25 Best Sites for Beginners - Might get a free one page view. I sometimes can get to this without being signed in with a subscription. It's an awesome comprehensive list of the most important genealogy websites. A MUST
Familysearch is a must and it's totally free. If you are willing to pay for a subscription, I highly recommend using Ancestry.com. When I'm working, I bounce between Familysearch and ancestry.com. Since they are ultimately owned by the same company(ies), there, are some records that you'll see in both places (ie Census). However, there are many types of records Ancestry.com has that Familysearch does not, and the reverse is also true. For example, Familysearch has the actual images of many death certificates which are not in Ancestry, and Ancestry has millions of city directories which are not in Familysearch.
So I say visit BOTH! and visit systematically with each and every deceased person in your tree.
BillionGraves seems to have been built around GPS data points. So if you're out in a cemetery trying to locate a specific grave, BillionGraves is a great tool. The web automatically displays other graves which should be nearby, in addition to the GPS location. Pictures of the graves as well as the area around the graves are often attached.
Findagrave seems to be built around the cemeteries. Then, the website allows you to easily connect or view family members, regardless of where their families are buried. Pictures of the grave, the overall cemetery, person, as well as obituaries or death certificates will often be attached.
Both BillionGraves and Findagrave data is found in both Ancestry and Familysearch. However, the photos which are attached most of the time do not appear in Ancestry or Familysearch. The pictures of the cemeteries, and GPS location information, nearby graves, etc, etc, all don't pull over either. There is also a time delay between the new information in BillionGraves or Findagrave getting over to Familysearch and Ancestry. Volunteers around the world are daily entering new information into BillionGraves and Findagrave.
So once again, I say visit BOTH! and visit systematically with each and every deceased person in your tree.
There are literally thousands of Newspaper websites. There are websites entirely devoted to maintaining lists of links for newspapers. I don't have the time I wish I had to spend exploring the different newspaper websites. Here are my go to's for newspapers. I spend most of my time in the first 2 listed.
Newspapers.com allows you to save your clipping to your Ancestry tree. I love this feature. It not only saves a link to the clipping as a source on your tree, but it even pulls over the image. SUBSCRIPTION
NewspaperArchives.com has a very interesting feature of saving a person's profile and letting it automatically search for you. You can also attach clippings to the person, and reject or approve their finds. SUBSCRIPTION
Ohio Newspapers - FREE
Dayton OH Obits - FREE
FamilyTree Magazine - Newspapers. Seriously the best help resource I've found on all things Genealogy overall. FREE
The Ancestor Hunt - Newspapers. is an excellent resource on the How's and Why's of newspaper research as well as excellent Free Newspaper Links. FREE
Set a goal at the beginning of each working session, set a timer. Also consider setting a longer term goal, and make sure your goals each working session contribute to the larger goal.