1. Top Ten 21st Century Genealogy Websites
Thomas Jay Kemp
Director of Genealogy Products
GenealogyBank.com
Family History Expos
23 February 2013

2. Ancestry.com

3. Ancestry.com Essential Tool – Mission Critical
Ancestry – FamilySearch – Pinterest - Facebook
‘Permanent’ record sites
Makes it fun & easy
Put your family history here
Begin with first generation where the couple have both passed away
Put everything you know about the family online
Hold nothing back
Photos, documents
Encourage your relatives to participate
Your tree can’t be changed

4. Facebook.com

5. Facebook.com Essential Tool – Mission Critical
Ancestry – FamilySearch – Pinterest - Facebook
‘Permanent’ record sites
Put your family history online
Essential for children, grandchildren - Magnet for cousins
Photos, documents
Explain why they are essential
Practical; appropriate
Connect with your extended ‘living’ family

6. Facebook.com

7. Family Photos, Clippings

8. Robert & Abigail (Haskell) Starbird

9. Garcelon.Free.fr

10. Garcelon site

11. Site included scans of original documents

12. FamilySearch.org

13. FamilySearch.org Essential Tool – Mission Critical
Ancestry – FamilySearch – Pinterest - Facebook
‘Permanent’ record sites
Keep family tree on both Ancestry & FamilySearch – keep both current
Put up everything – sources, photos

14. FamilySearch.org 700 Million Digital Images
2 billion transcribed records
3 billion searchable name
Census
Federal
State Census: FL, MA, SD, WI
Vital Records
AZ, GA. ID, IL, LA, MI, PA, UT, WV, WA, WI and more
International
Census; Parish Registers; Vital Records

19. FamilySearch.org

20. FamilySearch: Family History Books http://books.familysearch.org/
Your library on demand – 24/7
40,000 genealogies & local histories – and growing
Can search on every word
Can download page or complete book
Permanent URL
Books from many libraries, individuals
Can upload your “book” – permanent site

21. FamilySearch: Research Wiki https://familysearch
Essential Tool
Best one-stop source – Tips, How to, Where to
Links to FamilySearch Collections; outside sources
English, German, Spanish, etc.
Books from many libraries, individuals
Like having an on call librarian 24/7

22. FamilySearch: Research Wiki https://familysearch

23. Find-A-Grave https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page
Essential Tool
Crowdsourced – be a part of it
Also searchable through Ancestry.com
English, German, Spanish, etc.
Books from many libraries, individuals
Like having an on call librarian 24/7

24. Find-A-Grave https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page

25. Find-A-Grave https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page

26. GenealogyBank.com

27. GenealogyBank www.GenealogyBank.com
Best source for old newspapers on the planet!
Newspapers – 1690 to Today
Over 6,500 newspapers – All 50 States
Government Documents, Books & Reports
US Serial Set
American State Papers
US Army Register; Navy Register; etc.
Over 219 million obituaries & death records

28. GenealogyBank.com Newspapers
Over 6,500 Newspapers
95% of Newspapers ONLY Found on GenealogyBank.com
All 50 States, Today
Over 1.4 Billion Records

29. Discover Your Ancestors in Newspapers
Spanish language, French, German etc.
African American Newspapers
Irish American Newspapers
Small Town & Big City Papers

30. Obituaries Largest Obituary Collection Online
Over 219 Million Obituaries and Death Records

31. Birth & Marriage Notices
Millions of Birth & Marriage Records
Small Town and Big City Newspapers
Millions of Records Added Each Month

32. Books.Google.com

33. Google Book Search http://books.google.com
Millions of books
Over 1 million genealogies & local histories
Can search on every word
Can download book and retain searchability
Permanent URL
Can create your own “library” on Google Books or your own computer

39. GoogleBook Search http://books.google.com

40. GoogleBook Search http://books.google.com

41. GoogleBook Search http://books.google.com

42. Archive.org

43. Internet Archive www.Archive.org
More than 3.9 million books
Over 400,000 genealogies & local histories
Can search on every word
Can download book and retain searchability
Permanent URL
Books from many libraries
Can create your own “library” on your computer
Can upload your “book” – permanent site

50. Over 1,600 city directories

51. Over 1,600 city directories

52. ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov

53. Library of Congress Chronicling America http://chroniclingamerica. loc
Project to digitize US newspapers
5.2 million pages
26 States
Slow build

54. Library of Congress Chronicling America http://chroniclingamerica. loc

55. Pinterest.com

56. Pinterest http://pinterest.com/
Essential Tool – Mission Critical
Ancestry – FamilySearch – Pinterest - Facebook
‘Permanent’ record sites
Organize the photos of your family history
Create ‘Boards’
Towns where they lived
Heirlooms
Photos describing an event
Photos that tell their story
Generally not for personal/portrait photos

57. Pinterest http://pinterest.com/

58. Pinterest http://pinterest.com/

59. Scribd.com

60. Scribd http://www.scribd.com/
Put ‘your story’ online
Family History
Put your research reports online
Change & Update - often
Every word searchable – Google, Bing etc.
Make your family history easy to find

61. Scribd http://www.scribd.com/

62. Scribd http://www.scribd.com/

63. Scribd http://www.scribd.com/

64. USGenWeb.org

65. U.S. GenWeb Project http://usgenweb.org/
Started in 1996
Consistently valuable
Crowdsourced
Uneven
Changed & Updated - often
Feels like yesterday – but you need it today

66. U.S. GenWeb Project http://usgenweb.org/

67. Thank You Thomas Jay Kemp Director of Genealogy Products
GenealogyBank.com
Family History Expos
23 February 2013