Genealogy Mailing Lists

It can be very valuable to share your problems and successes in your research with other genealogists.

Several Usenet newsgroups for genealogy exist. For more information on a group, follow its charter or FAQ link.

soc.genealogy.misc

• General genealogical discussions. FAQ.

soc.genealogy.computing

• Genealogical computing & net resources.

soc.genealogy.marketplace

• For advertising goods and services of unique interest to genealogists. FAQ.

soc.genealogy.methods

• Genealogical methods and resources. (Moderated)

soc.genealogy.surnames.britain

• Surname queries for Great Britain, Channel Islands, Isle of Man (Moderated)

soc.genealogy.surnames.canada

• Surname queries for Canada (Moderated)

soc.genealogy.surnames.german

• Surname queries for German-speaking areas of Europe (Moderated)

soc.genealogy.surnames.ireland

• Surname queries for Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (Moderated)

soc.genealogy.surnames.usa

• Surname queries for United States of America and territories (Moderated)

soc.genealogy.surnames.misc

• Surname queries for Other countries (Moderated)
• Everything that appears in any soc.genealogy.surnames.* group. FAQ.

soc.genealogy.african

• Genealogy of Africa and the African Diaspora. FAQ.

soc.geneanealogy.austrlogy.australia+nz

• Australia, New Zealand and their territories.

soc.genealogy.benelux

• The Benelux countries of Belgium, Holland and Luxemborg.

soc.genealogy.french

• Francophone genealogy.

fr.rec.genealogie

• Francophone genealogy in French.

soc.genealogy.german

• Family history including a German background.

soc.genealogy.hispanic

• Genealogy of Hispanic People.

soc.genealogy.italian

• Italian Genealogy and Family Heraldry.

soc.genealogy.jewish

• Jewish genealogy. (Moderated)

soc.genealogy.medieval

• Genealogical research AD 500 to 1600. FAQ.

soc.genealogy.nordic

• Nordic genealogy group.

soc.genealogy.slavic

• Genealogy of Slavic Peoples

soc.genealogy.west-indies

• Danish Genealogy

dk.historie.genealogi (in Danish)

GenForum hosts many surname based discussion groups.

Some of the above newsgroups and many mailing lists are listed on the Mailing Lists section of the Genealogy Resources on the Internet guide or the Genealogy Newsgroups & Listservers page. The Genealogy Newsgroups Finder Page lists all known genealogy newsgroups, gives links to access them through Deja News and has links to the archives of many genealogy mailing lists.

In addtion to the above, there are a number of BBS systems, not directly connected to internet, that carry genealogy discussion groups and files. Most of genealogy related BBS systems are connected with FIDOnet.

The The SURNAME-ORIGINS-L Mailing List is for discussion of where surnames come from

Genealogy Friends has chat forums for for Canada and U.S. genealogy.

The UK-Northwest Mailing List is for discussion of the genealogy of Cumberland, Lancashire, and Westmorland counties

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