Genealogy & Family History Resources
What You Will Find On This Page
This is not meant to be a comprehensive listing of online genealogy and family history resources. There are many comprehensive listings already, such as Cyndi’s List. Rather, this is a listing of the websites that I have found helpful in researching my own family history.
My research interests include New England (spanning back to the very earliest European settlers), French Canadian and Acadian genealogy and history, and English, Irish, and Scottish genealogy and history.
Geographic areas of interest to me include Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Vermont in the U.S.; Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec in Canada; plus all the places in Europe from which our ancestors originated–primarily France, England, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland.

I am also very interested in periods of history such as the Mayflower crossing and Great Migration (and all 17th-century colonial settlement in general), the French and Indian War and other Colonial Wars, the American Revolutionary War, the Acadian Expulsion, the immigration to New France of the Filles à Marier (marriageable girls) and Filles du Roi (Daughters’ of the King), both World Wars, the Industrial Revolution, and much more. Every now and then I find myself tracing our “gateway ancestors” and royal lineage through them which takes me in fascinating directions.
In short, I love history and I love finding and researching my connections to history through my ancestors and these are among the resources I use in my research. This is a growing and ever-evolving list, so check back regularly to see the changes.
General Genealogy Research
American Ancestors (by the New England Genealogical Historical Society)
Archive Grid (find primary source archival materials offline)
Historical Newspapers
Newspapers.com by Ancestry
19th Century U.S. Newspapers (must be a member of NEHGS)
Irish Newspaper Archive (must be a NEHGS member)
Military & War Research
Daughters of the American Revolution Research Resources
Wikipedia listing of American Colonial Wars
World War I & II resources from NEHGS (must be signed in as a member or guest)
New England Research
17th Century New England Genealogy resources from NEHGS (must be signed in as a member or guest)
Catholic records in New England from NEHGS (must be signed in as a member or guest)
Massachusetts
Family Search Massachusetts research Wiki
Massachusetts Genealogy resources from NEHGS (must be signed in as a member or guest)
Maine
Family Search Maine research wiki
Maine Genealogy resources from NEHGS (must be signed in as a member or guest)
New Hampshire
Family Search New Hampshire research wiki
New Hampshire Genealogy resources from NEHGS (must be signed in as a member or guest)
Vermont
Family Search Vermont research wiki
European Research
England
English Genealogy resources from NEHGS (must be signed in as a member or guest)
Family Search English genealogy research wiki
National Archives at London – records for the U.K.
Ireland
Irish Genealogy resources from NEHGS (must be signed in as a member or guest)
Family Search Irish research wiki
Scotland
Scottish Genealogy resources from NEHGS (must be signed in as a member or guest)
Family Search Scotland research wiki
Official government source for Scottish resources and records – www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
National Library of Scotland – documents, maps, directories, etc.
France
Family Search French genealogy research wiki
Royalty & Nobility
French-Canadian & Acadian Research
French-Canadian Genealogy resources from NEHGS (must be signed in as a member or guest)
List of Filles du Roi (Daughters’ of the King)
List of Filles a Marier and their spouses (Marriageable Girls)
Acadian Research
Acadian Genealogy resources from NEHGS (must be signed in as a member or guest)
Nova Scotia Research
Nova Scotia Wiki research guide from Family Search
Quebec Research
Quebec Wiki research guide from Family Search
PEI Research
Prince Edward Island Wiki research guide from Family Search
DNA Research
DNA Research guide from American Ancestors (must be logged in with NEHGS)
Historical Books Online
Genealogy & Family History Tools
Family Tree Maker (FTM) from MacKiev Software
Learning Resources
Webinars from American Ancestors
Lisa Louise Cooke’s Genealogy Gems
The Brue Family Learning Center from American Ancestors
Legacy Family Tree Webinars