Searchable Resources

American Family Immigration History Center

Information on 22 million immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island from 1892 to 1924.

Books We Own Project

A list of resources owned/accessed by ROOTS-L mailing list members who are willing to look up genealogical information and mail it to others who request it.

Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System

Database created by the National Park Service which contains basic facts about servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War.

FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service

Website of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons).

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900

Index to more than one million marriages. Maintained by the Illinois State Genealogical Society and the Illinois State Archives.

Indiana State Library Databases

Maintained by the Genealogy Division, Indiana State Library.

   Indiana Marriages Database through 1850
   Indiana Marriages Database 1993 through 2002
   Indiana Cemetery Locator

Kentucky Vital Records Index

Includes death index, 1911-1992, marriage index, 1973-1993, and divorce index 1973-1993.

National Archives and Records Administration Archival Information Locator (NAIL)

A pilot database of the future online catalog of holdings in Washington, DC, the regional archives and Presidential libraries.

Roots Web's Online Seach Engines

The Internet's oldest and largest free genealogy community. Several searchable databases with more being added regularly.

Social Security Death Index

Deaths reported to the Social Security Administration in connection with death benefit claims.