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	101 Ways to Research Your Family Tree
	These 100 free genealogy sites, in no particular order, should keep you busy searching for weeks!
	Behind the Name
	Etymology and history of first names

	Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego
	That all genealogists become computer genealogists.
	Corona Genealogical Society
	The society is open to anyone who wishes to research his/her family history. Monthly programs are offered to assist us in successfully identifying our ancestors of all backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, religions, etc.
	Genealogical Society of Riverside
	The Genealogical Society of Riverside is the first genealogical society in the city of Riverside, CA. GSOR was formed in 1965.
	Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society
	The Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical Society (HSJGS) is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to establish and maintain common interest in fostering research programs, to promote public interest in family history, to uphold high standards already acknowledged in the field of genealogy affairs and to encourage active participation in community and cultural affairs and to strive for the preservation of historical records.
	Indiana Genealogical Society
	One of the benefits of membership in the Indiana Genealogical Society is access to our Members Only section. It contains premium databases, which are accessible only to IGS members. We also offer several free databases, which do not require membership to use.
	Kansas State Genealogical Society
	Explore your family history using census, newspapers, vital records, and other genealogy resources from our research collections.
	Kindred Trails - Riverside County
	Established: March 11, 1893 Parent County: San Bernadino, San Diego County Seat: Riverside
	Lake Elsinore Genealogical Society
	Located between Bundy Canyon and Palomar at Canyon Drive
	New England Historic Genealogical Society
	Since 1845, NEHGS has been the country's leading research center for genealogists and family historians of every skill level. Today we provide more than 20,000 members nationwide with access to some of the most important and valuable research tools anywhere. Our resources, reputation, and expertise are unmatched in the field and our leading staff of on-site and on-line genealogists includes experts in early American, Irish, English, Scottish, and Canadian research.
	Santa Clara County Historical & Genealogical Society
	The Society is located at the City of Santa Clara Central Park Library in the Heritage Pavilion. We have a large collection of genealogy resources along with a great historical collection available for the public's use. There are also consultants to help introduce patrons to the collection and assist them with their research problems.
	Southern California Genealogical Societies
	The Southern California Genealogical Society exists to foster interest in family history and genealogy, preserve genealogical materials, and provide instruction in accepted and effective research techniques.

	Eagle Scout maps Temecula Public Cemetery
	An Eagle Scout catalogs graves in Temecula's cemetery.
	History of Temecula Valley
	The History of Temecula Valley is rich with fascinating people and amazing stories.
	Laurel Cemetery - Murrieta
	Submitted by Ryan Hoyt [ryan32x@mstar2.net]. Total records = 644. Laurel Cemetery is often called Murrieta Cemetery. Date information recorded: July 7, 2001. The information was recorded from the markers at the cemetery using printed out sheets of the format of the information to fill out. I then went and checked the information with the sexton records. The cemetery is in good shape and well taken care of.
	Newspaper - Press-Enterprise
	Vail Ranch Restoration Association
	Dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the Historic Vail Ranch Headquarters.

	Locating Railroad Employee Records
	Includes a list of railroad employee record repositories, which include records that have been acquired by Genealogy Today and made available on this web site.
	The Great Search-Finding Railroad Employment Records
	hosted by Roots Web
	US Railroad Retirement Board
	Records are limited to individuals who worked in the rail industry after 1936. The fee for searching our records is currently $27 for each employee on whom records are requested.

	British Latter-Day Saint History
	Although the focus is on the Saints of the British Isles, acknowledgement is recognised of other European Saints and their part in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
	Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records
	Welcome to the Bureau of Land Management(BLM), General Land Office (GLO) Records Automation web site. We provide live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than five million Federal land title records issued between 1820 and the present. We also have images related to survey plats and field notes, dating back to 1810. Due to organization of documents in the GLO collection, this site does not currently contain every Federal title record issued for the Public Land States.
	California Cemetery Records
	Instantly search 400,000,000 records!
	Castle Garden: America's First immigration Center
	CastleGarden.org is an educational project of The Battery Conservancy. This free site offers access to an extraordinary database of information on 11 million immigrants from 1820 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened. Over 100 million Americans can trace their ancestors to this early immigration period.
	Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
	The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System is a computerized database containing very basic facts about servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War.
	Colonial Occupations
	Our early American colonists did not have quite the same employment opportunities as we do today. There were no TV producers, car salesmen, rocket scientists, and certainly no computer programmers. The first emigrants to America had occupations concerned primarily with simple, basic survival in the New World. They were, for the most part, skilled laborers, who could make things most of us now only dabble in as hobbies.
	Department of Veteran Affairs Gravesite Locator
	Search for burial locations of veterans and their family members in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department of Interior cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private cemeteries when the grave is marked with a government grave marker.
	Family Search
	Free family history, family tree, and genealogy records and resources from around the world
	Free Surname Search
	World Wide Directory of Free Genealogy Databases and Record Transcriptions
	Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
	This nonprofit New England Historical Book Project is affiliated with the American History and Genealogy Project (AHGP), and hosted free of charge by USGenNet, a nonprofit historical and genealogical Safe-Site Server.
	Illinois State Archives
	The State Archives administers a system of Illinois Regional Archives Depositories (IRAD) to manage the archival records of local governments. Local governments which have transferred records to the regional depositories include counties, townships, municipalities and school districts.
	Immigrant Ships
	Ship Descriptions from Various Internet Mailing Lists
	Lost Cousins
	Lost Cousins helps match you with cousins researching the same ancestors.
	NorCal Genealogy
	The Resource Center lists state-wide genealogical indexes that help genealogists and historians to locate source material for their research.
	One-Step Portal to Online Genealogy
	This One-Step Portal for On-Line Genealogy. The web pages have the capability to search Ellis Island, Castle Garden, Ports of Immigration, US Census and Soundex, Canadian and British Census, New York Census and other web sites.
	Political Graveyard
	Source of U.S. Political Biography that tells where dead politicians are buried.
	Roots Web
	RootsWeb is the oldest and largest FREE genealogy site.
	Sons of Union Soldiers
	National Graves Registration Database
	Utah Digital Newspapers
	Creating citizen historians

	Census Tools
	Free census spreadsheets to download
	David Rumsey map Collection
	Welcome to the David Rumsey Map Collection Database and Blog. The Map Database has many viewers and the Blog has numerous categories.
	Organize Your Research
	Cyndi's List of helpful ways to organize your research
	Research Calendar
	The research calendar gives an account of every record source you have searched and serves as a reminder of what you have already done and where you have found pertinent information.
	Source Summary
	It is helpful to be able to refer quickly to information you have found for a particular family and the sources of that information. Keep a separate source summary of information found for each family group.