Focuses on the ancestry of Germans who settled in Russia, especially those who answered a call from Catherine the Great in 1767 and settled along the Volga River. They were promised freedom from taxes for a certain number of years and perpetual exemption from military service. In the late 1800's when military conscription was imposed, many emigrated to North and South America.

Among the billions of historical records housed at the National Archives throughout the country, researchers can find information relating to American Indians from as early as 1774 through the mid 1990s. The National Archives preserves and makes available the documents created by Federal agencies in the course of their daily business.

A searchable online database of lists required by an 1832 law. BEWARE- many of the lists were destroyed, but there are still a good number available on this site.

[used by Napoleon and from 1793-1806]
If you’re researching in France, Alsace-Lorraine, or any other area that Napoleon controlled you will need to know this info since the records were kept using these months and years.

Find your French families with this site's guides to archives, uploaded trees and many links.

Geogen is the short form for "geographical genealogy" which means location based ancester research. On this website you can create maps which show the distribution of surnames in Germany. Significant concentrations can point to a local root of the family or of the family name.

This website has information on archives that put church registers online in Archion or whose owners are involved in the Kirchenbuchportal GmbH. It’s broken out by regional areas which you can choose from.

German Community Church Registers. Database has many German towns listed as well as a few US towns. The page is easily translated into English if you "right click" on the first page.

A collection of farm histories in the Bersenbruck district of Osnabruck. If you click on the “Browse” button, it brings up a listing of all the individual booklets about each farm. They are in GERMAN, so bring your dictionary. This collection is part of the Palatines to America Society (German) Genealogy collection at Columbus Metropolitan Library.

GGS offers information, educational opportunities, publications, and association with others researching German roots. This includes areas that are outside of the current borders of Germany. However, GGS does not have records for your specific German ancestors. Our extensive library does include various indexes with individual's names, as well as how-to books and background information on places where your German ancestors may have lived.

You can search for a surname, but it also has links to many other websites for Hungarian genealogy.

Displays in Italian but hit the translate button on the top right of the screen for English. The ancestry research page explains what they’re doing with their online records and has a link to the Antenati portal for access to the records.

Lists of the Italian Communes, with link to the webpages if available, or to the province and region where the commune presently belongs. The commune is the ultimate repository of all civil records since 1809 for the former Kingdom of Naples, and since the unity of Italy (1861) for all places, and the authority that releases citizenship documents.
Lists of the over 35,000 Italian frazioni and smaller localities, with link to the commune, province and region where the frazione currently belongs.

This site is only in Polish but it’s not hard to use. You can find parishes all over Poland, find out when they were created, where they are, and the link to the parish takes you to a page with more detailed info and contact info for that parish.

Resources created by Library of Virginia librarians and archivists

Here you can find church registers (mostly books of birth, marriage and death) from various European countries (currently Austria, Germany, Poland and Serbia).

An online database of church registers. Currently has holdings for Poland, Austria, Germany, Serbia, and Austria.

https://metryki.genealodzy.pl/?lang=eng. It translates as Metrics, but is a database that lets you search within Polish administrative divisions, towns, etc. by surname and/or date to show which parishes that name shows up in, and from there, if you click on the church icon, it gives you info about the people in that parish register.

NARA guides provide researchers with detailed information on general and selected subjects documented in the holdings of the National Archives. These guides provide descriptions of records relating to a single subject in the records of many Federal agencies. Check the National Archives web site frequently for updates. To access the NARA Guide files located on this web site you need the Adobe Reader. Some of these files are large and will take a little time to load.

NARA guides provide researchers with detailed information on general and selected subjects documented in the holdings of the National Archives. These guides provide descriptions of records relating to a single subject in the records of many Federal agencies. Check the National Archives web site frequently for updates. To access the NARA Guide files located on this web site you need the Adobe Reader. Some of these files are large and will take a little time to load.

NARA guides provide researchers with detailed information on general and selected subjects documented in the holdings of the National Archives. These guides provide descriptions of records relating to a single subject in the records of many Federal agencies. Check the National Archives web site frequently for updates. To access the NARA Guide files located on this web site you need the Adobe Reader. Some of these files are large and will take a little time to load.

NARA guides provide researchers with detailed information on general and selected subjects documented in the holdings of the National Archives. These guides provide descriptions of records relating to a single subject in the records of many Federal agencies. Check the National Archives web site frequently for updates. To access the NARA Guide files located on this web site you need the Adobe Reader.

