from New England Historic geneaological Society's newsleyyer, 'eNews'. Used with permission. Research Recommendations: Cyndi's List by Michael J. Leclerc Researching in a new location means identifying new resources to examine. With the advent of the internet, even locations that you have been researching for years can suddenly have a vast number of new resources appear suddenly overnight. One of the most useful, and most popular, websites to assist you in locating online resources is Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet. Cyndi’s List is operated by Cyndi Howells of Washington state (In the interests of full disclosure, I must inform you that Cyndi has been a good friend of mine for many years). It started as a list of links that she provided to her local genealogical society. In 1996 she made them available online, and by 1997 she had already received a million visits. By the time it celebrated ten years, there were more than a 250,000 links and more was averaging 2 million page hits per month. Cyndi’s List has been featured in Time, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, ABC World News Tonight, and NBC Nightly News amongst others. The homepage is the Main Category Index, with high-level categories listed in alphabetical order, from Acadian, Cajun & Creole to Writing Your Family History. Within high-level categories are sub-categories, such as General Resource Sites, Government & Cities, Military, Queries, Message Boards & Surname Lists, Societies & Groups, etc. Beneath this sub-categories are links to other websites, with short description beneath each link. The site can be easily browsed, or you can use the easy search feature to find specific topics. Fewer people in genealogy work as hard as Cyndi does. She is a one-person operation, working tirelessly to add new links and fix broken ones. Her site has helped countless individuals find the information they need to get past brick walls. And she has become very well known. I will relay a brief story here, but only if you promise not to tell her you heard it from me. A few years back, at one of the national conferences, a commercial organization brought in Donny Osmond to promote the launch of their new website. Those of you of a certain age will remember him on the Andy Williams Show, and Donny and Marie. Those of you who are younger may remember him as the recent winner of Dancing With the Stars. Upon being introduced to Mr. Osmond, his response was “You are THE Cyndi!" Cyndi’s List should be in the bookmarks of every genealogist, from beginners to the most advanced. Whether you are looking for information on the United States or the United Kingdom, Antarctica or Outer Space, you will find it at www.CyndisList.com.