Recommended Online Genealogical Resources

The following are general-purpose search engines and indexes of genealogy information. Each site contains resources that can help researchers save time, find data for FREE in some cases, and make connections with other researchers who have related interests.

General Genealogy Websites

• American Ancestors
• Ancestry Library Edition
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
• FamilySearch.org
• RootsWeb
• USGenWeb Project

Cemetery Information

• Billion Graves
• Interment.net - Cemetery Records Online
• Find A Grave
• Obituary Daily Times

Ethnic Genealogy

• African-Native American Genealogy Homepage - Oklahoma's Black Indians
• Afrigeneas
• Avotaynu - Jewish Genealogy
• Discover Your Ancestors - Asian American Genealogy
• Documenting the American South - Slave Narratives
• JewishGen - International Jewish Family History

Kansas Genealogy Websites

• Free Kansas Collections on Ancestry
• Genealogy at the Kansas State Historical Society
• Kansas County Atlases and Plat Books
• Kansas Genealogy Trails
• Kansas GenWeb
• Kansas Heritage Center for Family and Local History
• Kansas Maps, 1556-1900
• Kansas Memory
• Kansas Sandborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1883-1922
• Kansas State Historical Society
• Kansas Newspapers - Historical
• KDHE - Vital Statistics
• Sedgwick County GenWeb
• Territorial Kansas Online
• Tihen Notes on Wichita newspapers, 1872-1982
• Wichita Photo Archive

Genealogy Research Shortcuts

• Genealogy.com - How to Cite Sources in Genealogical Research
• Surname Helper

Genealogists' Organizations

• Federation of Genealogical Societies
• Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society
• National Genealogical Society
• Wichita Genealogical Society

Geographical Information for Genealogists

• 1895 United States Atlas
• National Association of Counties Online
• Old Kansas Area Maps

Passenger List Information

• Castle Garden
• Ellis Island
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
• U.S. Passenger Lists, 1820-1957

Military Information

• Civil War Graves
• Civil War Terminology
• Civil War Rosters
• Index of Internet Civil War Information
• Spanish-American War Information
• Valley Forge Muster Roll

Miscellaneous Websites of Interest

• Acronym Finder 
• Address and Telephone Lookup 
• Burial Places of U.S. Politicians
• Chronicling America
• Daughters of American Revolution (DAR)
• Federal Land Patents - Bureau of Land Management (1820-1908) 
• Genealogy at the National Archives
• Internet Archive
• Library of Congress 
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) 
• National Archives of the United Kingdom 
• One Step Web Pages by Steve Morse
• OurTimeLines.com
• PublicLibraries.com
• Religious Genealogy Resources
• Understanding Old Handwriting Styles