Ethnic Genealogy Resources
    Arranged By Ethnicity

    We all like to think America is a melting pot, but the truth is we are more of a chef salad than fondue. Many Americans acknowledge their birth nation as well as roots from other nations. How many times have we heard, I am French-American, Italian-American, or Irish-Swedish-German-Mexican-American? It seems no matter how many generations away, we cling to the heritage of our "root nations".
    These links will assist you in finding your ethnic heritage. Native American and Black Indian ethnic groups listed are on their own page and will open in a new window. If you do not find the nationality that you are searching for, please post a note to California Genealogy Club .


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    • General Resources
    • African
    • African American
    • African - Native American
    • Albanian
    • Arcadian/Acadian
    • Asian
    • Australian
    • Austrian
    • Azerbaijan
    • Baltic
    • Basque
    • Black Indians
    • British/Britons ~ English,
      Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh
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    • Cajun
    • Canadian
    • Canadian Indians
    • Caribbean
    • Carpathian
    • Chinese
    • Creole
    • Czechoslovakian
    • Dutch
    • East Indian
    • Estelusti
    • Estonian
    • European
    • Finnish
    • Franco American
    • Freedmen
    • French
    • French~Canadian
    • German
    • Greek
    • Haitian
    • Hispanic
    • Icelander
    • Indigenous Peoples
    • Irish
    • Italian
    • Jamaican
    • Jewish
    • Latin American
    • Latvian
    • Lithuanian
    • Mexican
    • Micronesian
    • Native American
    • Norwegian
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Puerto Rican
    • Romanian
    • Russian
    • Scottish
    • Slovakian
    • Slovenian
    • Spanish
    • Swedish
    • Swiss
    • Turkish
    • Ukrainian
    • Xuete/Xueton

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    General Resources
    link button   American Indians.net
    Topics presented at this site include first arrivals [50,000 B.C. to 1,000 B.C.], ancient America [1,000 B.C. to 1,500 A.D.], after Columbus, archaelogy, and more.
    link button  Baronage Press, The
    A site for those interested in the art, history and symbolism of heraldry. The site also offers general information on the politics of the British Isles [the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the crown dependencies of the Isle of Man and, by tradition, the Channel Islands].
    link button   Carlisle Indian Industrial School [1879 - 1918]
    History of the school, biographies, photos, and more.
    link button  Coats of Arms
    Coats of Arms from Ireland and around the World by Eddie Geoghegan
    link button  Ethnologue: Languages of the World
    An encyclopedic reference work cataloging all of the world’s known living languages.
    link button  Family History in India
    A website for people tracing their British, European and Anglo-Indian family history in India, Burma, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
    link button  National Archives
    Ethnic heritage resources on the web.
    link button  Western Europe Genealogy

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    African
    link button  Algeria ~ North Africa
    L'état Civil is the site of the Ministère des Affaires étrangères, national archives for use in researching Algerian genealogy. In French.
    link button  Madagascar ~ East Africa
    Read the Madagascar constitution, listen to the national anthem, see the national flags from 1817 to the present, and view a list of the names of its statesmen [kings, queens, governors, administrators, etc.] from it founding to the present.
    link button  Media Guide ~ Central Africa
    Links, organized by country, to Central Africa newspapers and media.
    link button  Media Guide ~ East Africa
    Links, organized by country, to East Africa newspapers and media.
    link button  Media Guide ~ North Africa
    Links, organized by country, to North Africa newspapers and media.
    link button  Media Guide ~ Southern Africa
    Links, organized by country, to Southern Africa newspapers and media.
    link button  Media Guide ~ West Africa
    Links, organized by country, to West Africa newspapers and media.
    link button   National Archives of South Africa

    link button  NewsLink
    Online African newspapers.
    link button  Online African newspapers.

    link button  Our African Roots ~ Amonhotep.com [SELF]
    SELF is a study group founded by the Amon Hotep of the islands of Trinidad and Tobago [the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago], which uses its resources to provide, among other services, media space for individuals and groups, and use of its research and contacts to assist in the resolution of conflicts both at home and abroad.
    link button  Rhodesia ~ South Africa
    Echoes of an African War~ Amendments to Roll of Honour list ~ 5 January 2001.
    link button  Rhodesia ~ South Africa
    Echoes of an African War ~ A cultural record of the Rhodesian bush war and a unique window into some of the bitterest years in southern Africa history. The site features a 'Rhodesian Roll of Honour' containing the names of some of those who died during this conflict.

