Cemeteries and Death Records

*African-American Cemeteries Online
www.prairiebluff.com/aacemetery                                                        African American Cemeteries Online is a project of The Millennium Project: "People working together to build an online database of African American genealogical material for the 21st century"

*Browning Genealogy: Evansville Area Obituary Search  http://browning.evcpl.lib.in.us
The Browning Genealogy Database is the lifetime work of Charles Browning, who compiled the obituary records of Vanderburgh County and surrounding southwestern Indiana from the Evansville newspapers: The Evansville Courier, The Evansville Press, and now The Evansville Courier and Press. Information on each deceased person listed in the database includes fifteen categories, encompassing age, date of death, survivors, funeral information, cemetery, occupation, and activities.  This attention to detail provides a vital community resource and source for genealogical research.

* Find A Grave - www.findagrave.com
See the graves of thousands of famous people from around the world. Find the graves of ancestors, create virtual memorials, add 'virtual flowers' and a note to a loved one's grave, etc.
 

* FuneralCentral – www.funeralcentral.com
Publishes funeral notices similar to those submitted by funeral homes to newspapers.  It’s a free service, but the funeral home must send the notice for inclusion in the database.

* Funeral Net – www.funeralnet.com
Locate cemeteries and funeral homes, as well as search for obituaries. The database of funeral homes was compiled from The National Yellow Book of Funeral Directors.

* Interment.net – www.interment.net
This cemetery transcription ‘library’ has collected nearly 3 million records from more than 5,600 cemeteries worldwide. Its special collections feature California Mission cemeteries, Woodman of the World burials, veteran’s cemeteries and cemeteries flooded by dams. Free articles and information on how to record cemetery data is also available.

* Obituary Central - www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch
Locates, categorizes and presents obituaries online. The Obituary Links Page is arranged by state and county, with thousands of links to online obituaries, cemetery transcriptions and death notices.           
 

* Obituary Lookups - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com
A community of researchers from all over the world willing to look up obituaries for free.

* Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA  www.germanroots.com/deathrecords.html
Links to online death indexes and databases from all over the country.

Ethnic Resources

* AfriGeneas – Slave Data Collection  www.afrigeneas.com/slavedata                                                                    AfriGeneas has designed this site to assist the African ancestored researcher, throughout the diaspora, find a path to the last slaveholder or the suspected last slaveholder. Records kept by the slave owner are frequently the only clue to our ancestors, particularly during the period 1619-1869.


* Canadian Genealogy and History  www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/cghl.html
A listing of Genealogical and Historical Web sites.

* Carpathian Connection, The – www.tccweb.org
"Search this site for genealogical and historical information if you have Carpatho-Rusyn heritage-it provides information on Rusyn villages in Slovakia and Poland, as well as settlements in the northeastern United States. Check out the links to photos, discussion forums and mailings lists, too."

* Federation of East European Family History Societies - www.feefhs.org
The Federation of East European Family History Societies (FEEFHS) was organized in 1992 as an umbrella organization that promotes family research in eastern and central Europe without any ethnic, religious, or social distinctions. It provides a forum for individuals and organizations focused on a single country or group of people to exchange information and be updated on developments in the field. While it primarily serves the interests of North Americans in tracing their lineages back to a European homeland, it welcomes members from all countries.
 

* JewishGen – www.jewishgen.org
JewishGen^®, Inc. is the primary internet source connecting researchers of Jewish genealogy worldwide.  Its most popular components are the JewishGen Discussion Group, the JewishGen Family Finder (a database of 300,000 surnames and towns), the comprehensive directory of InfoFiles, ShtetLinks for over 200 communities, and a variety of databases such as the ShtetlSeeker and Jewish Records Indexing-Poland.  JewishGen's online Family Tree of the Jewish People contains data on over two million people. Created to assist those researching their Jewish ancestry and based on the concept of free sharing of information, JewishGen Inc. is staffed primarily by volunteers.

* National Archives of Ireland, The www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy.html
The National Archives of Ireland was established on 1 June 1988. It is an amalgamation of the Public Record Office of Ireland (founded in 1867) and the State Paper Office (founded in 1702).
 

* Native American Links – www.accessgenealogy.com/native
This website has become the home of Native American Genealogy online. While this website has been designed to assist researchers in discovering their Native American ancestry, it can also be of great use to historical researchers of the various Native American tribes, or just curiosity seekers of knowledge.
 

* Ancient Faces – www.ancientfaces.com
Founded by Kathleen and Daniel Pinna in September 2000 in San Jose, CA., AncientFaces began as a simple mission to share family history through photographs. Since its inception, however, AncientFaces has evolved into an interactive community built around linking all facets of our shared past. To date, tens of thousands of unique photos containing the images of our ancestors, once the property of only a few, are now available to future generations at AncientFaces. AncientFaces has grown from the world’s shared photo album to an unparalleled and diverse collection of memorabilia representing many times and places.

* Dead Fred: The Original Genealogy Photo Archive - www.deadfred.com
Trace your roots with our searchable database containing thousands of identified and mystery photos for genealogy enthusiasts looking for long-lost family. Anyone who finds a photo of a direct ancestor that is owned by the archive will receive the photo for free.

* Digital Camera and Genealogy - www.rideau-info.com/genealogy/digital
Make sure that your descendants a hundred years from now can enjoy the pictures you take today, and to make sure that people today can enjoy photographs of their ancestors, taken a hundred years ago.

* Family Tree Magazine – www.familytreemagazine.com/resources
The Resource Guide SuperSearch is designed to help you find information specifically about how to research and preserve your family history—whether it's a conference to attend, advice you seek, or solutions to problems.
 

* Scanning Tips - www.scantips.com
Offers some scanning tips and to explain the basics for photos and documents. Learn about the fundamentals of digital images and the basics to help you get the most from your scanner.