Watch our local hstory and genealogy librarian Mary Buelow share tips on Researching Your Family's Roots.

Genealogy for Beginners

• Cyndi's List for Beginners
• Gale Courses
  Free six-week-long online courses, including Genealogy Basics!

General

• AncestryLibrary (in library use only)
• Cyndi's List
• FamilySearch
  Please note: we are not an affiliate library of Family Search.
• Family Genealogy & History Directory
• Genealogy.org
• HeritageQuest Database (requires HPL library card)
• National Archives for Genealogists/Historians
• Researching Your Family's Roots
• USGenWeb Project
• WIGenWeb Project Rock County

Census

• AncestryLibrary (in library use only)
• HeritageQuest Database (requires HPL library card)
• Clues in Census Records 1790-1840
• Clues in Census Records 1850-1930
• 1940 Census - National Archives
• Soundex Coding System

 
Immigration

• Cyndi's List - Immigration
• Ellis Island Online
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guide - Passenger Lists

Obituaries & Cemeteries

• Dead or Alive
• Find A Grave
• Obituaries at Hedberg Public Library
• Online Death Indexes & Records by State
• World Newspapers Online

Vital Records

• Rock County Register of Deeds
• Vitalrec.com
• Wisconsin Genealogical Research Service
• Wisconsin Vital Records Services
• Earliest filed Wisconsin Records by County

Genealogical Societies & Libraries

• Rock County Genealogical Society
• Rock County Historical Society
• Family History Centers in Wisconsin
• German Interest Group (GIG) - Wisconsin
• Wisconsin Historical Society
• Wisconsin State Genealogical Society
  
• Library of Congress

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