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Title: Searching American Ancestors
Post by: Headtheball on Wednesday 04 March 09 11:48 GMT (UK)
Can anybody help me with recommending websites that would help me search for ancestors in the USA? There seem to be so many and many of them seem to be incomplete. Of course, I would prefer to use a free site but if there is a subscription site that is reliable then I would pay. The states of Indiana and Ohio are of particular interest to me. Thanks in advance.  :)
Title: Re: Searching American Ancestors
Post by: madpants on Wednesday 04 March 09 11:58 GMT (UK)
I don't have a great deal to do with the USA but this is a very good site worldwide

http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html?datestamp=1200518033078#start
Title: Re: Searching American Ancestors
Post by: stanmapstone on Wednesday 04 March 09 12:01 GMT (UK)
These sites have many links under Genealogical Resources
http://www.50states.com/indiana.htm
http://www.50states.com/ohio.htm

Stan
Title: Re: Searching American Ancestors
Post by: Headtheball on Wednesday 04 March 09 12:08 GMT (UK)
Wow! that was quick - thanks a mill  :)
Title: Re: Searching American Ancestors
Post by: Erato on Wednesday 04 March 09 12:19 GMT (UK)
The US Genweb sites which are organized state by state and, within the states, by county.  These are variable in quality but some states and counties have lots of information.
Title: Re: Searching American Ancestors
Post by: winston on Wednesday 04 March 09 14:20 GMT (UK)
Hi

You could always post a request asking for a specific look up and someone maybe able to help you out - just give enough info so they have somethign to work with.


Wendy
Title: Re: Searching American Ancestors
Post by: Nick29 on Thursday 05 March 09 07:45 GMT (UK)
Ancestry World subscription covers America very well - if you are looking up American ancestors in particular, it's best to use Ancestry.com and not Ancestry.co.uk

Title: Re: Searching American Ancestors
Post by: shellyesq on Thursday 05 March 09 17:18 GMT (UK)
You can check out our board full of US resources:  http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,396.0.html

If you're doing a lot of research, I'd say Ancestry.com is pretty much invaluable.  Rootsweb.com has some good free stuff.  www.deathindexes.com has a lot of good links to find death and other records, but some of them are links to pay sites.
Title: Re: Searching American Ancestors
Post by: Necromancer on Thursday 05 March 09 18:07 GMT (UK)
http://www.cyndislist.com/