Free Genealogy Not a Thing of the Past

Kim Powell, at About.com asks on her site, "Is free genealogy a thing of the past? With the constant addition of subscription genealogy databases on the Internet, people often wonder if there will soon be an end to free genealogy research via the Web. For those of you with this concern, take heart - free genealogy databases aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Web sites from all over the world contain free genealogy information of use to family tree researchers which has been contributed by individuals, companies and even governments. Birth records, marriage records, military records, ships passenger lists, surnames, census records, immigration records, wills, photos and much, much more are available on the Internet for FREE if you just know where to look."

Well, yes, that is the trick. Knowing where to look for the elusive free genealogy information. My experience has been that what is free one day, may not be the next. Somehow many "free" sites suddenly have their information available via links that lead to subscription databases. Not to fear, however, the role of this blog is to try to keep up with the changing face of where the free info can be accessed. And we will do our best to post that information here.

In the meantime, Kim is not just filling space on her site with the above declarations on the question. She has put together a list of 100 free genealogy sites with links. Now I admit, I am not sure how current Kim's information is, but I've always found About.com a reliable resource. Some may have been hijacked by the fee based sites since Kim compiled her list, but it can't hurt to try the free family history resources she lists on About.com. Here's the link: http://genealogy.about.com/cs/free_genealogy/a/free_sites.htm.

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