U.S. & Finding your American Roots

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UNITED STATES

•	The National Archives Valuable records are preserved and are available to you, whether you want to see if they contain clues about your family’s history, need to prove a veteran’s military service, or are researching an historical topic that interests you.

•	National Genealogical Society The National Genealogical Society, a non-profit organization founded in 1903, is the premier national society for everyone from the beginner to the most advanced family historian.

•	United States Genealogy Sleuth These are all searchable online databases or informative tools

•	Online Birth & Marriage Records Indexes for the USA a genealogy guide for finding vital records also includes some divorce records

•	The USGen Web Project The USGenWeb Project consists of a group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States. The Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free access for everyone.

•	Online Searchable Death Indexes & Records This website is a directory of online death indexes listed by state and county. Included are death records, death certificate indexes, death notices & registers, obituaries, probate indexes, and cemetery & burial records. Also included is information about searching the Social Security Death Index online

•	Historical Newspapers and Indexes On The Internet - USA Directory of Historical Newspapers on the Internet

•	Geneasearch Resources to help find your ancestors including databases and free look ups.

•	TheShipsList: Passengers, Ships, Shipwrecks New from Ancestry, with over 10 million passenger lists and ... From this page find ship arrival information to Australia, Canada and the United States and ...

•	Search the Ellis Island Site

•	Search the US Social Security Death Index

•	Find Your United States Ancestors

•	Find Your Ancestors with the help of Genealogy Research Associates

•	US Department of Veterans Affairs - Nationwide Graveyard Locator Search for burial locations of veterans and their family members in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department of Interior cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private cemeteries when the grave is marked with a government grave marker at Nationwide Graveyard Locator

•	Online County Histories, Biographies & Indexes - USA A Genealogy Guide

•	US Maps: 1500-2004

•	National Society United States Daughters of 1812

•	Genealogy Trails Their goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data for the free use of all researchers.

MINNESOTA

•	Minnesota Genealogy on GeneaSearch Minnesota genealogy resources, look ups, societies, databases, queries, and related links.

•	Minnesota Cemetery Transcriptions

•	Minnesota Historical Society - Visual Resources Database As of September 2006, 191,400 objects in the Society's collections have been added to the Visual Resources Database. 127,620 of those entered have a corresponding digital image. The following collection areas have been entered: -Photographs: All photographs of places and subjects plus portraits of some of Minnesota's most prominent citizens. We are now entering portraits alphabetically by the individual's last name, beginning with the letter A. -Art: Approximately 95% of all the artwork in the collection. -Posters: All posters in the Society's collection. -Fine Art Photographs: All of the fine art photographs in the collection.

•	Minnesota Death Certificate Index 1904-2001

OHIO

•	Ohio Genealogy on GeneaSearch Ohio genealogy resources, look ups, societies, databases, queries, and related links.

•	Ohio Genealogical Society The Ohio Genealogical Society is the largest state genealogical society in the United States. Its mission is to meet the educational needs of its members and the general public through the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of genealogical and historical information.

•	Ohio Death Index Order Form

•	Ohio Cemetery Transcriptions

•	Ohio Death Certificate Index, 1913 - 1944 "You can now purchase photocopies of Ohio death certificates online. Use the Index to find and select your certificates, save them to your list and click on purchase to checkout through the . Copies cost $7 per certificate (Ohio residents pay 6.75% sales tax). New! You can now request copies of death certificates for the years 1909-1912 and 1945-1953 by completing an online request form and checking out through the Ohio History Store."

•	Heritage Pursuit A historical website containing extensive data on many counties in Ohio.

•	Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook The mission of the Ohio Memory Project is to provide access to historical treasures of Ohio, bringing together primary sources from all parts of the state in an online scrapbook.

•	Ohio Railroad Stations Past & Present

•	Society of the Cincinnati The Society of the Cincinnati is the oldest private patriotic organization in the United States. It was founded by the officers of the Continental army and navy and their counterparts in the French army and navy who had served in the American Revolutionary War.

•	Morgan Index of Ohio People, Businesses and Institutions, 1796-1850 This index includes 132,643 names of Ohio people, businesses and institutions.

UNITED STATES

The COLONISTS

IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES

New England Gravestone Photographs

MILITARY RECORDS

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

District of Columbia

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

MONTANA

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE