Favorite Web Sites

The following list has some of our favorite genealogy sites on the World Wide Web. On-line research continues to become more productive, thanks to thousands of volunteers contributing their time and sharing genealogical information on the Web. We hope our information is helpful to someone researching their ancestors.  Connecting with distant relatives would be another great experience resulting from this Web site.

• Finnish Genealogy  This site, administered by the Genealogical Society of Finland, is a must for third and fourth generation Finns. Many of its pages have an English option and there are continuous additions and updates being made by Finns on both sides of the ocean. Finland's Institute of Migration can be accessed through this site for individual passport and ocean vessel passenger information.
• Us GenWeb Project  This project consists of groups of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States. The Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free access for everyone.  Organization is by county, and provides links to all the state websites.  The project also sponsors important Special Projects at the national level and its home page provides an entry point to all of those pages, as well.
• PA GenWeb Project  A part of the USGenWeb Project, the PAGenWeb Project has been online since early 1996.  The goal of the Project is to have every county in Pennsylvania represented by an online website and hosted by researchers who either live in their county or who are familiar with their county's resources. Since that time, the project has remained faithful to the goals and continues today to provide free resource and reference information to researchers of the state of Pennsylvania. 
• Ellis Island Site  This is the site for the American Family Immigration History Center (AFIHC), located in the Ellis Island Immigration Museum.  The AFIHC allows visitors to explore the extraordinary collection of immigrant arrival records stored in the Ellis Island Archives.
• Latter-day Saints Site  This is the official site of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Genealogical Library System which consists of Family History Centers located where ever one of their churches are located.  For a reasonable fee, research information will be sent to the nearest Family History Center for use by the requesting Genealogist.  They have a wealth of information available.
• Cyndislist  This site is an excellent genealogical research entrance into the Internet. It is a ctagorized and cross-referenced index to practically all genealogical related resources on the Internet.  As the site developers explain it: (Cindi's list is). . ."A card catalog to the genealogical collection in the immense library that is the Internet".
• Rootsweb  This is the oldest and largest free genealogy site available.  It is financially supported by Ancestory.com and is a clearinghouse for all kinds of genealogical information. Rootsweb also publishes three (free) newsletters that provide a wealth of information and guidance for beginning and experienced researchers alike.