Free Online Resouces

Octocber 2008

Here are a list of resources available online that I have been bookmarking for the last few years. Most of these sites are free although some do require registration of a username and password. If you would like to report a broken link or add to this list, please contact me.
 

 

AUSTRALIA

• Immigrants to South Australia
• National Archives of Australia

 

CANADIAN LINKS

• Pier 21
• Archives Canada
• Ontario Marriages
• Olive Tree Genealogy
• Canadian Forum
• The Saturnia
• Nova Scotia Records

 

ENGLAND

• Julies Genealogy Pages
• Kent Family History Society
• Roger Vaughan Picture Library – Date an Old Photograph
• UK Census Online
• Search the FreeBMD Records

 

ELLIS ISLAND ARTICLES, SEARCH FORMS AND SHIP ARRIVALS
(1892-1924)

• • History of the Statue of Liberty
  • Ellis Island Ship Manifests
  • Manifest Markings

One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse

• The Immigration Experience

 

FINDING YOUR ITALIAN NAMES

• Italian Surname Database
• Italian Surname Database Blog
• Pagine Bianche – Italian White Pages
• Italian Surname Locator
• Names and Surnames in Italy
• Italian Surnames of Calabria

 

ILLINOIS

• Cook County Illinois Genealogical Database
• Illinois State Archive Databases
• Chicago Ancestors.org
• Chicago Genealogy.com

 

IRELAND

• Irish Family History Foundation Website

 

ITALIAN SITES

• Calitri CONNECTIONS
• Italian State Archives
• Italian State Archive Addresses
• Italian Records Extraction – An Instructional Guide
• Libby’s Italian Records Page
• Palermo Marriages
• Researching Italian Military Records

 

LDS SITES

• Family Search Records
• Family Search
• Requesting Photocopies
• Italy Events and Time Periods

 

MILITARY

• WW2 Casualties: 1937 – 1945

 

NATURALIZATION RECORDS

• Naturalizations: Researching Philadelphia Records

 

NORWAY

• Norway National Archives

 

PRESERVING YOUR DOCUMENTS

• Scanning Tips and Bits

 

RESEARCH GUIDES AND PORTALS

• Calabrian Genealogy
• Calabria Exchange
• Carini Exchange
• Catanzaro Exchange
• Cindy’s List
• Cosenza Exchange

 

SCOTLAND

• Talking Scot
• SCOTS ORIGINS
• Scotlands People

 

SOUTH AMERICAN & SPANISH GUIDES

• Apellidos Italianos
• Governo do Estado de São Paulo – Memorial do Imigrante
• Passengers Database
• Projeto Imigrantes
• The Data Bank-Argentina Records

 

THE STATUE OF LIBERTY FOUNDATION

• Ellis Island-FREE Port of New York Passenger Records Search
• Passenger ArrivalLog
• Pedigree Chart
• Family GroupSheets
• Manifest ExtractionForms

 

UNITED STATES

• Castle Garden
• Castle Garden Passenger Lists Guide
• The US National Archives

VITAL RECORDS

• N C H S- Where to Write Home Pages

WEST VIRGINIA

• • West Virginia Vital Records