America's GenealogyBank

Search national historical newspapers, books, pamphlets, genealogies, obituaries and the complete American State Papers.

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.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Search and read newspaper pages from 1900-1910, and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. From the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

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.

FamilySearch

Search the Family History Library catalog as well as digitized records, which include over 2 million rolls of microform and hundreds of thousands of books and maps related to family history and genealogical research.

Fiske Genealogical Foundation Library
Provides information on the Fiske Library holdings and lists programs in their quarterly online newsletter. This library was founded by Arthur Fiske in 1971.

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.

National Archives and Records Administration

Maintains retired records from federal agencies and provides information about locating immigration, land, military, and census records, including the newly released 1940 U.S. Census.

New York Times Historical (1851 - 2007)
A ProQuest database that includes the entire historical run of The New York Times from 1851-2007. Digital page and article images.

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.

One-Step Webpages (Stephen P. Morse)

Provides tools for finding your ancestors in passenger lists, census and public records. Includes an Enumeration District finder for the newly released 1940 U.S. Census.

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

Seattle Genealogical Society
Provides information on the library holdings and programs of the oldest genealogical society in Washington State founded in 1923. Also provides links to genealogy related web sites with emphasis on the Pacific Northwest.

Seattle Times Historical Archives (1900 - 1984)

Seattle Times newspapers 1900 - 1984, digitized, searchable, printable, and downloadable. (1896-99 available at a later date.) This resource is made possible through a generous grant from The Seattle Public Library Foundation.

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.