Genealogy: Non-Government Sites
Genealogy sites from government agencies or organizations that use government information
Non-Government Sites
- American Family Immigration History Center (Ellis Islands Records)Access 51+ million Port of New York arrival records in the Ellis Island Archives.
- Castle Garden, America’s First Immigration Center (1830-1892)Provides information on 11 million immigrants from 1820 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened.
- Find a GraveSearch millions of grave records. Asks users to add new information to the database. Site contains advertising.
- Interment.netSearch and browse cemetery burial records from thousands of cemeteries across the world.
- Red Book: American State, County, & Town Sources (1892-1924)Reference book from renowned professional researchers and state archivists focused on localities. Provides useful resources in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
- Social Security Death IndexAncestry.com site. The government Social Security Death Master File that formerly was freely accessible on the web is now restricted and requires users to complete a certification form.
- US GenWeb Special Projects"Volunteers working together to provide free genealogy websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States."
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