A Beginner's Course for Discovering Your Family
http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/101/lesson1/course1_01.html

Getting started in Genealogy and Family History
http://www.genuki.org.uk/gs/

Rootsweb's guide to tracing family trees
 http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/

Surname Searches

Ancestry
http://www.ancestry.com/

*CCHelper Central: a surname searchable database of queries and surname registrations posted on some 200 genealogy sites.
http://surhelp.rootsweb.com/srchall.html

Family Tree Maker's Family Finder Search at Genealogy.com
www.genealogy.comIf you find a surname in a World Family Tree,  use the link below for a free lookup.
                     CD Lookups by volunteers: mostly FTM CDs
                     Genealogy CDs, http://loricase.com/CDs/cdlist.html
                     World Family Tree, http://loricase.com/CDs/cdwftlist.html

Contact World Family Tree Submitter,
familytreemaker.com/cgi-bin/subinfo.cgi

GenServ: Family History GEDCOM data files online since 1991
http://www.genserv.com/

Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative*
http://www.rootsweb.com/

Roots Surname List, RSL Family Search,
http://rsl.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/rslsql.cgi

SurnameWeb
http://www.surnameweb.org/

Ellis Island Immigration Records Project
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/

Family Search (LDS website)
http://www.familysearch.org

Genealogy Forms (Mary & Duane Bailey)
http://www.cs.williams.edu/~bailey/genealogy/

Relationship Chart
http://curtis-curtiss.com/
http://genealogy.about.com/library/nrelationshipchart.htm
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck/chart.htm

1895 US Atlas*

Afrigeneas: a mailing list focused on genealogical research and resources in general and on African ancestry in particular, serves as a focal point for information about African-ancestored families and for pointers to genealogical sources worldwide.

American Life Histories*
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/

Birthdate Calculator*
http://www.angelfire.com/va/ValsGenealogyPage/Calculator.html
http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/birthday.html

Biographies - Lorain Co.                             
http://www.pa-roots.org/data/index.php?1238

Black Sheep Society*
http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/

Census Abstract Forms*
http://www.familytreemaker.com/00000061.html

Census, What will I find?*
http://www.fairfieldgenealogy.org/research/census.htm

Census Online*
www.census-online.com/links/index.html

CD Lookups by volunteers:
  Genealogy CD's, 
  World Family Tree, 
  Contact WFT Submitter, familytreemaker.com/cgi-bin/subinfo.cgi

Cyndi's List of 264,400 Genealogy links on the internet
http://cyndislist.com/

Colonial Occupations*
www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/jobs.htm

Deciphering old handwriting*
http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/oldhand.html

Ellis Island Immigration Records Project
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/

Family History Library Website
http://www.familysearch.org/

Federation of Genealogical Societies*
http://www.fgs.org/

Firelands Bicentennial Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution
includes Lorain, Erie and Huron counties. Membership information etc.
Lookups in SAR CD. William King
http://centurytel.net/lorgen/ovi/SAR.htm

Funeral Net*
http://funeralnet.com/search/search.cgi

Genealogy 101*
http://genealogy.about.com/cs/beginnerscorner/

Genealogy Dictionary and Glossary
http://www.glossarist.com/glossaries/family-relationships/genealogy.asp

German-English Dictionary*
http://travlang.com/GermanEnglish/

Glossary of Diseases*
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/disease.shtml

Great Lakes Genealogy*
www.rootsweb.com/~migls/

The United States Internet Genealogical Society - a fairly central base for all historical and genealogical societies and libraries in the United States.

Internet Genealogy Magazine
http://genealogy.about.com/b/a/255796.htm

Internet Stuff You Need to Know*
http://www.CyndisList.com/internet.htm

Ireland*
http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/irl/

Land Patent Records, Eastern States*
www.glorecords.blm.gov/

Library of Congress*
http://lcweb.loc.gov

Lorain County History
http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Lorain/LorainIndex.htm

Making of America*

Mayflower Pages*
http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/

Mailing Lists*
http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html

New York State Links*

Newspapers on Microfilm in the United States*
http://www.neh.gov/projects/usnp.html

Occupations*

Ohio Death Index  1913-1944
http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/death//search.cfm

Palantines to America*

Perpetual Calendar*
http://calendarhome.com/tyc/home.html

Polish Genealogy*

Poorhouses in the United States
www.poorhousestory.com/index.htm

Quaker Queries*
www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/queries.htm

Railroad Retirement Board*

Random Acts Of Genealogical Kindness
http://www.raogk.org/

Ship Passenger Lists (The Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild)*

Ships Lists, Emigration and Resources*
http://geocities.com/Heartland/5978/Emigration.html

Social Security Death Index, What can you expect to find?*
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/faq.aspx

Social Security Death Index Search, (most current)
http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi

Soundex Calculator (do several at one time!)

Soundex Calculator*
www.frontiernet.net/~rjacob/soundex.htm

Time Capsule*
http://dmarie.com/asp/history.asp?action=process

Translation Service by AltaVista*
http://babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn

Underground Railroad Research*

US Biographies     
http://www.usbiographies.org/biographies/index.php?0

US Census Bureau: SearchingFederal population censuses of 1910 to 1990
www.census.gov/genealogy/www/agesearch.html

US Post Office zip codes*
http://www.usps.gov/welcome.htm

Vital Records Information*
http://vitalrec.com/index.html

Wakeman reflections(Erie Co OH) Claudia Garner
 http://www.wakeman-ohio.com

World War I and II War memorials in America

Research Libraries

Allen County Public Library
http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/

Fairview Park Regional Library

Ohio Historical Society Library
http://www.ohiohistory.org/index.html
Click on the tab "Resources"

Western Reserve Historical Society Library (Cleveland)

Family History Library's Family Search
www.familysearch.org

Genealogy Newsletters by Email

CyndisList Mailing List
CyndisList-request@rootsweb.com
Type the word subscribe in the body of the message

Family Tree Finders, A daily newsletter from Rhonda McClure
http://www.sodamail.com/site/aboutr.shtml

Genealogy Gems,
http://genealogy.miningco.com/gi/pages/mmail.htm

Genealogy Today, genealogy newsletter
Mailto:GenToday-L-request@rootsweb.com
Put the word subscribe in the message area.

Rootsweb Review*, Myra Gormley
mailto:RootsWeb-Review-L-request@rootsweb.com
Put the word subscribe in the message area.

Treasure Maps,  in its 6th year
http://www.amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/