Here is some more good genealogy websites. Kindred Konnections http://www.kindredkonnections.com/ You can also download free gedcom software that is LDS compatible. Family Tree Maker http://www.familytreemaker.com/ Social Security Death Index http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi Vanessa Pat Connors wrote: > I sent this out right after New Year's so if you already have it, > nothing is changed or added. This is for our new listers. > > The Top Ten Genealogical Web Sites > (c) 1999 by R. Cole Goodwin > > If you were looking for an ancestor, on which ten Internet > sites would you most likely find him or her? Which sites can > help an individual, a family, or a group research family > history? > > With over 1,500,000,000 names on over 60,000 genealogical web > sites on the Internet, finding the best sites is no easy task. > > Eighteen months ago, I started evaluating over 60,000 web > sites which provide information of genealogical interest in > order to determine the Top Ten. Using Encyclopaedia > Britannica's Alexa service, independent reviews, and personal > [observations], I evaluated each site's freshness, speed, > links in, links out, subjective ratings by reviewers, site > size, and other criteria. I have tested my findings along the > way, having found over 16,000 ancestors during the past > twenty-two months, mostly with the help of the computer. Below > are my top ten sites: > > FamilySearch ( http://www.familysearch.org ) > Owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of > Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah, > FamilySearch.org has a little (or more) of genealogical > interest for everyone and it is growing quickly. In its > third full month, it has become one of the most popular > sites on the Internet. Using FamilySearch, you can do the > following: > > * Search for your ancestors using the International > Genealogical Index (I.G.I.) with over 360,000,000 > names, at present, online; Ancestral File (A.F.) with > about 36 million names in linked pedigree charts; and > with hyperlinks to other genealogical web sites. Over > the next month, the site will grow to 600 million > online names, then to 1,000,000 by next spring; > > * Collaborate with others who are searching for the same > ancestor, surname, or place as you. At present, there > are over 60,000 collaboration lists and the number is > growing by over 1000 per day; > > * Access the Family History Library of The Church of > Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which has over two > million rolls of microfilm with the names of over two > billion people. Once you have identified a microfilm > which interests you, you can order it online and it > will be delivered to an Latter-day Saint Family History > Center of your choosing near you; > > * Learn from online Research Guides. For almost any place > or ethnic group for which you wish to do genealogical > investigation, there are online guides that will allow > you to learn how to do the research you seek; > > * Access over 60,000 genealogical web sites by > categories, such as those which specialize in census, > land, migration, military, royalty, surnames, and more; > > * Preserve your family history by downloading one of the > most popular genealogical software programs in the > world today, Personal Ancestral File (P.A.F.) 4.0 for > Windows, as well as upload your own genealogical > information to FamilySearch to be preserved and to be > shared with others in Pedigree Resource files. > > * Coming Up: Australian, British and North American Vital > Records Indexes will be incorporated into FamilySearch > as will the complete 1851 and 1881 British Censuses, > the complete 1880 U.S. Census, the Ellis Island Index > of 17,000,000 immigrants, and more source guides. Also > coming up: Pedigree Resource Files, containing the > online submissions of FamilySearch users (12,000,000 > names already received); > > Ancestry.com ( http://www.ancestry.com ) > With over 274,000,000 U.S. names in over 1700 databases, > Ancestry.com can help you find and put flesh onto the > bones of your ancestors. It offers the following > features: > > * Census Indexes, 1790-1870, for the entire U.S., as well > as the complete 1790 U.S. Census and assorted later > censuses for sundry states and counties; > > * Social Security Death Index (S.S.D.I.): updated through > June 1999, it is the most current index on the Internet > and can help you locate the disposition of a relative > or friend as well as their parentage; > > * World Family Tree: like FamilySearch's Ancestral File, > this contains millions of names linked in pedigrees; > > * Periodical Source Index, which references over 5,000 > genealogical periodicals for the past 200 years. For > the most part, once you have the index entry, you can > view the articles at the Library of Congress; > > * American Genealogical and Biographical Index (Ryder's > Index): the contents of 200 volumes of genealogical > references to individuals in the U.S. throughout the > seventeenth through nineteenth centuries; > > * The Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books > (125 Volumes) > > * Ancestry News-Daily and weekly newsletter providing > news and features of genealogical interest. > > Although Ancestry.com is a paid, subscription service, > major portions of its holdings are made available freely > to the general public. In addition, right now they are > offering a free, 14-day subscription to those who sign-up > through the following link (sponsored by ThirdAge): > > https://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/signup/SignupUser.asp?SignupType=TRIALFR > > EE&SignupCode=g99af > > Cyndislist ( http://www.cyndislist.com ) > Cyndislist catalogues and indexes over 43,000 genealogy > web sites and is in the process of adding 10,000 more. If > you are looking for genealogical web sites from different > countries to different surnames, you will find them > listed and indexed here. Online since 1996, it is > operated by Cyndi Howells of Puyallup, Washington. > > RootsWeb ( http://www.rootsweb.com ) > RootsWeb has over 150,000,000 million U.S. names online > and is operated by the non-profit RootsWeb Data > Cooperative of Pine Mountain Club, California and is a > project of the Rand Corporation. RootsWeb has the > following helpful features: > > * Surname Resources on RootsWeb allow you to search > submissions on surnames by other researchers; > > * County Resource tie you into genealogical discussion > forums organized by state and by county. > > * USGENWEB ( http://www.usgenweb.com ) covers the United > States by state and by county, organizing cemetery, > census, obituary, historical, and biographical > resources by locality. Can be very helpful; for an > excellent example of USGENWEB, go to the Bradford > County, Pennsylvania web site > ( http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabradfo/bradweb.htm ); > > * Mailing