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In 1620, the Pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower, and what we now know as the USA came into being. The country is divided into 50 states and also includes Alaska and Hawaii, Washington DC being the capital of the whole country. The USA provided significant help to the allies in World War II, after declaring war when the Japanese Empire attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbour. A rich nation, the USA has made great strides into space exploration although has suffered major devastation in recent years through terrorist attacks.
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In 1620, the Mayflower was one of many ships to bring the Pilgrims to the New World, and what we now know as the USA came into being. The country is divided into 50 states (the 48 contiguous states as well as Alaska and Hawaii) and Washington DC is the capital of the whole country. The USA provided significant help to the allies in World War II, after declaring war when the Japanese Empire attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbour. A rich nation, the USA has made great strides into space exploration although it has suffered major devastation in recent years through terrorist attacks.
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==The States==
 
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== General USA Links ==
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*[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/index.htm Access Genealogy]
  
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*[http://www.ahgp.org/ American History and Genealogy Project]
  
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*[http://www.alhn.org/state/ American Local History Project]
  
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==General USA Links==
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*[http://www.byubroadcasting.org/ancestors/ Ancestors. A Guide to Genealogical Research in the USA]
  
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*[http://www.cyndislist.com/genusa.htm#Govt Cyndi's List USA]
  
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*[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb Project]
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*[http://www.densho.org/ Densho - The Japanese American Legacy Project]
  
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*[http://www.byubroadcasting.org/ancestors/ Ancestors] A guide to genealogical research in The USA with many useful addresses and links
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*[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/ A Digital Library of American History]
  
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*[http://www.cyndislist.com/genusa.htm#Govt Cyndi's List USA]
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*[http://www.genealogymagazine.com/index.html Genealogy Magzine]
  
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*[http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/ Linkpendium USA History and Genealogy site] Claims to have 5,851,043 links
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*[http://theoldentimes.com/news.htm Historical Newspapers Online]
  
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*[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/index.htm Access Genealogy] -A huge resource
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*[http://usa.findpeoplesearchonline.com Search People Online]
  
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*[http://www.genealogytoday.com/genealogy/states/index.html StatesGen site]
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*[http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/ Linkpendium USA History and Genealogy site]  
  
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*[http://olivetreegenealogy.com/index.shtml The Olive Tree Genealogy site]
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*[http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/ USA Resources at Rootsweb]
  
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*[http://www.ahgp.org/ American history and genealogy project]
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*[http://www.genealogytoday.com/genealogy/states/index.html Genealogy Today-Database of Links, State by State]
  
 
*[http://genealogytrails.com/ Genealogy Trails]
 
*[http://genealogytrails.com/ Genealogy Trails]
  
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*[http://www.alhn.org/state/ American local history project]
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*[http://www.ccrh.org/content.htm The Center for Columbia River History covering land in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming]
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*[http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/ Mid Atlantic Roots Network covering Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia]
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*[http://peoplesearch.findpeoplesearchonline.com Search and Find U.S.A People]
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*[http://www.newrivernotes.com/ New River Genealogy and History -Upper New River Valley of Virginia and North Carolina]
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*[http://www.searchmyrecords.com/censusrecords.smr Best Census Records Archives Online]
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*[http://olivetreegenealogy.com/index.shtml The Olive Tree Genealogy Site]
  
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/ US Family Group Sheet Project]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/ US Family Group Sheet Project]
  
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*[http://www.alhn.org/ American Local History Network]
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*[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb Project -By State and County]
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*[http://www.obituarieshelp.org/ Genealogy and Newspaper Obituaries]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~asylums/index.html#or America's Historic Asylums and other Institutions]
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==Archives==
  
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*[http://www.marriagerecordsonline.us/ Marriage Records]
  
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*[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry]
  
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'''Native American Genealogy'''
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*[http://www.birthrecordsearch.us/ Birth Records Search]
  
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*[http://www.birthdatabase.net/ Birth Records]
  
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*[http://www.censusrecordsonline.com/ Best Census Record Archives Online]
  
