Klein Texas Family History Center

'''The Klein Texas Family History Center is an extension of the world's largest genealogical library, the Salt Lake City Family History Library. Our mission is to provide for Family History research, Free of Charge, in the Spring, Klein, Tomball, and Magnolia, Texas areas. Come find your ancestors with us.'''

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location on Map

Address: 16535 Kleinwood Dr Spring TX 77379 United States


 * From Louetta Road, turn south onto Kleinwood Drive.
 * Look for the green Family History Library signs on Louetta Rd and Kleinwood Dr.

Phone: 281-251-5931

E-mail: KleinFHC1@gmail.com or TX_Klein@ldsmail.net

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday/Wednesday:10 am-4 pm and 7-9 pm
 * Thursday:10 am-1 pm - Classes/Workshops 7-9pm
 * Saturday:10 am-1 pm

Holiday Schedule (FHC Closure Dates)

Easter Weekend, First Saturday in April, Memorial Day, July 4th, First Saturday in October, Thanksgiving week, last 2 weeks in December.

Facebook - Notifications, Calendar, Files, Questions, Answers, etc.

Twitter

2017 Classes &amp; Workshops (Thursdays 6:59pm - 9pm)
'''NOTE: Class schedule subject to change. Check our Facebook Group for latest information.'''

January 5 - Beginning Genealogy

January 12 - FamilySearch and Ancestry Apps

January 19 - Checklists

January 26 - Mopping Up The Mess

February 2 - Church Records

February 9 - African American Genealogy

February 16 - Publish Your Book

February 23 - FamilySearch Wiki

March 2 - Elusive Women

March 9 - Using IrfanView As A Genealogy Productivity Tool

March 16 - Googling Your Genealogy

March 23 - RootsMagic

March 30 - Obituaries-Yours And Your Ancestors

April 6 - Land Records

April 13 - Descendancy Research

April 20 - DNA-What Do You Want?, Who Do You Test?

April 27 - Photo To DVD

May 4 - NO CLASS

May 11 - Military Records

May 18 - Beginning Genealogy

May 25 - Roots Magic

June 1 - Intro to DNA

June 8 - FamilySearch Wiki and Using Documents as sources

June 15 - You Found It Where? Unusual Records

June 22 - Using the Genealogical Proof Standard

June 29 - Advanced Techniques for Using the Autosomal DNA Test

July 6 - Cross the Atlantic with Religious Records

July 13 - Next Steps in British Research

July 20 - TBA

July 27 - TBA

August 3 - TBA

August 10 - TBA

August 17 - TBA

August 24 - TBA

August 31 - TBA

September 7 - TBA

September 14 - TBA

September 21 - TBA

September 28 - TBA

October 5 - TBA

October 12 - TBA

October 19 - TBA

October 26 - TBA

November 2 - TBA

November 9 - TBA

November 16 - TBA

November 23 - TBA

November 30 - TBA

December 7 - TBA

December 14 - TBA

December 21 - No class

December 28 - No class

FamilySearch Catalog

 * This center has all films ordered online by patrons and requested to be sent to this center. See films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog at FamilySearch.org.
 * We have inhouse over 1000 microfilms and 3500 microfiche on indefinite loan. An index of these is available in the Family History Center.
 * We have numerous genealogical reference books

Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal: Family History Centers provide free access to many subscription genealogy websites, including:
 * 19th Century British Newspapers
 * Access Newspaper Archives
 * Alexander Street Press (American Civil War Collections)
 * Ancestry.com (Family History Library Edition)
 * ArkivDigital Online
 * findmypast
 * Fold3.com
 * The Genealogist
 * Godfrey Memorial Library
 * HeritageQuest Online
 * Historic Map Works (Library Edition)
 * MyHeritage
 * Origins.net
 * Paper Trail
 * WorldVitalRecords.com

Hardware and Equipment

 * 12 Internet-connected workstations
 * Wireless internet access for laptops and mobile devices
 * Work tables for 9 laptops
 * 1 - 16mm microfilm reader
 * 1 - 35mm microfilm reader
 * 1 - Cannon 300II Microfilm/Microfiche Reader and Digital Imaging System
 * 1 - Lexmark High Speed Laser Scanner/Printer
 * 1 - Canon USB Scanner
 * 1 - Projector (HDMI &amp; VGA), Laser Pointer
 * 1 - Pulldown Projection Screen for Instruction

Staff Research Specialties
A friendly helpful staff always willing to help you with your genealogical interests. If we don't have a solution to your questions we will help you find someone who does.

