This page lists most of the web sites cited or referred to in my blog posts. I have also added some additional links which I regularly use in researching my family stories. Most of these web sites are free to use; I've added ($) to indicate any that require a paid subscription or fees.
Databases and Search Engines
Ancestry ($) www.ancestry.com
Billion Graves www.billiongraves.com
Castle Garden (immigration) http://www.castlegarden.org/
Cyndi's List http://www.cyndislist.com/
Ellis Island http://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/
FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/
Family Tree Magazine 101 Best Websites for Genealogy 2013 http://familytreemagazine.com/article/101-best-websites-2013
Find A Grave www.findagrave.com
Genealogy in Time Top 100 Websites http://www.genealogyintime.com/articles/top-100-genealogy-websites-of-2014-page01.html
Historical Marker Database http://www.hmdb.org/
Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/index.html
National Archives (U.S.) http://www.archives.gov/
RootsWeb http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
This Day in History http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
USGenWeb Archives http://usgwarchives.net/search/searcharchives.html
USGenWeb Projects http://usgenweb.org/
Georgia Resources
Digital Library of Georgia http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/
Georgia Land Lottery http://www.mesarfhc.org/powerpoint_training/pdf_files/georgia_land_lotteries.pdf
Georgia's Virtual Vault http://vault.georgiaarchives.org/
New Georgia Encyclopedia http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/
International Resources
Calendar for Moveable Feast Days https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Moveable_Feast_Day_Calendar_for_Norway
CanGenealogy http://www.cangenealogy.com/
Digital Archives of Norway http://www.arkivverket.no/arkivverket/Digitalarkivet
Ellis Island Passenger Records Archives http://libertyellisfoundation.org/family-history-center
Germanic Alphabet Chart http://www.familytreemagazine.com/upload/germanic-alpha-chart.pdf?et_mid=683996&rid=238975714
Library and Archives of Canada http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/index-e.html
Manitoba Historical Society http://www.mhs.mb.ca/
Norway Glossary https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Norway_Glossary
Norway Heritage http://www.norwayheritage.com/
Norwegian-English Dictionary http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~norway/na17.html#B
Norwegian Word List https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Norwegian_Word_List
Peel's Prairie Provinces (Canada) http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/index.html
Land Records
Bureau of Land Management Records http://glorecords.blm.gov/
Learning Opportunities
Genealogy Gems e-zine / Allen County Public Library http://www.genealogycenter.org/community/E-zine.aspx
Genealogy Gems Podcasts / Lisa Louise Cooks http://lisalouisecooke.com/
Legacy Family Tree Webinars http://www.familytreewebinars.com/upcoming-webinars.php
Southern California Genealogical Society ... Webinars http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/webinar/jes-index.html
Military Records
The American Civil War 150 Years Ago Today http://civilwarsesquicentdaily-wolfshield.blogspot.com/
DAR Ancestor Search http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search/?Tab_ID=1
Fold3.com ($) www.fold3.com
National Park Service Civil War Databases http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/index.htm
Nationwide Veterans Affairs Grave Locator http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/index.html
Revolutionary War Pensions http://revwarapps.org/
Organizational Tips
The Organized Genealogist http://www.theorganizedgenealogist.net/
What to Keep, What to Toss / Denise May Levenick
http://familytreemagazine.com/article/what-to-keep-and-what-to-toss?et_mid=597989&rid=2675001
Online Books
Google Books (some are free) books.google.com
Hathi Trust www.hathitrust.org
Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/texts
Open Library https://openlibrary.org/
WorldCat (locating books in other librares) http://www.worldcat.org/
Research Libraries, Museums
Bell Research Center, Cumming, GA http://www.bellresearchcenter.com/
Emory University Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Books Library, Decatur, GA http://marbl.library.emory.edu/
James F Justin Civilian Conservation Corps Museum (online museum) http://www.justinmuseum/com/famjustin/ccchis.html
T. Elmer Cox Research Library, Greeneville, TN http://www.ggcpl.org/#!t-elmer-cox-library/c1bt1
Research Tips
State Resources
71 Digital Portals to State History http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/09/71-digital-portals-to-state-history/
Carolana (North and South Carolina) http://www.carolana.com/
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chalkley/index.htm
Digital State Archives http://www.digitalstatearchives.com/
Encyclopedia Virginia http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/
North Dakota State Archives http://history.nd.gov/archives/index.html
South Carolina Digital Newspaper Program http://library.sc.edu/digital/newspaper/index.html
State Genealogy Resources http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/History-Family/State-Genealogy.shtml
Tennessee State Library and Archives (some areas are only open to Tennessee residents) http://www.tn.gov/tsla/resources/index.htm
Volunteer Voices (Tennessee) http://diglib.lib.utk.edu/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx?c=vvs-bib&cc=vvs-bib
Tools
Bailey's Free Genealogy Forms http://dept.cs.williams.edu/~bailey/genealogy/
Citation Cheat Sheet http://www.familytreemagazine.com/upload/images/pdf/documentation.pdf
Evidence Explained / Elizabeth Shown Mills https://www.evidenceexplained.com/
Genealogy Glossary http://www.genealogy.com/Glossary/glossary.html
Google Drive https://tools.google.com/dlpage/drive
Google Earth http://www.google.com/earth/
Google Maps Engine https://mapsengine.google.com/map/?pli=1
Google Translate http://translate.google.com/
Locating Living People http://upfront.ngsgenealogy.org/2013/07/finding-living-relatives-can-be.html
Measuring Worth http://www.measuringworth.com/
Places Names Geographic Encyclopedia http://www.placesnamed.com/
Relatonship Chart http://www.familytreemagazine.com/upload/images/PDF/relationship.pdf
Soundex Converter http://resources.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/soundexconverter
Time and Date (Calendars) http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/info.html
Transcript software http://www.jacobboerema.nl/en/Freeware.htm
Wolframalpha http://www.wolframalpha.com/
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