List of genealogical databases
The list of genealogical databases includes databases on the Internet in which research results from family research are entered. Other researchers can find out what has already been researched and get in touch if they are interested.
These databases can be subdivided into contact databases in which it is only published who is researching what name, when and where (the specific details must be exchanged in private communication), and result databases with the specific research results, so that one can know whether or not before contact is made you may have common ancestors.
About GENDEX -Suchdienste private genealogical home pages can also be found.
An overview of the possible advantages that setting the data in databases can have:
- Contacting other genealogists / distant relatives
- Avoid time-consuming duplication of work
- Coordination of research work
- Receipt of information and additions
List of large genealogical databases
Some online databases relevant to genealogy are listed below . They are exemplary for the largest genealogical data collections with over 500,000 data records (as of September 2019).
| Surname | Number of person records | Web link | description | costs | Country (seat) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geneanet | 6,000,000,000 | geneanet.org | Collection of GEDCOM data, worldwide. | Some functions are chargeable | France |
| FamilySearch | 5,800,000,000 | familysearch.org | Mormon database . Index to microfilmed church records worldwide. | Free of charge | United States |
| MyHeritage | 3,203,475,598 | myheritage.de | Collection of GEDCOM data, worldwide. | Some functions are chargeable | Israel |
| Ancestry.com | 2,147,483,647 | ancestry.de | Collection of GEDCOM data, worldwide. | Some functions are chargeable | United States |
| Roots Web | 836,651,652 | rootsweb.com | Collection of GEDCOM data via Project WorldConnect, worldwide. | United States | |
| Fold3 | 488.514.936 | fold3.com | Formerly "Footnote". Comprehensive collection of censuses, registration offices and historical newspaper articles. A few original documents can be viewed free of charge. Part of Ancestry.com. | Partly with costs | United States |
| Free BMD | 354.140.630 | freebmd.org.uk | Archives of England and Wales from 1837 of births, marriages and death certificates. Display of the original documents possible. | United Kingdom | |
| Find a grave | 159,000,000 | findagrave.com | Images and data collection of tombstones in cemeteries worldwide. | United States | |
| openarchives | 212.332.378 | openarch.nl | Genealogical data of public archives. | Netherlands | |
| How what how | 205.444.140 | wiewaswie.nl | Search historical documents. | Netherlands | |
| Geni.com | 135,592,349 | geni.com | Collection of genealogical data. Belongs to MyHeritage. | Mostly chargeable | United States |
| Family Tree Seeker | 61.647.102 | familytreeseeker.com | Index of genealogical personal data on private homepages ( GENDEX ), worldwide. | Netherlands | |
| GenDex Network | 58,969,661 | www.gendexnetwork.org | Index of genealogical personal data on private homepages ( GENDEX ), worldwide. | Canada | |
| www.genealogieonline.nl | 55.498.044 | Genealogy online | Collection of family tree data, death notes etc. multilingual | Basic function free of charge, subscription fee-based | Netherlands |
| National Archives Norway | 28,000,000 | arkivverket.no | Search digitized archives. | Norway | |
| culture.fr | 25,000,000 | culture.fr | Search digitized archives. | France | |
| WikiTree | 22,601,621 | www.wikitree.com | Large, shared family tree with special emphasis on accurate data. The operator is Interesting.com, New York . | Free of charge. Free registration and activation required for participation | United States |
| GenTeam | 20,680,794 | genteam.eu | Databases of historians and genealogists for genealogists, homeland researchers and historians - free registration required. Austria, Bavaria, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic, lists of casualties Austria-Hungary World War I, index of places for Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Tyrol (today Italy) | Free of charge | Austria, Hungary |
| GedBas | 19,964,773 | gedbas.genealogy.net | Collection of GEDCOM data. Operated by CompGen - Verein für Computergenealogie . | Free of charge | Germany |
| Familia Austria | 12,200,000 | familia-austria.at | 11 databases for genealogists, historians, ancestors, homeland and regional researchers in the old Austrian Habsburg monarchy, from 1867: Austria-Hungary. | Free preview | Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Italy, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia |
