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Cyndis List Roots Television Interview

At the recent 4th annual Wholly Genes Cruise the world famous Dick Eastman, with the help of Roots Television, was able to interview Cyndi Howells from Cyndislist.com.

Cyndi’s list, recently mentioned in a top 10 list of sites to visit by the Free Genealogy blog, has over 2450,000 cross referenced links to genealogy sites all over the world.  A leader in the original genealogy listing sites Cyndi has done more for opening up Genealogy to the masses than many of the larger sites put together.

Find out about Cyndis views and her thoughts on how the Cyndis List operation is run.  The whole interview can be seen here - http://www.rootstelevision.com/players/player_conferences.php?bctid=2474692001

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For all of your genealogy fans out there surfing the web and finding family information… Ancestry.com’s parent company, The Generations Network, has recently announced the availability of an Ancestry Toolbar. The Toolbar is a new feature that you can add to your Windows browser (Internet Explorer or Firefox) and use to save photos and stories you find on the Web to a person in your Ancestry Member Tree. With the toolbar, it’s possible to:

I recently talked about the new age of online genealogy and had a great response from this article about how the web is changing what and how and when we conduct research into our family history.

However, through daily online browsing it’s come to my attention that there are a whole range of “old” genealogy sites that have stood the test of time and that are still as popular as ever.  With that in mind here’s a quick overview of some of the top sites around the web.

	Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet: This is probably the most popular genealogy index on the web. Cyndi’s site features over 16,800 links, categorized and cross-referenced, in over 60 categories, and is updated with impressive frequency.
	US GenWeb: This site serves as the entrance to the massive US GenWeb project, wherein volunteers across the US maintain linked websites about their states and counties. This page contains information about the project and links to state-level GenWeb sites.
	Rootsweb: The website of the genealogical data co-operative offers several different services to the genealogical community, including web-page hosting, search indexes and registries. This site tries to offer links to actual information, not just links to links.
	Helm’s Genealogy Toolbox: An attractive site with links to several tools of use to genealogists, including various guides and indexes, area-specific information and data on associations of interest to genealogists.
	Family Tree Maker Online: The only commercial site to make it into our top ten, the FTM site offers an extensive “how-to” guide, a genealogy mall, the 115-million-name Family Finder index, message boards, a biography assistant and more.
	Surname Research: A great site to visit when you’re doing genealogy late at night and in danger of falling asleep. Lots of bright colors, lots of enthusiasm and lots of surname data and articles.
	All About Genealogy: This site provides family history articles, historical files, graphics and many other items of interest to family historians. The Genealogy site and the Bookmarks will be of interest to a broader range of visitors.
	Ancestry & Social Security Death Index: Ancestry Hometown features an online database library, advice columns and Julianna’s links page.

So, a few good genealogy sites to run through that might take your fancy but come back soon for some more of the modern day sites that I’ll be reviewing soon.  Maybe you have a site that you would like Free Genealogy to review?  Send in your request today.