Genealogy Resources at RootsWeb

This is a list of some links to RootsWeb genealogy resources, or to resources that are closely related to RootsWeb.

RootsWeb.com
http://rootsweb.com/
The RootsWeb table of contents

RootsWeb.com is the oldest and largest free online community for genealogists. The site contains extensive interactive guides and numerous research tools for tracing family histories. The site's WorldConnect Project contains more than 181 million ancestor names. The RootsWeb Surname List consists of a registry of nearly one million surnames submitted by more than 225,000 online genealogists. RootsWeb also boasts approximately 24,000 mailing lists and 175,000 message boards.

Not all RootsWeb resources are listed here.

RootsWeb Surname Resources

RootsWeb Surname Resources
http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/

This page should be your first stop in your journey to research a surname, because it will lead you to a comprehensive resource page for the surname you are researching. At the surname resource page, you can search many databases, subscribe to the surname mailing list, and take advantage of many other genealogical resources, such as the RootsWeb Message Boards..

Surname Helper

Surname Helper
http://surhelp.rootsweb.com/srchall.html

Surname Helper is a surname engine for queries and surname registrations posted on various genealogy sites. Participating sites include many USGenWeb and WorldGenWeb sites. All RootsWeb Message Boards are indexed in Surname Helper. Surname Helper is also used by the USGenWeb QueryExpress system for registering counties.

Mail Lists

RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative describes how a mailing list works: "...you send a piece of e-mail to a list's address, and the list retransmits that message to everyone who is subscribed." This is a good way to conduct part of your genealogical research.

Mail Lists on all Servers

John Fuller's Mail-Lists List
http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html

This is an up-to-date list with descriptions of genealogy mail lists on all servers. John maintains the descriptions for RootsWeb mail lists, so his list will be more current than RootsWeb's own list.

Mail Lists from RootsWeb

RootsWeb Mail List Finder
http://lists.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/findlist.pl

List Finder does a surname or Soundex search for RootsWeb mail lists, and links the results to the archive search engine or the threaded archive search engine.

RootsWeb Mail List Archives Search
http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl/

Use this search engine to search all the messages in a mail lists archive. You can only view the messages that resulted from your search.

RootsWeb Mail List Threaded Archive
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/

You will probably like this search engine. Here you can browse the subject lines of all the messages for each month, or search for particular words.

Global Resources

RootsWeb GenSeeker
http://seeker.rootsweb.com/

This search engine accesses almost all sites at RootsWeb and many genealogical sites elsewhere on the Web. The amount of material accessed by GenSeeker is huge and is growing quickly as it indexes an ever-increasing number of Web sites.

Cyndi's List
http://www.CyndisList.com/index.htm

Cyndi's List is the most comprehensive list of genealogy resournces on the Internet. This site is hosted by RootsWeb.

John Fuller's Mail-Lists List
http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html

This is an up-to-date list with descriptions of genealogy mail lists on all servers. John maintains the descriptions forRootsWeb mail lists, so his list will be more current than RootsWeb's own list.

The WorldGenWeb Project
http://worldgenweb.org/

The WorldGenWeb Project has the objective of placing genealogical information for every country in the world, and every region within each country, online. If you are researching your emigrant ancestors, then this is a must-see Web site. Many WorldGenWeb sites are hosted by RootsWeb.

United States Regional Resources

RootsWeb United States County Resource Pages
http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/

A hyperlinked list of the 50 states leads to a list of all the counties in a state with links to resource page for that county, as well as a search engine to find what county a town is in anywhere in the United States. At the county resource page, you can search many databases, subscribe to the state mailing list, and take advantage of many other genealogical resources, such as the RootsWeb Message Boards.

The USGenWeb Project
http://www.usgenweb.org/

This is the home page for The USGenWeb Project. Consisting of a group of volunteers working together to provide Internet Web sites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States, the Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free access for everyone. Many parts of USGenWeb are hosted by RootsWeb.

The USGenWeb Project Links to States http://www.usgenweb.org/statelinkstext.html

This is a list of links to all the USGenWeb Project state sites that will take you to the various county sites.

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