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    African American
    link button  AfriGeneas
    Online databases, message boards, chat rooms, etc.
    link button   African American Newspapers Online
    African-American newspapers which have web sites on the Internet.
    link button  African American World - PBS
    A guide to African American history and culture, from Sojourner Truth to Jacob Lawrence, discover the courage and talent that shaped the African American experience. orld/
    link button   African Studies Center
    University of Pennsylvania website.
    link button  African-American Research Guide From NARA
    Guide to researching, and links to, Freedmen's Bureau records, slavery records, military records, and other resources pertaining to African-Americans.
    link button   Beginner's Guide to African American Genealogy
    An online interactive guide for beginners by Dee Parmer Woodtor.
    link button  Buffalo SoldiersA history of the so-called Buffalo Soldiers, from the American Revolution through the Indian Wars.

    link button   Center for African American Genealogical Research, Inc. [CAAGRI]
    Registration required to access databases, such as HeritageQuest, online.
    link button   Christine's Genealogy Website
    Partial listings of property tax rolls, census rolls, slave schedules, slave sales, slave inventories, tombstone transcriptions, and more.
    link button  Historical Black Colleges and Universities
    A list, organized by state, containing contact information for Historical Black Colleges and Universities [HBCU's].
    link button  Homestead Greys, The
    Organized in 1912, this team, formerly known as the "Blue Ribbons" [1900], and the "Murdock Grays" [1910], came under the management of Cumberland [Cum] Posey. They joined the American Negro League in 1929.
    link button  Mosaic Templars of America
    The Mosaic Templars of America (MTA), an African American fraternal organization offering mutual aid to the black community, was founded in Little Rock (Pulaski County) in 1882 and incorporated in 1883 by two former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts.
    link button  Negro League Baseball Players Association
    MISSION STATEMENT: The Negro League Baseball Players Association (NLBPA) exists to honor and celebrate the significant contribution of Negro Leagues players to baseball and American history, to collect and preserve that history, to educate others so that Negro League players may be a source of pride and inspiration for generations to come, and to support and promote the general and financial well being of former Negro Leagues players.

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    Albanian
    link button  Albanian Daily News
    Albanian Daily News offers daily information in English via the Internet.

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    Arcadian/Acadian
    link button  Acadian-Cajun Genealogy
    The Acadians were French settlers who settled the area (now known as Nova Scotia) in the 1600's. In the mid 18th century, they were exiled by the British. Over the following 30 years, several thousand of the exiled Acadians made their way to south Louisiana, where they became known as Cajuns.
    link button   Arcadian Genealogy
    Links to census records dating back to 1671, history of the Arcadian deportation orders, and more. While this webite is heavy on ads to purchase CD-ROMS, it contains information about certain events in Arcadian history, including name of individuals.
    link button   Arcadian [Acadian] Genealogy
    This site contains databases of information. While this information is also sold on CD's, you can access the information directly through the website.

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    Asian
    link button   Asian Americans in Arizona
    Overview of the history of Asian immigrants in Arizona.
    link button  Media Guide ~ East Asia
    Links, organized by country, to East Asia newspapers and news media.
    link button   Media Guide ~ South Central Asia
    Links, organized by country, to South Central Asia newspapers and media.
    link button   Media Guide ~ South Central Asia
    Links, organized by country, to South Central Asia newspapers and media.
    link button   Media Guide ~ South East Asia
    Links, organized by country, to South East Asia newspapers and media.

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    Australian
    link button   Australia Passenger Lists
    Search for your ancestors using this interactive directory of genealogy search engines that allows you to search from one genealogy search site!
    link button   Australian Family History Compendium
    Information on a wide variety of categories related to genealogy, with a strong emphasis on Australian resources.
    link button   Australian Family History and Genealogy: Selected Websites
    These Australian sites contain a variety of information relating to family history and genealogy including guides, indexes and digitized images of documents. They also provide links to other sites, both in Australia and overseas, and contact with other family historians via indexed family trees, mailing lists and bulletin boards.
    link button  Australian War Memorial
    Searchable databases of Australian military personnel.
    link button  Genealogy Search Australia
    Links to online cemetery records, convict lists, archives, newspapers, death notices, and much more.
    link button   Geneasearch
    Australia New Zealand Genealogy Resources
    link button   Metropolitan Cemeteries Board [MCB]
    Provides a search-by-name service that enables you to find details of deceased persons who are recorded in their database, and also provides an online Book of Remembrance.
    link button   NSW Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
    The Registry provides certificates from early church records [baptisms, marriages and burials] from 1788 to 1855, and birth, death and marriage registrations from 1856 to the present day.
    link button   National Archives of Australia
    Search military service records, family histories, records of indigenous peoples, government records, and more.
    link button   Research Links
    List of links to research in Australia provided by awp_44.
    link button   South Australia ~ Family History
    Search ship passenger lists, early marriages database, and more.
    link button   XroyVision
    Australian genealogy websites and links to research sources in Australia.

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    Austrian
    link button   Burgenland Bunch
    Link to genealogists researching the Burgenland of Austria and nearby areas in Hungary and Croatia.
    link button   Styria Medien AG
    The states of Steiermark (Styria) and Carinthia are the main regional markets of this media group.

