As some of our regular readers may know, we get many questions each week about how to find free genealogy sites on the web. New family historians can get overwhelmed looking for research options, and end up only using sites like Ancestry to research their ancestors.
And while Ancestry.com and other paid sites are certainly very valuable resources for genealogists, they are only a small part of the picture.
There are many free genealogy sites available to help you track down the information you need. Of course, only you can determine the best sites for your own family history research—but we thought it would be useful to share 10 of our favorites. Enjoy!
Please note: StoryWorth (#8 on the graphic below) is only free for the first month. We included it because it is such a unique and helpful service, and because they do not ask for a credit card to be placed on file to take advantage of the free time. You can use that free month to collect stories from family and then save those stories to your files, which we think is a nice offering to genealogists.
10 Free Genealogy Sites We Love
Image: “John H. Smith of the House Document room is shown here filing a bill,” 1937 or 1938, Library of Congress
This is a Wonderful site! THANK YOU
Any information on last name “Wailonis” in Ohio or elsewhere before 1900?
My grandfather name Jose Rodrigues dos Santos
My grandmother – Anna Saraiva de Jesus . Were born in Portugal betwen 1878 1884 .
Got married in Brazil 1906
They licved in Rio de Janeiro –
Is this a free site?
I am looking forward to using these free sights to continue with my research–
am researching Lloyd’s;, Lusk’s ; Swinerton’s ; MAtteson’s ; Warren’s;’ Cartland’s ; Hayden’s ; and many others who seem to be connected to these
The My Genealogy Hound web site at http://www.MyGenealogyHound.com features thousands of family biographies from county history and biographies originally published between 1870 and 1910 plus numerous historic county maps and vintage postcards and historic photographs.
Thanks for including us! We appreciate the support and welcome anyone to visit our free genealogy records, over 90 Million.