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• 19th - Century

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/19TH-CENTURY.html
  Genealogy in the 19th century.

• ALIAS-AKA

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/ALIAS-AKA.html
  Discussion of given names or surnames that have been changed, primarily without leaving any legal record.

• Australian Genealogy

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Australiangenealogy/
  Tips, announcements and general discussion.

• BackToThePast

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/BACKTOTHEPAST.html
  For people who want to discuss old stories and photos that help to place the lives of their ancestors in context.

• Bible-Records

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/BIBLE-RECORDS.html
  Found in family bibles in the possession of subscribers including family surnames, geographic locations of the families, and vital information on family members.

• Bigamy

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/BIGAMY.html
  Discussion of bigamy and illegitimacy including how they affect genealogy research, how to effectively research their occurrences, and how to record them.

• Brickwall

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brickwall/
  For those most elusive ancestors you can find nothing on.

• Byegone-Towns

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/BYEGONE-TOWNS.html
  For anyone who is interested in towns, communities, and settlements that are no longer found on the maps and seem to have become lost in time.

• Copyright

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/COPYRIGHT.html
  The discussion of copyright issues, particularly as they pertain to genealogical matters.

• Cousins-Maybe

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/COUSINS-MAYBE.html
  For anyone who has multiple listings of one or more surnames in their family tree and is having problems linking these listings.

• Cyndi's List - Mailing Lists

  http://www.cyndislist.com/mailing-lists
  Lists specific genealogical or historical discussions via e-mail. Organized by subject.

• English Research

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/englishresearch/
  For helping people overcome problems with researching their English ancestors and to allow a forum to pass on useful tips and information.

• Ethics-In-Genealogy

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/ETHICS-IN-GENEALOGY.html
  Discussions of ethics, accuracy, integrity, and excellence in genealogical research.

• Family-Reunions

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/FAMILY-REUNIONS.html
  Posting the details of upcoming family reunions by surname(s) so that others with an interest in the family line(s) can contact the reunion coordinator.

• Folklore

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/FOLKLORE.html
  For the exchange of folklore of ancestors.

• Free Genealogy Information

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freegenealogyinformation/
  General exchange of ideas and information.

• Gen-Editor

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GEN-EDITOR.html
  For editors or publishers of genealogical, surname and family newsletters to have a place to discuss and share ideas and tips.

• Gen-Events

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GEN-EVENTS.html
  Discussing and sharing of information regarding schedules, topics and speakers for genealogy events worldwide including conferences, meetings, and conventions.

• Gen-Newbie

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GEN-NEWBIE.html
  The list discusses genealogy, family history, computer applications, and a wide variety of other topics with a goal of assisting anyone who wants community coaching.

• Gen-Pitfalls

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GEN-PITFALLS.html
  For the exchange of information and suggestions concerning genealogy pitfalls encountered by all genealogy researchers.

• Gen-Site-Swap

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GEN-SITE-SWAP.html
  The swapping of good genealogy URLs.

• Gen-Stories

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GEN-STORIES.html
  Family legends and lore.

• Gen-Travel-Europe

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GEN-TRAVEL-EUROPE.html
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding travel to and within Europe in search of information on ancestors.

• Gen-Travel-US

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GEN-TRAVEL-US.html
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding travel to and within the United States in search of information on ancestors.

• Gen-Trivia-Universal

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GEN-TRIVIA-UNIVERSAL.html
  Genealogy trivia collected from any country.

• Gen-Unsolved-Mysteries

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GEN-UNSOLVED-MYSTERIES.html
  For mysterious disappearances or appearances, unsolved murders, questionable incarcerations, and other mysterious or unsolved events in an ancestor's life.

• GenAuthor

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GENAUTHOR.html
  For anyone writing or publishing or planning on preparing and publishing a biography, family genealogy book or similar work related to genealogy, history or culture.

• GenChat

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GenChat.html
  Discussions of anything having to do with genealogy.

• Genealogy Chat Friends

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genealogychatfriends/
  Pooling resources and aiding other researchers.

• Genealogy Info Research Center

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genealogyinforesearchcenter/
  Dedicated to helping new and advanced researchers.

• Genealogy Research Club

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genealogyresearchclub/
  For surname queries and helpful tips on your research.

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html
  John Fuller's links to genealogy email lists.

• Genealogy-Chat-Friend

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GENEALOGY-CHAT-FRIEND.html
  For beginning and experienced genealogical researchers.

• Genealogy-DNA

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/DNA/GENEALOGY-DNA.html
  For anyone who would like to discuss methods and share results of DNA testing as applied to genealogical research.

• Genealogy-LookUp

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GENEALOGY-LOOKUP.html
  Lookups and advice on research.

• Genealogy-Publishing

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GENEALOGY-PUBLISHING.html
  Information on publishing genealogical material.

• Genealogy-Research-Club

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GENEALOGY-RESEARCH-CLUB.html
  For novice genealogists to discuss and share information that will help them improve their genealogical research skills.

• Genealogy-Treasures

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GENEALOGY-TREASURES.html
  For anyone interested in discussing the preservation of documents, pictures, family heirlooms and other treasures left to us by ancestors.

• GenHumor

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GenHumor.html
  For the exchange of genealogy and family humor including poems and jokes.