In the Search section you can select what archive you want from a drop down menu or you can also enter whatever term or type of thing you’re looking for. They have a lot of online censuses, even back to the 1600’s and further [use the word “census”].

FamilySearch.org's online collections of Native American records for family history or finding ancestry, including vital records and genealogy.

This site contains tools for finding immigration records, census records, vital records, and for dealing with calendars, maps, foreign alphabets, and numerous other applications. Some of these tools fetch data from other websites but do so in more versatile ways than the search tools provided on those websites.

Researching German Speaking Ancestors: Germany, Austria, Alsace, Belgium, Brazil, Italy(South Tyrol), Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Denmark, Netherlands, Slovakia, Kazakhstan, Namibia, Romania, Ukraine

This is definitely the place you want to start. Their home page has a HUGE list of additional sites you can go to - most are general sites for the whole country, but a few others are more focused based on the website creator’s interests.

Lets you search marriages primarily in the German Partition area.

The Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC) is pleased to have you use our family history materials such as published abstracts of official records, compiled genealogies, Bible records, research notes, etc.

Information, tips and contacts from the Association on American Indian Affairs.

The Society of the Descendants of the Schwenkfeldian Exiles is not officially affiliated with the Schwenkfelder denomination, a religious body with four churches in Pennsylvania located in Philadelphia, East Norriton, Worcester, and Palm, although some Society members are also active members of the Schwenkfelder denomination. The Society does, however, work with the denomination and the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center, 105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg, PA 18073, in its efforts to preserve the Schwenkfelder beliefs and history.

Has lots of good info, how-to’s, and links.

Guide from the National Indian Law Library

A great source for highway markers [often have genealogy info on them]; links to the Division of State Archaeology; and to their Archives Library.

Ancestry.com's record collections, history, and genealogy resources to help you trace your Virginia ancestors.

A consolidated database of finding aids for manuscripts and archival materials located in Virginia and West Virginia.

Virginia Statewide Online Genealogy Records from FamilySearch.org.

Has great introductory pages for everyone to see; but to see most actual documents and databases you need to become a member.

Virginia Genealogy - A guide to Genealogical Resources at the University of Virginia Library. Compiled by Jean L. Cooper.

If you haven’t used road orders, then now’s the time. They are a record of how our ancestors built and maintained local roads, bridges, etc. They include names, dates, locations, and other wonderful material about when work was done. In the search bar, enter the county you’re interested in to see if they have Road Order books, or enter the term “road orders” and a list of all the ones they have show up. Thanks to the VTRC, these are typed transcripts of the old handwritten books. They have them for Albemarle, Amelia, Augusta, Botetourt, Brunswick, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Fincastle, Frederick, Goochland, Hanover, Loudoun, Louisa, Lunenburg, Montgomery, New Kent, Orange, and Spotsylvania Counties.

is a digital research, teaching and learning project that explores the legacies of the Jamestown settlement and "the Virginia experiment." Support comes from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Research Project, and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and Public Policy. Virtual Jamestown is a product of collaboration between Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, and the Virginia Center for Digital History at the University of Virginia. The project received a large grant in 1999 from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Are you just starting out on your journey to discover your family roots…or are you one document away from solving a mystery of one of your ancestors? Wherever you are in your genealogical process, DAR is here to help. The DAR Genealogical Research System (GRS) includes free online databases containing information on Revolutionary patriot ancestors, descendants of those patriots, as well as the vast array of genealogical resources from the DAR Library

You can search a variety of different records such as marriage records; slaves mentioned in the wills of their owners, in church registers, in probate inventories, and in a few letters; lists of slaves brought into New Orleans in some of the years between 1818 and 1839; etc. You can search for a slave by a surname or by a state as well. Under the Library Tab there are links to research guides, articles and papers, and newspaper articles, as well as a host of miscellaneous documents broken out by state, as well as family histories, chat transcripts, etc. Many other resources/links are mentioned on this site as well.

The SAR Genealogical Research Library, in Louisville, Kentucky, contains over 55,000 items including family histories; local, county, and state records; and on-line genealogical databases. The Special Collections Room features museum-quality pieces relating to the early history of the United States and the American Revolution.

They have a downloadable list of surnames their members are working on and the person’s email address is included. They have links to other Virginia African American Genealogy Groups on their Web Links page, as well as links to other helpful organizations.

Quickly and simply search more than 4.3 billion photos, newspapers, and vital records to get information about your ancestors.