The Internet is a great place to begin searching for your roots.

Several sites allow you to post questions to fellow searchers, therefore increasing your searching power. 

Start with these sites and see where they will take you!
Ancestry.com - Online Genealogy  
www.ancestry.com
This site searches 1,800 databases.   Guests may search 10 days for free.  After that you must become a member.  Details at the site.
Ancestry Library Edition
The Library subscribes to this detailed and extremely useful database.  Stop in at the Reference Desk on the second floor for information on how to access this great resource. Inside Library use only.
Census Online 
www.census-online.com
Free digitized census records, including some early RI records.
Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet - RI 
www.cyndilist.com/ri.htm
A very comprehensive list of sites including cemeteries, military, newspapers,   
societies, churches and more.
Death Indexes
www.deathindexes.com
Online searchable death indexes and records listed by state and county. Included are death records, death certificate indexes, death notices and registers, obituaries, porbate indexes and cemetery and burial records.
Death Records Online 
www.germanroots.com/deathrecords.html
Online searchable death indexes for the US.
Digital Library of Historical Directories
www.historicaldirectories.org
Digital library of 18th, 19th and early 20th century local and trade directories for England and Wales.
Ellis Island 
www.ellisislandrecords.org
Database for passenger arrivals into Ellis Island from 1892-1924.
Genealogy Roots Blog
genrootsblog.blogspot.com
This blog is for finding online genealogy databases, records and resources, focusing on vital records, census, naturalization and military records and passenger lists.
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service 
www.familysearch.org
Search the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints extensive archives.
Genealogy TODAY.com
www.genealogytoday.com
"Serving genealogists since 199 with original articles from experienced genealogists and writers and a collection of unique search resources and databases.
Heritage Quest Online
www.heritagequestonline.com/barcode?aid=13567
A growing collection of research materials for tracing family histories including US Census, full-text family histories, PERSI, a genealogy and local history periodical index and Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land application files.
National Archives 
www.nara.gov
Online catalogs, brochures and guidelines for using the Archives and their holdings.
Rhode Island USGenWeb Genealogy and History Project
www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/
RI genealogy sources, articles, census data, query postings and much more.
Rootsweb.com   
www.rootsweb.com
A free genealogy site that includes search engines, databases, genealogy guides, family trees and more.
World GenWeb Project 
worldgenweb.org
Provides world-wide access to genealogical and historical records.

This page last updated on April 9, 2010
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