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AfriGeneas
Devoted to African American genealogy.

Africana Heritage Project
Provides African-American genealogy and history resources.

Big List of Genealogy Links
Quick reference to databases online.

CastleGarden.org
Free access to research on pre-Ellis Island immigrants 1830 - 1892.

Cemeteries-City of Savannah Burial Records
For Bonaventure, Colonial Park, Greenwich, and Laurel Grove.

Census Records from the National Archives
Includes schedules 1790 - 1940.

Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
Millions of records for both Confederate and Union soldiers.

Cyndi’s List
Comprehensive list of links to genealogical research sites.

Death Indexes
Directory of links to death records.

Ellis Island Port of New York Passenger Records
Info on people (and ships) arriving 1882 - 1924.

FamilySearch
Billions of family history, ancestry, genealogy, and census records.

Find a Grave
Contains records for over 170 million memorials.

GenForum
Links to online forums devoted to genealogy.

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Contains info about features in the US and other areas.

Georgia Historical Society (GHS)
The premier independent statewide institution for Georgia history.

Georgia Archives
Provides access to historical documents and records 1733 - present.

Georgia Genealogy Trails
Includes wills and finding aids; has separate pages for individual Georgia counties.

Lane Library Digital Collection
Contains biographies and historical photographs Savannah.

Lowcountry Africana
Resource for African American genealogy and history in GA, FL and SC.

Making of America Collection
Cornell University's primary sources in American social history.

National Archives Genealogy/Personal History Databases
Military records and passenger lists.

National Archives at Atlanta
Serves the southeast with extensive archival holdings.

New York Public Library
Digital Collections living historical database.

Roots Web
The world's largest online genealogy community.

South Carolina Obituaries and Death Notices
Online blog that allows you to search records.

South Carolina Slave Indexes
Includes Greenville, Laurens, Pendelton/Anderson & Pickens Counties.

They Had Names
African Americans in early records of Liberty County, GA, both enslaved and free.

Trace Indian Ancestry
From the US Department of Interior.

Tubman Museum
Educates people about the art, history and culture of African Americans.

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
Comprises expeditions from 1514 to 1866.

USGenWeb Project
Provides free online genealogy help and information.

W. W. Law Collection
Documents Savannah's Civil Rights movement and African American history.