Helpful Genealogy Research Websites
U. S. Records:
RootsWeb: a good place to begin your research of the WorldConnect family tree database
USGenWeb: 50 state umbrella site maintained by volunteers
U. S. Land Patent Search: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/
1790/1800 Index Virginia Census records: http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/VirginiaTaxListCensuses/
LDS Family Search: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp
New River Notes, a web-site for primary sources for the U.S. counties at the border of Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina in the 1700/1800s and beyond: http://www.newrivernotes.com/nrv.htm
Gary Morris’ McFarland Genealogy Home Page, a source of family trees and primary sources for American McFarlands: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lopezislandhistory/mcfarland/index.html
Manuscript about the line of Robert McFarland who died in Penn. In 1751: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txfannin/mcfarlandour.html
Access Genealogy: millions of records, American Indian records a strong suit
Canadian Records:
That’s My Family: a search engine maintained by the National Archives of Quebec
http://www.thatsmyfamily.info/
Our Roots: a collection of digitized local histories across Canada
Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics:
Canadian Genealogy Centre:
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/index-e.html
Australian Records:
National Library of Australia:
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/genelist.html
Australian Genealogy Links
http://www.genealogylinks.net/australia/
Birth, Death, Marriage Records for Australia
http://www.coraweb.com.au/bdmau.htm
New Zealand Records:
Clan MacFarlane and associated clans [a world-wide database with plenty of New Zealand entries as that is the home country of the site compiler]
http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info
Denise & Peters HomePage - Passenger Lists http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/OurPassengerLists.htm
NEW ZEALAND BOUND – more shipping lists
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzbound/index.htm
New Zealand Government records for births, deaths and marriages (BDM). https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Home/
South Africa Records:
National Archives of the Republic of South Africa (NAAIRS)
http://www.national.archives.gov.za/index.htm
on the left hand side click on
"Search National Automated Archival Information Retrieval System"
English Records:
FreeBMD: free vital records for England and Wales
Access to Archives: The A2A database contains catalogues describing archives held locally in England and Wales and dating from the eighth century to the present day.
Genealogy in the UK and Ireland
Scottish Records:
LDS Family Search [virtually all OPR’s (Old Parish Register’s) included]: http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp
Scots Origins
Clan MacFarlane and associated clans [a world-wide database with predominantly Scottish bias]
http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info
Irish Records:
Official Site maintained by Dept. of Tourism, Culture, Sport
Ireland’s History in Maps
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/index.htm
Ireland’s Mega Search
http://www.genwed.com/UK/search-ireland.htm
Irish Census Indices
http://www.genealogybranches.com/irishcensus.html
Northern Ireland Records:
County Tyrone: volunteer site packed with primary and secondary records
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cotyroneireland/
Ulster Ancestry