FamilySearch
Operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), this free website offers a variety of genealogical databases, access to unindexed images of genealogical records, the Social Security Death Index, wiki entries describing various types of genealogical research, and access to the Family History Library's catalog. Free access to the 1940 United States Federal Census.
Access Locations:
Outside the Library
Subjects:
Genealogy
Notes:
Ancestral File: Over 35 million pedigrees and family group records.
Census: Every-name index to the 1880 U.S. Census, the 1881 British Isles Census, and the 1881 Canadian Census.
International Genealogical Index: More than 300 million birth, christening, and marriage records.
Family History Library Catalog: The catalog of the collection located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Many of the microfilmed records can be ordered through more than 3,200 Family History Centers worldwide.
Family History SourceGuide: An automated collection of more than 150 publications from the Family History Library.
Web Sites: A guide to web sites with useful family history information.
Dates of Coverage:
n/a
Update Frequency:
Daily
Print Equivalent:
None
Format:
Web
Language:
English
Output type:
Print
New Resources
- International Herald Tribune, 1887–2013
- Women's Magazine Archive
- Communist Historical Newspaper Collection
- Artifex
- Sanborn Maps, New York State (Geocoded Edition)
- Irish Historical Newspapers
- Kanopy
- Flipster
- Europa World of Learning
- Europa World Plus
- Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law
- World Who's Who
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