Issue 37.13
Each year, Family Tree Magazine publishes a list of the 101 best genealogy websites. This year they showcased many of their favorite sites boasting shiny new records databases, new techniques for accessing data and ways to share your family tree. This helps you benefit from other’s research. There are also some new sites.
This year they have added a feature that lets you access many of their 101 best on the go, on smartphones and tablets. They indicate if the site requires a subscription or other fee by notating it with a dollar sign $. There are several different categories and too many to add here.
You can find the entire list online at http://familytreemagazine.com/article/101-Best-Websites-2013?et_mid=632664&rid=239048934
Another way to find it is to go to www.google.com and type in 101 Best Websites for Genealogy in 2013, look for the Family Tree Magazine link. You can do that on your mobile device and bookmark the site.
You will find descriptions of each website as well as information about any subscription fees. For example under the Best Big Genealogy Websites in 2013 you will see Ancestry.com, Archives.com, FamilySearch.org, Find A Grave, My Heritage, and World Vital Records.
They also break it down by categories such as best US Genealogy websites, best Southern US, Northern US, Midwest US and Western US. Then they have British and Irish, best Continental European, News, online tools and trees and even the best genealogy photo and mapping websites.
Amazingly enough there are new sites popping up on the Internet all the time. One that caught my eye was History Pin http://www.historypin.com/ Family Tree Magazine described it this way:
Join in the history and geography fun at this free site, which invites users to add to its collection of more than 254,000 old photos “pinned” to Google Maps. The Library of Congress and the National Archives are among the more than 47,000 users and 1,187 institutions participating to date, building a global look at how today’s places looked back when.
For more information, contact Shanna Jones shannasjones@msn.com (435) 628-4900.