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Genealogy
Community Resources
Databases
HeritageQuest Online
Search census records, family and local history books, and millions of genealogy articles and records
Newspapers & Magazines
Websites
Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, In: Genealogy
Second largest genealogical library in the U.S, after LDS Family History Library (see Family Search below for access to LDS information), with a searchable online catalog.
Cyndi's List
Popular genealogy index which features over 270,000 links, categorized and cross-referenced.
Ellis Island
Search for ancestors who came to the U.S. as passengers on ships that landed at Ellis Island.
Family Search
Access to LDS databases, research outlines, and the LDS Family History Library catalog of books and microfilm.
MeL: Genealogy Gateway
A resource guide to many genealogy websites, with a focus on Michigan records
MI Department of Education (Genealogy Research at the Library of Michigan and Archives of Michigan)
The Library of Michigan's Abrams Foundation Historical Collection has over 100,000 books, microforms and electronic resources, with an emphasis on the Great Lakes region and states east of the Mississippi River, including the Great Lakes, New England, Mid-Atlantic and Southern states, as well as the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
National Archives and Records Administration
Access to information maintained by the federal government, including census, military, naturalization, and ship passenger list records.
Rootsweb
Host website for a large number of genealogy message boards and mailing lists.
StateGenSites
A popular directory for U.S genealogy with over 20,000 genealogy web sites, categorizing links by state within 27 categories.
US Genweb
Free genealogy websites for research in every U.S. county and state, provided by volunteers working together
