Welcome to the Genealogy LibGuide. We provide some basic resources to assist librarians with patron genealogy questions. Please contact the Maine State Library for further guidance.
This up-to-the-minute, award-winning site is one of the most popular on the Net. At present, more than 187,500 links provide access to countries of the world, organizations, ethnic groups, calendars, family names, heraldry, record groups, problem solving, etc.
RootsWeb claims to be the "oldest and largest free online community for genealogists." The site has many interactive guides and research tools. The RootsWeb Surname List is a registry for more than one million surnames.
This page serves as an entryway into the massive GenWeb Project, whereby volunteers from all over the United States post web sites for their states and counties. This site explains the project in detail, and links directly to sites at the state level.
Ancestry's free guest privileges include use of the Social Security Death Index and Ancestry World Tree. Membership provides access to PERSI and a rapidly expanding collection of land, census, immigration and vital records
The Family Search Internet site opens the door to the vast genealogical resources of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Consult the Family History Library catalog, or run a name through the Ancestral File, the International Genealogical Index, Vital Records Index or Pedigree Resource File.
Over 100 million Americans are estimated to have links to immigrant ancestors who passed through Ellis Island. This web site is the place to search passenger manifests for that elusive ancestor of family group.
A comprehensive source for genealogical research into African ancestry, this site includes wills, inventories, census and Bible records and slavery documentation.
The mission of the Genealogy and Family History section of the Library and Archives of Canada is "to facilitate the discovery of our roots and familyhistories as a basic part of our Canadian heritage."
This site provides a central place for anyone searching for Holocaust survivors, for survivors searching for family members or friends, and for child survivors looking for clues to their identities.
This site is dedicated to the people who can (or would like to) trace their lineages back to the original Mayflower colonists. They provide information for verification of lineage claims as well as email links to their research library for assistance.
The National Archives genealogy page offers beginner information such as what types of information for genealogists are available online. On their website one can access census, military, immigration, naturalization, and land records.
