Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog: 50 most popular genealogy sites

ProGenealogists has named its 50 most popular genealogy websites for 2010.

The rankings were based on stats from the first quarter of the year, as measured by four major ranking companies.

Read the official press release here. For more on the selection process, see an article in the Digital Genealogist.

Here are the 50 sites as detailed in Kory L. Meyerink's blog post. In parenthesis after each site, see its 2009 and 2008 rankings. Eight new sites are also identified.

1- Ancestry.com $ - Leading genealogical data site, with some articles, instruction and reference help. (1>1)
2- FamilyLink.com – (New) One of the most popular FaceBook apps helps people identify and network with family.(80>72)
3- MyHeritage.com - Focuses on genealogy community building and networking.(3>3)
4- FamilySearch.org - Major data website (LDS Church sponsored) includes IGI, census records, library catalog and more, instruction and reference help. (5>5)
5- Genealogy.com $ - Major data site, with instruction and reference help.(2>4)
6- RootsWeb.com - Major data site, with free instruction and reference help. (4>2) 7- FindAGrave.com - More than 45 million cemetery inscriptions and photos. (7>7)
8- USGenWebArchives.net – (New) Large collection of free data, by state, and searchable across the entire collection. (not ranked)
9- OneGreatFamily.com $ - Primarily family trees sharing and collaboration website. (11>9)
10- GenealogyToday.com - Includes instruction, reference articles, and some unique data collections. (12>11)
11- AncestorHunt.com - Collected genealogy links. (11>12)
12- SearchForAncestors.com - Interactive directory of free genealogy websites and data.(19>21) 13- AccessGenealogy.com - Includes references to helpful articles, especially for Native American information, and some data. (14>13)
14- CyndisList.com - Huge subject catalog of genealogy webpage links. (17>15)
15- EllisIsland.org - Database of 24 million New York passenger arrivals free to search. Passenger list images can be printed/purchased. (20>14)
16- Interment.net - Transcribed, indexed cemetery inscriptions. (16>16)
17- WorldVitalRecords.com $ - Data collection by Family Link, more than a billion records, instruction and reference help. (13>10)
18- USGennet.org - Historical and genealogical web hosting service. (15>17)
19- GenealogyBank.com $ - Database with index and images of newspapers and early books.(31>41)
20- FamilyTreeDNA.com - DNA testing service focused upon family history test types. (26>27)
21- GeneBase.com - A DNA ancestry cataloguing project (24>24)
22- CensusFinder.com - Links to free census records. (29>40)
23- DeathIndexes.com - Lists of links to US death records, by state. (25>31)
24- Linkpendium.com – Nine million genealogy links organized by state/county and surname.(24>35)
25- Genealogytrails.com - Free data contributed by volunteers (35>NR)
26- JewishGen.org - Jewish, reference, instruction, coordination, databases. (32>28)
27- GenealogyBuff.com – (New) Free genealogy search site with hundreds of data sources.(134.NR)
28- FamilyTreeMaker.com - Ancestry.com's genealogical software homepage. (21>20)
29- KindredKonnections.com $ - Grassroots-created data site with compiled family trees, some extracted records. (22>19)
30- FamilyTiez.com – (New) A site where families can establish their own pages to share news, photos, events and genealogy with each other. (not ranked)
31- Geni.com - Web 2.0, focuses on genealogy community building and networking. (8>18)
32- HeritageQuestOnline.com $ - Census, PERSI (the periodical index), books. (39>39)
33- MyFamily.com - Hosts family websites for sharing photos, genealogy, and more. (5>5)
34- DistantCousin.com - Online archive of genealogy records and images of historical documents. (23>22)
35- TribalPages.com - Family trees hosting and charting program. (28>25)
36- PoliticalGraveyard.com - Comprehensive source of US political biography that tells where many dead politicians are buried. (33>34)
37- Footnote.com $ - With the US National Archives, it offers data, original records images and more. (9>8)
38- FamilyHistory101.com - Less than three years old, instruction/guidance for genealogists (47>107)
39- CousinConnect.com - Large free queries website. (27>23)
40- GenoPro.com - Genealogy software produces genograms (37>53)
41- Archives.com $ – (New) Major new subscription data site, launched July 2009, more than a billion names. (not ranked)
42- GenWed.com - Online marriage records, where to order, some indexes, and more. (43>42)
43- Dar.org - Largest lineage society; includes library catalog, 32-million name index. (49>67)
44- ThePeerage.com – (New) Genealogical survey of peerage of Britain and royal families of Europe. (53>58)
45- Genealogy.org – (New) Listing of 400+ registered websites, ranked weekly by hits. (69>56) 46- AncientFaces.com - Share genealogy research, community pages, family photos & records for free. (48>38)
47- ObitLinksPage.com - State-by-state directory of obituaries and obituary resources. (not ranked)
48- SurnameWeb.org – (New) Collection of surname website links; online since 1996. (62>26)
49- US-Census.org - Census abstracts (U.S. GenWeb Census Project) (45>37)
50- Genuki.org.uk - Large collection of genealogical information pages for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man. (34>32)

No longer in the top 50 (with their old rank):

Census-Online.com - (Down from 38)
GenealogyLinks.net - (Down from 50)
USGenWeb.com - (Down from 30)
Geneanet.org - (Down from 42)
Daddezio.com - (Down from 41)
GenCircles.com – (Down from 36)
ObitCentral.com - (Down from 29)
FindMyPast.com $ - (Down from 46)