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Starting Points

New to genealogy? Here are some sites to get you started:

Rootsweb The Internet's oldest and largest genealogy site. A non-commercial site.
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites The largest number of genealogy links on the Internet.
Ancestry Home Page You can browse their free databases and maps for a few days then they are put in a members area which requires a subscription. High quality databases.
Genealogy Portal The site is designed to assist genealogists in finding information that is not readily accessible through traditional genealogical link sites. All search engines and databases are free to all users.
Everton's Genealogical Helper Similar to Ancestry. They feature the Reference Library and the Genealogical Helper magazine.
Family Tree Maker They publish genealogy software and CD-ROM's. You'll find here a large number of user home pages and a good search tool across all their reference cd's.
Genealogy Gateway To The Web Free Genealogical Services & Well Over 60,000 Resource Listings
Dave Wilks free gedcom server A free resting place for your gedcom files.

McNeill Surname

Here are some sites specific to the McNeill surname (including variant spellings):
Discussion Forums

McNeil Family Genealogy Forum McNeil Family Genealogy Forum (includes all obvious variations).
Clan MacNeil Queries The discussion page for the Gathering of the Clans MacNeil web site.

Personal Web Pages

Alice Mason's Genealogy Page Lots of McNeill's, mostly North Carolina, starting from the late 1600's.
McNeill's Cellar Iowa & Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish. Neal McNeill in the 1850's.
McNeill Page Ruby Simonson McNeill's husbands ancestors. McNeill's from 1725, mostly from Canada.
Jan's Genealogy Page McNeill's in Virginia from 1755.
Kearn McNeill of Cook County, Illinois.
The McNeal Family Base Camp Includes 18th Century and Scottish things.
MCNEILS.COM Has information relating to the McNeil and Lyman Families around the World.
McNEIL Wills Genealogy on Pat Patterson's Pages The Will of James McNeil Fayette Co KY October 1864.
Ancestors of Thomas Benjamin McNeill Tom McNeill's Family Tree Maker site.
Nancy's Genealogy Links Includes McNeill, McNeil, McNeal, Nail, Neal, Neel, Neil, Niel. Mostly in Texas.
Welcome to Our Family Tree Main research on the Petrie and McNeill branches. Surnames mainly from Australia and regions throughout Scotland.
New and Fallen Leaves Joseph McNeill and his brother probably came to the Americas by way of England in 1700.
LaLa's Land Family Genealogy Pages McNeill Ancestry from 1595.
The McNeil Family Samuel and Sarah Skillen McNeil imigrated from the north of Ireland to America about 1740. Samuel served as a private in the Revolutionary War.
Back Trail of a Western Family Annie Margaret McNeil from Detroit, Michigan.
My Family Tree My father's great grandfather was a MacNeill of Barra.
42nd Alabama Infantry Confederate Army. Company C was commanded by Captain William D. McNeill.
The McNeely's of Carleton Place Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada.

Clans
Some of the sites listed below are described on the Clan introduction page.

The Clan MacNeil Association of America
Clan MacNeil Canada.
Clan MacNeil Nova Scotia.
The Clan MacNeil at the Gathering of the Clans site.
Clan MacNeil Scotland.
Clan MacNeil From the Celtic Society (of the Western Slope of Colorado).
Clan MacNeill of Colonsay
The Macneils of Barra and Gigha
Clann MacNeill Part of Robert M. Neil's Home Page.
MacNeil as approved by the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs.
Drunkeerin Genealogy Page McGrail/McGreal Sept of Connaught Ireland.
The Gathering of the Clans Home Page and The Clans of Irland web page.
Dalriada Celtic Heritage Trust
Niall of the Nine Hostages Information on Noígillach, Niall of the Nine Hostages, King of Ireland & Tara at the royal genealogy web site. Also try the Ancient Irish Royalty web site and The History of the Ui Niall.
The Ancient and Royal Family of O'Neill Browse the book.
O'Neill Surname by Lloyd Pearson.
The O'NEILL Homepage is a site for information on the Irish family O'Neill and their relatives.
Neill Who are the Celts? Neill's in Ancient Ireland. Niall of the Nine Hostages. Neill's in Scotland. Neill's in America.
The O'NEILL Family County Cork, Ireland.
O'Neill Message Board from clansandnames.org.
O'Neil Family Genealogy Forum from Family Tree Maker's GenForum.
O'Neall-O'Neill Genealogy is a one name study website for anyone researching the surname O'Neil or O'Neal or any variation of same.
O'Neill Clan Home Page from Australia.
The O'Neills of the Fews and the Johnstons of the Fews.
The O'Neill Family Of Ireland part of the Monaghans of Donegal web site.
The Clan Laughlin Society Shares a common ancestor.

