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There are volumes of information available online, and it will be a good beginning for many novice researchers. Well-cited sources and substantiated records are less common; all relationships and events should be verified with primary sources. That said, I've enjoyed researching my family by starting out with these on-line databases, contributed records, mailing lists and searches. I've found enough information to lure me into research rooms and stacks to take a first-hand look at the paper records, and learn more about the lives of my family members.

Family History Library and Search Engine
The website for the Church of Latter Day Saints' Family History Library: "[The Library's] collection includes over 2.2 million rolls of microfilmed genealogical records; 742,000 microfiche; 300,000 books, serials, and other formats; and 4,500 periodicals.
• The Ancestral File database contains approximately 35.6 million names that are linked into families.
• The International Genealogical Index database contains approximately 600 million individual names. An addendum to the International Genealogical Index contains an additional 125 million names.
• The Pedigree Resource File database contains 36 million names that are linked into families."
 
International Ship Transcribers' Guild's Compass
"A guide to assist [researchers] in [their] search for immigrant related information with special emphasis on passenger lists, ships, ship images and descriptions, emigrant and ethnic databases, and resources such as archives, libraries and museums both on-line and off-line."
 
Rootsweb
"The primary purpose and function of RootsWeb is to connect people so that they can help each other and share genealogical research."
 
U.S. GenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
"The purpose of this project is to organize volunteers who will work together to create a lasting tribute to our ancestors. We will transcribe tombstone inscriptions and have that work archived for the future and made easily accessible to all."

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