Genealogy & Family History

Records, Archives, DNA Testing, Historical Societies

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23andMe - Consumer DNA testing offering ancestry breakdowns, relative matching and optional health predisposition reports.
Ancestry - Largest commercial family history service, combining billions of records with DNA testing and shared family trees.
Cyndi's List - Curated index of genealogy links maintained since 1996, organised by country, record type and research topic.
FamilySearch - Become a part of the best ancestry website community through FamilySearch, and discover how our free Family Trees and records can help you uncover your past.
Find a Grave - Volunteer-built index of cemeteries and headstones worldwide, with photographs, burial dates and memorial pages.
Findmypast - Specialist in British and Irish records, including census returns, parish registers and exclusive newspaper archives.
Geni - Collaborative genealogy site building a single shared world family tree from user-contributed profiles and sources.
MyHeritage - Family tree building, international record matching, DNA kits and tools for colourising and restoring old photographs.
WikiTree - Free community tree where volunteers add sourced profiles under a shared honour code, with strong privacy controls.