www.findagrave.com

This website links you to the graves of famous people, but more importantly - it can link you to the tombstones of your ancestors! Some of the entries have copies of the obituaries. One record I found contained family links and within 3 minutes I was able to jump from a woman born in 1888 in McCloud Co. Minnesota to her father born in 1861 in Nieuwstadt, Limburg, Netherlands to his father born 1825 in Nieuwstadt. It's worth taking some time to check this site out :)