| CompGen | 8,551,919 | CompGen loss lists | Searchable Archive of casualty lists of the First World War . Operated by CompGen - Verein für Computergenealogie . | Free of charge | Germany |
| Online local family books | 10,000,000 | online-ofb.de | Collection of historical local family books . Operated by CompGen - Verein für Computergenealogie . | Free of charge | Germany |
| GedComp | 6,500,000 | GedComp | Collection of GEDCOM data since 1997. International, Denmark with Schleswig-Holstein . | Denmark | |
| Ryerson Index | 7,169,087 | ryersonindex.net | Searches archives of 225 different Australian daily newspapers. | Australia | |
| German War Graves Commission | 4,789,928 | volksbund.de | Contains data from war graves and memorials. | Germany | |
| Historic address books | 4,387,666 | www.adressbuecher.net | Collection of data from historical address books . Operated by CompGen - Verein für Computergenealogie . | Free of charge | Germany |
| Tombstone project | 3,850,000 | tombstones.genealogy.net | Collection of personal data on tombstones. 2.4 million gravestone photos from over 6,200 cemeteries can be viewed free of charge. Public hands-on project, part of CompGen - Association for Computer Genealogy . Recognized project of citizen science | Free of charge | Germany |
| Family advertisements in daily newspapers | 3,810,634 | family displays.genealogy.net | Collection of family notices from daily newspapers (baptisms, weddings, obituaries). Operated by CompGen - Verein für Computergenealogie . | Free of charge | Germany |
| Monument project | 3,237,367 | denkmalprojekt.org | The database contains names and photos of memorials to the fallen. | Free of charge | Germany |
| WeRelate | 2,800,000 | werelate.org | Genealogy wiki in the United States operated by the Foundation for On-Line Genealogy and the Allen County Public Library . The users are required to document the sources - the focus is on primary sources . The upload of GEDCOM files is possible. Existing data records are merged, which means that duplicates are excluded. | ||
| Archion | 2,500,000 | archion.de | Digitization of Protestant church book pages | Chargeable | Germany |
| Working group for population registers | 1,841,822 | akvz.de | Collection of handwritten censuses from 1693 to 1864. | North Germany | |
| Bremen passenger lists | 738.101 | Passenger lists.de | Database of the " MAUS " - Society for Family Research e. V. Bremen in cooperation with the State Archives Bremen . | Germany | |
| Rodovid | 809.005 | rodovid.org | Wiki pages with many family trees of famous people. | ||
| Wikipedia people search | 779.629 | Wikipedia people search | Searches through the list of all biographies contained in the German-language Wikipedia. |
Genealogical meta search engines
Meta search engines use many existing search engines on the Internet at the same time . A search query only needs to be created once. The results of the various data sources are presented in a standardized and sorted manner.
| Surname | Number of person records | Web link | description | costs | Country (seat) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GlobalGenSearch | 11,000,000,000 | GlobalGenSearch | Searches most of the major genealogical databases worldwide. | Free of charge | Germany |
| Genealogy.net metasearch | 40,000,000 | Metasearch in Genealogy.net | We searched the following databases: FOKO ( Fo rscher- Ko ntakte) GedBas (genealogical database), online local heritage books, historical address books, club members databases, grave project, casualty lists WW1, Volkszählregister Schleswig-Holstein, grave stones Ostfriesland. Operated by CompGen - Verein für Computergenealogie . | Free of charge | Germany |
Individual evidence
- ↑ The information on the number of personal data records comes from the respective operator pages. Updated overview
- ↑ Citizens create knowledge: digital documentation of gravestones.
Remarks
- ↑ The IDs used for the people and their family trees (e.g. 1219229714) can only be viewed as a snapshot, as they potentially change with each new upload of GEDCOM files. This explains that the said ID on August 6, 2019. "Friedrich TRUMP" (see archive link ), but to "Una Valerie COKER" (see the June 16, 2020 Archive Link pointed).
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↑ If individual references from this database are used on Wikipedia, an archive link must be used immediately:
- go to archive.org/web ;
- Enter the URL at the bottom right below "Save Page Now" and click on the "SAVE PAGE" button;
- use the archive link generated in this way in the article. Copy template for this:
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