International resources

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• The College of Arms

The College of Arms is the official repository of the coats of arms and pedigrees of English, Welsh, Northern Irish and Commonwealth families and their descendants. The officers of the college, known as heralds, specialise in genealogical
and heraldic work for clients. The official records of the college include the registers of grants of arms, funeral certificates and pedigree registers.
 
• Heraldry on the Internet

This site is designed to help you conduct heraldry research on the Internet. It includes dictionaries or glossaries to help you identify the various charges and symbols found on coats of arms as well as notes on coats of arms for cities and towns.

Major resources

• FamilySearch

This site from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints provides a searchable database of more than 300 million names. The database includes the Ancestral File indexes and the International Genealogical Index. It also provides access to the Family History Library Catalogue as well as thousands of indexed web sites. The 1881 censuses for Canada and the British Isles (England, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man), and the 1880 US census are available online.
 
• Genealogylinks.net

This site provides links to passenger lists, church records, cemetery transcriptions, military records and censuses for USA, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

• Genealogy resources on the Internet

This site provides information about newsgroups, mailing lists and anonymous File Transfer Protocol (FTP) sites relating to genealogy.
 
• US nationwide gravesite locator

Search burial locations in US Department of Veterans Affairs' national cemeteries.
 
• Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority

The Yad Vashem Museum is the world's largest repository of information on the Holocaust. The activities of Yad Vashem include education, commemoration, research and documentation. This site provides access to the Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names.

Useful sites

• Cyndi's list of genealogy sites on the Internet

A major resource with links to information arranged by country and by specific topic area. It provides links to Eastern European and non-Anglo resources.
 
• Family history in India

This site provides information and links to sites for people tracing their British, European and Anglo-Indian family history in India, Burma, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
 
• Genealogy toolbox

This site provides more than 60 000 links to genealogical sites, news and articles on family history and guides to genealogical software.
 
• Jewish genealogy

An Internet source connecting researchers of Jewish genealogy worldwide.
 
• RootsWeb

This site provides access to more than 100 000 message boards and mailing lists on family history. In addition, you can search the surname list to contact other genealogists who are researching the same family.
 
• WorldGenWeb

This site provides links to international genealogical sites.

Tutorial

• Genealogy classes

This site is designed for people who are new to researching their family history on the Internet. It includes lessons about getting started on the Internet and useful information about online research.

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