Databases

Ancestry
Includes Social Security Death Index and American Marriage Records.  Also a subscription service which offers scanned images of the U.S. Federal Census and many other resources.

Heritage Quest Online
A  subscription database which offers access to scanned images of the U.S. Federal Census and several print resources.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Search the Mormon Church’s International Genealogical Index and Ancestral file.  Huntington Library is now a Family History Center and patrons may borrow microfilm listed in the Family History Library Catalog.

American Memory Project
A virtual library of The Library of Congress makes available scanned images of more than 7 million historical documents, including photographs, maps, books, and pamphlets.

GenTree
An index to genealogy databases.

Funeralnet
Find funeral homes and cemeteries around the country.  Even gives directions!

Geneanet
A genealogical database which is organized by country.

National Archives Archival Databases
Includes the Famine Irish Data Files 1846-1851, WWII Prisoners of War file, and more.

Newspaper Abstracts
Find newspaper articles reporting on a variety of topics prior to 1923.

Obituary Central
Link to thousands of obituaries, cemetery inscriptions, birth, death, and marriage notices, and divorce records.

Dead Fred
An archive of 20,000+ photographs. Your ancestor may be here!