📊 Source Intelligence
Useful for: Records access and how families actually preserve memory.
What we learn from them: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative.
How we compete: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory.
| Source | Group | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| FamilySearch familysearch.org | Trace & Remember | Free global records. |
Why it’s on the study list: filed under Trace & Remember — Free global records. Study angle: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative. Our edge: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory. Visit familysearch.org → | ||
| Ancestry ancestry.com | Trace & Remember | Records & DNA. |
Why it’s on the study list: filed under Trace & Remember — Records & DNA. Study angle: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative. Our edge: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory. Visit ancestry.com → | ||
| FindAGrave findagrave.com | Trace & Remember | Cemetery records. |
Why it’s on the study list: filed under Trace & Remember — Cemetery records. Study angle: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative. Our edge: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory. Visit findagrave.com → | ||
| National Archives archives.gov | Trace & Remember | US federal records. |
Why it’s on the study list: filed under Trace & Remember — US federal records. Study angle: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative. Our edge: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory. Visit archives.gov → | ||
| Library of Congress loc.gov | Trace & Remember | Historical collections. |
Why it’s on the study list: filed under Trace & Remember — Historical collections. Study angle: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative. Our edge: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory. Visit loc.gov → | ||
| Newspapers.com newspapers.com | Trace & Remember | Archived newspapers. |
Why it’s on the study list: filed under Trace & Remember — Archived newspapers. Study angle: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative. Our edge: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory. Visit newspapers.com → | ||
| Cyndi's List cyndislist.com | Trace & Remember | Genealogy link index. |
Why it’s on the study list: filed under Trace & Remember — Genealogy link index. Study angle: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative. Our edge: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory. Visit cyndislist.com → | ||
| Geni geni.com | Trace & Remember | Collaborative family tree. |
Why it’s on the study list: filed under Trace & Remember — Collaborative family tree. Study angle: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative. Our edge: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory. Visit geni.com → | ||
| USGenWeb usgenweb.org | Trace & Remember | Free state/county records. |
Why it’s on the study list: filed under Trace & Remember — Free state/county records. Study angle: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative. Our edge: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory. Visit usgenweb.org → | ||
| Chronicling America chroniclingamerica.loc.gov | Trace & Remember | Historic US newspapers. |
Why it’s on the study list: filed under Trace & Remember — Historic US newspapers. Study angle: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative. Our edge: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory. Visit chroniclingamerica.loc.gov → | ||
| Fold3 fold3.com | Records & Archives | Military records. |
Why it’s on the study list: filed under Records & Archives — Military records. Study angle: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative. Our edge: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory. Visit fold3.com → | ||
| WikiTree wikitree.com | Records & Archives | Single shared family tree. |
Why it’s on the study list: filed under Records & Archives — Single shared family tree. Study angle: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative. Our edge: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory. Visit wikitree.com → | ||
| MyHeritage myheritage.com | Records & Archives | Records & DNA. |
Why it’s on the study list: filed under Records & Archives — Records & DNA. Study angle: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative. Our edge: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory. Visit myheritage.com → | ||
| BillionGraves billiongraves.com | Records & Archives | GPS cemetery records. |
Why it’s on the study list: filed under Records & Archives — GPS cemetery records. Study angle: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative. Our edge: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory. Visit billiongraves.com → | ||
| AccessGenealogy accessgenealogy.com | Records & Archives | Free records incl. Native American. |
Why it’s on the study list: filed under Records & Archives — Free records incl. Native American. Study angle: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative. Our edge: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory. Visit accessgenealogy.com → | ||
| David Rumsey Maps davidrumsey.com | Records & Archives | Historical map archive. |
Why it’s on the study list: filed under Records & Archives — Historical map archive. Study angle: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative. Our edge: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory. Visit davidrumsey.com → | ||
| DAR dar.org | Records & Archives | Revolutionary-era lineage. |
Why it’s on the study list: filed under Records & Archives — Revolutionary-era lineage. Study angle: The record giants win on database size, but the engaging sites win on storytelling — turning documents into narrative. Our edge: We compete on intimacy: one family, told well, with primary documents and living memory. Visit dar.org → | ||