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The National ArchivesValuable 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.
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National Genealogical SocietyThe 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.
The USGen Web ProjectThe 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.
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Online Searchable Death Indexes & RecordsThis 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
GeneasearchResources to help find your ancestors including databases and free look ups.
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TheShipsList: Passengers, Ships, ShipwrecksNew from Ancestry, with over 10 million passenger lists and ... From this page find ship arrival information to Australia, Canada and the United States and ...
US Department of Veterans Affairs - Nationwide Graveyard LocatorSearch 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
Genealogy TrailsTheir goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data for the free use of all researchers.
Colonial AncestorsGenealogy records and information about ancestors in the 13 original colonies.
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IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES
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GERMANY - NIEDERSACHSEN - Emslanders to the American Mid-WestThis webpage is devoted to the identification of 19th century German emigrants who came to America from that part of Hannover known today as Emsland, Niedersachsen, and settled in the mid-western United States.
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Castle Garden - America's First Immigration CenterCastleGarden.org offers free access to an extraordinary database of information on 10 million immigrants from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened. Over 73 million Americans can trace their ancestors to this early immigration period.
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Some Passenger Arrival Records Available Online at NARAThe National Archives and Records Administration has announced that it has made available 5.2 million records of some passengers arriving at the ports of Baltimore, Boston, New Orleans, New York, and Philadelphia during the last half of the 19th century. The records can be accessed through NARA’s online Access to Archival Databases.
Nationwide Gravesite 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.
The Nationwide Gravesite Locator includes burial records from many sources. These sources provide varied data; some searches may contain less information than others. Information on veterans buried in private cemeteries was collected for the purpose of furnishing government grave markers, and we do not have information available for burials prior to 1997."
Illinois Veterans DatabasesFrom the Illinois State Archives, these databases cover all veterans from Illinois who participated in America's wars from the War of 1812 to the Spanish-American War. Included on this site is the Database of the 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor, which is a list of burial places of military veterans buried in Illinois as of 1929.
Massachusetts Historical SocietyThe holdings of the MHS encompass millions of rare and unique documents and artifacts vital to the study of American history.
Minnesota Historical Society - Visual Resources DatabaseAs 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.
The Brooklyn Daily EagleThe Brooklyn Daily Eagle newspaper from October 26, 1841 to December 31, 1902 is available online on the Brooklyn Public Library website
North Dakota Death IndexThe North Dakota Department of Health Division of Vital Records has made its state-wide Death Index available for public searching on the Web. The index will allow you to search for names and order certified copies of a death certificate if you wish.
Ohio Genealogical SocietyThe 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 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."
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Heritage PursuitA historical website containing extensive data on many counties in Ohio.
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Ohio Memory Online ScrapbookThe 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.
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.
South Carolina Genealogy"South Carolina Genealogy there are pages for each county in addition to blog style posts. The County resource pages are probably the highest traffic section at this point with the onsite resources, information and links to census data, marriage/birth death information or other items relevant to each county."
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South Carolina Genealogy DirectoryHere you will find links to many Genealogy and History related sites as well as South Carolina related sites.
The Utah History Research CenterDigital images of death certificates from 1905 to 1956 are available online, with a link from the index search result. To print the images out, you may want to save them to your computer, crop off the borders with an image editing program and then print.
West Virginia Vital Research RecordsThe Vital Research Records Project is placing Birth, Death, and Marriage certificates on-line. Users can search the records and view scanned images of the original records.
Manifest Header Data File, 1834 - ca. 1900Data Files Relating to the Immigration of Russians to the United States, created ca. 1977 - 2002, documenting the period 1834 - 1897
Manifest Header Data File, 1834 - ca. 1900Data Files Relating to the Immigration of Germans to the United States, created ca. 1977 - 2002, documenting the period 1850 - 1897
Manifest Header Data File, 1834 - ca. 1900Data Files Relating to the Immigration of Italians to the United States, created ca. 1977 - 2002, documenting the period 1855 - 1900
