Finding Roots on the Web A long, annotated list of sites. GenForum is a collection of surname bulletin boards.
Genealogists post messages and hope for responses.
FamilySearch is the Latter Day Saints' Website. They have made their indexes available online. USGenWeb is the place to start for genealogical information by state. Library of Virginia has scanned some of their index files that are searchable. Bureau of Land Management has scanned land records that are searchable.