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==Nationwide Information==
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== General USA Links ==
====Archives and Libraries====
 
  
*[http://www.archives.gov/ '''National Archives''']
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*[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/index.htm Access Genealogy]  
  
*[http://www.searchmyrecords.com/ Nationwide Public Record Databases]
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*[http://www.ahgp.org/ American History and Genealogy Project]
  
*[http://jpl.coj.net/coll/gen/index.html Jacksonville Public Library Genealogy. Some Online Databases, Maps and Directories]
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*[http://www.alhn.org/state/ American Local History Project]
  
*[http://www.libdex.com/country/USA.html LIBDEX The Library Index]
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*[http://www.byubroadcasting.org/ancestors/ Ancestors. A Guide to Genealogical Research in the USA]  
  
*[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room]
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*[http://www.cyndislist.com/genusa.htm#Govt Cyndi's List USA]
  
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*[http://www.densho.org/ Densho - The Japanese American Legacy Project]
  
====Genealogical Resources====
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*[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/ A Digital Library of American History]
  
*[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/index.htm Access Genealogy]  
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*[http://www.genealogymagazine.com/index.html Genealogy Magzine]
  
*[http://www.ahgp.org/ American History and Genealogy Project]
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*[http://theoldentimes.com/news.htm Historical Newspapers Online]
  
*[http://www.byubroadcasting.org/ancestors/ Ancestors. A Guide to Genealogical Research in the USA]  
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*[http://usa.findpeoplesearchonline.com Search People Online]
  
*[http://genealogytrails.com/ Genealogy Trails]
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*[http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/ Linkpendium USA History and Genealogy site]  
  
*[http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/ U.S.A. History and Genealogy site]  
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*[http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/ USA Resources at Rootsweb]
  
*[http://www.alhn.org/state/ American Local History Project]
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*[http://www.genealogytoday.com/genealogy/states/index.html Genealogy Today-Database of Links, State by State]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/roots-l/usa.html Resources: United States]
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*[http://genealogytrails.com/ Genealogy Trails]
  
*[http://www.genealogytoday.com/genealogy/states/index.html StateGenSites]
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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]
  
*[http://www.kindredtrails.com/links.html Kindred Trails]
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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]
  
*[http://www.usgenweb.org/projects/index.shtml USGenWeb Projects]
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*[http://peoplesearch.findpeoplesearchonline.com Search and Find U.S.A People]
  
*[http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/ U.S.A. County Resources]
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*[http://www.newrivernotes.com/ New River Genealogy and History -Upper New River Valley of Virginia and North Carolina]  
  
*[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://www.searchmyrecords.com/censusrecords.smr Best Census Records Archives Online]  
  
*[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://olivetreegenealogy.com/index.shtml The Olive Tree Genealogy Site]
  
*[http://www.newrivernotes.com/ New River Genealogy and History - Upper New River Valley of Virginia and North Carolina]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/ US Family Group Sheet Project]
  
*[http://www.genealogymagazine.com/index.html Genealogy Magazine]
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*[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb Project -By State and County]
  
*[http://www.footnote.com/ Footnote - The Place for Original Documents On Line]  
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*[http://www.obituarieshelp.org/ Genealogy and Newspaper Obituaries]
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==Archives==
====Newspapers====
 
  
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html U.S. News Archives on the Web]
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*[http://www.marriagerecordsonline.us/ Marriage Records]
  
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*[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry]
  
====People====
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*[http://www.birthrecordsearch.us/ Birth Records Search]
  
*[http://usa.findpeoplesearchonline.com Search People Online]
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*[http://www.birthdatabase.net/ Birth Records]
  
*[http://www.everynameindex.com/index.html Every Name Index]
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*[http://www.censusrecordsonline.com/ Best Census Record Archives Online]
  
*[http://peoplesearch.findpeoplesearchonline.com Search and Find U.S.A People]
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*[http://www.searchmyrecords.com/marriagerecords.smr US Marriage Records]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/ US Family Group Sheet Project]
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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]
  
==Vital Records==
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~xander/census-records.htm Census Records Guide]
  
*[http://www.vitalrecordsus.com/ Vital Records in the United States]
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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]
  
====Birth Records====
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*[http://www.deathindexes.com/ Death Indexes and Records]
  
*[http://www.birthrecordsearch.us/ Birth Records Search]
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*[http://death-records.net/ Death Records]
  
*[http://www.birthdatabase.net/ Birth 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]
  
====Census Records====
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*[http://www.lisajohnson.com/genealogy/index.htm Genealogy Records Guide]
  
*[http://www.censusrecordsonline.com/ U.S. Census Record Archives Online]
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*[http://jpl.coj.net/coll/gen/index.html Jacksonville Public Library Genealogy. Some Online Databases, Maps and Directories]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~xander/census-records.htm Census Records Guide]
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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]
  
====Marriage Records====
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*[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room]
  
