Randy Seaver at Genea Musing has put out his Saturday Night Fun, he has asked that we list our top 10 Genealogy web sites.
1. www.ancestry.com great for finding records, building your tree and find other researchers as well
2. www.usgenweb.org has great information for each state and county, I have found a ton of information here
3. www.footenote.com is great for making footenote pages and their archival content
4. www.rootstelevision.com I love to watch clips from the conferences here
5. www.newspaperarchive.com I have found invaluable amount of information here from obituaries
6. www.familysearch.org great for AF, Record searches and the FHLC catalog
7. www.geni.com have a family tree here that the whole family can work on.
8. www.rootsweb.com great for discussion boards and finding assistance when needed
9. www.genealogy.com again, good for discussion boards and family trees, also has a live chat session
I will stop at nine since these are the sights that I normally use.
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In 1999 my Grandpa Richmond was in the hospital for some unexpected problems. While sitting in the family room that evening, I spent the next few hours asking my grandmother questions about his family, her family and their hometown of Besoco, WV. As she told me stories of the family I never knew, I continued to write down everything I could on the napkins that the hospital had in this room. That evening when I got home from the hospital, I googled my grandfathers surname and to my surprise found his cousin's obituary. Now I was 100% certain this man was related, he had the same features as my Grandpa. Same ears and forehead, I just knew I had a match. Within the next few days, I was at Grandma's house with a copy of this picture. She could not believe what I had found. This was a cousin of Grandpa's. I was so excited and hooked at the same time. From that moment on, I knew this is something I would be working on the rest of my life. This past year, I have made the biggest finds in my research so far. They are not by any means large finds. But to me, it is everything. This year I have joined the National Genealogical Society and the Illinois State Genealogical Society.
Footnote and Genealogy.com are both excellent, as is NewspaperArchive.com. GenealogyBank is also a great site to check out, and has helped me a great deal. It’s one of my “go-to” sites when I need to find information in a hurry.
Stephanie at the Irish Genealogical Research blog
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