Anybody have some great genealogy internet sources?

[DuCheSS oF iNk™]

Im working on researching my family and my fiances family.... I would really appreciate some sites you know of that are not common like ansestry.com that are great for researching information. Any military research sites would be great too. Im in the US.

Also if you know of any free programs for putting together a family tree. I have an old version of Family Tree Maker but its outdated and I would like something that does more. Or any program that is resonably priced.

TY in advance! =]

[Ted Pack]

http://www.pcdl.lib.oh.us/marriage/search.cfm
is absolutely wonderful, but only if you are interested in Preble County, Ohio.

There are thousands of sites like that, limited yet wonderful if you fit the limits. Here is another, Illinois Marriages, 1763 - 1900:
http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html

And one more, cemeteries in Grundy County, Missouri:
http://www.mogenweb.org/grundy/cemetery/gccem.html


If you already know about RW World Connect, the LDS mega-site, GenForum, Ancestry's Query boards, Roots Web's mailing list archives and US Gen Web, fine. If not, write to me.

Cyndi's List has about 250,000 sites, all categorized.

[wendy c]

www.familysearch.org is the LDS website, and they have the oldest and best free program. You may not agree with me.. but I don't see a need for bells and whistles on a program. More important (imho) to be concerned about the data you put in.

Mind shift- there are kazillions of sites out there that have possible info on your family. It could be one of the above that Ted mentioned.. I love Cyndislist with a passion. The best site you find, MIGHT be a site that is completely unrelated (on the surface) to genealogy. If grandpa was a zoologist, history of that, might have 12 pages of info about him.
Instead of thinking "genealogy".. think in terms of the actual person you are working at the time. Where he/she lived, what they did for a living, historical events that might have affected them. A museum in the county where they lived (maybe just the address is online, but it is a place you can visit). Google.. use the person's name in quotations, and include the county where they lived. I pull up tons of off the wall sources that way, none of which have genealogy in the description.
A good number of "genealogy" sites are built on the concept of submitted trees, and may or may not have your family. Instead.. zoom in on the person and the idea of INFORMATION, and it opens tons of doors.