These are some good research websites. ($) marks sites that charge.
Genealogy Websites I Use Regularly
- Ancestry.com ($)
- FamilySearch.org
- GenealogyBank.com ($)
- Jo Daviess County Genealogy – if you have relatives that are from Jo Daviess County, Illinois, this is a great place to start. Wonderful resource.
- NewspaperArchive.org ($)
- RAOGK.org (Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness) – as of October 2011, the site was no longer operational.
- U.S. Federal Land Records Site, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), General Land Office (GLO) Records
Free Genealogy Websites Where I Contribute Information
Military Research
- Fold3.com ($) (formerly Footnote.com) – U.S. Military records source (For me, this was an invaluable resource of Revolutionary War service information)
- The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (I ordered complete military files for my ancestors who fought in the War of 1812 and U.S. Civil War from here)
Newspaper Archives
Genealogy Websites – Other
- Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
- Chronicling America
- Digital State Archives
- Internet Archive – great places for the biographies and histories written in the late 1800s and early 1900s by counties across America
- The Newberry Library
Forgotten History 