USA

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

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

• Access Genealogy
• American History and Genealogy project
• American Local History Project
• Ancestors A guide to genealogical research in the USA with many useful addresses and links
• Cyndi's List USA
• A Digital Library of American History
• Historical Newspapers online
• Linkpendium USA History and Genealogy site claims to have 5,851,043 links
• USA Resources at Rootsweb
• Genealogy Today a database of links, organised by state
• 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
• Mid Atlantic Roots Network genealogy, history and culture of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia
• 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)
• The Olive Tree Genealogy site
• US Family Group Sheet Project
• USGenWeb Project Organised by State and County

Native American Genealogy

• Contact information for the Tribes of the USA and Canada
• Native American Genealogy Articles and Links
• Native American Genealogy pages from Access Genealogy
• Marilee's Native Americans Resource
• Native Americans Rolls - History, Treaties, Census and Cemetery Records, Books and more
• Reconnecting with your American Indian Heritage
• Red Wolf's Native American Indian Genealogy

African American Genealogy see also section on- Slavery

• African American Cemeteries
• African American History
• African American Genealogy
• North American Slave Narratives
• The Large Slaveholder Project

Family and Social History

• America's Historic Asylums and other Institutions
• Black Sheep Ancestors
• Exploring the US through Family Papers - The Sophie Smith Collection
• Glossary of Colonial Occupations
• [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sam/occupation.html Glossary of Colonial Occupations
• The Mariners' Museum
• The Poorhouse Story
• The Whalers' Heritage Project

Maps and Photographs

• 1895 USA Atlas from USGenWeb
• American Memory Map Collections from the Library of Congress
• Historic Mapworks
• Map Collection of the Perry-Castañeda Library
• Prints and Photographs Collection of the Library of Congress

Military History

• America in World War One
• The Civil War
• Women in the American Civil War with links to other related sites.
• The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Fund Includes a searchable database of names

Religion (See also "Archives" below)

• American Jewish History
• Local Catholic Church and Family History and Genealogy Guide
• The Lutheran Heritage Society
• The Society of Friends Historical Society
• The National Huguenot Society

Archives

• Ancestry
• Birth Records
• Census Finder
• Census Records Guide
• Civil War Rosters Arranged by State
• Death indexes and records
• Death Records
• Genealogy Records Guide Organised by State
• Jacksonville Public Library Genealogy Section Has some online databases, maps and directories
• Kindred Trails Has links to many on line records - searchable
• LIBDEX The Library Index
• Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room
• Marriage Records
• Mary's Genealogical Treasures - Includes links to Birth, Death, Marriage, Church, Divorce, Wills, Probate, Military, Census and Land Records
• The Mennonite Library and Archives
• The Mid-West Jesuit Archives Covers Chicago, Detroit, Missouri and Wisconsin
• Military Records Guide
• [http://www.genealogybranches.com/nativeamericans.html Native American Indian Genealogy Records and Databases
• National Archives
• Quaker Deaths
• Social Security Death Index
• UsGenWeb Archives Project
• USGenWeb Census Project
• USGenWeb Church Records Project
• Vital Records
• The Western States Marriage Record Index Marriages from Arizona, California, western Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, eastern Washington and Wyoming

Cemetery Records and Obituaries

• Cemetery Records Guide
• The International Jewish Cemetery Project
• Internment.net
• Mennonite Obituaries
• Newspaper Obituaries
• Obituaries Search

Emigration/Immigration and Shipping and Passenger Lists

• See Separate Page

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