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    Azerbaijan
    link button   Azerbaijan
    Newspaper and news media guide.
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    Baltic
    link button   BalticGen.com
    This site has online databases accessible for free, as well as pay-for-service research covering Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Russia and Poland.
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    Basque
    link button   Buber's Basque Page
    Links and other information for researching Basque genealogy.
    link button   Irargi ~ Basque Country Documentary Heritage Centre
    Part of the activities of these archives includes standardizing the description of archive stores and putting them on the Internet as a search engine service, called Badator, in order to make the archives accessible to the public.
    link button   University of Nevada ~ Basque Library
    The Library gathers and distributes works published in English about the Basques, regardless of the format in which published. The Library also offers published works pertaining to Basque topics in Basque, Spanish and French.
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    British/Britons ~ English, Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh
    link button   BBC ~ Family History
    An array of links to resources for new and experienced researchers. From the British Broadcasting Company [BBC].
    link button   British Isles ~ ancestorsonboard.com
    Search passenger list records of individuals or groups of people leaving the British Isles from 1890 to 1960, sailing for destinations including Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the USA.
    link button   British, German and Loyalists Officers ~ The American Revolution
    An index to "A List of General and Staff Officers on the Establishment in North America, 1755-1782", which was originally published some 200 years ago. A copy of this book is on file at the Public Record Office in Kew, Surrey [as part of file W.O. 65], and a microfilm copy of the book is available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and at its associated Family History Centers.
    link button   Canada ~ The British Home Children
    100,000 British Home Children [alleged orphans] were sent to Canada by over 50 British Child Care organizations from 1870-1957. These 4-15 year old children were emigrated/deported to work as indentured farm labourers and domestic servants until they were 18 years old. This site contains information and documents related to these children, many of whom never saw their families again.
    link button   Carlton, Cambridgeshire ~ UK
    Online parish registers, census records, and other historical items relating to Carlton. Check under the History link for more [wills, newspapers, etc.]
    link button   DiCamillo Companion To British and Irish Country Houses, The
    The DiCamillo Companion to British & Irish Country Houses is a searchable database catalog of the many country houses of Britain and Ireland. The Database is updated daily.
    link button   England & Wales ~ Census of 1901
    The 1901 Census for England & Wales provides details of individuals living in 1901, including where they lived, who else lived there, their occupation and age. You can search by a person's name or by an address. This fully indexed site also allows you to search by institutions and vessels. You can buy £5.00 credits to view BMD records [this gives you 500 credits good for up to seven days; BMD images or modern data cost: 10 credits each].
    link button   England & Wales ~ Historical Directories
    A digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919.
    link button   English Towns Street Indexes [1861]
    Index of streets in Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire.
    link button   Families In British Indian Society [FIBIS]
    If you are researching family of British or Anglo-Indian descent who lived and/or served within the Indian Sub-continent from 1600 to 1947, you may well find something about them in these pages.
    link button   Family Research
    English, Scottish, and Irish genealogy news and articles. The site also provides a link to volunteers who are willing to provide free lookups in various genealogical books and resources.
    link button   GENUKI
    Links to databases and other resources for researching in the United Kingdom [UK] and Ireland.
    link button   Lost Colony, The
    A 400 year-old mystery haunts Roanoke Island on North Carolina's Outer Banks, home of the Croatan Indians. There, in 1587, about 120 men, women and children established the first English colony in the New World -- then vanished without a trace, leaving historians and archaeologists with one of America's most perplexing mysteries. This website is the homepage of the organization exploring this mystery.
    link button   Media Guide ~ Northern Europe
    Links, organized by country, to Northern Europe newspapers and media.
    link button   RMS Caronia
    History of the Royal British Navy ship, the Caronia, includes passenger manifests and crew lists for the period 1947 - 1967.
    link button   Royal Air Force WWII
    A website for those seeking to be reunited with old friends or for those looking for relatives of someone who served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
    link button   Royal BC Museum
    The British Columbia Archives provides research access to records including: government documents and records; private historical manuscripts and papers; maps; photographs; paintings, drawings and prints; audio and video tapes; film; newspapers; and publications.
    link button   Terrington St Clement Parish, Norfolk ~ England
    List of officers and men from the Norfolk Parish of Terrington St Clement who gave their lives in The Great War, 1914 - 1919.
    link button   TimeRef.com ~ History of Medieval Britain
    Follow the history of Medieval Britain from the time of Alfred the Great, through the Norman Conquest and up to the start of the Tudor Age. Detailed Timelines contain events for years between 800 and 1499AD. Maps show the locations of castles, abbeys and cathedrals in England, Scotland and Wales. Every person and building on this site has its own timeline and links to related subjects.
    link button   UK ~ Family Records
    FamilyRecords.gov.uk is a resource that will help you find the government records and other sources you need for your family history research.
    link button   UK ~ Society of Genealogists
    The Society offers a combination of research material, guidance and support, and maintains a collection of family histories, civil registrations, census material, and County sources.
    link button   UK ~ The National Archives

    link button   UK ~ Walking The Battlefields
    Servicemen rolls, memorials, medals citations, and other information.
    link button   UK ~ Whittington & District History Society
    Copies of documents [e.g., subscribers to 1912 Church Restoration Appeal], census records, maps, trade directories, and other resources.
    link button   West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, The
    Transcripts of births, marriages, and deaths - as well as fairs, fishery reports, court reports, separation notices, absconded apprentices, coroner's inquests, etc.