Libraries
Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research 5300 Caroline Houston, Texas Phone: (832) 393-2600


 * Clayton Library is part of the Houston Public Library System devoted entirely to genealogical research. Materials found in the library cover the entire U. S., as well as many foreign countries.
 * Online databases at Houston Public Library
 * Clayton Library Friends

Montgomery County Memorial Library System Location (The Genealogy Department is located on the 2nd floor) 104 I-45 North (SH 105/West Davis Street Exit) Conroe, TX 77301 Phone: (936) 788-8363

Chaparral Library Location 310 N. Live Oak Tomball, Texas Phone: 281-516-7417


 * This is a small library owned by the Chaparral Genealogical Society. The current hours are 10AM-2PM, Mon, Tues, Wed, Sat (except the 1st Sat of each month). Suggest calling first.

Genealogical Societies
Houston Genealogical Forum PO Box 271466 Houston TX 77277-1466 Voice Mail: 713-968-9750


 * Meeting Place: Bayland Park Community Center,
 * 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, Texas

Chaparral Genealogical Society


 * Meets on 4th Saturday of each month (except December) at 10 a.m.
 * Meeting Place: Amergy Bank Building
 * Conference Room (2nd Floor)
 * Tomball, TX (on SH 249 before 4 corners)

The Humble Area Genealogical Society


 * Meets at 7 p.m. on the Second Monday of each month September - May
 * Meeting Place: Humble Senior Activity Center
 * 1401 South Houston Avenue
 * Humble, Texas

Family History Center Links

 * FamilySearch Wiki
 * Klein Texas Family History Center Facebook Group

Useful Web Sites
(Note - many of these links were originally hosted by EaglequestPro.com. As of 28 February 2017, EaglequestPro has shut down their website.)

Visit Family History Websites the Pros Use - Many offer free information

 * AmericanAncestors.org New England Genealogical Society website
 * Ancestry.com Public Trees, Census, Marriage, Birth, Death, and much more. One of the best.  1890 Fed Census Substitute Databases to find families in 1890.
 * BYU Family History Library


 * BYU- Western States Marriage Records


 * BYU and Other Libraries Family History Books  Read your family histories online. Mormon Immigration Records Individal, family, ship, voyage notes
 * CensusFinder.com Most Free. Census for US, Canada, United Kingdom and Native Americans.
 * Civil War Records Free from the National Park Service.
 * Cyndi's List 325,000+ links, categorized & cross-referenced, in over 190 categories.
 * Every Name Indexes for Old County Histories
 * FamilySearch.org and Family Tree Records.  Must visit. Library Catalog, Family Trees, Training,  Books, Ancestral File, Pedigree Resource File, Early four generation project, pedigrees, IGI International Genealogy Index


