Genealogy Research Links

Clan and Scottish Genealogy Sites

The Family History Books Site - Nicholson Search - Pages of books and papers relating to dozens of MacNicol / Nicolson familes. Some of these books are restricted and require membership to the site, but the rest of the documents are available for download!
The Family History Books Site - MacNicol Search
The Family History Books Site - Nicolson Search
The Family History Books Site - Nicol(s) / Nichol(s) Search
The Nicholson’s of Spryfield, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Guy Mc Nicoll is a Clan member who has spent several years reseraching the descendents of Duncan and Kathrine McNicoll
Bill Lawson is a genealogist specializing in family history research in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
Skye Roots --Website for Norma MacLeod, a genealogist specializing in research on the Isle of Skye, the MacLeod main homeland.
Skye Kin -- Website for Marjorie MacInnes, another genealogy specialist ready to assist you in research on the Isle of Skye.
GENUKI -- the central website providing links to all archives and research centers in the United Kingdom.
The Scottish Genealogy Society--the genealogical membership organization for Scottish genealogical research
General Register Office for Scotland--the section of the GRO devoted to assisting Scottish genealogical research
Scotland's Family - A Scottish genealogy portal designed to help you explore your Scottish family tree. The aim is to point you to free on-line data and information in diverse Scotland family history records, wherever you live in the world
Electric Scotland --Website with links to Helen Payne Odom Library in Moultrie, GA
The Ancestry of the MacLeods Reconsidered - An article by W.D.H. Sellar
Clan Donald Heritage Site - Given the relationship our Clan held with Clan Donald for centuries, there is much to be learned here historically.

General Genealogy Sites

United Kingdom Armed Forces and Conflict Records --Access up to 38 military and service record datasets spanning from 1656-2005
United Kingdom Census, Land & Su rvey Records - The UK census from 1841-1911
BMD Registers: The Official Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Service - The official Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Register for the UK, including overseas records. Non-Conformists were considered Methodists, Wesleyans, Baptists, Independents, Protestant Dissenters, Congregationalist, Presbyterians, Unitarians, Quakers (Society of Friends), Dissenters and Russian Orthodox. This site is linked to The National Archives. Searching is for free. However to view the document a fee is required.
Library and Archives of Canada– Genealogy and Family History
CoraWeb for Genealogists– Australian Genealogist website
Geni.com - A My Heritage company
My Heritage – A comprehensive web based tool for researching your family tree
One Great Family – Finds your family tree for you in the work submitted by others linked into one of the world's largest collaborative online family trees
MyTrees.com – One of the most advanced genealogical research sites in the world
findmypast.com – A leader in online family history with over 18 million registered members worldwide and records going back to 1200.
FamilyHistory.com – This page is devoted to helping you locate information on family history, information about immigration records, census records, historical accounts, in the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th century in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Germany. Ancestry genealogical records search resources
Family Tree Search– The world’s largest collection of genealogical information
International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Includes personal family information submitted to LDS and vital church records from early 1500s to 1885
FamilySearch Wiki - Lots of good information including news, articles, tips, research tools, country, region and individual parish descriptions, etc
Find My Past - A pay as you go service with access to worldwide records
Fold3 - Discover your family's Military Past
Ancestry.com – United States
Ancestry.com – Canada
Ancestry.com – United Kingdom
Ancestry.com – Australia
Ancestry.com – New Zealand

Ship Lists

New Zealand Ship Listings - Immigrant Ship manifests
The Ships List – A master listing of Ships and their passengers

Obituaries and Cemeteries

Genealogy Bank- Recent Obituaries
Obituaries.com- Newspaper Obituaries from the US and Canada
ObitFinder - Searches obituaries from more than 800 national & international newspapers and the U.S. Social Security Death Index to provide the most accurate and timely obituary information available. The newspaper obituary information in ObitFinder™ is updated daily, and searches obituaries dating as early as February, 2001. The Social Security Death Index (SSDI) data used on this site dates back to January 1, 1937, and is updated weekly.
Find A Grave - World's largest gravesite collection
Australian Cemeteries Listing - A searchable data base for all cemetery inscriptions
Australian Cemeteries - A cemetery location search
Canada Cemetery Project – A comprehensive cemetery list from CanadaGenWeb.org
Canadian Obituary & Cemetery Listing– By Rootsweb
New Zealand Cemetery Listing– By Rootsweb
Christchurch Cemetery Listing– Contains cemetery databases for the North and South Island
Scotland Cemetery Listing– An starting point but lacks most of the districts
US Department of Veteran Affairs National Cemeteries- A complete list of National Veterans Cemeteries
US Cemetery Records- Fairly comprehensive list of cemeteries in the US