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    Cajun
    link button   Acadian-Cajun Genealogy
    The Acadians were French settlers who settled the area (now known as Nova Scotia) in the 1600's. In the mid 18th century, they were exiled by the British. Over the following 30 years, several thousand of the exiled Acadians made their way to south Louisiana, where they became known as Cajuns.
    link button  Cajun Genealogy
    This site contains databases, as well as links to resources, for the research of Cajun genelogy.
    link button   Cajun History
    History of the Cajun, a derivation of the word Acadian, which denotes those peoples [German, French Canadian, Spanish, American Indians, and Canary Islanders] whose cultures intertwined with the existing Arcadian culture in Louisiana.
    link button   la Société des Cajuns
    Online family histories from along Bayou Lafourche, prepared by local genealogists and family historians, an obituary lookups database, and a newsletter are among the offerings at this site.

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    Canadian
    link button   A History of the Northwest Coast [British Columbia]
    First person accounts from the European/Indian contact period on the NW Coast.Includes journals from the fur traders, indian prophets, and ethnographers. Tribes mentioned in these accounts include the Haidu, Salish, Tlingit [Koliuzh], and Tshimshia.
    link button   Archives Canada
    Archives Canada is a gateway to archival resources found in over 800 repositories across Canada.
    link button   Automated Genealogy
    Census records for 1901, 1906 and 1911, as well as links to other projects [such as linking records from several sources as well as between the censuses] under development.
    link button   BC Archives ~ Royal BC Museum

    link button   Books of Remembrance, The
    The Books of Remembrance contain the names of Canadians who fought in wars and died either during or after them.
    link button   British Home Children, The
    100,000 British Home Children [alleged orphans] were sent to Canada by over 50 British Child Care organizations from 1870-1957. These 4-15 year old children were emigrated/deported to work as indentured farm labourers and domestic servants until they were 18 years old. This site contains information and documents related to these children, many of whom never saw their families again.
    link button   Canada's Digital Collection [CDC] ~ Black Loyalists
    This site explores an untold story of our nation's history: how Canada became the home of the first settlements of free blacks outside Africa.
    link button   Canada's First Nations
    This multimedia tutorial focuses on the histories of Canada's First Nations peoples from ancient times to the nineteenth century.
    link button   Canadian Genealogy and History Links
    A listing of genealogical and historical web sites from East to Western Sea.
    link button   Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN]
    Ship and passenger lists from the The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN).
    link button   Canadian History ~ A Distinctive Viewpoint
    A history of Canada that includes an examination of French, European, and Indian cultures. The website can be translated into Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Portuguêses, and Españoles.
    link button   Census [1901]
    Searchable database of census images that allows researchers to search by geographic location only [the database is not searchable by family name].
    link button   Census [1911]
    Searchable database of the Canadian census for the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island) and two territories (the Yukon and the Northwest Territories) that were then part of Confederation.
    link button   Early Canadiana Online [ECO]
    A digital library providing access to Canada's printed heritage. It features works published from the time of the first European settlers up to the early 20th Century.
    link button   Immigrants to Canada In the Nineteenth Century
    Voyage accounts, lists of ships sailing to Canada, passenger and crew information, etc.
    link button   Library and Archives
    Information about Library and Archives Canada's collection and services, and direct access to archives.
    link button   Library and Archives Canada
    Canada's national collections of books, historical documents, government records, photos, films, maps, music...and more. For a list of the holdings from Canada's Digital Collections [CDC], go to http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/E/Alphabet.asp.
    link button   Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management [NSARM]
    NSARM makes available the province's documentary heritage – recorded information of provincial significance created or accumulated by government and the private sector over the last 300 years.
    link button   Ontario Black History Society [OBHS]
    The OBHS is a non-profit registered Canadian charity, dedicated to the study, preservation and promotion of Black History and heritage.
    link button   Ontario Genealogical Society
    Resources for those interested in the pursuit of family history.
    link button   Oracle ~ A Journey Through Canadian History and Culture
    The Oracle Collection provides material in the areas of history, ethnology, archaeology, traditional culture, and museology.
    link button   Orphans Home Website
    Transcriptions of orphan, adoptee, and foster children listings in orphanages, homes, and poorhouses from U.S.-Canadian censuses and other records.
    link button   United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada [UELAC]
    In the main, the United Empire Loyalists were those who had been settled in the thirteen colonies at the outbreak of the American Revolution, who remained loyal to and took up the Royal Standard, and who settled in what is now Canada at the end of the war. This website contains histories of the Loyalists, as well as resources to be used in Loyalist research.
    link button   University of Toronto Libraries
    A portal to the resources available from UTL, including their on-line catalogue, electronic reference sources, and access to other library catalogues and Internet resources.
    link button   Windsor Mosaic
    Windsor, Ontario, Canada's community website includes information on its Italian Canadian, African Canadian, and Ukrainian communities, as well as a memorial to war Veterans of Windsor and Essex County who served during World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.a veteran's memorial.

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    Caribbean
    link button  Media Guide ~ Caribbean
    Links, organized by country, to Caribbean newspapers and media.
    link button  St. Croix, Virgin Islands Landmark Society
    An organization dedicated, since 1948, to preserving St. Croix's Heritage.

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    Carpathian
    link button  Carpathian Connection, The
    This web page is for historical education and genealogical research related to those individuals who were from the former Carpathian territories and were of Ruthenian/Carpatho-Rusyn heritage.