*[http://www.marriagerecordsonline.us/ U.S.A Marriage Records]
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*[http://www.marriagedatabase.com/ Marriage Records]
  
*[http://www.marriagedatabase.com/ U.S.A Marriage Records]
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*[http://divorce.searchmyrecords.com Divorce Records]
  
*[http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/aboutWesternStates.cfm The Western States Marriage Record Index]
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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]
  
*[http://www.divorcerecordssearch.ws U.S.A Divorce 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]
  
====Death Records and Obituaries====
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*[http://www.genealogybranches.com/nativeamericans.html Native American Indian Genealogy Records and Databases]
  
*[http://genealogy-data.com/ssdi/searchssdi.htm Social Security Death Index]
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*[http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives]
  
*[http://www.deathrecordsearch.net/ U.S.A Death Records]
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*[http://court.searchmyrecords.com Court Records]
  
*[http://www.deathindexes.com/ U.S.A Death Indexes and Records]
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*[http://www.earlham.edu/~libr/content/friends/obituaries/index.html Quaker Deaths]
  
*[http://death-records.net/ U.S.A Death Records]
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*[http://genealogy-data.com/ssdi/searchssdi.htm Social Security Death Index]
  
*[http://www.deathrecordsobituarysearch.com/ Death and Obituary Records]
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*[http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html United States News Archives Arranged by State]
  
*[http://www.nhor.org/ The National Hall of Records]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ UsGenWeb Archives Project]
  
*[http://www.newspaperobituaries.net/ Newspaper Obituaries]
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*[http://www.us-census.org/ USGenWeb Census Project]
  
*[http://www.obituarydatabase.com/ Obituaries Search]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/churches/index.html USGenWeb Church Records Project]
  
*[http://www.obituarieshelp.org/Newspaper Obituaries]
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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]
  
====Cemeteries====
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*[http://census.searchmyrecords.com/ Census Records]
  
See [[Cemeteries Online]] and pages for individual states.
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*[http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/aboutWesternStates.cfm The Western States Marriage Record Index]  
  
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*[http://www.deathrecordsobituarysearch.com/ Death Records. Official USA Death Records and Obituary Records]
  
==Emigration, Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists==
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*[http://www.everynameindex.com/index.html Every Name Index]
  
* See [[Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration/Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists]]
 
  
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==Family and Social History==
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==Native American Genealogy==
  
*[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/ Making America]
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*[http://www.amerindgen.com/index.html American Indian Genealogy Help Center]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~asylums/index.html#or America's Historic Asylums and Other Institutions]
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~yanusdi/ Cherokee Genealogy]
  
*[http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/19thcentury1800.htm American Cultural History]
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*[http://cherokeeregistry.com/ Cherokee Heritage Documentation Centre]
  
*[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.hanksville.org/sand/contacts/tribal/index.html Contact Information for the Tribes of the USA and Canada]
  
*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sam/occupation.html Glossary of Colonial Occupations]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/gatewayToPamunkey.html Gateway to the Pamunkeys]
  
*[http://www.poorhousestory.com/index.htm The Poorhouse Story]
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*[http://marilee.us/nativeamericans.html Marilee's Native Americans Resource]
  
*[http://quarriesandbeyond.org/ Stone Quarries and Beyond]
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*[http://www.nanations.com/ Native Americans Rolls - History, Treaties, Census and Cemetery Records, Books and more]
  
*[http://www.mariner.org/ The Mariners' Museum]
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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]
  
====African American 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 ==  
  
*Also see the section on [[General_History#Slavery|Slavery]]
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see also section on- [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/General_History#Slavery Slavery]
  
 
*[http://africanamericancemeteries.com/ African American Cemeteries]
 
*[http://africanamericancemeteries.com/ African American Cemeteries]
  
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blackcoalminers/ African American Coal Miners]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blackcoalminers/ African American Coal Miner Information Centre]
  
 
*[http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/african-american.html African American History]
 
*[http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/african-american.html African American History]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/ The Large Slaveholder Project]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/ The Large Slaveholder Project]
  
*[http://www.africanaheritage.com/ Africana Heritage Project]
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*[http://www.africanaheritage.com/ USF Africana Heritage Project]
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==Family and Social History==
  
====Native American Genealogy====
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~asylums/index.html#or America's Historic Asylums and Other Institutions]
  
*[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]
  
*[http://www.amerindgen.com/index.html American Indian Genealogy]
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*[http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/19thcentury1800.htm American Cultural History]
  
*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~yanusdi/ Cherokee Genealogy]
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*[http://blacksheepancestors.com/ Black Sheep Ancestors]
  
*[http://cherokeeregistry.com/ Cherokee Heritage Documentation Centre]
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*[http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/atg/index.html Exploring the US through Family Papers - The Sophia Smith Collection]
  
*[http://www.hanksville.org/sand/contacts/tribal/index.html Contact Information for the Tribes of the USA and Canada]
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*[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sam/occupation.html Glossary of Colonial Occupations]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/gatewayToPamunkey.html Gateway to the Pamunkeys]
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*[http://www.divorcerecordssearch.ws Complete and accurate USA Divorce Records]
  