 * Family History Research Wiki


 * Find A Grave Information on people who have died
 * GenealogyInTime Great tool for searching for your ancestors
 * GenForum at Genealogy.com - good forum to leave/find info or find researchers
 * GenWeb Sites - US and State Find Free official Genealogy Websites for any State. You can also google a Country using Google.com i.e. GenWeb Australia
 * National Archives Federal, State and County records. Click Here to see Online forms.
 * National Archives search immigration, countries, states, counties, wars: WWII, Korean, Vietnam... Naturalization
 * National Archives Cross-reference to Family Search Library Films
 * Nauvoo families   EarlyLDS.com - Nauvoo family histories and sources.
 * Newspapers - To access free Newspapers see Research Links by Country and State sections below.
 * Newspaper Obituaries deaths between 1980-2014. Huge effort by FamilySearch and GenealogyBank to find over a billion names with stories. Hint to find more: click "search our historical records"  link--> click: Browse All Collections--> type Obit in filter--> find obits including FamilySearch/GenealogyBank obits.
 * Pioneer Diaries
 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) This site has volunteers to help you find records in United States and around the world.
 * Riverton FamilySearch Library Excellent Handouts and Guides
 * Rootsweb's U.S. Resources by State and County One of the earliest places that people have posted info.
 * Specialty FamilySearch Wiki sites: Mexico, or African American and Native American
 * Trail records from the LDS archives. Read about your pioneer ancestors. Find your pioneers, click here
 * Training- Family Tree Getting Started. Also see Moon's class helps.
 * US Records Table Shows where to find the records. States and countries have their own Wiki records table.
 * War of 1812 Pension Records Ongoing effort to put these online. (part of Fold3.com)
 * [Wiki at FamilySearch.org Shows where to research. Also Wiki LDS Ancestors

Maps and Location Finders

 * Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
 * Build your own maps. Use BLM's Geocommunicator to choose ownership, change scale, add street layer, digital orthos, satellite or other. If you click on Identify button, then on the map...the Principle Meridian, Township, Range, State, and County will show; zoom in to show Section number (for any of the 30 PLSS states). You can also show a map of any Township/Range/Section info by clicking on     Township icon at top--> choose state, meridian (if you know it), Township, Range--> Click Search--> Select, Zoom. Then look at map. Show Lat/Longitude of any place or map feature OR use Google Maps and click, hold for a second, let go on any location
 * County Boundary Formations Choose a state. Then click "View Interactive Map"
 * David Rumsey Map Collection
 * Earth Point - Fly to a legal description Uses free Google Earth and a legal description or Lat/Longitude to virtually plot and show you what it looks like today. Great site!
 * Land Ownership Maps Pick your State, County, Year and Zoom in. First, find your person on a census, see if a farmer that owned land. If he bought the land from the Federal Gov't, good chance to get a folder of information on him from the Nat'l Archives if state is one of the 30 Public Land Survey States..
 * State and County Maps Click on State to see all counties. Then click on county.


 * USGS site: #1 Search for Geographic Sites or Features Good, Choose ACME Mapper (or Home Town Locater) to display map with county boundaries. Then choose Topo. Find cemeteries, rivers, creeks, ghost towns, populated places, mountains, trails, etc. Find latitude and longitude of any place. View in many map formats such as Satellite or Quad or street maps and more.

Specialty Sites

 * BLM National - Government Land Office Records View original settlers and land descriptions for counties of the 30 Public Domain states. It has 5 million Land Warrant and Land Records from 1820 to the present.
 * Encyclopedia of American Quaker genealogy, by WIlliam Wade Hinshaw.
 * Historic Maps Find legal land descriptions to get ancestor's land records from the Nat'l Archive.
 * Google Books Search historical books for a Person or Place. Many town histories are researchable.
 * Google Language Translator Translates 90 languages to and from English. Can't read a web page? Type in its address. Translates entire web pages.
 * Immigration 1820-1957 Ports/Passengers Lists - includes Canadian and Mexican Border Crossings    -some $. Searchable by state.
 * Immigration 1492-1964 Ships, Ports and Passengers Lists. Hint: in search box try last name or ship name or year
 * Immigration - Castle Garden 1855-1891 Partial indexes and passenger lists.
 * Immigration - Ellis Island 1892-1924 Original images of records at port of New York
 * Immigration and Naturalization Immigration and Naturalization indexes, records, images
 * Mormon Immigration Records 1840 - 1890
 * Naturalization Records Good - Naturalization Records searchable by State.... also has link to USCIS.gov click 'Order Online Now'
 * Nickname List Nicknames for your ancestors. Also, see Behind the Name
 * Online OCR Change an image (or PDF) to a MS Word or txt document. Do not login, just browse to your image, Upload, type in number that appears, click Recognize. Text will appear under the Recognize button.
 * Relative Finder See how you are related to famous people.
 * Steve Morse Search Tool i.e. ship passenger lists, Social Security Death Index


 * TreeSeek.com Make large fan and pedigree charts and more.

