Free Internet Genealogy

Free Internet Genealogy

By Robert J. C. Baca

Volunteer contributed sites (transcriptions, inquiries, etc.)

• USGenWeb Project– http://www.usgenweb.com/
• Rootsweb - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
• Genealogy Trails - http://genealogytrails.com/

Databases

• FamilySearch – http://www.familysearch.org/
• World Connect – http://wc.rootsweb.com/
• The Great New Mexico Pedigree Database Project – http://hgrc-nm.org/gnmpd_portal.html
• Albuquerque Journal Obituaries - http://obits.abqjournal.com/
• Newspaper Abstracts - http://tinyurl.com/r3yhlb
• Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records - http://www.deathindexes.com/
• Chronicling America (old newspaper images) - http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

Bulletin Boards

• Rootsweb Bulletin Boards - http://boards.rootsweb.com/
• CousinConnect - http://cousinconnect.com/
• GenForum - http://genforum.genealogy.com/
• GenCircles - http://www.gencircles.com/

Regional Genealogy Societies

• New Mexico Genealogical Society – http://www.nmgs.org/
• Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico - http://www.hgrc-nm.org/
• Genealogical Society of Hispanic America - http://www.gsha.net/
• Albuquerque Genealogy Society - http://www.abqgen.swnet.com/
• Lew Wallace Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nmsodar/nmso/lewwallace/index.html
• Olibama Lopez Tushar Hispanic Legacy Research Center - http://hispaniclegacy.org/

Libraries and Online Archives

• Family History Centers - https://familysearch.org/locations/centerlocator?cid=hp2-1047
• Library of Congress - http://abclibrary.org/genealogy
• National Archives and Records Administration - http://www.archives.gov/
• Albuquerque Genealogy Center - http://abclibrary.org/genealogy
• Center for Southwest Research - http://elibrary.unm.edu/cswr/index.php
• New Mexico State Records Center and Archives - http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/
• National Hispanic Cultural Center Library - http://tinyurl.com/ox87nz
• Menaul School Historical Library of the Southwest  - http://www.menaulschool.com/connect/historical_library/
• Spanish Colonial Research Center - http://www.nps.gov/history/spca
• Rocky Mountain Online Archive - http://rmoa.unm.edu/
• New Mexico's Digital Collections - http://econtent.unm.edu/

Help Sites

• About.com – Genealogy - http://genealogy.about.com/
• Help for Genealogy Researchers - http://usgenweb.org/research/index.shtml

Blogging

• Blogger – http://www.blogger.com/
• WordPress - http://wordpress.com/
• Genealogy Blog Finder - http://blogfinder.genealogue.com/
• New Mexico Genealogical Society Blog – http://nmgsblog.blogspot.com/

Social Networking

• Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/
• Twitter – http://twitter.com/

Google Books

• Google Books - http://tinyurl.com/reknf
• The Leading Facts of New Mexican History - http://tinyurl.com/ppb3d3
• History of New Mexico - http://tinyurl.com/p6dgos
• New Mexico Historical Review, Volume 1 (1926)- http://tinyurl.com/o8mgzo

Genealogy Directories, Lists and Links

• Cyndi's List - http://www.cyndislist.com/
• Genealogy Directory - http://www.gendir.com/
• New Mexico County Genealogy Links (NMGS) - http://tinyurl.com/nmcounty

Cemeteries and Tombstones

• Find a Grave - http://www.findagrave.com/
• The Political Graveyard - http://politicalgraveyard.com/
• Internment Net - http://www.interment.net/

Genealogy Projects and Research

• Locating Catholic Church Records in New Mexico - http://tinyurl.com/nmchurch
• The New Mexico Death Index Project - http://tinyurl.com/o3fyqb

Freebies

• Free Interactive Pedigree Chart - http://tinyurl.com/onywlb
• Free Genealogy Charts - http://tinyurl.com/y5p3qc