The following sites have been chosen for their creativity and presentation of information dealing with Celtic Heritage and family research in the year 2000.

January
~ Australian ~ Ancestral Pages

•     "Val's Home Page" is a personal insight to a great family from Brisbane Australia. Impressive graphics, great music, beautiful pictures of this great country and much more! Read all about the history of Val's family - "The Clan Home/Hume". Val has put a lot of work into her site; a visit is a must! Enjoy your visit to this excellent web site.
  
  
•    "Scottish Names Research" straight from Australia; history, music, special interest areas, all from and about Scotland. Peter Fraser-Tibbett is the webmaster of this site. A neat, colorful, and informative site; with a flair to share. Thanks Peter for all of your efforts. Enjoy!

February
~ Data Resources ~

•     "Zenah's Genealogy Home Page." Another home page that started off as a helper to U.K. researchers beginning to become an international site. The data for births and marriages has been submitted by volunteers - a lot of volunteers! A great website to visit and to find information that is all about the present. Thanks Zena for your continued hard work.
  
  
•    "Firstmom's Genealogy Resources and Records" This site is awesome. A site organized with loads and loads of useful information -- over 2000 links, with categories for states, countries, military, professional genealogy researchers, free things for genealogists, searches, ship passenger lists, and more. For those studying family from Indiana this site will be worth your time to visit. Thanks Kathy for all of your efforts. Enjoy!

March
~Asian ~ Ancestral Pages

•    "People In India" The author, Glenn Boyes is a member of the Hampshire Genealogical Society and the Families in British India Society. This personal site has 3211 individuals and 1119 families representing 733 surnames in the authors' database. An excellent site to check out for ancesters originating from India. Thanks Glenn for all of your hard work.
  
  
•    "Family History of India" Another impressive site is an understatement to say the least. Cathy Day offers the researcher the vehicle for: Tracing British, European and Anglo-Indian family history in India, Burma, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Her work is well organized with information useful to the full spectrum of research. In other words, the well-seasoned AND the newest researcher will find this site a link to come back to again and again. Thanks Cathy for all of your efforts. Enjoy!

April
~ European ~ Ancestral Pages

•    "Researching Russian Roots" The author, Mikhail Kroutikhin has created this site in conjunction with the WorldGenWeb. He has taken the time to not only do an outstanding job on researching his own ancesters but has allowed the researcher to share in his work. The links include areas that are very new to the web - Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. Well done Mikhail! Thank you for sharing these newly located sites for Eastern Europe.
  
  
•     "Genealogylinks.net" This site has over 5,500 links, inclding ship's passenger lists, church records, cemetery transcriptions, military records and censuses for Europe. There has been a great deal of work put behind this site. It is informative and well organized with researchers - old and new kept in mind.

May
~ Italian ~ Ancestral Pages

•     "Gaetano OnLine" Although there really isn't a place on the web where you can stop at and find all of your research information Gaetano Online is as close as you will ever get. The author, Thomas G. Buccigross, has done an outstanding job at bringing information to the Italian researcher. There seems to be no stone left unturned -- this site is a MUST visit. Thank you Tom. You remind me that learning is a never ending cycle.
  
  
•     "Joe's Italian Genealogy Page" Unbelievable, just when I thought you couldn't get any better than Gaetone Online, I locate Joe Caropepe's web site. Joe, as well, has done an amazing job at collecting information for the Italian researcher. Please visit Joe's site and see for yourself. Thank you Joe for your great efforts.

June
~ South African ~ Ancestral Pages

•     "German South African Resource Page" The author, Joachim Schubert has taken pains at creating a site which is a source for solid information. An excellent, down to business site for researching German ancestry in South Africa Thank you Joachim.
  
  
•     "Genealogy Helplist South Africa" There are so many behind the genealogy scenes willing to assist others in their research. The Genealogy Helplist is one group that MacLinks feels deserves recogniton for their efforts. The Helplist consists of volunteers who are willing to help others by looking up specific items at institutions near them, or help supply other information easily accessible to them. Bravo and thank you for your kindness and selflessness.