Software and Tools for the Family History Researcher

 * Ancestral Quest $, has a Free version that downloads generations from Family Tree. Tutorials.
 * RootsMagic Has Free version called Essentials that downloads generations from FamilyTree - tutorials
 * Family Tree Maker Quickly and easily build your family tree
 * Cite This For Me Automatic Bibliography Generator Create your citations, reference lists and bibliographies automatically using the APA, MLA, Chicago, or Harvard referencing styles. It's fast and free!
 * Day of the Week Calculator by Ancestor Search. Enter the date to find the day of the week for any year.
 * EasyBib: Free Bibliography Generator - Automatic works cited and bibliography formatting for MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian citation styles. Now supports 7th edition of MLA.
 * Free Kingsoft Office Software Compatible with MS Word files, Powerpoint, and Excel spreadsheets. Free!
 * Irfanview a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, 2008, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10.
 * GIMPGNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). Provides the tools needed for high quality image manipulation. From retouching to restoring to creative composites.
 * Paint.NET graphics program zipped folder containing the install file for FREE Paint.net and its plug-in files: Feather.dll and Perspective.dll.  Cnet.com gives it 5 stars and a great review. Download it, install it, copy the two dll files to the Effects folder.
 * Paint.NET graphics program zipped folder containing the install file for FREE Paint.net and its plug-in files: Feather.dll and Perspective.dll.  Cnet.com gives it 5 stars and a great review. Download it, install it, copy the two dll files to the Effects folder.

United States

 * FamilySearch United States WIki articles
 * Family History Research Wiki Search by place or topic.
 * All States Archives Digital Records For Archive site, click on link under desired state. Usually, great information for each state collected from counties.
 * All States Death Certificates Some Birth and Marriage too Some free online, others with indexes that you can use to get free certificates from microfilms from LDS library.
 * All States genealogy sites Choose a state. (mesarfhc.org)
 * Ancestry.com complimentary access at Family History Centers
 * Census History and Information Index of questions, census Instructions, questionnaire Images (U.S. Census Bureau).
 * Documenting the American South provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture.
 * Genealogy Inc History of States and Counties. Scroll down, select a state. Animap free Scroll down, click state under State Maps.
 * Global Virtual GenealogyDigital birth, marriage, death, census and city directory records from around the world.
 * Historical U.S. County Boundary Maps
 * Interment.net Cemetery records for Canada, US, and many other countries.
 * MyHeritage.com complimentary access at Family History Centers
 * Newspapers - Google's Newspaper Archive United States and Canada newspapers. Buttons for searching archive or entire web. For greatest success, do both.
 * Newspapers - Library of Congress Chronicling America many states- from 1836 to 1922
 * Newspapers - historical organized by state 1800s to late 1900s
 * State and County GenWeb sites May find free help on looking up information, also has history information and some records
 * United States Access Genealogy Free - U.S. genealogy research (Native American, Military, more)
 * United States Genealogy Databases from GermanRoots.com - American passenger lists, military, census, more...
 * USGenwebprovides links to state Genweb sites, which, in turn, provide gateways to the county Genweb sites.

African American

 * Relatively Curious
 * Christine's Genealogy Website
 * Digital Library on American Slavery
 * Documenting the American South provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture.

