Free Genealogy Links

I haven't been tackling my genealogy research lately.  Life is remarkably busy.  However, I have been accruing quite the list of online resources, so I thought I would share a few with all of you genealogy researchers out there.  Here are some from the freebie website files...

• Chronicling America (www.chroniclingamerica.loc.gov).  This is a website from the Library of Congress which has digitized newspaper pages from a variety of states and an index to all newspapers published in the United States.
• Billion Graves (www.billiongraves.com).  You can upload tombstone photos from your smart phone and access GPS-tagged tombstone images for your hunt.
• AfriGeneas (www.afrigeneas.com).  This site is specifically for African-Americans searching for their roots.  You can search marriage, death, surname, and slave databases.
• AfriQuest (www.afriquest.com).  This site is another freebie site that provides a lot of valuable information on African-American genealogy and history.
• USGenWeb Project (www.usgenweb.org).  I've talked about this website before, but I cannot talk enough about this website.  The amount of information on this site is amazing and totally worth the days you'll end up spending on doing research from this resource.
• National Archives Resources for Genealogists (www.archives.gov/research/genealogy).  This is a United States repository for most federal military, census, immigration, and other records.

Hope these resources provide you a rich supply of genealogical information.  Happy Hunting!

Genealogy: 1940s Census

Have you heard? The 1940 census for the United States has been released and is accessible for all those would-be family researchers out there.  Because it is still a new release, there are many wrinkles that are being ironed out; however, here are a few internet sites where you can access the 1940 census index.

• Ancestry - the index is free through 2013.  However, Ancestry is an expensive site so be prepared to cough up a lot of money if you want to access any more information from this site.
• FamilySearch - A free site but with limited information.
• FindMyPast - A free site but with limited information
• MyHeritage - Free but not complete.  There are only a few states that are accessible right now, but their goal is to have all the states.
• National Archives and Records Administration - Free but there is no index.  What does that mean for you? It means you have to search their images by enumeration district.  My advice? Make this your last visit.

Have fun! And don't forget to come back and share what magnificent discovers you found!