USA

Proof read: SARAH - 23/07/07

State Capitol Building, Washington D.C. submitted by Nana Anna

Capital Washington DC
Currency US dollar
Language English


In 1620, the 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

General

• USGenWeb Project Organised by State and County

• Ancestors A guide to genealogical research in the USA with many useful addresses and links

• Cyndi's List USA

• Linkpendium USA History and Genealogy site claims to have 5,851,043 links

• USA Resources at Rootsweb

• Access Genealogy - a huge resource

• StateGen site a database of links, organised by state

• The Olive Tree Genealogy site

• Mid Atlantic Roots Network genealogy, history and culture of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia

• American history and genealogy project

• Genealogy Trails

• The Center for Columbia River History History of the Columbia River basin, which comprises land in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming

• New River Genealogy and History Covers the Upper New River Valley of Virginia and North Carolina. (Includes the Ashe, Alleghany, Watagua and Wilkes Counties of North Carolina : Grayson County, Virginia : some other areas of North East Tennessee and South West Virginia)

• A digital library of American History

• American local history project

• Historical Newspapers online

• The Civil War

• US Family Group Sheet Project

• American Local History Network

Native American Genealogy

• Native American Genealogy pages from Access Genealogy

• Reconnecting with your American Indian Heritage

• Native American Genealogy Articles and Links

• Contact information for the Tribes of the USA and Canada

African American Genealogy

see section on- Slavery

• African American Genealogy

• African-Native American History and Genealogy

• The Large Slaveholder Project

• North American Slave Narratives

• African American History

• African American Cemeteries

Family and Social History

• Exploring the US through Family Papers - The Sophie Smith Collection

• The Poorhouse Story

• America's Historic Asylums and other Institutions

• Black Sheep Ancestors

• The Mariners' Museum

• Glossary of Colonial Occupations

Maps and Photographs

• American Memory Map Collections from the Library of Congress

• Map Collection of the Perry-Castañeda Library

• Prints and Photographs Collection of the Library of Congress

• 1895 USA Atlas from USGenWeb

Religion

(See also "Archives" below)

• American Jewish History

• Local Catholic Church and Family History and Genealogy Guide

• The Society of Friends Historical Society

• The Lutheran Heritage Society

• The National Huguenot Society

Archives

• Ancestry

• National Archives

• Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room

• UsGenWeb Archives Project

• USGenWeb Census Project

• Genealogy Records Guide Organised by State

• Native American Indian Genealogy Records and Databases

• Kindred Trails Has links to many on line records - searchable

• USA Census Finder

• Census Records Guide

• Birth Records

• Marriage Records

• The Western States Marriage Record Index Marriages from Arizona, California, western Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, eastern Washington and Wyoming

• Death Records

• Online death index and records

• A searchable index of Quaker Deaths

• Social Security Death Index

• Mary's Genealogical Treasures - Includes links to Birth, Death, Marriage, Church, Divorce, Wills, Probate, Military, Census and Land Records

• How to order copies of Vital Records

• Military Records Guide

• LIBDEX The Library Index

• Jacksonville Public Library Genealogy Section Has some online databases, maps and directories

• USGenWeb Church Records Project

• The Mid-West Jesuit Archives Covers Chicago, Detroit, Missouri and Wisconsin

• The Mennonite Library and Archives

Cemetery Records and Obituaries

• Cemetery Records Guide

• Cemetery Records

• The International Jewish Cemetery Project

• Obituaries Search

• Newspaper Obituaries

• Mennonite Obituaries

Immigration & Emigration

• Ellis Island Records

• Ellis Island Photo Gallery

• The Forgotten of Ellis Island Deaths in Quarantine 1909-1911]

• America's First Immigrants Castle garden was America's first official immigration center

• The Arrival of Immigrants at Castle Garden

• Immigrant servant database

• Database traces indentured immigrants

• Olive Tree Genealogy includes many shipping lists

• Ancestors from Norway

• Database of Irish Immigrants to North America

• The Welsh American Index

• French Immigrants in North America

• The Swiss Anabaptic Genealogical Association

• Japanese Immigrants to the USA 1874-1924

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