Native American

 * FamilySearch Native American Wiki articles
 * 11 Places to Search for Native American Ancestors
 * Access Genealogy (Tribes from Abenaki to Zuni)
 * Cherokee Census
 * Cherokee Nation
 * Cherokee Tribal Citizenship
 * GenealogyBank $$ - Explore your Native American ancestry with over 2 billion genealogy records in thousands of newspapers and historical documents from all across the United States.
 * Proving Native American Ancestry

Alabama

 * FamilySearch Alabama Wiki articles
 * Alabama Department of Archives and History


 * Alabama Land Records Some are not found on the BLM GLO Land Office site
 * Alabama Mosaica repository of digital materials on Alabama's history, culture, places, and people.
 * Auburn University Digital Collections
 * Early settlers of Alabama- lots of names, and much of index is "hyperlinked" - "Early Settlers of Alabama" - James Edmonds Saunders - Google Books
 * Encyclopedia of Alabama
 * Kindred Trails Alabama Research Resources for Shelby County & the state.
 * Maps from the Treasure Room Collection-Auburn University - The collection contains digitized versions of maps whose originals are housed in Auburn University Libraries Special Collections and Archives.
 * Reconstruction in Alabama-names, places, and maps - "Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama" - Walter Lynwood Fleming - Google Books
 * Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

Arizona

 * FamilySearch Arizona Wiki articles
 * Arizona Birth and Death Certificates
 * Arizona Newspapers Archive about 1858-1922

Arkansas

 * FamilySearch Arkansas Wiki articles
 * Biographical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas

California

 * FamilySearch California Wiki articles
 * California Digital Newspapers A Freely Accessible Repository of Digitized California Newspapers from 1846 to the Present

Colorado

 * FamilySearch Colorado Wiki articles
 * Colorado Newspapers Published in Colorado primarily from 1859 to 1923

Connecticut

 * FamilySearch Connecticut Wiki articles
 * Connecticut Genealogy Early (1636-1776) court records, wills, stories of early settlers

Georgia

 * FamilySearch Georgia Wiki articles
 * Galileo University of Georgia's Virtual Library Sign in as a guest for limited access or through one of the institutions listed on the home page for full access to free content
 * Georgia Genealogy databases at the Georgia Archives. i.e. type Clarke in search box...Search, then Marriage in search box...Search
 * Georgia Researchers for hire
 * Georgia GenWeb
 * Georgia Marriages Most are free, just don't click on links that show archives.com
 * Georgia's Virtual Vault
 * Historical collections of Georgia
 * Kings Mountain and its Heroes - Index is in back of the book with clickable links
 * Morgan County Georgia GenWeb

Illinois

 * FamilySearch Illinois Wiki articles
 * Cook County, IL Vital Records
 * Illinois Archives Databases. Search All Archive databases by Last, First Name
 * Statewide Death Index Pre -1916
 * Statewide Death Index 1916-1950
 * Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900

Indiana

 * FamilySearch Indiana Wiki articles
 * Indiana Digital Archives Databases
 * Society of Indiana Pioneers useful links

Massachusetts

 * FamilySearch Massachusetts Wiki articles
 * 50 Puritan Families
 * Brown Genealogy Book with many early families from Massachusetts
 * Colonial Records
 * Deer Island Irish Memorial Boston Harbor - persons buried on Deer Island, Boston
 * Foster Genealogy and many others from Massachusetts
 * Greenleaf Family- many clickable links
 * Massachusetts early town records of Sutton (birth, marriage, and death), before 1849.
 * Massachusetts Land Records (dates vary by county)
 * Nantucket Resources

Michigan

 * FamilySearch Michigan Wiki articles
 * Michigan Death Certificates click on "Advanced Search" at the top right corner. You can search by name, county, death year
 * Seeking Michigan the online platform for the Michigan Historical Center.