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    Chinese
    link button   Chinese in California 1850 - 1925
    Browse photographs, original art, cartoons and other illustrations; letters, excerpts from diaries, business records, and legal documents; as well as pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, sheet music, and other printed matter.

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    Creole
    link button  Creole Genealogy
    Nos Hommes et Notre Histoire ~ Our People and Our History. Histories, biographies, etc. of Creoles, links to sites for researching Creole ancestry, and much more.
    link button  Creole Heritage Center ~ Louisiana
    Search Creole family history online. The Center also has a separate Genealogy Department is housed in Derry, Louisiana.
    link button  FrenchCreoles.com
    Website explores history and culture of the Creoles of Louisiana.
    link button  La Creole
    The Louisiana Creole Research Association aids the study of the history and culture of the Creole People of Louisiana through ancestral research and education.

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    Dutch
    link button   Dutch Genealogy.com
    Search an index of christenings in South Holland, an index of wills, estates, auctions, guardianships, buying and selling property, detailed town maps, and link to Dutch genealogy discussion groups. The resources available at this site are indexes, not actual documents. The actual documents are available only if you purchase their CD. However, the indexes may be worth searching for clues.
    link button  Dutch ~ Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, The [CBG]
    The Dutch information and documentation center for genealogy, family history and related sciences.
    link button  Dutch ~ Zeeuws Archief
    The principal archive for the province of Zeeland [the most south western province of the Netherlands], and, in particular, for the municipalities of Middelburg and Veere, holds general information for use in genealogy and other research.
    link button  Genlias
    Databases of records of births, marriages, and deaths from 1811-1952, as well as parish records of births, baptisms and deaths, among other resources.

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    East Indian
    link button  East Indian Slaves and Freedmen
    Browseable document about slaves, indentured servants, and freedmen of East Indian descent in Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina.

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    Estonian
    link button  Estonian Genealogy
    Links to sites about Estonian history and genealogy [including Estonian family trees on the Internet], articles, and research how-to's.

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    European
    link button  Federation of East European Family History Societies [FEEFHS]
    FEEFHS provides a forum for individuals or groups doing family research in eastern and central Europe, regardless of ethnic, religious, or social distinctions. While it primarily serves the interests of North Americans in tracing their lineages back to a European homeland, it welcomes members from all countries.

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    Finnish
    link button  Emigrant Databases
    These emigrant databases are free to search for names. Access to the rest of the information requires the payment of a yearly user fee.

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    Franco American
    link button  FrancoGene
    Links to research resources relating to the study of Franco-American and French-Canadian genealogy.

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    French
    link button   American-French Genealogical Society
    A genealogical & historical organization for French-Canadian research
    link button   Archives Nationales
    Les Archives nationales sont chargées de la collecte, de la conservation et de la communication au public, des documents produits par les administrations centrales de l’Etat depuis le Moyen Age jusqu’à nos jours. [In French.]
    link button  France.com
    Links for use in researching French heritage.
    link button  French Genealogy Records
    View images of birth, marriage and death records from various French regions, including Chairières, Haut-Fays, Rosée, Saint-Aubin, and Lamorteau/Rouvroy.
    link button  French ~ Le Centre Généalogique du Dauphiné [C.G.D.]
    Links to genealogy sites, member sites, discussion boards, and an index to archives for French genealogy research. En Français [in French].
    link button  French ~ Outils Pratiques
    Trouvez un code postal, un code cedex. In French.
    link button  Genealogie.com
    Links to resources for researching French genealogy, including links to archives and who to contact there.
    link button  Orange ~ French Genealogy
    Généalogie, noms de famille, prénoms, and villes and villages. In French.

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    French~Canadian
    link button  American-French Genealogical Society
    The Society's purpose is to study and preserve the heritage of French-Canadians by assisting members in discovering their ancestors, and learning about the daily events that shaped their lives.
    link button  FrancoGene
    Links to research resources relating to the study of Franco-American and French-Canadian genealogy.
    link button  French Canadian Heritage Society of California [FCHSC]
    The FCHSC is affiliated with the Southern California Genealogical Society [SCGS]. The FCHSC members research their own French-Canadian heritage, and help others research theirs. The Society also maintains a collection of French-Canadian genealogical materials.
    link button  France.com
    Links for use in researching French heritage.
    link button  Genealogie.com
    Links to resources for researching French genealogy, including links to archives and who to contact there.