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*[http://members.aol.com/bbbenge/front.html Native American Genealogy Native American Genealogy pages from Acces Genealogy]
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*[http://www.searchmyrecords.com/marriagerecords.smr US Marriage Records]
  
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*[http://www.native-languages.org/genealogy.htm Reconnecting with your American Indian Heritage]
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*[http://www.censusfinder.com/index.htm Census Finder]
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*[http://www.searchmyrecords.com/deathrecords.smr US Death Records]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~xander/census-records.htm Census Records Guide]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/r_leddy/cw/cw.html Civil War Rosters]
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*[http://www.birthrecordsearch.us/ USA Birth Records]
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*[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes and Records]
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*[http://death-records.net/ Death Records]
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*[http://www.footnote.com/ Footnote - The Place for Original Documents On Line]
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*[http://www.searchmyrecords.com/courtrecords.smr U.S.A Official Court records]
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*[http://www.lisajohnson.com/genealogy/index.htm Genealogy Records Guide]
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*[http://jpl.coj.net/coll/gen/index.html Jacksonville Public Library Genealogy. Some Online Databases, Maps and Directories]
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*[http://www.kindredtrails.com/links.html Kindred Trails -Genealogy Links by Location]
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*[http://www.libdex.com/country/USA.html LIBDEX The Library Index]
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*[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room]
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*[http://www.marriagedatabase.com/ Marriage Records]
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*[http://divorce.searchmyrecords.com Divorce Records]
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*[http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/index.htm Mary's Genealogical Treasures. Links to Birth, Death, Marriage, Church, Divorce, Wills, Probate, Military, Census and Land Records]
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*[http://www.jesuits-mis.org/PublicationsResources/MidwestJesuitArchives.aspx The Mid-West Jesuit Archives - Chicago, Detroit, Missouri and Wisconsin]
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*[http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~xander/index_military.htm Military Records Guide]
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*[http://www.genealogybranches.com/nativeamericans.html Native American Indian Genealogy Records and Databases]
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*[http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives]
  
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*[http://members.aol.com/bbbenge/front.html Native American Genealogy Articles and Links]
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*[http://court.searchmyrecords.com Court Records]
  
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*[http://www.hanksville.org/sand/contacts/tribal/index.html Contact infomation for the Tribes of the USA and Canada]
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*[http://www.earlham.edu/~libr/content/friends/obituaries/index.html Quaker Deaths]
  
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*[http://genealogy-data.com/ssdi/searchssdi.htm Social Security Death Index]
  
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*[http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html United States News Archives Arranged by State]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ UsGenWeb Archives Project]
  
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*[http://www.us-census.org/ USGenWeb Census Project]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/churches/index.html USGenWeb Church Records Project]
  
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*[http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html US News Archives on the Web]
  
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*[http://www.vitalrecordsus.com/ Vital Records]
  
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*[http://www.afrigeneas.com/ African American Genealogy]
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*[http://census.searchmyrecords.com/ Census Records]
  
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*[http://www.african-nativeamerican.com/ African-Native American History and Genealogy]
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*[http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/aboutWesternStates.cfm The Western States Marriage Record Index]  
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/ The Large Slaveholder Project]
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*[http://www.deathrecordsobituarysearch.com/ Death Records. Official USA Death Records and Obituary Records]
  
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*[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/texts.html#A North American Slave Narratives]
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*[http://www.everynameindex.com/index.html Every Name Index]
  
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*[http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/african-american.html African American History]
 
  
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*[http://africanamericancemeteries.com/ African American Cemeteries]
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==Native American Genealogy==
  
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*[http://www.amerindgen.com/index.html American Indian Genealogy Help Center]
  
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~yanusdi/ Cherokee Genealogy]
  
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*[http://cherokeeregistry.com/ Cherokee Heritage Documentation Centre]
  
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*[http://www.hanksville.org/sand/contacts/tribal/index.html Contact Information for the Tribes of the USA and Canada]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/gatewayToPamunkey.html Gateway to the Pamunkeys]
  
