Sites That Helped Me Along The Way
Ancestry - The leading source for genealogical research.
FamilySearch - A free site run by the Latter Day-Saints; they host many genealogical records from across the world.
Find-A-Grave - Online cemetery that allows you to set up memorials for your family members who have passed away.
Newspapers.com - Subscription site that hosts 4,000+ newspapers from the 1700's - 2000's.
Fulton History - Home to 34,000,000 Historical Newspaper pages from the USA & Canada.
Hathi Trust Digital Library - Browse multiple collections of books and newspapers that have been digitized.
Genealogybank - Newspapers from 1690 - Today
Chronicling America - Historic Newspapers from 1836 - 1922
NYS Historic Papers - Home to more than 5,359,284 pages of historic New York newspapers.
Cyndi's List - The go-to site for anything genealogical.
Italian Genealogical Group - Databases that allow searches through several NYC vital records.
German Genealogy Group - Databases that allow searches through several NYC vital records.
Irish Genealogy - Access to Irish Church and Civil Records
Castle Garden - America's First Immigration Center
Ellis Island - Access to passenger lists and ship photos.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Digital copies of the old Brooklyn Newspaper from 1834 - 1960
New York Times - One of the largest New York City papers. Archives are available through a paid subscription.
Reclaim The Records - An amazing site that has made it their mission to make sure we have access to records of our past, ensuring the government allows access to public records by the public.
23andMe - A wonderful site for DNA testing complete with heritage and health testing.
Fold3 - Historical military records.
Legacy - Online source for obituaries, current, and past.
Internet Archive - Digital library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites and more.