When I first started this resource page back in 2011, the best free online resource out there was US GenWeb. It’s incredible how much has changed since then—there’s now a wealth of free genealogy tools and archives available online. The key is knowing how to search and ask the right questions—whether on Google or even ChatGPT!
I can’t wait to see what the next ten years will bring.
Libraries and Archives
American Memory Project http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Chronicling America - Historical Newspapers https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
Detroit Public Library - Digital Collections https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/
Harbor Beach Area District Library - Digital Local History https://www.hbadl.org/digital-collection-1
Utah Digital Newspapers https://digitalnewspapers.org/ or https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/
Murray City (Utah) Museum Digital Images https://collections.lib.utah.edu/search?facet_setname_s=mc_mcm
New Mexico Historical Newspapers https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/nm_newspapers/
Oklahoma Digital Collections (OK State Univ) https://archives.library.okstate.edu/archives/digital-collections
Record Sources
FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/
Find-A-Grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
Find-A-Grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
USGenWeb http://www.usgenweb.org/
- Michigan GenWeb https://www.migenweb.org/index.html
- Huron County GenWeb https://www.migenweb.org/huron/
- Sanilac County GenWeb https://www.migenweb.org/sanilac/
- Missouri GenWeb https://mogenweb.org/
- Laclede County GenWeb https://laclede.mogenweb.org/
- Wright County GenWeb https://mogenweb.org/wright/
CanadaGenWeb http://www.canadagenweb.org/
Missouri Digital Heritage - Missouri Death Certificates (1910- 1974)
Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File (Reclaim the Records)
Updated July 20, 2025 (Originally Published March 10, 2011)