• Genphoto

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/genphoto/
  Everything you want to know about genealogy and family photographs.

• GenSwap

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GenSwap.html
  Exchanging research time and swapping records for records with others.

• GenTips

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GenTips.html
  For the sharing of genealogy research tips, advice and ideas. The list is useful for both beginning genealogists and experts.

• GenToday

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GenToday.html
  A read-only mailing list for the distribution of the online newsletter, Genealogy Today, which contains informative how-to articles on researching ancestors, tips, new books on the market, coming events and queries.

• German Genealogy

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/german_genealogy/
  General mailing list for research in Germany, as well as German Immigrants to other countries.

• Good-Shepherd-Homes

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/GOOD-SHEPHERD-HOMES.html
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the thousands of girls and young women who passed through the Houses of the Good Shepherd over the last several hundred years.

• Historical Elections

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/HISTORICAL-ELECTIONS.html
  Discussion of historical elections as they pertain to genealogy.

• Homespun

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/HOMESPUN.html
  For those who want to have a bit of fun reminiscing.

• Immi-Grand

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/IMMI-GRAND.html
  For those attempting to do genealogical research whose grandparents or parents arrived in the USA after 1875.

• Internet Genealogy

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/Internet_Genealogy.html
  For the sharing of information, URLs and ideas for ways of using the Internet for research.

• LookUp

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/LOOKUP.html
  Free lookups from volunteers.

• Lost Newbies

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/Lost_Newbies.html
  For people who are new to genealogy and/or the use of the Internet in genealogical research.

• Memory-Lane

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/MEMORY-LANE.html
  Reflections and discussion on ancestors.

• Moms N Me-Roots

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/MOMS_N_ME-ROOTS.html
  To aid moms of all ages, but especially those with young children, in researching their family.

• New-Gen-URL

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/NEW-GEN-URL.html
  For the posting of information on genealogy-related web sites in order to save researchers time in locating new web sites and determining the location of significant web resources.

• New-GenList

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/NEW-GENLIST.html
  For announcing new genealogy mailing lists.

• NewGen

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/NEWGEN.html
  Created to assist those who are quite new to genealogy.

• Newspaper-Abstracts

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/NEWSPAPER-ABSTRACTS.html
  For the submission of abstracts, extracts and links from United States newspapers published prior to 1931. Newspapers contain much of the information that may not be found elsewhere such as births, marriages, deaths, and court notices.

• Nostalgia

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/NOSTALGIA.html
  Reflect on the old ways and how families used to be.

• Notable-Women-Ancestors

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/NOTABLE-WOMEN-ANCESTORS.html
  The discussion of female ancestors and methods of researching women.

• Oh Genealogy

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ohgenealogy/
  A group dedicated to Ohio genealogy.

• One-Place-Study

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/ONE-PLACE-STUDY.html
  For anyone who is actively involved in studying a single parish or group of parishes in the United Kingdom as well as those who are about to embark on such a project.

• Orphanages

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/ORPHANAGES.html
  Tips on how to research family who were in orphanages.

• Psychic-Roots

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/PSYCHIC-ROOTS.html
  The coincidences that occur while researching. Are they just coincidences?

• Queries

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/QUERIES.html
  For the posting of genealogical queries about anyone living any place at any time, and the discussion of queries as a tool for genealogical research

• Rockingchair-Roots

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/ROCKINGCHAIR-ROOTS.html
  For seniors who are new to genealogy.

• Roots

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/ROOTS.html
  The largest and most diverse mailing list on genealogy.

• Roots-L

  http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/roots-l/
  One of the oldest and largest email discussion lists for those interested in family history and genealogy. Contains message archives, and links to other resources.

• RVing-Genealogist

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/RVING-GENEALOGIST.html
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the conduct of genealogy research while traveling in a recreational vehicle

• Scots-Origins

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scots-origins/
  For research and discussion of Scottish origins.

• Senior-Newbie

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/SENIOR-NEWBIE.html
  For people of all ages who would like help learning to use the Internet and their computer for genealogy purposes in a safe environment, without being made to feel stupid.

• Shipwreck

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/SHIPWRECK.html
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in shipwrecks and persons lost at sea, on inland waterways, on lakes and other bodies of water.

• Slovak-Roots

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SLOVAK-ROOTS/
  For genealogy research, queries and assistance in locating information on ancestors who were from areas of the former Austria-Hungary empire and/or the former Czechoslovakia.

• UFO-Roots

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/UFO-ROOTS.html
  For those whose ancestors arrived from outer space to make connections with others sharing this problem, discuss their ancestry, and provide advice on possible avenues for further research.

• Vintage-Photos

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/VINTAGE-PHOTOS.html
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding vintage photos including, but not restricted to, proper storage, preservation, restoration, aging and dating, restoration software, photo types and materials used, restoration assistance, and scanning options.

• Webpage-Announce

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/WEBPAGE-ANNOUNCE.html
  A read-only mailing list for weekly announcements of new Rootsweb user webpages.

• Witch-Hunting

  http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Miscellaneous/WITCH-HUNTING.html
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the ancestors and descendants of any person mentioned in original records related to witch hunting.

• Y-IRL

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Y-IRL/
  For those who seek information on their Irish ancestors.

 

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