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    German
    link button  Afro Deutsch
    Website for Black Germans [Afro Deutsch]
    link button  Banat Region of Germany
    List of Germans from the Banat region who settled in North Dakota.
    link button  Bremen Military List of 1691
    A list of men (age 16 and older) available for military service during 1691 / 1693, in the towns near Lesum (now part of Bremen). Although the list is from 1691, it seems to have been made earlier, as some of the people are younger than they should be according to other records. The men's ages are next to their names.
    link button  British, German and Loyalists Officers ~ The American Revolution
    An index to "A List of General and Staff Officers on the Establishment in North America, 1755-1782", which was originally published some 200 years ago. A copy of this book is on file at the Public Record Office in Kew, Surrey [as part of file W.O. 65], and a microfilm copy of the book is available at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and at its associated Family History Centers.
    link button   Das Bundesarchiv
    This site offers full text search of federal archives. In German.
    link button  Deutsches Historisches Museum
    German Historical Museum. You can select German or English text for viewing the site.
    link button  Emsland
    This webpage is devoted to the identification of 19th century German emigrants who came to America from that part of Hannover known today as Emsland, Niedersachsen, and settled in the mid-western United States.
    link button  German-Bohemian Heritage Society
    Information for those researching their German-Bohemian ancestors. German-Bohemians are people who have either lived in or have ancestry in the outer rim of the Czech Republic, known as the Sudentenland.
    link button  German Genealogy Group
    German-ancestored genealogy records for residents of New York State [mainly the New York City area]. The site includes searchable databases of surnames, New York City deaths [1891-1948], naturalization records, and Brooklyn and Queens birth and death records.
    link button  Genealogy.net
    Portal to German genealogy research.
    link button  German Military Grave Registration Service
    This free searchable genealogy database contains names of missing and dead German soldiers from World War I and World War II. Registration [free] is required to view the search results. In German.
    link button  Germans From Russia ~ Janet's Research Results
    Browseable lists of WWI Draft Registrations, passenger manifests, census records, and more.
    link button   Hessian Troops
    Website dedicated to researching those German auxiliary troops [generically called Hessian] who remained in America after the Revolutionary War and became citizens.
    link button  Odessa ~ A German-Russian Genealogical Library
    Odessa is a digital library dedicated to the cultural and family history of the millions of Germans who emigrated to Russia in the 1800s and their descendants, who are now scattered throughout the world.
    link button  Palatine Project, The ~ German Genealogy
    The Palatine Project is an ongoing effort, using sources from German speaking countries as well as early colonial American sources, to annotate and/or reconstruct the passenger lists of Germans who came to America in the first large wave of emigration in the 18th century.
    link button  Wee Monster
    Internet resources for exploring German heritage.
    link button  WorldRoots.com
    A list of old German professions, occupations and illnesses.

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    Greek
    link button  GreekFamilies.com
    Online resources with Greek genealogy and family history content.
    link button  Sephardim.com
    A research tool for Sephardic genealogy. Sephardim are Iberian Jews who were forced to flee Iberia, many of whom exiled to Salonika and other Greek cities.

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    Haitian
    link button  Jérémie Papers, The
    Index [containing names] of The Jérémie Papers which encompasses the notarial and administrative archives of the municipality of Jérémie, located on the northern coast of present-day Haiti's southern peninsula. Under the French colonial regime, the jurisdiction of Jérémie (also known as la Grand'Anse) encompassed two parishes, Saint-Louis de Jérémie and Notre Dame du Cap Dame Marie.

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    Hispanic
    link button  Eunice's Puerto Rico Genealogy Home Page
    This database is a compilation of names of people from the 16th to 19th centuries, primarily from Puerto Rico, with some earlier ones from Spain. Included are all of the Cabo Rojo marriages from the Church books 1 to 7 (1779-1860), plus thousands of marriage, baptism and death records from San German, Yauco, Mayaguez, San Juan, etc.
    link button  Genealogica.net
    Directory of Hispanic genealogy resources for countries including Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, and the United States.
    link button  Periódicos Diarios Noticias
    Paises de Lengua Española Periódicos Diarios Noticias. In Español.
    link button  Research Latino
    Links to resources for researching Hispanic heritage. The web site also contains a link to all of the ResearchLatino.com message boards.

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    Icelander
    link button  Emigration From Iceland to North America
    The main purpose of this site is to help people of Icelandic origin to search for their roots in Iceland, their ancestors and living relatives.

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    Indigenous Peoples
    link button  Alaskan Native Cultures
    Alaska's Native people are divided into three ethnic groups, eleven distinct cultures, speak twenty different languages, live in five geographical locations in Alaska, in 200 villages and communities. This website explores some of the history of these groups, and showcases the original artworks they produce.
    link button   Canada's First Nations
    This multimedia tutorial focuses on the histories of Canada's First Nations peoples from ancient times to the nineteenth century.
    link button  Canada's First Nations ~ Antiquity
    This web site contains information on Canada's First Nations, examining myths, migration theories, prehistoric periods, the antiquity period, and human habitation and settlement.
    link button  Native Languages of the Americas
    A compendium of online materials about more than 800 indigenous languages of the Western Hemisphere and the people that speak them.
    link button  Native Web
    Links to genealogy resources for indigenous cultures around the world.

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    Irish
    link button  Donegal Genealogy Resources
    A compilation of 18th & 19th century resources, related to genealogical research in Donegal.
    link button   Ireland Old News
    Articles [printed as far back as the 1700's] organized by county of publication, year and month.
    link button  Irishclans.com
    A gateway to sites on the Internet for Irish clan geneology, ancestry, or family history.
    link button  National Archives of Ireland, The
    The National Archives holds a wide variety of records, many of which are relevant to Irish genealogy and local history.

