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America's GenealogyBank
Search millions of obituaries from historical newspapers, books, pamphlets and genealogies, the complete American State Papers, genealogical content from the U.S. Serial Set and the Social Security Death Index.

Ancestry Library Edition
Genealogical information and records including the U.S. and Canadian Census, the Washington State Death Index 1940-1996 and the Social Security Death Index.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Index to 700 biographical dictionaries.

Canadian Genealogy Centre
Search the National Archives of Canada, National Library of Canada and the Genealogy Centre.

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites
Over 260,000 Web sites for the genealogist. Sites are categorized and cross-referenced by many categories. Particularly good for access to library catalogs around the world.

Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970
Historic detailed maps showing streets and building footprints for Seattle (1884-1951), other Puget Sound cities, and cities of the entire United States.

Family History Library Catalog
Over 2 million rolls of microfilmed original records and hundreds of thousands of books and maps related to family history and genealogical research.

GENUKI (Genealogy of the United Kingdom and Ireland)
This large collection of genealogical information pages run by volunteers covers England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Includes a link to the UK National Archives. GENUKI is the British equivalent of the USGenWeb site.

HeritageQuest Online
Genealogy books and serials, primarily from the early 1900's and the complete U.S. Federal Census, 1790-1930. Digitized images are fully searchable and printable.

inGeneas.com
Specifically for Canadian genealogists, this site focuses on Canadian government documents. Professional genealogists run this database. Fees required to view hard copy of search results.

NUCMC (National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections)
A searchable catalog of manuscript collections across the U.S. Search by both surname and location. This material is not accessible via interlibrary loan.

RootsWeb
The Internet's oldest and largest free genealogy community.

The Digital Archives from the Washington Secretary of State
Historic records of Washington State ancestors from State records including Territorial censuses and naturalization records.

USGenWeb Project
A volunteer project to provide Internet sites for genealogical research in every county and state of the U.S. Includes access to the USGW Digital Library transcription project and a variety of other special projects and sites.