Tools & Databases Links

Tools

To Download DNA Matches to a Spreadsheet

DNA cM range for relationships

Tombstone Birthday Calculator

URL Shortener

Dead Link Finder

Mapcarta.com

Trees and Go-To for Documents

How to use Ancestry.com

How to use FamilySearch.org

FamilySearch.org

Ancestry.com

$4.99 in the US for the Student World Explorer Plan. It asks for the school's name and verifies enrollment.

Cemeteries

FindaGrave.com

Veterans' Cemetery Locator

Census

Census links to big 4 genealogy sites

Years of State Census

Immigration and Citizenship

How to research immigration and naturalization

Ancestry.com Citizenship & Naturalization Catalogue

Military Records

How to use DAR

Ancestry.com Military Records

Daughters of the American Revolution

Fold3.com ($)

Obituaries and Newspapers
There are also free digital newspaper collections for some states, such as California and Utah.

How to research newspapers

Chronicling America’s newspapers by state

Free. Includes 3,985 newspapers from 1770-1963. Most are from 1880-1920.

FamilySearch.org GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011

FamilySearch.org United States, Genealogy Bank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014

GenealogyBank.com’s newspapers by state

$ Includes over 15,000 newspapers from 1690-2016 plus obituaries to present

Google Newspapers

Newspapers.com’s newspapers by state

$ includes over 24,300 newspapers from 1690-2023. Most are from 1940 to present.

Obituaries in Internet Age

DignityMemorial.comm

EverLoved.com

Legacy.com

Legacy.com Newsday Obituaries

Tributes Framer

People Finders and Social Media

Ancestry.com U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1

Facebook.com

TruePeopleSearch.Com

Social Security

FamilySearch.org United States, Social Security Numerical Indentification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007

FamilySearch.org United States Social Security Death Index, 1962-February 28, 2014

Ancestry.Com U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007

Ancestry.Com U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Vital Statistics: Multi-State Repositories

How to research vital events

Ancestry.com Birth, Marriage, and Death

Ancestry.com Marriage & Divorce

Ancestry.com Vital Records

FamilySearch.org Historic Records

FamilySearch.org Vital Records

BYU Western States Marriage Index

Vital Statistics: State Repositories

Arizona birth 75 years after date (1800 - 1948) and death 50 years after date (1800 - 1973).

California Death Index 1940-1997

Connecticut Vital Statistics

Connecticut Marriage Records 1897-1969

Connecticut Barbour Collection pre-1870

Georgia Archives.org Death Records

Michigan Death Records

Michigan Marriage Records

Missouri Birth Records pre-1910; Death 1910-1970

New York City Historic Vital Records

Oklahoma Vital Records

Pennsylvania Vital Records

Pennsylvania Mining Accidents & Deaths

Utah Birth 1904-1957; Death 1950-1967

West Virginia Vital Statistics

Vital Statistic: Outside of the United States

Ancestry.com Norway Church Books, 1812-1938

FamilySearch.org Norway Church Books, 1815-1930