Helpful Links

General

Louisiana Research Online
https://home.rootsweb.com/sites/siteDirectory

Ancestry.com
http://www.ancestry.com

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
http://www.CyndisList.com

FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
http://www.familysearch.org

Genealogy.com
http://www.genealogy.com

Genealogy Resources on the Internet - Mailing Lists
http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html

RootsWeb.com
http://www.rootsweb.com

Cajun Culture

Libraries & Archives

State Library of Louisiana
http://www.state.lib.la.us/

DAR Library, Washington, D.C.
http://www.dar.org/library/default.html

FamilySearch - Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHL/frameset_library.asp

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
http://www.loc.gov

Map Libraries on the World Wide Web
http://www-map.lib.umn.edu/map_libraries.phtml

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington, D.C.
http://www.archives.gov

The Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois
http://www.newberry.org

New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts
http://www.newenglandancestors.org

New York Genealogical & Biographical Society, New York, NY
http://www.nygbs.org

New York Public Library
http://www.nypl.org

USGS Mapping Information: Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnisform.html

State Archives Referral List
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/rs/sarl.htm

State Library Web Sites
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dltcl/pld/statelib.html

UK Census Online
http://www.ukcensusonline.com/

UK Family History Online
http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk

UK National Archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

Societies & Organizations

Association of Professional Genealogists
http://www.apgen.org

Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations, Inc.
http://www.affho.org

Board for Certification of Genealogists
http://www.bcgcertification.org

Federation of Family History Societies (UK)
http://www.ffhs.org.uk

Federation of Genealogical Societies
http://www.fgs.org

Genealogical Speakers Guild
http://www.genspeakguild.org

Guild of One-Name Studies
http://www.one-name.org

National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
http://www.dar.org

Society of Genealogists, UK
http://www.sog.org.uk

Ethnic Resources

AfriGeneas ~ African Ancestored Genealogy
http://www.afrigeneas.com

Christine's Genealogy
https://ccharity.com/

Ancestors from Norway
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/index.html

Chinese Roots
http://www.chineseroots.com/

Federation of East European Family History Societies - FEEFHS
http://feefhs.org

Genealogy.net - German Genealogy
http://www.genealogienetz.de/index.html

GENUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy
http://www.genuki.org.uk

Hispanic Genealogy Crossroads
http://members.aol.com/mrosado007/crossroads.htm

Irish Ancestors
http://www.ancestryireland.com/

The Italian Genealogy Home Page
http://www.italgen.com

JewishGen: The Official Home of Jewish Genealogy
http://www.jewishgen.org

LusaWeb -- A meeting Place for all of Portuguese Ancestry
http://www.lusaweb.com

Native American Genealogy
http://hometown.aol.com/bbbenge/front.html

Polish Roots
http://www.polishroots.com

Suomen Sukututkimusseura / Genealogical Society of Finland
http://www.genealogia.fi

Swiss Genealogy on the Internet
http://www.eye.ch/swissgen/

The USGenWeb Project
http://www.usgenweb.org

Immigration

Ellis Island
http://www.ellisisland.org

ISTG - Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
http://istg.rootsweb.com

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov

TheShipsList
http://www.TheShipsList.com

Records

Bureau of Land Management - The Official Federal Land Patent Records Site
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
http://www.nara.gov

Social Security Death Index
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm

United States Railroad Retirement Board
http://www.rrb.gov

Vital Records Information - Louisiana
http://www.vitalrec.com/la.html

Miscellaneous

AudioTapes.com - Genealogy Lectures
http://www.audiotapes.com/browse.asp?topic=1

National Institute on Genealogical Research
http://www.rootsweb.com/~natgenin/

Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy
http://www.infouga.org

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