Mississippi

 * FamilySearch Mississippi Wiki articles
 * Mississippi Genealogy (USgenweb)
 * Mississippi Archives
 * Carroll County Mississippi
 * Mississippi Historical Maps
 * Mississippi State and County records Scroll down to MS Counties then choose county for county records

Missouri

 * FamilySearch Missouri Wiki articles
 * Missouri Digital Heritage
 * Births and Deaths Pre-1910, Deaths 1910-1961 Death Certificates When there, scroll to bottom of page
 * Jackson Co, Mo Marriage Records

New Jersey

 * FamilySearch New Jersey Wiki articles
 * New Jersey Archive Search Vital, Military, Land and more Film numbers correspond to LDS film numbers
 * Red Bank Register, New Jersey Newspaper Archive 1878-1991

New York

 * FamilySearch New York Wiki articles
 * New York Free Birth, Death, Naturalization 1824-1959. Choose database, at bottom choose 'click here' button [Not just Italians]
 * New York State Marriages 1639-1786

Ohio

 * FamilySearch Ohio Wiki articles
 * Ohio Death Certificate Index, 1913 - 1944  Marriage and Death Certificates 1800-1950. Hint: click on USA, type Ohio

Pennsylvania

 * FamilySearch Pennsylvania Wiki articles
 * Pennsylvania Archives Free historical records search
 * Pennsylvania databases different links from Cenus Finder

Rhode Island

 * FamilySearch Rhode Island Wiki articles
 * Rhode Island Birth, Marriage, and Death Records Records from 1636 to 1850. Found on Ancestry.com

Texas

 * FamilySearch Texas Wiki articles
 * Texas Newspapers and much more. Texas archived records maintained by the University of North Texas. Type search like 'McAnulty date:1845-1877'--> Submit--> click link--> Search--> Click Thumbnail--> Zoom Full Page
 * Texas Kaufman County Genealogy Society has obituaries, cemetery records, and more.. Obituaries

Utah

 * FamilySearch Utah Wiki articles
 * Utah Historical - Records
 * Utah Digital Collections. Death certificates, land records, mining claims, etc. Hint: Click on advance search, i.e. in 'The exact phrase box' type George W. Briggs, click search, if more than one...click next hit OR Scroll down and choose the collection to search i.e. Death Certificates
 * BLM Government - Utah Master Title Plat, Historical Index Records Enter Township, Range, Meridian, Land Rec Type= Historical Index. Click Find. Search Historical Indexes for items matching your land description and time your ancestor lived there. Use Serial Filing No. when sending to NARA for more information.
 * Prominent Men of Utah history book of prominent Utah families
 * Utah Cemetery and Burial Records
 * Utah Mountain West Digital Library
 * Utah Digital Newspapers has been updated with several more Utah newspapers
 * Utah historic books, manuscripts and collections. Use double quotes when searching like "John A. Ray"

Virginia

 * FamilySearch Virginia Wiki articles
 * Virginia County and Land Records Tip: Click "Best Sources for Virginia Research by Time Period"; at the top click the time period, click the source link
 * Virginia Memory Digital Collections Click on Collections by Topic, Military Service, Rev War Pensions, Alpha List: Smith, John, Click on Smith, John, Click on URL to see images

Washington

 * FamilySearch Washington Wiki articles
 * Washington Birth, Marriage, Death, more...
 * Washington State Digital Archives

West Virginia

 * FamilySearch West Virginia Wiki articles
 * West Virginia Birth, Marriage, Death records

General

 * Ancestry.com
 * Cemetery Records for Canada, US, and many other countries. (Interment.net)
 * Family History Research Wiki
 * Global Virtual GenealogyDigital birth, marriage, death, census and city directory records from around the world.
 * Google Translate Copy and paste web address to translate foreign language webpages.
 * Historical World Boundary Maps

Austria

 * FamilySearch Austria Wiki articles
 * Austria and Czech Republic Archives
 * Actapublica Free church registers
 * Austria - Genteam.at Need a login, but access is free.
 * Matricula - Free Church Registers A monumental effort to digitize 1,000s of church registry books in Germany and Austria (other countries to come) and make them available - free and online.
 * Vorarlberg Parish Registers Austria is putting forth a great effort to put their old church records online for free.

