Tod's links

REFERENCE

Ancestry.com - The most popular commercial genealogy site. Free searching but you will need to pay to view detailed results.
Ancestry.com resource page - specialized page to introduce users to Ancestry.com

Archive.com - Over 6 million public domain ebooks including genealogy books

Billiongraves - Another popular grave site

Cyndi's Genealogy Links - Very complete reference site on many topics.

Ellis Island Passenger Search - Has 51+ million records online. You will need to register with them to see detailed search results

Ellis Island Information page with links - Provides a nice overview of Ellis Island along with usful external links for exploring in detail

FamilySearch - Free search with census, birth/death records including SSDI, military records, user submitted trees and more.

Find A Grave - Over 120 million grave records

Genforum - Many surname forums but read only since 2014.

Google Books - There are good number of free genealogy books here which can often be downloaded as PDF files

Google Groups - Archive of Usenet newsgroups (like soc.genealogy.medieval) which can provide useful information

RootsWeb Mailing list archive search - Many archived mailing lists available for searching.

The Surname Web - Growing list of surnames with address of resarcher

US Genweb - State links - Find genealogical resources by State and county.

REGIONAL SITES (GenWeb)

Belmont County, OH GenWeb project (McMullen)

Miami County, OH Genealogical Researchers (Marshall/Furnas)

Newberry County, SC Genealogy (Many of my Quaker families came from here)

Randolph County, IN GenWeb project (Marshall)

ORGANIZATIONS

Mayflower Home Page

The National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons

The Winthrop Society - Membership site for those with ancestors on the Winthrop fleet

ROYALTY AND NOBILITY

Ancestry - Royal Collection

Britroyals - British Royal Family History

National Portrait Gallery - Kings and Queens: a Family Tree

Royal Descents of Famous People

Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest