Genealogy Links

Linkpendium - Large number of historical and genealogical Internet sources

Cyndislist - One of the first and best collections of genealogical material

Rootsweb - Collection of free and user contributed databases, mailing lists and indexes

Social Security Death Index - Social Security Death Index at Rootsweb

Ancestry - Pay site with many digitized records from the U.S. and elsewhere

Heritage Quest - Another pay site similar to Ancestry

National Archives and Records Administration - Federal government website for NARA

Ellis Island Records - Free access to ship manifests through the Port of New York including original manifests

Footnote - Free and pay access to federal records (joint project with NARA)

Chicago History Museum - Website of the Chicago History Museum of the Chicago Historical Society

Chicagology - Interesting site on Chicago history

Illinois State Archives - The home page for the ISA that includes useful searchable indexes

One Step Webpages - Stephen P. Morse's one-step way of searching various websites simultaneously

Cook County Declaration of Intention Search -  Archives of the Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court