Genealogy – Free
From AccessGenealogy.com:
- African American Records
- Cemetery Records
- Census Records
- Databases
- DNA
- Military Records
- Native American Records
- Vital Records
The USGenWeb Project – Proudly serving free genealogy resources for over 25 years. This site is great because it breaks it’s records out by state and county.
Resources for Genealogists from the U.S. National Archives – Has sections for starting your family research; popular topics; events; and tools for genealogists.
Genealogy – Paid
- Ancestry – Pretty much the gold standard, but BEWARE of other people’s “research”. Always check sources from other trees BEFORE adding them to your family tree. For every trained researcher, there are about a million untrained ones!
History
- Britannica, Jamestown Colony – English colony, North America
- Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation – Mission Statement: To uncover, preserve, and share Jamestown’s diverse history and its contributions to the foundations of America.
- National Park Service, Historic Jamestowne – Part of Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia
Family newsletters
I searched the Familysearch online catalog and did not find either of the two newsletters I list below. My guess would be that they were so small that there has been no reason to digitize them, so I am going to offer them here to view. Since I do not own them and did not create them I am making these view only so that you can reference them but not download them.
- To Peg a Partin Line was a quarterly newsletter the Glenna Parten Vincent put out from July 1988 to Summer 1990. Back in 1997 I found these at the Salt Lake Family History Library (now called FamilySearch Library) and made copies. I have since digitized them. The call number for these is US/CAN 929.27305 P258 pt.
- Partin Family Archives was another newsletter. This one was also a quarterly publication and was put out by S. Kae Partin/Partin Publications of Nacogdoches, Texas. The first issue was from May 1994 and the last was in 1996 – or at least that is the last one that I had. The call number for this one at the Salt Lake FHL was US/CAN 929.27305 P258. As with To Peg a Partin Line, I found these in 1997, made copies, and have since digitized them.
Partain/an/en/in/on Groups
- Parton Partin Partain Parten Ancestor DNA Project facebook group. As of 2026 it seems like the group is fairly active.
And finally, a warning!!
I would NOT recommend using Family Search as a main source, even through it is “free” and tempting. This site is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is used by members to track their families for church purposes. It is based off of member’s research and has the same warning I listed for Ancestry.com above, with the additional note that it is beneficial for members to find family connections – so it’s even more likely to have historical trees that are not accurate. I have found entire trees on Family Search that were based off of a mistake someone made in the 1960’s from viewing microfiche. That being stated, it can still be a good place to start looking.