Genforum
http://genforum.genealogy.com/
(individual surname, state and country message boards, click on
"learning center" for much practical advice)
Rootsweb
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
(message boards, Free Pages, World Connect, gedcoms added by private people)
ISTG (Immigrant Ship Transcriber's Guild)
http://www.immigrantships.net/index2.html
(ship passenger lists donated by private people)
Castle Garden
http://www.castlegarden.org/
(New York port used before Ellis Island)
Family Search (the Mormon Church's database)
https://familysearch.org/
(They have a very useful learning center or you can go to their local brick & mortar history centers and order films. They are all over the country in their churches)
Ellis Island
http://www.ellisisland.org/
(New York port immigrants came into from 1892-1924)
SSDI (Social Security Death Index)
(no longer available on Rootsweb but can be found on Family Search)
Genealogy Trails
http://genealogytrails.com/
Cyndi's List
http://www.cyndislist.com/
Ancestry.com
(Has sources you can't get elsewhere but you have to pay for it.)
(The Sidney library and the Minster museum have it)
Find a Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
(Many have photos of the grave stone)
I apologize for the links not working. I'm having a problem with certain things on here.
