Searching Online for Genealogy Data

I have compiled lists of online resources for genealogy and family history over the years and the list keeps getting longer. Here is the list I recently presented to the Chula Vista Genealogical Society at the 25 April seminar in my talk "Doing a Reasonably Exhaustive Search." Note that the list is not in numerical order, but is grouped by type of web site.

1. Online Subscription Record Databases

o www.Ancestry.com ($$, free at SD FHC, San Diego PL, San Diego County PL, Carlsbad) – Census, Vitals, Military, Newspapers, Books, etc.
o www.Footnote.com ($$, free at SD FHC, Carlsbad) – mainly National Archives material, plus Person Pages
o www.WorldVitalRecords.com ($$, free at SD FHC, Carlsbad) – Records, Newspapers, Books, Everton’s, etc.
o www.GenealogyBank.com ($$) – Newspapers, Books.
o www.Genealogy.com ($$) – Census, Military, Passengers, Books, etc.
o www.Godfrey.org ($$, free at SD FHC) – New England, Books, etc.
o www.GenealogyToday.com ($$) – small record databases
o www.FindMyPast.com ($$) – UK resources – census, passengers, military, Vitals, etc.
o www.NewEnglandAncestors.org ($$, free at Carlsbad) – New England records, NEHGS publications

2. Free Online Databases and Search Engines

o www.FamilySearch.org -- Research Guide, Databases, FHLC
o www.Rootsweb.Ancestry.com -- Databases, User Web Sites
o www.USGenWeb.org -- State/County web sites, many user-contributed databases
o www.USGenNet.org -- user-contributed databases
o www.AccessGenealogy.com (Free) – small record databases
o www.FamilyTreeLegends,.com (Free) – small record databases
o www.LiveRoots.com (free search, links to $$) – Search databases
o www.OliveTreeGenealogy.com (free search, links to $$) – small record databases
o www.Linkpendium.com (free search, links to $$) – Links
o www.AncestorHunt.com (free search, links to $$) -- Links
o www.DistantCousin.com (free search, links to $$) -- Links
o www.SuperSurnameSearch.com (free search, links to $$) -- Links
o http://www.dar.org/natsociety/pi_lookup.cfm (free search) -- Patriot Index

3. User submitted family tree data

o www.Ancestry.com ($$) – Member Trees, One World Tree, Ancestry World Trees
o www.Genealogy.com ($$) – World Family Tree
o www.OneGreatFamily.com ($$)
o www.KindredKonnections.com ($$)
o www.GenCircles.com
o www.WeRelate.com (Wiki format)
o www.MyHeritage.com
o www.WebTree.com
o www.Geni.com
o www.GeneaNet.org

4. Free Online Message Centers

o Ancestry/Rootsweb Message Boards - Surnames, Localities, Groups – Search Archives at http://boards.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
o http://Genforum.Genealogy.com Message Boards - Surnames, Localities, Groups
o Rootsweb Mailing Lists - Subscribe and Receive Emails – Surnames, Localities, Groups - Search Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com

5. Online Book Collections

o Family History Library Catalog -- http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp
o Google Books – http://books.google.com
o Ancestry Books – www.ancestry.com ($$)
o Family History Archive -- http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php
o Library of Congress American Memory -- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
o Making of America -- http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/
o Internet Archive -- http://www.archive.org/details/Allen_County_Public_Library

I also have lists by record type and will try to post them as time permits.

What other web site in these categories would you add? Help me improve my list!