughout the history of Ellis Island.
• Family Search: Manage your tree, view digitized files, and order microfilm records to view.
• Family Tree Analyzer: Free software gives you tremendous insight into your tree. Currently up to version 5.3.1.5.
• Family Tree Magazine: Genealogy forms, blogs, articles, and more.
• *Federal Census Forms: These blank forms from the U.S. National Archives make it easier for you to understand the information captured on each Federal census.
• French Genealogical Words: Use these lists to help you understand records written in French.
• Fulton History: Search more than 37 million historical newspapers.
• German Genealogical Words: Use these lists to help you understand records written in German.
• Google Genealogy Book Search: Access to free genealogy books.
• Italian Genealogical Group: Excellent source of New York City vital records, and much more.
• Italian Genealogical Words: Use these lists to help you understand records written in Italian.
• Italian occupations and their English translation: 875 job names. A few have question marks because I can't find a translation.
• Latin Genealogical Words: Use these lists to help you understand records written in Latin. This is common in church records.
• Legacy Family Tree Webinars: Free webinars complete with handouts and other resources.
• National Archives of Ireland: Search the 1901 and 1911 census and browse other collections.
• Research Guides: Free from Ancestry.com covering many topics.
• *RootsWeb: This site seemed doomed, but it's back. Owned by Ancestry.com, this is a free resource for family trees, message boards, Ancestry's wiki, and more.
• *State Census Forms: These blank census forms can help you better understand what information was captured on the state-level censuses. Note: These forms were posted on a website that no longer exists (free-genealogy-forms.com). They are available only through the Internet Archive WayBack Machine. I've downloaded and bundled them together in a zip file.
• State Death Indexes: Searchable death indexes and records by state.
• Stephen P. Morse: Tools to help you find your family in censuses and vital records.