I went through a list of "50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites for 2008" that was distributed at the Texas Library Association conference in Houston last month and created a list of those which were most useful and usable. You may want to create a handout for patrons with these sites listed to help them in their research.
Laurie www.rootsweb.com <http://www.rootsweb.com/> : Look at the different sections; some are quite useful. www.myheritage.com <http://www.myheritage.com/> : genealogy community building & networking www.familysearch.org <http://www.familysearch.org/> : Try the "Record Search Pilot" section under the "Search Records" button at the top. It's new and helpful. www.myfamily.com <http://www.myfamily.com/> hosts family websites. Free & pay ($) sections. www.findagrave.com <http://www.findagrave.com/> is a nationwide cemetery database. Famous and not-so famous people are listed. www.ellisisland.org <http://www.ellisisland.org/> is a great site IF you have an ancestor who came through New York from 1892-1924, when E. I. was used as an immigrant center. www.Cyndislist.com <http://www.cyndislist.com/> is one of the best-known and most helpful sites. It organizes sites by subjects. www.searchforancestors.com <http://www.searchforancestors.com/> is an interactive directory of free genealogy websites & data. www.tribalpages.com <http://www.tribalpages.com/> Family tree hosting and charting program. www.familytreedna.com <http://www.familytreedna.com/> Company that sells DNA testing kits to help establish ancestry. www.JewishGen.org <http://www.jewishgen.org/> Good site for Jewish researchers. www.gencircles.com <http://www.gencircles.com/> has lots of family trees. It even cross-references names to other trees. www.daddezio.com <http://www.daddezio.com/> focuses on Italian research, with instructions & information. www.PoliticalGraveyard.com <http://www.politicalgraveyard.com/> shows where the bodies are buried, literally! ;-) www.linkpendium.com <http://www.linkpendium.com/> is a collection of categorized sites by region & surname. www.US-census.org <http://www.us-census.org/> has census abstracts (from the US GenWeb project). www.CensusFinder.com <http://www.censusfinder.com/> has links to free census records. www.census-online.com <http://www.census-online.com/> links to censuses & census abstracts. www.genwed.com <http://www.genwed.com/> links to marriage records. http://usgenweb.org <http://usgenweb.org/> is the national site of the volunteer GenWeb project, with links to all 50 states.