Scots-Irish

Scotland

England Public Record Office The Public Record Office (PRO) is a public service run by the UK government. Anyone over the age of 14, from anywhere in the world, can come to the PRO and consult its holdings.
General Register Office for Scotland The General Register Office for Scotland is the UK Government department responsible for the registration of births, marriages, deaths, divorces and adoptions in Scotland.
Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web Genealogical data for the Royal Family of Britain, and this includes just about all the Royals for Europe.
MIMAS Home Page MIMAS provides on-line access to strategic research and teaching datasets to the UK academic community.
Scotland On Line A portal site for Scotland.
Genealogy Scotland Canadian link page to genealogy in Scotland.
Scotland Castles formerly Rampant Scotland, now scotz.com.

Ireland

The Irish Ancestral Research Association (TIARA) Links to sites for Irish research and other information.
Irish Ancestors The replacement of IRLGEN. Hosted by the Irish Times. Features a comprehensive genealogical guide for those interested in exploring their Irish heritage.
Doras Genealogy Directory Awards shamrocks to the best genealogy sites.
Leitrim-Roscommon Genealogy homepage The Leitrim-Roscommon Surname Data Base contains surnames which are specific to the Counties of Leitrim and Roscommon, and provides a means of checking for surnames that are being researched in these two Counties of Ireland.
Co.Antrin Web Site Includes the 1851 Country Antrim Census, which you can download.
Northern Irish References Information and resources regarding the history, settlement, and genealogy of Northern Ireland with special focus on the period known as the Cromwellian plantation and afterwards.
Irish links Homepage of the Kelly surname, with good Irish links.
Irish Genealogy on the Web Irish Genealogy on the Web presented by the Irish Genealogical Society.
Read Ireland The Web's Best Source for Books on Ireland. Search the book index.
Dunbrody The Spirit of Ireland The project involves the construction of a full scale sea-going replica of Dunbrody, a three masted barque, which carried many emigrants to the New World from 1845 to 1870.
Irish Castles A gallery of the Castles of Ireland.
Irish Ameican Webring A collection of personal home pages.
Irish Recordfinder Irish heritage and genealogy links.

Link Sites

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites The largest number of genealogy links on the Internet.
RAND Genealogy Club A group of RAND employees provide this page to share information about genealogical resources on the net.
Genealogy Is ... by Lori Hoffman Check out the Searchable Databases section.
Maui Net Genealogy An O'Neill site with a lot of links.
A Barrel of Genealogy Links Contains a list of bookmarks for access to various genealogy related WWW resources, sites and homepages.
Treasure Maps The How-to Genealogy WWW Site.
Genealogical Research links Part of the History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers.
Source List for Genealogy Research Part of the Kansas Heritage research area.
Richard Wilson's Links Alphabetical Listing of Genealogy Related Internet Sites Sorted by Topic.
Helm's Genealogy Toolbox Consists of seven sites designed to provide the tools necessary for genealogists to use the Internet to discover their family's history. Resources on the Genealogy Toolbox include a list of over 50,000 links to genealogical resources on the Internet.
Family Derivative Index This site is the focal point of a collection of internet links. From graphics to weather and from entertainment to genealogy.
Irish Links Link page of the Ancestor Detective site.
Genealogy Links Page Link page for Jack Mount's Home Place.
Irish heritage and genealogy links from the O'Dochartaigh Clan website

