Genealogy
Resource Sites
- Ancestry.COM
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This site includes the following datbases: - British Isles GenWeb
- Ellis Island Family History Center
- Family Search
This is the LDS Site.
- Genealogy Spot
A good starting place for finding sites that specialize in genealogy.
- Library Spot
- Roots Location List
- Roots Surname List
List of who is researching various surnames. Info includes locations and timeframes.
- Scotland GenWeb
- Surname Web
- teldir.com
A fairly comprehensive set of international telephone lookups.
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- U.S. GenWeb
- UK Genealogy
Good starting place. Includes a monthly on-line newsletter.
- World GenWeb
Information and Collection Sites
General and specific information and sites that collect pointers to other sites (collections).
- Clan MacCallum/Malcolm Celtic Heritage page.
Collection of URLs of clan, family and Scottish/Celtic societies around the world.
- Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet
Over 87,150 links, categorized & cross-referenced, in over 140 categories.
- Genealogy Gateway
Many international links.
- Rand Genealogy Club
This site contains the searchable Roots Surname List, Roots Location List, and a Soundex Converter. It also contains a list of genealogy sites on the Internet. It is maintained by Pat Boren. - The OLIVE TREE Genealogy Homepage
- The United States Internet Genealogical Society
Canadian Information
- Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth
- The Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia
The Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia was formed on June 19, 1982 and had its genesis in a standing genealogical committee of The Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society (founded in 1878). Membership is close to 1,500 approximately one third of whom live in Nova Scotia, one third in the rest of Canada and one third in the United States. - The Island Register
Prince Edward Island's First Genealogy Home Page and the Prince Edward Island GenWeb Project
. This is a very good starting place if you have PEI ancestors. - National Archives of Canada
- Prince Edward Island Surname List
- Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
Established in 1967, the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick collects and preserves the documents of the people, institutions and government of the province. It is a branch of the Department of Supply and Services.
Genealogical Societies
- The Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia
- National Genealogical Society
- New England Historic Genealogical Society
Services
Services, usually for a fee.
- Burke's Peerage & Gentry
This is the online version of the various Burke's publications about Britain's titled and landed families. - GenServ - Family History
The GenServ - Genealogical GEDCOM Server system has an extensive collection of GEDCOM databases on one computer system. The data in these databases is accessible through commands sent to the system via a regular email message and also via WEB access. - Scottish Roots
This is a genealogical research service (for a fee).
Heraldry
- American College of Heraldry
- College of Arms
Repository of the coats of arms and pedigrees of English, Welsh, Northern Irish and Commonwealth fmilies.
- Heraldry Society of Scotland
The Heraldry Society of Scotland was founded in 1977 with the objective of promoting
the study of heraldry and encouraging its correct use in Scotland and Overseas.
The Society is privileged to number many of Her Majesty's Officers of Arms among its
members and a close liaison is maintained with The Court of the Lord Lyon.
