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| | There are many helpful web sites to help the genealogist doing
research. Below are a few sites from which to start research.
- First, if retirement locations are part of your research, the Sun City Vistoso
site is very interesting and helpful: http://www.suncity-vistoso.com/
- Free Sites
Rootsweb - oldest on the web, links to international, states, church, history, maps and
much, much more; listserves and message boards plus "how-to" : http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Cyndi's List - similar site to Rootsweb: http://www.cyndislist.com
LDS site - search for families locally or internationally, find which
records from states, counties and cities are available, how-to research,
information on Family History Centers around the world: http://www.familysearch.org
- Mount Vernon Genealogical Society for Research Guides
for the NARA - http://mvgenealogy.org/NARA_Guides.html
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - lookups from resources by state-based
volunteers: http://www.raogk.com
USGenWeb - dedicated to volunteer and free record information from
census, tombstone insriptions and resource documents: http://www.usgenweb.org
- Subscription Sites
Ancestry.com - collections: family trees, newspapers, history records,
immigration and passenger lists, census from 1790-1930, new features added frequently; cost based
on collections chosen: http://www.ancestry.com
Genealogy.com - similar structure to Ancestry.com; currently available at
our FHE&RC: http://www.genealogy.com
- Genealogical Societies
Arizona State Genealogical Society, Tucson: http://www.azsgs.org
Green Valley Genealogical Society, AZ: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azgvgs/
- Saddlebrooke Genealogy Club, AZ: <www.sb-genealogy.org>
- Vital Record Sites
Land records - early (1820-1908) US land patents, printable copies of original documents:
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
National Archives - records of historical, military, other past
national interest:
State sites for vital records - where to request birth, death and/or
marriage certificates; addresses, phone numbers, etc.: http://www.archives.gov/
Ellis Island - records of immigrants coming through Ellis Island: http://www.ellisisland.org
Great site for easy access to Ellis Island records; also, valuable Jewish
research site: http://stevemorse.org
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