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 October 2024)
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The Ancestor Hunt has been cataloging and listing links to free online genealogy collections in over 24 different record categories since 2014. These are available for you to view and use via the Resources tab above.
There is a massive amount of genealogy and historical material that can help us researchers as we discover who belongs in our family tree, and more importantly, what is their life story. But much of this genealogical and historical material doesn’t fit nicely into a specific genealogy record category.
As researchers, we should avail ourselves of the types of materials listed below. They definitely will help us in our genealogy and family history research These online resources are available generally at state libraries and archives, larger public libraries, and college and university digital collections. Hence the creation of these lists of links to free online digital archives for the state. I hope they prove useful to you in your pursuit.
Types of Information Available in Digital Archives
- Scrapbooks
- Diaries
- Family Papers, Biographies, and Other Collections
- Letters
- Oral Histories
- Maps
- Bulletins and Newsletters
- Corporate Collections
- Local Community and County Histories
- Photographs and Postcards
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Government Publications and Documents
- And yes, Genealogy Record Collections and Indexes
The Free Online Digital Archives for the state are listed below:
Utah Archives
- Access Genealogy – Utah
- Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
- American History & Genealogy Project – Utah
- American Indians of the Pacific Northwest
- Ancestry Free Index Collections
- Brigham Young University Digital Collections
- BYU Library Digital Collections
- Chronicling America – Utah
- Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Archive
- Cyndi’s List – Utah
- Daughters of Utah Pioneers
- David Rumsey’s Historical Maps
- Dead Fred
- Death Indexes – Utah
- Digital Commons Collections
- Digital Public Library of America – Utah
- FamilySearch
- FamilySearch – Utah Online Genealogy Records
- FamilySearch Catalog
- FamilySearch Library
- FamilySearch Wiki – Utah
- FindAGrave
- Genealogy Trails – Utah
- Google Books – Utah
- HathiTrust – Utah
- I Dream of Genealogy
- Interment.net – Utah
- Internet Archive – Utah
- LDS Genealogy – Utah
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Linkpendium – Utah
- Logan Public Library
- Mountain West Digital Library
- National Archives and Records Administration
- National Archives at Denver
- National Archives Online Exhibits
- National Archives Resources for Genealogists
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator
- New Horizons Genealogy – Utah
- Northwest Digital Heritage
- PastPerfectOnline Collections
- Salt Lake City Public Library
- Salt Lake County Digital Archives
- Sanborn Maps – Utah
- Smithsonian Digital Library
- Southern Utah University Digital Collections
- The Official Land Records Site
- United States Social Security Death Index
- University of Utah Digital Collections
- US GenWeb – Utah
- US GenWeb Archives – Utah
- Utah Division of State History Digital Collections
- Utah Genealogical Association
- Utah Historical Society
- Utah History Encyclopedia
- Utah State Digital Archives
- Utah State Library
- Utah State University Digital Collections
- Utah State University Digital History Collections
- Utah State University Eastern Digital Collections
- Utah Valley University Digital Collections
- Utah’s Online Library
- Washington County Historical Society
- Weber State University Digital Collections
- Western Waters Digital Library
- Westminster College Digital Collections
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!