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National and International Genealogy

Ancestry.com
http://www.ancestry.com/

A search engine to aid in finding family history

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
http://www.CyndisList.com/
More than 62,000 links to genealogy sites in the Internet

Daughters of the American Revolution
http://www.dar.org/natsociety/default.html
Information on and links to different works of the society

Ellis Island
http://www.ellisisland.org/
Provides links to finding heritage information and research your family's arrival in America

Everton's Genealogical Helper
http://www.everton.com/
Links to searches, databases, magazines and an on-line reference library

Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Home Page
http://www.genhomepage.com/
Links to information for Genealogists

The National Archives Genealogy Page
http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/genindex.html
Information relating to research facilities, online information, policy issues, publications, and resources on the web

National Genealogical Society
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/
Information about the society 

Rootsweb
http://www.rootsweb.com/
Quick searches provided by the world's oldest and largest free genealogy site

Social Security Death Index
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm
The most powerful and up-to-date Social Security Death Index on the Internet

The USGenweb Project
http://www.usgenweb.com/
Provides Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and in every state in the United States

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