Cyndislist.com

Author: Kalicia Bateman

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The Good

• Information
• Categories
• Free

Cyndislist.com is an award-winning site with clout and prestige. The amount of information available here is astounding. In addition to presenting the typical research information sources (SSDI, Passenger lists, Census, etc.), Cyndi has indexed hundreds of thousands of sites with an immense amount of information. Information is divided into categories and sub-categories and a few clicks allow the user to hone their research quite easily. Best of all - using Cyndislist.com is free to all.

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The Bad

• Lack of interaction

One might consider the lack of interaction with the list owner as a negative. Cyndislist.com has a vast following, and due to time issues, Cyndi is unable to interact with her visitors as much as she would like. However, there are other sites in which this interaction is easily available. There is a category for Chat/IRC clients with discussions about genealogy, but the last update was in 2012. (Nearly every other category has an update of the current year at the time of this review - 2014.)

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The Bottom Line

Cyndislist.com is a comprehensive collection of categorized links leading the researcher to a wealth of information online. This site is organized well - perhaps there is a bit too much to sift through in some categories - and the information is up-to-date and pertinent. While Cyndislist.com has a lot of information, we recommend looking elsewhere for you genealogy needs.