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Free genealogy websites, no paywall
Every site below lets you search and view records for free. Two ask for a free account and are marked. Subscription-only services are left out on purpose.
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- FamilySearchfree account
Largest free genealogy site: family trees, census, vital and church records. Free account required.
- WikiTree
Free collaborative family tree with sourced profiles.
- Find a Grave
Free grave and cemetery records with photos and family links.
- BillionGraves
Free GPS-tagged headstone photos and transcriptions.
- Cyndi’s List
Free directory of more than 300,000 categorized genealogy links.
Government and archive records
- National Archives (NARA) genealogy
Census, military, immigration and Native American records from the U.S. National Archives.
- 1950 U.S. Census
Free name-searchable 1950 census images from the National Archives.
- BLM General Land Office Records
Free federal land patents and survey plats, useful for land and allotment research.
- USGenWeb Archives
Free volunteer-transcribed census, deeds, wills, obituaries and cemetery records by state and county.
- Genealogy Trails
Free volunteer transcriptions of local records by state and county.
- Access Genealogy
Free indexes and guides, including Native American and Dawes Roll search.
- Ellis Island Passenger Searchfree account
Free New York passenger arrival records, 1892–1957. Free registration required.
Books and newspapers
- Internet Archive: Genealogy
Free family histories, county histories, directories and yearbooks.
- HathiTrust Digital Library
Free full-text search; full view of public-domain books.
- Chronicling America (Library of Congress)
Free historic U.S. newspapers, 1736–1963.
- Gateway to Oklahoma History
Free Oklahoma newspapers, photographs and documents.
- Oklahoma Digital Prairie
Free Oklahoma state library and archive collections.
Native American and Dawes Roll
- Oklahoma Historical Society: Dawes Final Rolls index
Free searchable index: name, age, sex, blood degree, card number, tribe and enrollment number.
- National Archives: Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes
Free digitized Index to the Final Rolls, browse by tribe.
- FamilySearch: Applications for Enrollment, 1898–1914free account
Free index of about 101,000 Dawes enrollees. Free account required.
- Access Genealogy: Search the Dawes Rolls
Free name search of the Final Rolls.
- Cyndi’s List: Enrollment and tribal membership
Free directory of other tribal rolls.