Research Guide: Genealogy for Beginners
General Sites
- Ancestors
This companion site to a PBS series on family histories offers guides, links to resources, video clips from the series and links to a lot of material that can help anyone get started with his or her family genealogy. - Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Cyndi has helped by organizing many interesting resources by category to make searching easier for all of us. - Family Search.Org
One of the most heavily used genealogy libraries available online. Produced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. - Family Tree Magazine - Toolkit
This toolkit site offers free material to help with searching including a section of ethnic resources and downloadable forms. - National Archives and Records Administration Genealogy Page
This government agency site offers guides and resources. - RootsWeb.com
This site has collected many links for genealogy research.
New York City Resources
- Brooklyn Eagle Newspaper
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle was published from 1841 to 1955, then revived for a short time from 1960 to 1963. The digitization project is ongoing, with approximately 147,000 pages of newspaper in various digital formats currently included in the online repository. - Ellis Island
Ellis Island was the main New York City portal for many people and families entering the United States from 1892 to 1924.; Over 22 million records are searchable. - New York Public Library Genealogy Resources
This site lists all the kinds of resources available at the New York Public Library's Genealogy Division. - New York Times Historical Newspaper
Covers 1851-2005; Library subscription database, ProQuest Historical Newspapers. Searchable full-text and page images. - NYGenWeb: our Gateway to New York Genealogy and History
[part of rootsweb.com listed above] - Queens Public Library Genealogy Guide
Resources for Children
- Celebrate Your Family History
The site suggests such projects for children as recording family stories, creating a family quilt or cookbook and other activities. - Genealogy for Children
About.com genealogy guide for parents and teachers.
Records
- New York City Department of Records
The local government site can help with New York City birth, death and marriage records. - New York State Department of Health:Birth, Death, Marriage & Divorce Records
- New York State Archives & Genealogy
- Social Security Death Index
- Where to Write for Vital Records
Compiled by Professor Jane Devine - May 11, 2005
Updated by Ann Matsuuchi, April 14, 2009