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Ancestry 2000

As notions about ethnicity and ancestry have changed over the past, various government institutions have become more sensitive and more sophisticated in their efforts to collect data in this area. During the 2000 Census, the Census Bureau modified its questionnaire to allow individuals the ability to give one or two attributions of their "ancestry or ethnic origin." This 12-page Census 2000 brief,...

https://www.census.gov/history/pdf/ancestry.pdf
Ancestry.com

The quest to find out about one’s ancestors is, if you will excuse the expression, as “old as the hills.” It appears throughout human history with great regularity, and manifests itself in a number of well-known places, such as the extensive genealogies that appear in the Old Testament. A number of websites are specifically intended to help modern-day folk with the search for their own ancestors,...

https://www.ancestry.com/
AncientFaces

There are countless genealogy resources online, but this site is unique. AncientFaces is a photo exchange, a database of photos submitted by users that enables people tracing their family trees to place faces with names. At present, the site contains over 5,000 photos. These may be searched by keyword, name, date, or location. They can also be browsed alphabetically by surname. There are several...

https://www.ancientfaces.com/
Cemetery Records Online

Though a bit cluttered with sponsor ads, this free site is a useful tool for genealogy researchers, offering more than 292,000 records from over 1,800 cemeteries worldwide. Focusing primarily on the US, but including graveyards in Canada, Ireland, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, India, and Japan, among others, the site lists gravestone inscriptions that have been collected by the site...

http://www.interment.net/Default.htm
Find A Grave

Looking for genealogical information about long deceased relatives can often prove to be troubling and at times expensive, to say nothing of locating where they might be buried in order to pay your respects. Find a Grave is an excellent way to locate the burial places of family and friends, and it is completely free of charge. From their site, visitors can search for the graves of relatives and...

https://www.findagrave.com/
FreeBMD Home Page

Under the direction of the FreeBMD Project Founder Graham Hart, this very ambitious project has the ultimate goal to provide free Internet access to the Civil Registration index information from England and Wales. At its essence, the Civil Registration system was designed to record all of the births, marriages, and deaths in England and Wales, and has been in place since 1837. As such, it is one...

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/
Jewish National and University Library Ketubot Database

"For over 2000 years Jewish law has required that every husband present his wife, at the time of their marriage, with a marriage contract or ketubbah, guaranteeing the wife's financial rights in case of the husband's death or divorce." These Kettubot are a rich source for studying Jewish history, customs, and art, as many were decorated according to the locality and period and reflected local...

https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/manuscripts/ketubot
Kiwew

"Kiwew" is the Cree word for "he goes home," a fitting title for this deeply personal podcast that follows writer David A. Robertson as he explores his lesser-known family history and "connects with his Cree identity." Robertson invites listeners into conversations with various family members, facing his "identity crisis" head on and sharing the "joy [he] feels when [he] discover[s] another piece...

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/425-kiwew
Root-L Geneaology Discussion List

ROOTS-L is a mailing list for genealogical researchers. Topics include surname queries, discussions of methodology and interesting genealogical web sites, etc. send email to: [email protected] in the body of the message type: SUBSCRIBE ROOTS-L yourfirstname yourlastname

https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/
Scottish Archive Network

Supported by funds from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Genealogical Society of Utah, and the National Archives of Scotland, the Scottish Archive Network has three primary aims. The first is to convert fifty of the primary Scottish archive catalogues into electronic format, the second is to make the wills and testaments of Scots from 1500 to 1875 available online, and the third is to "provide a...

https://www.scan.org.uk/