List of general genealogy databases
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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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- FamilySearchFamilySearchFamilySearch is a genealogy organization established and run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch consists of a collection of records, resources, and services designed to help people learn more about their family...
- a database developed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. - GEDCOMP - automated, free GEDCOMGEDCOMGEDCOM, an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunication, is a proprietary and open de facto specification for exchanging genealogical data between different genealogy software...
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. - GeneaNetGeneaNetGeneanet is an international genealogy database. The GeneaNet project was officially launched on December 2, 1996. Today the GeneaNet database holds over 135 million entries which is equivalent to over 400 million individuals....
- an international genealogy database. - Hindu genealogy registers at HaridwarHindu genealogy registers at HaridwarGenealogy registers, of Hindu families, maintained by Brahmin Pandits or ‘Pandas’, who double up as professional genealogists, at Haridwar, has been a subject of study for many years now...
, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, microfilmed at the Genealogical Society of UtahGenealogical Society of UtahThe Genealogical Society of Utah , established in 1894, does business as FamilySearch International, which is the genealogical arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
(GSU), USA. - MyHeritageMyHeritageMyHeritage is a family-oriented social network service and genealogy website. It allows members to create their own family websites, share pictures and videos, organize family events, create family trees, and search for ancestors...
- research, an aggregated search system covering a large number of genealogy databases. - RodovidRodovidRodovid is a free online collaborative family tree portal. Originally a Ukrainian project, as of August 2009 it has active communities in over 19 languages...
- global genealogy, over 19 languages. - SortedByName - millions of entries from transcription projects, sorted alphabetically and by Soundex, with links to their respective transcription project sites.
- Werelate.orgWerelate.orgWeRelate.org is the largest freely licensed genealogy wiki and has almost 5 million wiki pages. Supported by the Foundation for On-Line Genealogy and the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, it provides genealogy tools and data as a free public service, on a non-commercial,...
- large genealogy wiki, supporting sourced collaborative. With wiki pages for over 2 million persons, 700,000 families. Sponsored by the Allen County Public Library and the Foundation for On-Line Genealogy. Also hosts the largest genealogical referenced place index with over 400,000 wiki pages and a genealogical source index with almost one million wiki pages.
Comparison of notable databases for uploading family trees
Some of these also have social networkSocial network
A social network is a social structure made up of individuals called "nodes", which are tied by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, sexual relationships, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige.Social...
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| MyHeritage MyHeritage MyHeritage is a family-oriented social network service and genealogy website. It allows members to create their own family websites, share pictures and videos, organize family events, create family trees, and search for ancestors... |
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| geni.com Geni.com Geni is a genealogy and social networking website. Launched on January 16, 2007, the Web 2.0 company aims to create a family tree of the world. While family profiles are private, Geni’s mission is to create a shared family tree of common ancestors... |
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| FamilySearch FamilySearch FamilySearch is a genealogy organization established and run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch consists of a collection of records, resources, and services designed to help people learn more about their family... |
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| GeneaNet GeneaNet Geneanet is an international genealogy database. The GeneaNet project was officially launched on December 2, 1996. Today the GeneaNet database holds over 135 million entries which is equivalent to over 400 million individuals.... |
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| Rodovid Rodovid Rodovid is a free online collaborative family tree portal. Originally a Ukrainian project, as of August 2009 it has active communities in over 19 languages... |
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| Werelate.org Werelate.org WeRelate.org is the largest freely licensed genealogy wiki and has almost 5 million wiki pages. Supported by the Foundation for On-Line Genealogy and the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, it provides genealogy tools and data as a free public service, on a non-commercial,... |
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| WebBiographies WebBiographies WebBiographies is a social network service with an emphasis on genealogy, biography and memoir writing, family trees, and online privacy.It was founded in late April, 2006 by Scott Purcell, founder of Epoch Networks and a former Board member of the Commercial Internet eXchange.In an interview for... |
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