BYU-Pathway Library: Family History & Genealogy Research: Family History Online

Family History Online

FamilySearch Partner Account Access
If you are a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints you can create free accounts on Ancestry.com and other genealogy websites by following the instructions found on the page linked above. You do need a FamilySearch account.
Ancestry - Making the Most of Your Free Ancestry Church Account
A blog post about how to best utilize your free Ancestry.com account through The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Provides biographical citations on more than six million persons, living and deceased, covering more than 2,000 years of human history.
FamilySearch
Search for your ancestors and preserve and bring their stories to life in this genealogy database provided by the LDS Church.
MyHeritage
Access a variety of family history resources such as Census, Birth, Marriage, Death, Military, Immigration, Family Trees, Newspapers, etc.
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Members of the LDS Church can receive free access thru their FamilySearch account. Find out how.

WorldVitalRecords and FamilyLink are now part of MyHeritage.

Fold3
Fold3 provides convenient access to military records, including the stories, photos, and documents of the men and women who served.

FamilySearch
Search for your ancestors and preserve and bring their stories to life in this genealogy database provided by the LDS Church.
Mountain West Digital Library
A central search portal for digital collections about the Mountain West region. Consists of free access to nearly 1 million resources in over 350 collections from universities, colleges, public libraries, museums, historical societies, and government entities in Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Arizona, Montana, Hawaii, and other parts of the U.S. West.
Cyndi's List: Citations
Digital Library of Idaho
"The Digital Library of Idaho is a collection of digital libraries from across the state of Idaho, providing access points to the varied historical images, documents, and other media available to the public" --website.

Geneanet
Discover the origin of your surname, and the popularity of your first name.
Surname Maps
From FamilySearch wiki: Use a map to help you locate geographical areas where your surname occurs.

National Archives of Norway
Free access to Norwegian digital resources.
Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913
A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court.