Best FREE Family History Websites & Ones Worth Paying For - Professional Genealogy Secrets

Who isn't always looking for good free websites when researching their ancestry? These sites are those I use the most in genealogy research and the majority are FREE! Instagram: ancestrybyaimee Facebook: @aimeecross2

If you want to build your family tree you need to know where to find information. These 25+ websites are my most frequently used websites (other than county-specific websites) as a professional researcher. Most are free, but some do cost. Here I'll explain why those which do have a cost may be worth the money and also provide some alternatives that are at no cost to you. This video quickly discusses these fantastic genealogy websites. Hope they help you in your family history research!

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The websites included below are FREE unless otherwise noted with ($):
0:00 Intro
1:30 Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ - to purchase a membership through my affiliate link: https://amzn.to/3IbDv4L
2:57 Familysearch - https://www.familysearch.org/en/
4:14 Familysearch Catalog
5:40 Familysearch Wiki
7:16 Newspapers.com - $ - https://www.newspapers.com
7:34 Chronicling America (Library of Congress) - https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
8:11 Fold3 - $ - but lots of libraries offer it free - https://www.fold3.com
9:25 Social Security Administration - Freedom of Information Act – SS-5 – request a copy of a deceased person’s original application for a Social Security Card - https://www.ssa.gov/foia/request.html
10:47 National Archives Military records (pension files) - https://www.archives.gov/veterans/mil...
11:26 National Archives - Other records / images – can be hard to navigate - search https://www.archives.gov/research/cat... or helps to find digitally available records https://www.archives.gov/research/ele...
11:41 Google searches - https://www.google.com
12:05 Goggle Books and other book sites (Hathitrust and Internet Archive)
https://books.google.com/ or https://www.hathitrust.org/ or https://archive.org/ NOTE: Internet archive has lots of other photographs and music, etc.
14:18 Google Maps https://www.google.com/maps
14:53 Google Translate - https://translate.google.com/
15:07 Black’s Law Dictionary – 4th edition – that’s important as later editions don’t include the old legal terms which is the reason for my interest. – download at https://heimatundrecht.de/sites/defau...
15:44 Census enumerator instructions - https://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/tEnu...
16:06 GenealogyBank - $ - but lots of libraries offer it free - https://www.genealogybank.com’
16:35 Stephen P. Morse – lots or great things, particularly information on passenger lists - https://stevemorse.org
16:50 ArchiveGrid (Find Archives Near You) - https://researchworks.oclc.org/archiv...
17:22 Behind The Name – etymology and history of first names - https://www.behindthename.com
17:51 Bureau of Land Management records – land patents - https://glorecords.blm.gov
18:44 Map of US – historical map boundaries - https://www.mapofus.org
19:48 David Rumsey Map Collection - https://www.davidrumsey.com
20:27 What was There - https://www.whatwasthere.com
20:36 Blaine Bettinger’s DNA Relationship Chart - https://thegeneticgenealogist.com/wp-...
21:11 DNA Painter - https://dnapainter.com

To build a tree on your computer rather than use a website, check out FamilyTreeMaker ($) - https://www.mackiev.com/ftm/ or Rootsmagic - https://www.rootsmagic.com/

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