This winter may be the perfect time to make a cup of tea and finally start that family history project. Here are a few links to websites you may find helpful in addition to  Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest

Castle Garden Before Ellis Island became an immigration center, over 8 million people entered the United States through Castle Garden.

Family Search is a free collection of billions of genealogy records which is available from home.

Massachusetts Archives  The Archives is the repository for Massachusetts records generated by state government.

National Archives The records that are most commonly used by genealogists include Census, Military, Immigration (Ship Passenger Lists), Naturalization, and Land records.

WikiTree Collaborate with other genealogists.