Genealogy

the study of family ancestral lines (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/genealogy)

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy
Genealogy, also known as family history, is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history.  Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members.  The results are often displayed in charts or written as narratives.

The pursuit of family history and origins tends to be shaped by several motives, including the desire to carve out a place for one's family in the larger historical picture, a sense of responsibility to preserve the past for future generations, and a sense of self-satisfaction in accurate storytelling.  (Ronald Bishop, "In the Grand Scheme of Things: An Exploration of the Meaning of Genealogical Research," Journal of Popular Culture 2008 41(3): 393-412.)

 

- Google Translate - (Free)
- Ancestry - (Subscription)
- FamilySearch - (Free)
- Find-A-Grave - a user-contributing database of cemeteries, graves, and memorials around the world (Free).
- Genealogy Bank - (Subscription)

- The Genealogy Center - Allen County, Indiana (Ft. Wayne) Public Library
- Indiana Historical Society -
- Marion County (IN) Genealogical Society -
- Missouri Digital Heritage -
    - Death Certificates 1910-1966 -
- Oregon Historical Society -
- St. Joseph County Public Library -
- South Bend Area Genealogical Society -
- Wisconsin Historical Society -

- elephind.com - Historical newspaper archives (Free)
- Google News Archive - Historical newspaper archives (Free)
- Hoosier State Chronicles - Digital Newspapers from the Indiana State Library (Free)
- Newspapers.com - A commercial newspaper archive website (Subscription)
- NewspaperArchive.com - A commercial newspaper archive website (Subscription)

- National Archives -
- Indianapolis City Directories - Years 1855-2001 available via the IUPUI University Library

- Library and Archives of Canada - Census and immigration records
- Provincial Archives of Alberta - Birth, marriage and death records from within the province
- Royal BC Museum: BC Archives - Birth, marriage and death records from within the province
- Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency - Birth, marriage and death records from within the province
- Ontario - Ministry of Government and Consumer Services - Tracing your family history
- eHealth Saskatchewan - Birth, marriage and death records from within the province

- Matricula - European church records
- Norway- Heritage - Extensive information about Norwegian steamships that carried immigrants to the United States.
- Rummelsburg - Information about Kreis Rummelsbutg, Pommern (in German).
- PTG Pomorskie Towarzystwo Genealogiczne - (Pomeranian Genealogical Association) Church records for German citizens who lived in what is now northern Poland (in Polish).
- Society For German Genealogy in Eastern Europe - Church records for German citizens who lived in what is now Ukraine and Poland.