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*[http://www.poorhousestory.com/index.htm The Poorhouse Story]
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*[http://marilee.us/nativeamericans.html Marilee's Native Americans Resource]
  
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*[http://blacksheepancestors.com/ Black Sheep Ancestors]
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*[http://www.nanations.com/ Native Americans Rolls - History, Treaties, Census and Cemetery Records, Books and more]
  
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*[http://www.angelfire.com/on3/oneida/page2.html Oneida Indian Genealogy]
  
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*[http://www.native-languages.org/genealogy.htm Reconnecting with your American Indian Heritage]
  
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*[http://www.angelfire.com/la/brantley/index.html Red Wolf's Native American Indian Genealogy]
  
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*[http://neptune3.galib.uga.edu/ssp/cgi-bin/ftaccess.cgi?galileo_server=www.galileo.usg.edu&galileo_server_port=80&galileo_server_id=2&instcode=publ&instname=Guest&helpuserid=galileo&style=default&_id=182c5b82-1171785385-6233&dbs=ZLNA South Eastern Native American Documents 1730-1842]
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== African American Genealogy ==
  
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*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/ American Memory Map collections from the Library of Congress]
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see also section on- [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/General_History#Slavery Slavery]
  
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*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html Map collection of the Perry-Castañeda Library]
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*[http://africanamericancemeteries.com/ African American Cemeteries]
  
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*[http://rs6.loc.gov/detroit/dethome.html Prints and Photographs collecion of the Library of Congress]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blackcoalminers/ African American Coal Miner Information Centre]
  
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*[http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/african-american.html African American History]
  
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*[http://www.afrigeneas.com/ African American Genealogy]
  
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*[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/texts.html#A North American Slave Narratives]
  
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*[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/ The Large Slaveholder Project]
  
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*[http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives]
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*[http://www.africanaheritage.com/ USF Africana Heritage Project]
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*[http://www.us-census.org/ USGenWeb Census Project]
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==Family and Social History==
  
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*[http://www.lisajohnson.com/genealogy/index.htm Genealogy Records Guide] Organised by State
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~asylums/index.html#or America's Historic Asylums and Other Institutions]
  
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*[http://www.genealogybranches.com/nativeamericans.html Native American Indian Genealogy Records and Databases]
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*[http://www.searchmyrecords.com/ U.S.A Public record archives online]
  
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*[http://www.kindredtrails.com/links.html Kindred Trails] Has links to many on line records -searchable
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*[http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/19thcentury1800.htm American Cultural History]
  
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*[http://www.censusfinder.com/index.htm USA Census Finder]
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*[http://blacksheepancestors.com/ Black Sheep Ancestors]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~xander/census-records.htm Census Records Guide]
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*[http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/atg/index.html Exploring the US through Family Papers - The Sophia Smith Collection]
  
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*[http://www.birthdatabase.net/ Birth Records]
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*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sam/occupation.html Glossary of Colonial Occupations]
  
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*[http://www.marriagedatabase.com/ Marriage Records]
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*[http://www.divorcerecordssearch.ws Complete and accurate USA Divorce Records]
  
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*[http://death-records.net/ Death Records]
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*[http://www.mariner.org/ The Mariners' Museum]
  
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*[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Online death Index and records]
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*[http://www.searchmyrecords.com/birthrecords.smr US Birth Records]
  
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*[http://www.vitalrecordsus.com/ How to order copies of Vital Records]
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*[http://www.poorhousestory.com/index.htm The Poorhouse Story]
  
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*[http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~xander/index_military.htm Military Records Guide]
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*[http://quarriesandbeyond.org/ Stone Quarries and Beyond]
  
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*[http://www.libdex.com/country/USA.html LIBDEX The Library Index]
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*[http://www.explorenorth.com/whalers/ The Whalers' Heritage Project]
  
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*[http://jpl.coj.net/coll/gen/index.html Jacksonville Public Library Genealogy Section] Has some on-line databases, maps and directories
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*[http://birth.searchmyrecords.com USA Official Birth records]
  
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*[http://marriage.searchmyrecords.com Marriage Records]
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== Maps and Photographs==
  
