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Thursday, January 12, 2023

Free Genealogy Resources

                This concise list of all free sources at familysearch.org wiki compiled by me:

1st: some wikitree cut and paste timesavers.

1. {{FamilySearch|}}

2. [ familysearch.org person details for ]

3. "The Cagle Families of Cherokee and Pickens Counties Georgia", Compiled by Charles O. Walker, Copyright - July 1970, Privately Published, Reprinted December 2020 by Ron Cagle. Page

4. <ref> [http://pickenscountyga.com/pdf/LostMarriage.pdf Pickens county lost marriage records document Page 4 of 34 (freely available on line - do not reproduce)] </ref>

5. == per familysearch.org ==

I have weeded out all the non-free resources from this page: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/United_States_Online_Genealogy_Records

You are welcome!

White Text - Category with no further help at familysearch.org (mainly see Vital Records help).

Red Text - Further information on category at familysearch.org.

Numbered Yellow Text - Actual free categorized source lookups at various online sites.

Green Text - Outside of familysearch.org genealogy resource data site.

Notes: 

1. The yellow and green are actual search resources for finding records.

2. Nearly all search resources require a login account. 

3. All familysearch.org resources (Yellow) require a login account.

4. Some few like findagrave.com (#9 below) do not require a login. But I strongly recommend use of one so you can help them improve the content there... If you don't login you cannot participate.

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Vital Records

Births:

1. 1780-1846: US Slave Birth Records at FamilySearch; index & images

2. 1867-1931: US Births and Christenings at FamilySearch; index only

Marriages:

3. 1733-1990: US Marriages at FamilySearch; index only

4. US Western States Marriage Index at FamilySearch; index only 

Deaths:

5. 1867-1961: US Deaths and Burials at FamilySearch; index only

Uncategorized: 

6. US Early American Vital Records at Findmypast; pdf documents (births/marriages)

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Adoption

African American

7. See African American Online Genealogy Records

Bible Records

Biographies

Business Records

Cemetery Records

8. Findagrave.com (Collaborative online memorials)

9. 1949-1969: US Cemetery Abstracts at FamilySearch; index & images

10. Cemetery Abstracts at FamilySearch; index & images 

Census - United States

11. See United States Census Online Genealogy Records

Church Records - Unted States

12.  See The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Online Genealogy Records

Colonial Records - United States

Compiled Genealogies - United States

13. US Early American Families at Findmypast; pdf documents

14. US Family Histories at Findmypast; pdf documents 

Correctional Institutions - United States

Court and Criminal Record - United States 

 Directories - United States

15. 1700s-1900s: US Directories & Almanacs at Findmypast; pdf documents

16. 1970-2009: US Public Records at FamilySearch; index only

Funeral Home Records - United States

History - United States

17. US State & Local Histories at Findmypast; pdf documents 

Immigration Records - United States

18. See United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records

Indigenous Peoples Genealogy - United States

Land and Property - United States

19. 1800-1955: US Bureau of Land Management Tract Books at FamilySearch 

Military Records - United States

20. See United States Military Online Genealogy Records

 Naturalization and Citizenship - United States

21. See United States Naturalization and Citizenship Online Genealogy Records

Newspapers - United States

Obituaries - United States

22. 1980-2014: US GenealogyBank Obituaries at FamilySearch; index & images

Occupations - United States

23. 1954-1970: US National Register of Scientific and Tech. Personnel FamilySearch

Periodicals - United States

24. Periodical Source Index at Allen County Public Library; index 

Probate Records - United States

Religious Records - United States

School Records - United States

Servants and Slaves

25. 1780-1939: US Indenture and Manumission Records at FamilySearch; index & images

Voting Records - United States

1 comment:

  1. This looks like helpful information for those seeking to find ancestry details! Good job Timbo!

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