Locality & Surname Searches

Most records related to your family's history will be found in the localities where they lived. Browse these volunteer projects for local records.

Linkpendium

Lindpendium is a directory of locality and surname sites for the United States and the United Kingdom.

RootsWeb

RootsWeb hosts volunteer projects and family trees. It offers free websites for genealogy and local history as well as message boards and mailing lists. You also have many search options to find your ancestors by name in this vast collection.

USGenWeb Project

The USGenWeb Project is a group of volunteers working together to provide free genealogy websites for genealogical research in every state and every every county in the United States.

WorldGenWeb Project

The WorldGenWeb, like its U.S. counterpart, is a collection of volunteer projects for countries and regions of the world. It contains both directory information and actual records.