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*[http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/ 1895 USA Atlas from USGenWeb]
  
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*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/ American Memory Map Collections from the Library of Congress]
  
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*[http://www.historicmapworks.com/ Historic Mapworks]
  
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*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html Map Collection of the Perry-Castañeda Library]
  
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*[http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~xander/index.htm Cemetery Records Guide]
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*[http://rs6.loc.gov/detroit/dethome.html Prints and Photographs Collection of the Library of Congress]
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== Military History ==
  
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*[http://www.interment.net/us/index.htm Cemetery Records]
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*[http://www.teacheroz.com/wwi.htm America in World War One]
  
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*[http://www.obituarydatabase.com/ Obituaries Search]
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*[http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/ Bits of Blue and Gray - an American Civil War Notebook]
  
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*[http://www.newspaperobituaries.net/ Newspaper Obituaries]
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*[http://military.searchmyrecords.com U.S.A Official Military Records Provider]
  
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*[http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm The Civil War]
  
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*[http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets2.html Women in the American Civil War]
  
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*[http://www.vvmf.org/index.cfm?SectionID=1 The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Fund]
  
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*[http://www.militaryrecords.ws U.S.A Military and War Records]
  
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*[http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1 US Veterans Gravesite Locator]
  
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*[http://www.ellisisland.org/ Ellis Island Records]
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*[http://www.350th.org/ American Jewish History]
  
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*[http://www.castlegarden.org/ America's First Immigrants] Castle garden was America's first official immigration center
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*[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/usastates.htm Local Catholic Church and Family History and Genealogy Guide]
  
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*[http://immigrantservants.com/search/simple Immigrant servant database]
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*[http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/djw/lutheranheritage.html The Lutheran Heritage Society]
  
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*[http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070409/LIFE/704090351/1005 Database traces indentured immigrants]
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*[http://www.swarthmore.edu/fhl.xml The Society of Friends Historical Society]
  
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*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~norway/ Ancestors from Norway]
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*[http://www.huguenot.netnation.com/general/ The National Huguenot Society]
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== Cemetery Records and Obituaries ==
  
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*[http://www.cimorelli.com/ireland/irishpass.htm Database of Irish Immigrants to North America]
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*[http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~xander/index.htm Cemetery Records Guide]
  
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*[http://www.francogene.com/migrants/ French Immigrants in North America]
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*[http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/northamerica/ The International Jewish Cemetery Project]
  
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*[http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/Japan/index.asp Japanese Immigrants to the USA  1874-1924]
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*[http://www.interment.net/us/index.htm Internment.net]
  
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*[http://www.nhor.org/ The National Hall of Records]
  
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*[http://www.searchmyrecords.com/deathrecords.smr Complete and accurate official USA Death Records and Obituary Records]
  
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*[http://www.newspaperobituaries.net/ Newspaper Obituaries]
  
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*[http://www.obituarydatabase.com/ Obituaries Search]
  
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*[http://www.deathrecordsearch.net/ Find complete and accurate official U.S.A Death Records and Obituary Records]
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== Emigration/Immigration and Shipping and Passenger Lists ==
  
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*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Emigration_and_Immigration See Separate Page]
  
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State map of USA; Wikipedia image


Capital Washington DC
Currency US dollar
Language English


In 1620, the Mayflower was one of many ships to bring the Pilgrims to the New World, and what we now know as the USA came into being. The country is divided into 50 states (the 48 contiguous states as well as Alaska and Hawaii) and Washington DC is the capital of the whole country. The USA provided significant help to the allies in World War II, after declaring war when the Japanese Empire attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbour. A rich nation, the USA has made great strides into space exploration although it has suffered major devastation in recent years through terrorist attacks.

The States

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas
California Colorado Connecticut Delaware
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 Texas Utah
Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia
Wisconsin Wyoming





General USA Links



Archives




Native American Genealogy



African American Genealogy

see also section on- Slavery



Family and Social History



Maps and Photographs



Military History

Religion



Cemetery Records and Obituaries



Emigration/Immigration and Shipping and Passenger Lists





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