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    Italian
    link button  Italian Ancestry Family Tree Genealogists
    A free list of Italian genealogy sites showcasing Italian ancestry webpages. Many of the sites contain copies of actual Italian archive records, ancestor documents, and pedigree charts. All of the sites list Italian surnames and Italy community of origin.
    link button  Italian Genealogical Group
    Located in the New York City, this organization is a portal for local research.
    link button  Italian Genealogy
    Registration [free] required for access to some database information.
    link button  Joe's Italian Genealogy Page
    Good listing of resources. Lite and easy

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    Jamaican
    link button  Jamaican Family Search [JFS]
    This Jamaica, West Indies, genealogical research site contains transcriptions from various documents for 1655 to 1947 (and a few to 1993).

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    Jewish
    link button  Ashkenaz House
    Website of the descendants of the orthodox German Jewish communities who now live primarily in Israel, but who also live England and the United States.
    link button  Estonia ~ Estonian Jewish Museum
    Website of the Eesti Juudi Muuseum [Estonian Jewish Museum].
    link button   Germany ~ Jewish Cemetery Database Project
    Der größten Online-Datenbank Jüdischer Grabstätten in Deutschland.
    link button  Jacob Rader Marcus Center ~ American Jewish Archives
    The Center is committed to preserving a documentary heritage of the religious, organizational, economic, cultural, personal, social and family life of American Jewry.
    link button  Jewish Museum of Deportation and Resistance [JMDR]
    The JMDR is situated on the site which, in 1942, the Nazis established SS-Sammellager Mecheln [SS-Collection Camp Mechelen].
    link button  Jewish National and University Library [JNUL]
    This is the website of the ketubbot digitization project, which aims to create a worldwide registry of ketubbot [marriage contracts for Jewish weddings] from public and private collections throughout the world.
    link button  Jewish Web Index
    Links for researching Jewish heritage, organized by country and/or subject.
    link button  JewishGen Communities Database
    The "JewishGen Communities Database" is a master database of Jewish Communities throughout the world, which unifies and links together all of JewishGen's resources.
    link button  JewishGen ShtetlSeeker, The
    The JewishGen ShtetlSeeker covers the 31 countries of Central and Eastern Europe, plus all of the former Soviet Republics, and Turkey. Search for Jewish communities, or search for places by name or location.
    link button  JewishGen USA Database
    A multiple database search site which incorporates several databases contributed to by individual donors. These combined databases have over 900,000 entries.
    link button  JewishGen.org
    Portal to resources for researching Jewish genealogy.
    link button  Latvia ~ Jews In Liepâja/Latvia [1941-1945]
    A database of Jews who lived in Liepâja on 14 June 1941, on the eve of Soviet deportations and the Holocaust. There is a file card for each person, giving available information on: date and place of birth and death, fate, address in 1941, occupation, names of parents, spouse, children, maiden names, etc.
    link button  Museum of Family History, The
    Click on the site map to see the online resources, which include cemetery and holocaust records.
    link button  Pennsylvania ~ The Pittsburg Jewish Newspaper Project
    The Pittsburgh Jewish Newspaper Project is composed of The Jewish Criterion (1895-1962), The American Jewish Outlook (1934-1962), and The Jewish Chronicle (1962-Present). This project serves as both an online reference source and as a digitized historical documentation of the Jewish community of Pittsburgh and its outlying areas.
    link button  Poland ~ Fundacja Ochrony Dziedictwa Zydowskiego
    Foundation for the preservation of Jewish heritage in Poland.
    link button  Poland ~ Lodz ShtetLinks
    This site contains original articles and hundreds of links to documents, interviews, and photographs on Lodz and surrounding communities.
    link button  Poland ~ Polish Jews.org
    Research your Jewish roots in Poland and Eastern Europe, find information on Jewish cemeteries and synagogues, research documents, read the Torah, get information about the holocaust, etc.
    link button   Poland ~ Warsaw Ghetto Database
    This site contains a collection of facts from the history of the Warsaw ghetto, and includes information on specific subjects: people, events and places.
    link button  Sephardim.com
    A research tool for Sephardic genealogy. Sephardim are Iberian Jews who were forced to flee Iberia, many of whom were exiled to Salonika and other Greek cities.
    link button  Shtetls
    A listing of Shtetlach (Shtetl's) and town discussion groups relating to the geneology and families coming from these towns. Each Shtetl site offers different resources [such as cemetary record transcriptions]. Some of the sites are in Hebrew.
    link button  Simon Wiesenthal Center
    The Simon Wiesenthal Center is an international Jewish human rights organization.

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    Latin American
    link button  Afro-Latin Americans

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    Mexican
    link button  Genealogy of Mexico, The ~ Gary Felix
    A list of names of the earliest recorded male settlers of Alta California, a list of the settlers that served with the Captain Tristán de Luna y Arellano [1559-1564], new wave of settlers to Northeastern Mexico [1700-1726], surname searches, and more.
    link button   Media Guide ~ Central American
    Links, organized by country, to Central American newspapers and media.
    link button  Nuestros Ranchos
    This group is for serious genealogists actively searching for lineages in the states of Jalisco, Zacatecas and Aguascalientes of Mexico. The site features lists of slave owners and slaves, a message board, and other resources.

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    Micronesian
    link button  Nopukob.com
    News, history and information about the Federated States of Micronesia [Pohnpei, Chuuk, Kosrae and Yap], Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and Palau. The site also contains information relating to Micronesia's participation in World War II.
    link button  Republic of Kiribati
    The culture, customs, rituals, history, myths and legends, and lifestyle of the Kiribati people.

