The Ancestor Hunt regularly adds and updates new collection links, as well as searches for and fixes broken links.
(This page's most recent update is May 2026)
Practical solutions for real genealogy research problems. Explore the new Field Guides
Do you like to search for genealogy records for your ancestors for Free? Duh. I have about 100 websites that I use, some frequently, some infrequent. Some have digitized records in their collections. Some have links to collections that can be searched or browsed. Some include transcribed records. And some have useful genealogical educational information.
All of the 100 websites in this list are free to use to your heart’s content.
Download the Quicksheet PDF
To obtain the three-page Quicksheet pdf for easy reference of these websites. You can download it by clicking on the Download button:
For all the previously published Quick Reference Guides, click on QuickSheets.
If you use Quicksheets often, the Quicksheet Vault puts 390+ of them in one organized place — clean, printable, and easy to reuse whenever you need them. Whether you keep digital references handy or build your own genealogy binder, the Vault makes research simpler. Learn more about the Quicksheet Vault HERE
2 replies on “100 Best Free Online Genealogy Websites”
It’s painful that you didn’t include some free sites, some that have been around since 2004:
GenealogyBuff.com
GenLookups.com
CanadianObits.com
HonorStudentsArchive.com
WeddingNoticeArchive.com
Some of those sites are not secure.