Lists for over 16,000 genealogical areas are > sponsored by RootsWeb.com > > * The Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, an online > project to transcribe the passenger lists of all > passenger ships which have entered America. Currently, > 400 ships are online; > > * Social Security Death Index (SSDI), similar to > Ancestry.com's database; > > The Library of Congress ( http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ ) > Through The Library of Congress' Local History and > Genealogy Reading Room, you can access the holdings of > the largest library in the world, which has a collection > of over 250,000 local history and genealogy books > available for researchers, as well as a large repository > of microfilm holdings from The Family History Library of > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt > Lake City. Through the site, you can search or browse the > catalogs, access special holdings of various ethnic and > historic reading rooms, and enjoy the American Memories > Collection, an extensive, visual database of American > History. Also available through the Library of Congress > is the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collection > (N.U.C.M.C.) ( http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/nucmc.html ) > which indexes millions of unpublished documents and > contains valuable genealogical information. > > GenForum ( http://genforum.genealogy.com/ ) > The largest online area for people to share surname and > local history information, with over three million > messages posted. It allows researchers to collaborate one > with another in researching family and local history. > > ProFusion ( http://www.profusion.com/ ) > Rather than a site for genealogical research, ProFusion > is a Microsoft-sponsored meta-search engine, which can > use up to nine Internet search engines (such as > AltaVista, Google, InfoSeek, etc.) simultaneously to find > that ancestor, or relative of yours on that obscure web > page. Unlike typical search engines which, at most, index > only 16% of the web pages on the Internet, meta-search > engines such as ProFusion, Dogpile > ( http://www.dogpile.com/ ), Fast Corporation's AllTheWeb > ( http://www.alltheweb.com ) and MAMMA, The Mother of All > Web Sites ( http://www.mamma.com/ ) use individual search > engines to collectively scale the web. > > The Ultimates ( http://www.theultimates.com/ ) > Like ProFusion (above) rather than a single web site with > genealogical information, The Ultimates is a search > engine for multiple online telephone white pages and e- > mail directories. It can help you find people with the > same surname you are seeking. This is especially useful > when you are seeking an unusual surname. > > MyFamily.com ( http://www.MyFamily.com ) > MyFamily.com is a place where you can post your family > tree, family news, family photos, recipes, and chapter- > by-chapter history for your family to show and to share > with others. It can help a geographically dispersed > family collaborate on its history. > > The U.S. National Archives > ( http://www.nara.gov/nara/nail.html ) Using the new U.S. > National Archives and Records Administration's Archival > Information Locator, you can locate information about the > microfilm, archival holdings, and digital copies > available. Also useful is The National Archives Research > Room ( http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/ ) > > Bonus Web Sites > In addition to the Top Ten, above, following are some > excellent, specialized genealogical web sites. Please > bear in mind that much of this specialized information is > available through the using the Top Ten genealogical web > sites above; indeed, some Top Ten sites have more > specialized data than their more limited counterparts, > below, but the following are always worth checking: > > Biographies > From the Arts & Entertainment Network's "Biography" > series, you can search 22,000 online biographies at the > following link: ( http://www.biography.com/ ) > > Cemeteries and Graveyards > Find A Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com/ ) > Censuses on the Internet > Censuslinks ( http://www.censuslinks.com/directory/ ) > Educational Resources for Online Genealogy > PBS' Ancestors Series > ( http://www.pbs.org/kbyu/ancestors/ ) > Ethnic Genealogy Resources > The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies Online > ( http://www.libertynet.org/balch/body_index.html ) > Family History for Kids > Disney's Family Tree > ( http://disney.go.com/ads/sponsors/ancestry/index.html ) > Family Reunions > Family-Reunion.com ( http://www.family-reunion.com ) > Geography > The U.S. Geological Service's Geographic Names > Information Service (GNIS) > ( http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/ ) > Heraldry > Heraldry on the Internet > ( http://www.digiserve.com/heraldry/index.htm ) > Land Records > The Bureau of Land Management has placed all federal > land patent records online, including millions of 19th > Century Homestead Act records. > ( http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ ) > Medical Genealogy > The Disease Chart (19th century medical terminology) > ( > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/1030/diseasecharttable.htm ) > Military Records > Military records databases at Ancestry.com > ( > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/1030/diseasecharttable.htm ) > Newsletters-Online Genealogy > Ancestry.com's Daily News (free sign-up from home page, > with alerts to new, limited-time access to databases, > tips of the day, features, and specials) > ( http://www.ancestry.com/ ) > Newspapers > The United States Newspaper Program links you to > hundreds of online newspapers, some of which have put > back issues up to 200 years old online; excellent for > births, marriages and deaths. > ( http://www.neh.gov/html/usnp.html#NEW%20YORK ) > Photographs > With over 250,000,000 prints, Corbis Corporation has > the largest inventory of historic and newsworthy > photographs in the world, and has put many online-for > free. ( http://www.corbis.com ) > Vital Records > Vital Records Information for the United States > ( http://vitalrec.com/index.html ) > WebCasts on Genealogy > Generations is a live, interactive television show > focusing on family history research and is broadcast > over the Internet. It is sponsored by Sierra Software > and carried by TalkSpot, an Internet broadcasting > company. > ( > http://www.sierra.com/sierrahome/familytree/community/webcast/ ) > World and International Genealogy Resources > WorldGenWeb ( http://www.worldgenweb.com ) will take you > to resources for almost any country in the world. > > ==== IRL-CLARE Mailing List ==== > County Clare News: http://www.clarenet.ie > Guide to County Clare: http://www.iol.ie/~moynihan/clare/ > Assorted Clare records/directories: http://home.att.net/~labaths/clare.htm > Co. Clare Library: http://www.clarelibrary.ie/