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    Norwegian
    link button  Digital Archives
    Digitalarkivet (Digital Archives) is the Norwegian National Archives' channel for publication of digitized archive material in the form of images, transcribed texts and databases.
    link button  Passenger Lists 1825 - 1873
    The data at this website is mainly transcribed from passenger lists, but in some cases information about Norwegian emigrants was added from other sources like newspaper announcements and voyage accounts.

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    Polish
    link button  Polish Genealogy
    "Our mission is to provide place for the genealogical record of every family, regardless of origin or current location. We are offering this site to create roots of your family. You are welcome to build family tree on your own or send us information to do this for you."
    link button  Polish Genealogy Directory
    A directory to Polish genealogy resources, databases and websites related to Polish ancestry and research of roots with links to Austrian, Belarusian, German, Jewish, Russian, Ukrainian and worldwide genealogy related sites.
    link button  PolishRoots
    A Polish genealogy web site that features a search engine.

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    Portuguese
    link button  California Voters of Portuguese Ancestry
    Portuguese Voters of 1872 in California.
    link button  Dutch Portuguese Colonial History
    The history of the Portuguese colonization of Africa, Arabia, Brazil, Burma, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, South America, Sri Lanka [Ceylon] and other areas of Asia, the Americas and Africa.
    link button  Immigrant Lists
    Portuguese passenger ships master list.

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    Puerto Rican
    link button  Puerto Rican Hispanic Genealogical Society [PRHGS]
    Databases include military records, and a transcript of the 1935 census.

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    Romanian
    link button  Catholic Germans From Russia & Romania
    Research resource for those who have descended from, or have ties with, the Catholic Germans from Russia and Romania.

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    Russian
    link button  Catholic Germans From Russia & Romania
    Research resource for those who have descended from, or have ties with, the Catholic Germans from Russia and Romania.
    link button  GenoTree.Ru
    A project dedicated to Russian genealogy. In Russian.
    link button  Georgia
    Newspapers and news media guide.
    link button  Germans From Russia - Janet's Research Results
    Browseable lists of WWI Draft Registrations, passenger manifests, census records, and more.
    link button  Researching Russian Roots
    Links to Russian archives, tips on researching Russian roots, a message board, family sites and other links for use in researching Russian genealogy.

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    Scottish
    link button  Electric Scotland
    A site where you can add your own family tree and genealogy data. This site features user-contributed photos, histories, family trees, etc.
    link button  HappyHaggis
    HappyHaggis is a website that concentrates on Scottish genealogy.
    link button  National Museums Scotland
    This site presents Scottish history and culture from the earliest times to the present day, an online collections database including a number of objects. You can also explore Islamic collections through their website Discover Islamic Art.
    link button  Scottish Handwriting
    This website offers online tuition in palaeography for historians, genealogists and other researchers who have problems reading manuscript historical records written in Scotland in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

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    Slovakian
    link button  Slovak and Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogical Research
    This Eastern Slovakia, Slovak and Carpatho-Rusyn Genealogical Research page offers tools, resources, and information to help you search your Slovak or Carpatho-Rusyn family history and ancestry. You will also find links to a wealth of information on the area now known as Slovakia.

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    Slovenian
    link button  Slovenian Genealogy Society International [SGSI]
    This web site will link you with other web sites on the Internet which are dedicated to Slovenian genealogy research and historical documents, many of them published online by members of the Society.

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    Spanish
    link button  Genealogía Española
    España GenWeb. Links to research sites for researching Spanish heritage.
    link button  La Biblioteca Nacional
    Information sources for use in online research.
    link button  Societat Catalana de Genealogia, Heraldica, Sigil, Lografia [SCGHSVN]
    La SCGHSVN vetlla pel rigor històric i científic de la genealogia, l'heràldica i altres disciplines afins. En Español.

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    Swedish
    link button  GenHouse - Swedish Genealogy
    The organization will communicate with you in English, if desired.
    link button  Immigrant Database
    Searchable database of Swedish immigration records.
    link button  Rötter
    Swedish genealogy links and information, including information about cemeteries in Norway. In Swedish.

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    Swiss
    link button  Swiss Genealogy Canton Ticino
    Ticino Migration Worldwide
    link button  Swiss Genealogy on the Internet
    Links to resources for use in researching Swiss heritage and history.
    link button  Swiss Roots: Genealogy
    Search by surname to find links on your Swiss ancestors

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    Turkish
    link button  Ormanlý Köyü ~ Turkish Genealogy
    Website for researching Turkish genealogy. The website is in Türkçe [Turkish]
    link button  Turkey ~ Media Guide
    Newspapers and news media guide.
    link button  Turkish Genealogy
    Genealogy resources in Turkey. The site is in Turkish.

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    Ukrainian
    link button  InfoUkes
    Ukrainian genealogy links.

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    Xuete/Xueton
    link button  Memòria del Carrer
    Website of the Xuetes/Xuetons, a group who descended from Mallorcan Jews [from the island of Mallorca] who converted to Christianity.
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