Genealogy Resources

Getting Started | Charts & Forms | Directories | Registers of Birth, Death, etc. | Surnames

Getting Started

AncestryPlus
Subscription service available in the CPLS libraries.

Beginners Guide to Genealogy
Step-by-step tutorial, source documents, indexes, books
Access/Source: HeritageQuest.com

Beginners' Corner
About.com's beginners guide to genealogy
Access/Source: About.com

Genealogy "How To" Guide
"Contains addresses and information about hundreds of archives and libraries that both beginner and experienced researchers will find useful. It also has step-by-step instructions for locating different types of family information and printable census, correspondence and other forms to speed up your research."
Access/Source: FamilyTreeMaker.com

Charts & Forms

Genealogy Charts
Includes pedigrees, family group records, research logs, etc.
Access/Source: KBYU-TV

U.S. Census Abstract Forms
Allow you to copy information from U.S. census records in an organized way.
Access/Source: FamilyTreeMaker.com

Directories

Cyndi's List
A comprehensive site with over 39,200 genealogy links, categorized & cross-referenced, in over 90 categories.
Access/Source: Cyndislist.com

FamilySearch
The official genealogy website of the Mormon Church, which " the world's largest Family History Library."
Access/Source: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.

FuneralNet
" The most extensive U.S. and Canadian funeral home directory on the Internet" with over 20,000 listings.
Access/Source: FuneralNet.com.

Largo (FL) Library List of Genealogy Resources
A fairly comprehensive list of internet resources.
Access/Source: Largo Public Library

RootsWeb
Search a list of 421,000 surnames and many state databases.
Access/Source: Rootsweb.com

Surname Search
Type a surname into the box, choose a year and see the frequency with which that name appears in the United States.
Access/Source: Progenealogists

UsGenWeb Project
Internet sites for genealogical research in every county of the United States. Great for local contacts and free lookups.
Access/Source: USGenWeb.com

Registers of Birth, Death, etc.

Vital Records for Florida
Birth Certificates, Marriage Licenses, Death Certificates, or Divorce Records for the State of Florida.
Access/Source: VitalRec.com.

Vital Records Information
"This page contains information about where to obtain vital records from each state, territory and county of the United States."
Access/Source: VitalRec.com

Surnames

Gendex Surname Index
"Lists hundreds of World Wide Web databases containing genealogical data for over eight million individuals."
Access/Source: Gendex.com

Rootsweb Surname List
Registry of over 600,000 surnames that have been submitted by more than 75,000 internet genealogists.
Access/Source: Rootsweb.com

Social Security Death Index
"Search over 60 million names in the SSDI ... It contains the records ofthose for whom the lump sum death benefit was paid", mainly deaths from 1962 to present.
Access/Source: Ancestry.com

Need more genealogy information? Contact any of the Clearwater Public Library branches.