Family Tree Resources

What is a family tree? (1) A genealogical diagram of a family's ancestry. (2) The ancestors and descendants of a family considered as a group.

Below are some free family tree resources we have developed over the past few years, and continue to expand with new information regularly.

Search Engine
Genealogy Today
http://www.genealogytoday.com
Surname origins, online genealogies, search engine, famous roots, several newsletters and helpful research articles. (UPDATED DAILY)

Research Assistance
Family Tree Climbers
http://www.familytreeclimbers.com
Designed to help researchers find any missing links they're looking for.

Vital Records
The Records Room
http://www.recordsroom.com
Locate Vital Records in the United States, including Native American tribes. Covers census, birth, marriage, probate and other vital records.

Regional - Italy
Italian Roots
http://www.italianroots.com
Tools to research your Italian ancestry, surname queries, coat of arms, ship arrivals, articles on Italian culture, listing of famous Italians, locate archives in Italy.

Regional - Germany
German Heritage
http://www.daddezio.com/germgen.html
Research your German ancestry among surname queries, ship arrivals, coat of arms, first name translator, articles on German culture and history, including a listing of famous Germans.

Specialty
First Name Basis
http://www.genealogytoday.com/names/first
Genealogy databases for tracking individuals by their FIRST and MIDDLE names.

Regional Resources
StateGenSites
http://www.stategensites.com
The StateGenSites database gives visitors websites in 27 different categories for each of the 50 states plus Washington, DC.

Cemeteries
Cemetery Junction
http://www.cemeteryjunction.com
Locate active and retired cemeteries in the United States, Canada and Australia. Cemetery addresses, obituaries, and links to cemetery transcriptions.

Historical Societies
Society Hill
http://www.daddezio.com/society
Locate historical societies in the United States, Canada and Australia, by state, province or territory.

Regional - Greece
Greek Genealogy
http://www.greekgenealogy.com
Research your Greek ancestry among thousands of surname queries, first name translator, articles on Greek culture, history and mythology, including a listing of famous Greeks.

Newsletters
Genealogy Times
http://www.genealogytimes.com
Formerly called 'Hot Chocolate' and published in Canada, Genealogy Times will now be available quarterly (still for free) to Genealogy Today visitors.

Family Stories
Serendipity
http://www.genealogytoday.com/family/stories
This project is a collection of unique stories submitted by genealogists about their most surprising research discoveries.

Adoption
Adoption Puzzle
http://www.adoptionpuzzle.com/
Everything about adoption with search tools, registries, laws, reform, mailing lists, and more for adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents.

Surname Resource
Surname Finder
http://www.surnamefinder.com/
A genealogy specific search engine with over 25,000 surname sites currently indexed.

Internet Search - Family Tree
AltaVista  AOL  Fast  Google  Hotbot  LookSmart  Lycos  MSN Search  ODP  Teoma  Wisenut  Yahoo! 

Browser Software - Family Tree
Microsoft Explorer
Netscape Navigator
Opera Browser