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* Ancestry.com The World's #1 Online Genealogy Library . They offer free searches and downloadable family GEDCOM files. Just fill in the handy form they provided. Just remember that the information given is only as good as the researcher that supplied it. The ancestry.com Web site had 676 databases as of 10/1/98 (639 on 9/1/98). There were 100 million names overall as of 9/1/98 (90 million on 4/1/98). A subscription is $60 per year.
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* Family Tree Maker - a free
Internet Family File search from their FamilyFinder Search section, unlimited
searches. . . Family
Tree Makers Internet FamilyFinder World Family Tree (FTM) with
62.8 million names (26 CDs) as of 10/1/98, grew by 5% monthly during the
previous 6 months. (We exclude Vol. E1, which duplicates names on Vols.
1-13). The 24 CDs can be purchased individually for $40 each. Vols. 13-17
combined are $60. All prices are subject to change and specials are offered
frequently.
FFI,
The Family Treemaker (FTM)
Family Finder Index, is integrated with Internet Family Finder (IFF)
as of 10/1/98. IFF has a unknown number of links. FFI had 171 million names
as of 10/1/98 (153 million on 3/1/98, 147 million names on 2/1/98. Access
to FFI (but not to the actual data files) is free. See WFT,
above. The CD version ©1998 (created 1/98, released with FTM 4.4)
and the version ©1997 (created 4/97, released with FTM 4.0) have an
unknown number of names. FTM's GenealogyLibrary.comhad
786 books online as of 10/1/98 (722 on 9/1/98). Access is $50 per year.
* Kindred Konnections offers free family search features as well as downloadable family files - Kindred Konnections Family History Research Center. Kindred Konnections, with 19 million names in their Ancestral Archive as of 10/1/98, grew by 4% monthly during the previous 6 months. The Kindred Konnection Web site had 82 million names as of 7/1/98 and 83 million as of 9/1/98. A subscription cost of $12 per month or $100 per year.
Genealogy Online's Data Base
Try Genealogy Online's Data base of online records. Access to the Events Database is absolutely free and can be viewed by anyone on the Net, around the world. There is no charge to submit data and no charge to retrieve it and gain contact information. All entries are arranged by Soundex of the last name and searches by Soundex will yield a list of all names matching the Soundex code. This feature becomes especially helpful when a Soundex code covers names that are mostly related, such as P330, which includes Pettit, Poteete and Petet. However, it also means that Steward and Struthers are found together. An exact match option has been added to remedy that problem. Searches can be conducted by last name only or by first and last name. Wildcards can not be included. You do not need to create an account to browse and retrieve data.
The Genealogy Online GEDCOM collection had about 3 million names as of 3/98. Access is free. There is no search engine; index files must be downloaded and searched manually.
Additional Linked pedigree databases:
(Ancestral File) - It is estimated that as of December 1997 the AF contained approximately 29 million names having grown by approximately 1.5% monthly during the previous eight years. Ancestral File is available for free in about two thousand Family History Centers of the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) through out the world. Unfortunately it is not Web-accessible.New from the LDS - Vital records index for the US/Canada, British Isles and Australia recently became available from the LDS. Each geographic area is on a separate set of cd's and costs about $15-20 per set. There are 4 to 5 CDs in each set containing marriages, christenings and non-LDS baptisms. There are about 4-5 million records on the US/Canada set alone. These names were extracted from original records with the name and location of the original record given. You can search by state, or by the whole US and Canada. After retrieving the name, check the original source/ record from which the name was extracted. Don't expect miracles this is really only a portion of names from all of all the people who lived in the US and Canada from 1631 to 1888, but it is another source. There are no disks currently formatted for Mac, and the LDS has no plan to create them. New cd's are to be released periodically. The cds can be purchased from the LDS Distribution Center by phone using a credit card. The toll-free number for distribution center outside of Utah is 1-800-537-5950.
GENSERV, with 14.6 million names as of 10/1/98, grew by 3% monthly during the previous 6 months. GENSERV access costs $12 per year. Online graphics track (a) databases added each month and (b) cumulative persons in the GENSERV database.
GENDEX, with 7.7 million names as of 9/1/98, grew by 6% monthly during the previous 6 months. Guest access to GENDEX is free.>
OLS(Everton's Online Search), with about 5 million names as of 12/97, costs $50 per year. As of 5/1/98, the Web documentation states that OLS has "tens of millions" of names and, on another page, "60 million" names.>
FT(Family Tracer) had over 1 million names as of 12/97. There is a $4 charge for each download.>
RootsWeb- RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative. The Internet's Oldest and Largest Genealogy Site RootsWeb's own genealogy runs back more than a decade to the days of net.roots. RootsWeb folks have been involved since the early days of ROOTS-L and the Roots Surname List, and more recently were among the founders of the RAND Genealogy Club. We created the RootsWeb site to continue to support the genealogical community as the needs of the community outstripped the ability of RAND and other organizations to host the genealogical community on a guest basis.
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