Genealogical Online Resources

Last Update: 2025-09-13

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Software

RootsMagic

From the Publisher

Main website
https://www.rootsmagic.com

Publisher's user forum sites
https://www.facebook.com/groups/RootsMagicUsers
and
https://community.rootsmagic.com/

RM Help- ver 11
https://help.rootsmagic.com/RM11/index.html

RM Help- ver 10
https://help.rootsmagic.com/RM10/index.html

RM Help- ver 8
http://wiki.rootsmagic.com/wiki/RootsMagic_8:RootsMagic_8

Independent Sites

Premier site for discussion of RootsMagic direct SQL access
https://SQLiteToolsForRootsMagic.com/

Users forum
https://rootsmagic-users.groups.io

Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/RootsMagic/

This site
https://RichardOtter.github.io

John Cardinal Utilities and hosting

https://www.ora-extension.com/
https://www.gedsite.com/
https://www.familyhistoryhosting.com/

Specifications

GEDCOM

Latest release
https://github.com/FamilySearch/GEDCOM/releases

Current work
https://github.com/FamilySearch/GEDCOM

ver 5.5.1
https://gedcom.io/specifications/ged551.pdf

archive created by Tamura Jones
https://www.gedcom.org/versions.html

List of Resources

Cyndi's List of Genealogical Resources
https://www.cyndislist.com/us/

Online Genealogy Research and Advice

FamilySearch

https://www.familysearch.org/

The Research Wiki (START HERE)
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Main_Page

Authoritative Places Database
https://www.familysearch.org/en/research/places

FamilySearch community
https://community.familysearch.org/en

FamilySearch Users Group at FaceBook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1834585490165673

Find a Grave

https://www.findagrave.com/

Find a Grave community
https://www.findagraveforums.com/

Ancestry

https://www.ancestry.com/

Ancestry Users Group at FaceBook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1431577857093319

Ancestry DNA Users group at FaceBook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/407494112747727

MyHeritage

https://www.myheritage.com/

WikiTree

https://www.wikitree.com/

The Genealogy Squad - offering advice

https://www.facebook.com/groups/genealogysquad

Region Specific Research

United States

New York City

https://www.nyc.gov/site/records/historical-records/historical-records.page

Germany

Main-Spessart, Bayern

Catholic archive in Würzburg. Bayern Church records for the region
https://abbw.bistum-wuerzburg.de/

Newspaper for Lohr am Main region
https://www.medienhaus-main-echo.de/tag/lohr-am-main/