Search

Ancestry--The Genealogy Research HomeTown Search free new databases, Social Security Death Index (60 million names), the Ancestry World Tree (10 million names), Phone and Address Listings, or Juliana's Links. Search for Maps or Gazetteers.
Kentucky Vital Records Index Indexes to selected Kentucky Vital Records are available for searching.
The Association of American University Presses Search the online catalog or browse titles.
GeneaNet An individual or genealogy society can contribute information to GeneaNet's database. This information may prove valuable to you in your own research.
Search FuneralNet Over 20,000 U.S. Funeral Homes and over 1,100 Canadian Funeral Homes listed.
Ancestral Findings Free searches in genealogical CD-ROM's. Results returned by e-mail.
Cyndi's List Search Engines Over a dozen search engines can be searched. Use these sites to find Internet sites, e-mail addresses and specific resources by topic.
California Genealogical Research Mary Inglis Sims search service.
Lexington Herald-Leader - Online News Library Search the archives of every article published by the Pulitzer Prize winning Lexington Herald-Leader since 1983.
Genealogist's Index to the World Wide Web Cataloging and indexing sites on the web with information of interest to genealogists for 4 years. On-line research service.
Genealogy Helplist The Genealogy Helplist consists of volunteers who are willing to help others by looking up specific items at institutions near them, or help supply other information easily accessible to them.
IPUMS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series. Consists of twenty-five high-precision samples of the American population drawn from thirteen federal censuses. The twenty-five samples, which span the censuses of 1850 to 1990, collectively comprise a rich source of quantitative information on long-term changes in the American population.
NUCMC The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections is a free-of-charge cooperative cataloging program operated by the Library of Congress.
The USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project A project to transcribe old tombstones. You can view the Cemetery Registry by state.
Genealogy Directory of Cemetery Lists, Burial Records, and Tombstone Inscriptions Cemetery Interment Lists on the Internet. You can search for people, cemeteries, or places, on the website.
Internet FamilyFinder Searches Family Tree Maker's genealogy site for McNeill surname.

Maps

Oddens's Bookmarks The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping. If you can't find it here, then it probably isn't on the Internet!
PCL Map Collection A huge collection of maps, current and historic, from the University of Texas at Austin.
1895 U.S. Atlas Maps from the 1895 World Atlas.
U Georgia Rare Map Collection The Hargrett Rare Books and Manuscripts Library at the University of Georgia maintains a collection of about 800 historical maps spanning nearly 500 years, from the sixteenth century through the early twentieth century.
K.B. Slocum Books and Maps Commercial site. Has city, county, state, and special maps such as Civil War, Stage Routes, Pony Express, Treasure and other interest. Map kits are in several parts containing clear copies of several old and historic maps.
The Gold Bug Provides historical information and software for genealogical research, academic study, etc. Has a large selection of reproductions of early maps of the U.S., Europe and the world, going back to the 16th century.
Map and Geographic Information Center A collection of scanned historical maps of Connecticut, New England, and the U.S. From the University of Connecticut Libraries.
The TVA Map Store TVA's Map Store is the central repository for TVA's mapping program, which began in 1933. It provides not only current map-related material and data, but also historical records including topographic mapping, aerial photography, cadastral maps, and geodetic control data.
Kentucky in Maps Current maps. From the Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Travel.
Maps On Us A Map, Route and Yellow Pages Service. Current maps.

