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Best Genealogy Sites on the Web
Highly recommended sites listed by category,  with
direct links to help you research your family history
 

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OTHER USEFUL 
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MAPS AND PLACENAMES

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BRITISH ISLES:
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AUSTRALASIA CANADA UNITED STATES OTHER AREAS WORLD-WIDE GREAT BRITAIN

Red link= links added or amended as at 17th May 2010
Blue link= other links added or amended recently
broken link= link temporarily broken (see Footnote)

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Gold link Australian Gazetteer
Gold link Australian (Historic) States and Cities Maps [Mapco]
Gold link Australian Tourism Registry
Gold link New Zealand Gazetteer of Official Geographic Names [N.Z.Government]
Gold link Place Name Search [Geoscience Australia]
AUSTRALASIA
Gold link South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc Places
Gold link street-directory.com.au [Virtual Map (Australia) Ltd]
Gold link Street Maps of New Zealand Towns & Cities [zoom+/-In]
Gold link Where Is
Gold link Wilkins Tourist Maps (Australia)

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Gold link The Atlas of Canada [Natural Resources Canada]
Gold link The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project
Gold link Historical Maps of Canada
Gold link Newfoundland and Labrador Place Name Gazetteer
Gold link Places in Canada
CANADA
Gold link Querying Canadian Geographical Names

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Gold link cLocations (locate and save Google maps with fully searchable database)
Blue link Google Maps Navigation (Beta) [U-Tube]
Gold link Historical Maps of the United States [Perry-Castaņeda Library, Univ.of Texas]
Gold link Historic USGS Maps of New England & NY
Gold link MapsOnUs
UNITED STATES
Gold link MapQuest.com
Gold link National Map Viewer [USGS]
Red link National Mapping Information - US and its territories (GNIS)
Gold link NE States: County Boundary Changes Maps
Gold link PlaceNames.com (USA only at present)
Gold link SE States: County Boundary Changes Maps
Red link Statistical Atlas of the United States (1870 Census) [Radical Cartography]
Gold link US Cities Galore
Gold link US Genealogy Map Project: State, County, Territory Maps

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Gold link Barbados: Map including parishes
Gold link India: Historical Maps
OTHER AREAS

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Gold link AGIS for Windows (mapping and simple GIS shareware)
Gold link Ancestral Atlas (Beta Site)
Blue link Create Your own Google Maps (online video demo)
Gold link Expedia Maps - Place Finder (Worldwide)
Gold link Google Maps
WORLD-WIDE
Gold link David Rumsey Map Collection [Cartography Associates]
Blue link Google Earth
Gold link Map My Ancestors (using Google Earth) [Integrated Earth]
Gold link Map Your Ancestors [Ancestry.com + Google Maps]
Gold link MapQuest (International Maps)
Gold link Multi Media Mapping (World Map)
Gold link Worldwide: Maps and Geography of the World
Gold link Worldwide: Maps & Directions [MSN]

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FOOTNOTE: If you can't get through to a particular site, but get a message such as "The page cannot be displayed", try again later because it may be just a short term network problem. Some sites get bombarded with visits at peak times, and those are spread across the world's time-zones - whilst it might be quieter after midnight in the UK, it's still early evening then in the States for example.

If a site remains inaccessible, however, the site may have changed its web address or been discontinued:-
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