Canada

 * CanadianHeadstones.com Find a Grave in Canada
 * Canadian Immigration and Naturalization several databases
 * Census Records 1851-1911 CensusFinder.com - Click on Canada Census Records
 * Census Records Automatedgenealogy.com - some 1851/52, 1901, some 1906, 1911 hint: click on page and year links to see all data. Click split view to see image. Has links to other Canada data as well.
 * CollectionsCanada Has 1881 census images, immigration, vital records, military much more.
 * FamilySearch Canadian Research Catalog databases
 * Canadian GenWeb Sites The provinces are listed in the left column within this website.
 * Library and Archives Canada This takes you straight to their databases
 * Genealogy and Family History Can see most records.. Get Birth-Marriage-Death, Immigration, Land, Military, ...

British Columbia

 * British Columbia (Province in 1871) - Provincial Archives

Manitoba

 * Manitoba Vital Records - unrestricted access to the following records: Births more than 100 years ago, Marriages more than 80 years ago, Deaths more than 70 years ago.  NOTE: Records are only updated quarterly - use film # to find records on microfilm.

New Brunswick

 * New Brunswick (records from 1800) Provincial Archives

Newfoundland

 * Newfoundland Vital Records

Nova Scotia

 * Nova Scotia Birth, Marriage, Death records (not all yet)

Ontario

 * Ontario Land petitions dated predominantly from 1783 to 1841.

Saskatchewan

 * Saskatchewan Births before 100 yrs ago, deaths before 70 yrs ago/
 * Saskatchewan Homestead Records

Denmark

 * FamilySearch Denmark Wiki articles
 * Danish Family Search Free parish registers and censuses and pictures of original records. Has old and new (Ny) records. Good if you know the Parish. Click Search tab or---Click on County, Click on Parish, Click Churchbooks tab, Click other tab, click near top to see if there is an index, Find year and click on records.
 * Danish State Archives Free church books, parish registers and population censuses and pictures of original records. Click second link on left (Kirkeb�ger fra hele landet), Select County, Parish, year series. Click pages to find date of record.

France

 * FamilySearch France Wiki articles
 * French Archives Access to French genealogy Wiki.

Germany

 * FamilySearch Germany Wiki articles
 * GermanRoots.com Passenger lists, BMD indexes, census, military, more. Some $
 * Matricula - Free Church Registers A monumental effort to digitize 1,000s of church registry books in Germany and Austria (other countries to come) and make them available - free and online.

Netherlands

 * FamilySearch Netherlands Wiki articles


 * AlleDrenten lots of Netherlands links
 * Groningen lots of Netherlands links
 * Zoeken (Zoek) lots of Netherlands links

Norway

 * Arkivverket.no Norway Digital Archive

United Kingdom (England / Ireland / Scotland / Wales)

 * FamilySearch United Kingdom Wiki articles
 * DustyDocs Free UK bmd sites. May search by Parish
 * GenUki.org.uk UK - England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Island, Isle of Man
 * FindMyPast $$ Varied, passenger list, BMD, Outbound from England and more.
 * FreeBMD (free) Births, Marriages, Deaths
 * FreeReg (free) Parish Registers
 * IGI International Genealogical Index has largest single index to English church records, but no Quaker records.
 * UK National Archives (mostly free) military pensions index, wills, 1901 Census Eng and Wales
 * UKBMD (free site use, but certificates cost some)

England

 * FamilySearch England Wiki articles
 * Interactive Map of England Counties

Ireland

 * FamilySearch Ireland Wiki articles
 * Ireland Census 1901 and 1911
 * Ireland Church Records 1700s to ~1920s
 * Ireland Genealogy
 * Sean J. Murphy E-publications New and out of print publications by Sean J Murphy or with which he was involved.

Scotland

 * FamilySearch Scotland Wiki articles

Wales

 * FamilySearch Wales Wiki articles
 * Welsh Journals provides access to journals relating to Wales published between 1735-2007. Titles range from academic and scientific publications to literary and popular magazines.
 * Wales National Library marriage bonds, allegations, estate records

Volunteer at the Center
Call, stop in, or write for more information. Phone number, address and email address are listed at the beginning of this page.