Databases

USGenWeb Project This is the home page for The USGenWeb Project. Consisting of a group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States, the Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free access for everyone.
USGenWeb Archives Search Page Search one of the largest sources of genealogical records. Search by state.
Roots Surname List A searchable registry of more than 600,000 surnames that have been submitted by more than 75,000 net.genealogists. Associated with each surname are dates and locations, and information about how to contact the person who submitted the surname.
Ancestry's Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Search over 60 million names in the Social Security Death Index at Ancestry.com, the most up-to-date SSDI on the internet.
Welcome to GENDEX The genealogical index currently indexes over eight million names. The database is available for online searching.
United States Vital Records Information This site contains information about where to obtain vital records (such as birth, death & marriage certificates and divorce decrees) from each state, territory and county of the United States.
Library of Virginia Digital Collections Contains searchable Virginia Colonial Records, Land Office Grants, Bible Records, and other original document images.
GENUKI Contents Pages UK and Ireland genealogy. Organized by country and by region.
Ohio Historical Society Online Resources Contains online research tools, documents, and services. Includes Death Certificate Index and Military Rosters.
Genealogical Database Index Gen Tree has a collection of searchable surname databases.
NEHGS New England Historic Genealogical Society has a search service. Commercial site.
MUSE Project MUSE puts scholarly journals online, including historical journals, and they are fully searchable.You can view the index, but access to the journals requires a paid subscription.
HCPD Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants. West Virginia and surrounding area genealogical web site.
Genealogy Is ... Lori Hoffman's Home Links to a lot of searchable databases.
Miami Valley Genealogical Index A searchable index of more than 535,000 records of some of the persons that were early residents in Ohio's Miami Valley.
Ohio River Valley Families Search the database or buy a CD-ROM.
Genealogy CD List Free lookups in genealogical CD's.
ROOTS-L Search Page Search through queries from the web's largest genealogical digest.
Library of Congress search form Search the Library of Congress.
Lineages, Inc Free searchable records for the United States, with thousands of names, and an extensive U.S. Gazetteer.
The Federation of East European Family History Societies Web Site has a search page.
Directory of Royal Genealogical Data A searchable database containing the genealogy of the British Royal family and those linked to it via blood or marriage relationships.
New South Wales Registry Searchable records of all births, deaths and marriages occurring in New South Wales
New York Marriages and Deaths Searchable index of Marriages and Deaths in New York Weekly Museum, 1788-1817
Indiana Marriages Indiana State Library Genealogy Division Database to an Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850.
The Political Graveyard A database of historic cemeteries, or The Web Site That Tells Where the Dead Politicians are Buried.
The Census Online List of websites containing mostly segments of the United States and foreign census reports.
1880 Census FTP site organized by state. Read the docs to understand how the site is organized.
New Mexico Genealogical Society Archives and Organizations with Online Indexes of Primary Records.

History

Making of America The Making of America is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.
American Memory Collections of historical documents, maps, photographs and much more. Sponsored by the Library of Congress. Searchable.
Irish History on the Web This site is a unique resource for anyone interested in learning about or researching a wide variety of Irish history topics
Genealogy Links for Historians Links to History Resources presented by the Department of History University of California, Riverside.
The American Local History Network A central point of entry to independent web sites with historical or genealogical content.
1700's Scots Irish Emigration Most of this history is a direct paste from a review of the movie, "God's Frontiersmen" which was written by Rory Fitzpatrick and shown on Irish TV.
DAR Patriot Index Lookups Form Lookup an ancestor from the Revolutionary War.
Sources for Early American History The Clements Library collects primary source materials in all formats relating to the history of America prior to the mid-twentieth century.
Jamestown Rediscovery An archaeological project. Jamestown Rediscovery is investigating the remains of 1607 Jamestown on the APVA property on Jamestown Island, Virginia.
Scottish History Timeline From 7000 B.C. to the present time.
Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County 1745-1800.
Early America Explore the world of early america through the media of the day, its newspapers, maps, magazines and writings.
The McNeill Rangers: A Study in Confederate Guerrilla Warfare West Virginia History.

Immigration

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Search by surname, date, port, ship or captain's name.
Genealogy Resources on the Internet - WWW_Passenger lists Links page.
The American Immigrant Wall of Honor A memorial at Ellis Island.
Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals on Microfilm Catalog of Microfilm Publications from the National Archives and Records Administration.
Locating Ship Passenger Lists by Myra Vanderpool Gormley A great place to start, if you are new to the research.
Passenger Lists These are Passenger Lists for emigrants, mainly from the UK and Continental Europe listed in date order and arranged by country of arrival.
NAI Transportation Records The National Archives of Ireland transportation records database.
New Netherland Ships' Passenger Lists An index by date in the 1600's. Has a great links page.

Travel

If you've made it this far with my Links, perhaps you could use a few jokes. Here are some Irish Jokes sites: Irish Jokes, More Irish Jokes and Mostly Irish Jokes. Enjoy!