Free Family Search Resources

If, like Cindy, your heirlooms or family trivia stories leave you with a desire to learn more about a family member, look to free online sources like these:

• Family Search

A great place to start is Family Search. Find birth, marriage, death, census, church, and other indexes.

• Ellis Island

Did your ancestors come to America by boat between 1892 and 1924? Search the Ellis Island/Port of New York Records.

• The National Archives

Find military service records, census records, naturalization records, and more.

• Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records

Were your ancestors homesteaders? Find land patents at this site.

_{Get more links to help you with your family history research on page 3.}

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July/August 2011