July
~ USA Civil War ~ Data Pages

•     "The Georgia State Line : Joe Brown's Pets" The author{s}, Ricky Ray has created a site for the Civil War Buff. Together with pictures, history and rosters Ricky presents an excellent, down to business site for researching the men and women who fought closer to their own states; in this case it is Georgian Citizens. Congratulations on your project Ricky!
  
  
•     "Ancestral Trails" This website is well thought out with an abundance of information for the researcher. Our focus is the outstanding effort put into gathering the information on the Civil War Rosters for all States involved. Virginia Leddy, the author, has done a remarkable job - A MUST VISIT!

August
~ Data Resources ~

•     "C.P. Roots.Com" The author{s}, Rick and Carolyn Cunningham have combined forces to create a fantastic site! There is a plethora (love that word) of great links and information to take time and surf through. Their selections have been done with care, especially with the researcher in mind. We are pleased to have found this site and to able to pass on its' whereabouts to you. Check it out.
  
  
•     "Bill Martin's Genealogy Pages"     Bill is from Thunder Bay Ontario, "just up the line" from MacLinks' humble beginnings. Being from Ontario and knowing that ancestral connections are world wide, we have found Bill's website a terrific base for researchers dealing with Ontario Canada. ~ And Not Only That!!! ~ The data found here originates not just from Ontario BUT Canada, Finland and Bills' own family roots. Thanks Bill for your hard work!

September
~ Scotland ~ Ancestral Pages

•     "ScotlandsClans.com"     Straight from Edinburgh, ScotlandsClan.Com is a site that is meant to assist both the newbie and the hardened researcher. Care has been taken not to waste your time but instead gets to the point quickly in assisting the researcher on his/her quest. There appears to be something for everyone ---- Scottish homepages - over 170 Scottish surnames, beginners research guide, newsletter mailing list, free family website, Scottish shops, messageboard and a Scotland's clans chat room - well done authors..
  
  
•     "The Gathering of the Clans"    The webmaster of this site, has put together an excellent group of topics that are not only informative but layed out in a manner that is creative and easy to navigate through. A must for any researcher. There is an awful lot of information at this site; be prepared to spend some time going through the topics that are presented. Thank you for your hard work.

October
~ Scottish Culture and Heritage ~

•     "The Clann"    This is somwhat of a commericial site BUT what an amazing site!!! Bring yourself back in time to view the Scotts as they were in the past. Although The Clann is one of Scotland's top fight display teams it does fill the gap for educating all in the rich and varied past of Scotland's people. You have to see it to believe it!! A tremendous educational website for student, parent, teacher and researcher. -- Well done.
  
  
•     "Ness-Scape"     Ness-Scape's Website will tell you all about the famous Nessie from Loch Ness, As this Loch is nestled within the Highlands, Carol the WebMistress, has taken great pains in bringing a little of the Higlands to the viewer. There are many other topics of discussion and interest at this site - See for yourself - Many thanks Carol for your excellent site.

November
~ Family ~ Ancestral Data and Research Pages

•     "Peeking Into My Past - Arnot's" Making the Connection; that's all that counts. Debbie Ricardson the WebMistress of this site, has done a super job in presenting her research to the viewer. The work is well documented and available for that special connection all of us are looking for. I am so pleased that I came across such a delightful website - Thank you Debbie.
  
  
•     "Fay Family HomePage" This family homepage is awesome! The WebMistress, Linda Fay Kaufman has done a superb job in presenting a well planned website. It is a breeze to navigate through with stops at thoughtful and informative web pages. Thank you Linda for an excellent job!

December
~ History ~ Military Research Pages

•     "Scots at War Project" This exerpt has been taken from the index page: "The aims of the Project are: to advance research, to collate information and data sources and to educate the public of all ages on the history of Scots at war." I was most impressed with this informative site. I suggest those that are interested in Scottish Military History take the time to browse through the many excellent, "Scots at War Project" pages. Thank you Dr. Diana M. Henderson for your work in this area.
  
  
•     "Black Watch Archive" The Black Watch Archive's WebMaster Ian Davidson, has created a site filled with information dealing with this famous regiment. A must for Scottish military history researchers. Well done Ian.