Worldwide Family History Directory
Genealogy resources by region and country
Worldwide
- Accuracy of family history sources article
- Ancestry.com [pay site]
- Archaic Medical Terms [useful for interpreting old death certificates]
- BYU Family History Archives
- Encyclopedia of abbreviations, diseases, occupations and genealogical terms
- FamilySearch
- Family tree software directory
- Genealogical.com [bookshop]
- Map of the world [present day - searchable and interactive]
- RootsWeb.com
- WorldGenWeb Project
- WorldVitalRecords.com [pay site]
Africa
Asia
Australia
Benelux - Belgium, Netherlands [Holland], Luxembourg
Canada
- Canadian Genealogy & History Links
- Canadian Genealogy Centre
- Canada411.ca [Canadian telephone directory]
Central and Eastern Europe
- Federation of East European Family History Societies [FEEFHS]
- BLITZ [Baltic-Russian Research from St Petersberg]
- Croatia Genealogy
- Czech Republic Cross-Index
- Estonian Biographical Center
- Odessa: German - Russian Genealogy
- Russian Ancestors
France
Germany
- Bundesarchiv Online
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Genealogy.net
- German Genealogy Cross-Index
- Internet Sources of German Genealogy
Ireland
- Irish Ancestors
- Irish Family History Foundation
- Irish Origins
- The National Archives of Ireland
- The National Library of Ireland
- see also: UK - Northern Ireland
Italy
Middle East
New Zealand
- National Library of New Zealand
- New ZealandGenWeb
- New Zealand immigrant ships [passengers not listed]
- New Zealand Society of Genealogists
- New Zealand Yesteryears [includes passenger lists]
- NZ Telephone Directory
Poland
Scandinavia
- Danish Emigration Archives
- genealogi.dk
- National Archives of Finland
- National Archives of Norway
- Norwegian Historical Data Centre
- Royal Library [Denmark]
- Statens Arkiver [Denmark]
- Swedish Church Records Online
- Swedish Department of the National Archives
- Swedish Emigrant Institute
South Africa
- Ancestry24
- Genealogical Institute of South Africa
- Genealogical Society of South Africa
- National Archives of South Africa
Spain
Switzerland
UK
- Ancestry.co.uk
- BMDindex.co.uk [1837-2005]
- BMDregisters.co.uk - official non-parochial BMDs [1534-1865]
- British Library Catalogue
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Copac academic and national library catalogue
- FamilyRecords.gov.uk
- Federation of Family History Societies
- FreeBMD [free birth, marriage & death registration index for England & Wales]
- FreeCEN [free 19th century UK censuses]
- FreeREG [free baptism, marriage & burial index for England & Wales]
- The Genealogist
- GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy
- Map of the UK [present day - searchable & interactive]
- MAPCO - British Isles Maps and Views [archival]
- The National Archives
- old-maps.co.uk
- Roots UK
- Society of Genealogists
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales