This is a list of genealogy databases and online resources that are not specifically restricted to a particular place, family set, or time period in their content.
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Ancestry.com | For-profit genealogy company. Databases include Find a Grave, RootsWeb, a free genealogy community, and Newspapers.com. |
Archives.gov | US National Archives and Records Administration. Free online repository with a section dedicated to genealogical research |
BALSAC | Population database of Quebec, Canada |
Cyndi's List | Thousands of resource links, categorized and cross-referenced |
Familypedia | Free cooperative family history wiki using Semantic MediaWiki |
FamilySearch | Images and indexes developed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Find a Grave | Online database of cemetery records (over 152 million burial records and 75 million photos) |
Findmypast | The largest website for digitalized and transcribed British records |
Fold3 | Online repository, formerly known as Footnote, focusing on military records; owned by Ancestry.com |
FreeBMD | Index of births, marriages and deaths (BMD) for England and Wales from 1837 to 1983 |
Geneanet | French genealogical website of more than 3 million members and some digitized archival records |
Geni.com | Large genealogy website most notable for its work to compile a singular "world family tree" that connects all volunteers. Was purchased by MyHeritage, but continues to operate independently. |
GENUKI | Information covering the British Isles |
Library and Archives Canada | Official archives of Canada, census records, government records, books, newspapers, images, and more |
MyHeritage | Aggregated search system and genealogy databases, claims to have over 20 billion records. |
National Archives of Ireland | The official repository for the state records of Ireland including census records, wills and administrations, plus other genealogy records |
New England Historic Genealogical Society | America's oldest genealogical society, provides education and research resources with over 1.4 billion records |
Rodovid | Global genealogy in many languages, genealogy wiki |
Serbian Genealogical Society | Online database with surnames, locations and background information |
TheGenealogist | Records mainly covering the British Isles |
Trackuback | Online context based genealogy visualization including cultural timeline and old maps |
WeRelate | Genealogy wiki and sourced collaborative, referenced place index, sponsored by Allen County Public Library and the Foundation for On-Line Genealogy |
GEDmatch | For comparisons of autosomal DNA data files from different testing companies. Used by law enforcement to identify suspects. |
WikiTree | Free genealogy community dedicated to building a worldwide family tree accessible to everyone |
Reclaim The Records | Non-profit group dedicated to publishing records that are restricted using laws and the public domain. |
Some of these also have social networking features.
Web site | Alexa traffic rank as of 2015 | Free features | Features for subscribers |
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Ancestry.com | 457 |
| Subscriber benefits vary by subscription class. |
FamilySearch | 2471 |
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Geneanet | 9814 |
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Genes Reunited | 64853 (1795 GB) |
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Geni.com | 6114 |
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MyHeritage | 4214 |
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Rodovid | 217,138 |
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Trackuback |
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WeRelate | 203,422 (38022 US) |
| Donation-supported |
WikiTree | 20,423 (8755 US) |
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