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$ ScotlandsPeople
<www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk>
If “Outlander” has you wondering about the
Scots in your family, start with the more than
100 million documents at this National Records
of Scotland site, including church registers,
vital records, censuses, valuation rolls and
legal records. Searching is free but access is
pay-per-view.Wie Was Wie
<www.wiewaswie.nl/en>
Got Dutch? Now topping 200 million individual
records from 80 million historical documents,
this site from the CBG|Center in The Hague has
expanded beyond its origins in civil-registration
records. A premium membership (about $23 a
year) enhances your searches, but basic searches
and results are free.AMERICAN HISTORY HINDSIGHT
Access Genealogy
<www.accessgenealogy.com>
This site isn’t quite at the level of the others in
this category, but it’s hard to argue with free.
Check out the Native American resources, year-
books, directories, new land management tract
books, and family and local histories.$ American Ancestors
<www.americanancestors.org>
Got ancestors going back to the Mayfl ower? This
site from the New England Historic Genealogi-
cal Society has a new database of a half-million
passengers and their descendants, but that’s
just one of the more than 450 collections here,
totaling over 1.4 billion names. Full access costs
$94.95 a year.Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
<www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-
database.htm>
Note the new URL for this essential start-
ing point for researching Union or Confeder-
ate ancestors, with 6.3 million servicemen
from both sides, representing 44 states and
territories.Daughters of the American Revolution
<www.dar.org>
Click on GRS to search the Genealogical
Research System for Revolutionary War patri-
ots, their descendants and DAR member links.
The Ancestor link is also helpful, and the
Library Catalog tab lets you search the catalog.eHistory
<ehistory.osu.edu>
Though global in scope, this collection of time-
lines, maps and guides stands out for its US his-
tory off erings—notably the digitized, searchable
128-volume Offi cials Records (the “OR”) of the
Civil War.$ Fold3
<www.fold3.com>
War of 1812 pensions are now available at this
Ancestry-owned site, which specializes in US
military records. Subscriptions cost $79.95 per
year, but Ancestry subscribers get a discount.*Reclaim the Records
<www.reclaimtherecords.org>
This nonprofi t public-records advocacy group
uses freedom of information laws and open
data requests to unlock records that states
have sought to shutter—millions of documents
to date.USGenWeb
<www.usgenweb.org>
The state and county pages are the backbone
of this long-running volunteer site, but the
rich variety of special projects—ranging from
marriages to maps, obituaries to pensions—
shouldn’t be missed.DNA CLOSEUPS
*DNA.Land
<dna.land>
With more than 150,000 genomes and counting,
this medical-research site rewards your submis-
sion with free reports on ethnicity, shared seg-
ments (“Relative Finder”), and even wellness
and physical traits. You can upload results from
AncestryDNA, 23andMe, Family Tree DNA and
MyHeritage DNA.