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RESOURCE	LINK	NOTES:
Ancestory.com Genealogy Research	http://www.ancestory.com	Large site with access to the huge LDS databases.
How to Start Your Family History	http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Home/Welcome/frameset_information.asp	LDS Search engine
RootsWeb Genealogy Portal	http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/	Numerous search and tools links
Library servers on the Web throughout the world	http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/	Catalogs of books, links to web pages.
National Genealogy Web sites around the world	http://www.dsenter.com/	Lists and links
Ft. Wayne, Indiana library extensive Genealogy section	http://ft-wayne.com/	Enter genealogy in the search box
Genealogy.org searches, lists, and links	http://www.genealogy.org/	Large list of links and databases
Documents to search on Footnote.com	http://blog.eogn.com/	Newsletter with links
The Genealogy home page	http://www.genhomepage.com/	Large list of help, searches, sites
About.com reference site	http://genealogy.about.com/	Software, how to, lists, articles
Wikipedia reference site	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy	How to, lists, links
Cyndi's Genealogy list - authoritative site (Comprehensive)	http://www.cyndislist.com	Huge list of lists, links, articles
CousinConnect.com	http://www.cousinconnect.com/	Search and Custom Newsfeeds
Eastmans Newsletter	http://blog.eogn.com/	Hard-hitting Genealogy News
Ancestry Message Boards	http://boards.ancestry.myfamily.com/	Thousands of Active Boards
TrEZy Search	http://www.genealogyportal.net/	Family History Search Tool
WorldConnect Project	http://www.ask.com/bar?http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi	Search World Database
House of Names	http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/ASP/sId./qx/honsurnamesearch.htm	Crests, Coat of Arms, Historical Details and Reports
4Crests	http://www.4crests.com/?gclid=CJbJvcLskpkCFRxNagodlm3FbA	Family Crests, etc.
Flags of the World	http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/	Images of Flags of Countries of the World
The Genealogy Home Page (Comprehensive)	http://www.genhomepage.com/	Guides, Research Tools, Sites
Museumstuff.com	http://www.museumstuff.com/family-history/	Provides an interface to many names listed in the US Census data
Big List of Genealogy Links	http://www.usa-people-search.com/content-big-list-of-genealogy-links.aspx	Research your family's roots to get the big picture about your name, your personality and even your career choices.

Software

NAME	LOCATION	NOTES:
Family Tree Maker	http://www.familytreemaker.com/	Flagship Product from Generations Network, the largest Genealogy Organization in the World. Owned by the LDS Church. Perhaps the most Comprehensive Software available. Cost About $ 36.
Legacy Family Tree	http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/	FREE with upgrade to Deluxe Version available. Download page bottom has dozens of add-ons. Includes an Interactive Research Guide.
*LDS PAF Software	http://www.familysearch.org/	FREE Family History Software PAF v5.2 several free add-ons also available.
RootsMagic Essentials 4	http://www.rootsmagic.com/Download/Essentials-4/default.aspx	FREE Family History Software. Upgradable to full-featured version..
*McMartin's GEDReporter	http://www.dmcmartin.com/index.html	FREE database recorder and web page generator
GenoTrees	http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=576328	FREE full-featured Genealogy Software
Surgeon General's Family History Initiative project	http://hhs.gov/familyhistory/downloads/MyFamilyHealthPortrait.zip	FREE profiling and reporting software, links

*Note: Gedcom and PAF are special computer storage formats for genealogy information. Genealogy software processes and converts this directly. If you have a computer background Gedcom is like a limited XML for genealogy.

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