One of the best places for finding out Genealogical information is online and there are more Genealogy Websites being created all the time. There are more and more of the traditional offline resources being digitized and made available for online research.

The Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to give it its full title) have been collecting family history information for over 115 years and this is now nearly all digitized and available for free on their online search facility at Family Search. The Mormon church started a practice of honoring their ancestors but to do this they needed to know who they were and this is how their genealogical research began. The project was formalized by then President of the Church William Woodroffe in 1894.

Ancestor Hunt has a huge list of Genealogy Websites with online databases including links to Government resources such as the Ellis Island immigration records between 1892 and 1924 including a fascinating photo record of the buildings and people of the time.

Ellis Island - Immigration

Olive Tree Genealogy is a great resource proving access to numerous free databases including ship passenger lists, immigration records and details of fascinating groups such as Huguenots and Quakers. They even have access to records of orphans.

For military records the best place to start is Search for Ancestors – Military Records. They do not just have US military records but also UK and Canadian ones.

If your search takes you to Europe other than UK Search of Ancestors again comes to the rescue with information all over Europe including a dedicated German directory.

A collaborative effort where users upload their family tree information for others to browse is Roots Web which is an Ancestry.com community.

I hope this listing of Genealogy Websites proves useful in your quest to find out your ancestral heritage. I wish you every success in your endeavors.