*[http://marilee.us/nativeamericans.html Marilee's Native Americans Resource]
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*[http://www.mariner.org/ The Mariners' Museum]
  
*[http://www.nanations.com/ Native American Nations]
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*[http://www.searchmyrecords.com/birthrecords.smr US Birth Records]
  
*[http://www.angelfire.com/on3/oneida/page2.html Oneida Indian Genealogy]
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*[http://www.poorhousestory.com/index.htm The Poorhouse Story]
  
*[http://www.native-languages.org/genealogy.htm Native American Genealogy]
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*[http://quarriesandbeyond.org/ Stone Quarries and Beyond]
  
*[http://www.angelfire.com/la/brantley/index.html Red Wolf's Native American Indian Genealogy]
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*[http://www.explorenorth.com/whalers/ The Whalers' Heritage Project]
  
*[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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*[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==
  
== Maps and Photographs==
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*[http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/ 1895 USA Atlas from USGenWeb]
  
*[http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/ 1895 USA Atlas]
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*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/ American Memory Map Collections from the Library of Congress]
  
*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/ Map Collections from the Library of Congress]
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*[http://www.historicmapworks.com/ Historic Mapworks]
  
 
*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html Map Collection of the Perry-Castañeda Library]
 
*[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html Map Collection of the Perry-Castañeda Library]
  
*[http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html Prints & Photographs Online Catalog]
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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 ==
 
== Military History ==
  
*[[:Category:Military and Maritime History|'''Military and Maritime History''']]
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*[http://www.teacheroz.com/wwi.htm America in World War One]
  
*[http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~xander/index_military.htm Military Records Guide]
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*[http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/ Bits of Blue and Gray - an American Civil War Notebook]
  
 
*[http://military.searchmyrecords.com U.S.A Official Military Records Provider]
 
*[http://military.searchmyrecords.com U.S.A Official Military Records Provider]
 
*[http://www.militaryrecords.ws U.S.A Military and War Records]
 
 
*[http://www.emersonkent.com/wars_and_battles_in_history/american_war_of_independence.htm American Revolutionary War]
 
 
*[http://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/ The American Revolution]
 
  
 
*[http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm The Civil War]
 
*[http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm The Civil War]
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/r_leddy/cw/cw.html Civil War Rosters]
 
  
 
*[http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets2.html Women in the American Civil War]  
 
*[http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets2.html Women in the American Civil War]  
  
*[http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/ Bits of Blue and Gray: An American Civil War Notebook]
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*[http://www.vvmf.org/index.cfm?SectionID=1 The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Fund]  
  
*[http://www.teacheroz.com/wwi.htm America in World War One]
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*[http://www.militaryrecords.ws U.S.A Military and War Records]
  
*[http://www.gjenvick.com/ WW1, WW2, U.S.A. Army and Navy]
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*[http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1 US Veterans Gravesite Locator]
  
*[http://www.densho.org/ Densho - Pearl Harbour and testimonies of Japanese Americans]
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== Religion ==
  
*[http://memories.384thbombgroup.com/ Memories of the 384th Bombardment Group (USA)]
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*[http://www.350th.org/ American Jewish History]
  
*[http://www.vvmf.org/index.cfm?SectionID=1 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund]  
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*[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/usastates.htm Local Catholic Church and Family History and Genealogy Guide]
  
*[http://www.militarymuseum.org/Links.html U.S.A. Military History Links]
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*[http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/djw/lutheranheritage.html The Lutheran Heritage Society]
  
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*[http://www.swarthmore.edu/fhl.xml The Society of Friends Historical Society]
  
*See also [[War_Memorials#USA|War Memorials: USA]]
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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://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~xander/index.htm Cemetery Records Guide]
  
== Religion ==
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*[http://www.jewishgen.org/cemetery/northamerica/ The International Jewish Cemetery Project]
  
*[http://www.350th.org/ American Jewish History]
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*[http://www.interment.net/us/index.htm Internment.net]
  
*[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/usastates.htm Local Catholic Church and Family History and Genealogy Guide]
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*[http://www.nhor.org/ The National Hall of Records]
  
*[http://www.jesuits-mis.org/AbouttheProvince/MidwestJesuitArchives.aspx The Mid-West Jesuit Archives: Chicago, Detroit, Missouri and Wisconsin]
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*[http://www.searchmyrecords.com/deathrecords.smr Complete and accurate official USA Death Records and Obituary Records]
  
*[http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/djw/lutheranheritage.html The Lutheran Heritage Foundation]
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*[http://www.newspaperobituaries.net/ Newspaper Obituaries]
  
*[http://www.swarthmore.edu/fhl.xml The Society of Friends Historical Society]
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*[http://www.obituarydatabase.com/ Obituaries Search]
  
*[http://www.earlham.edu/library/content/friends/index.html Arthur and Kathleen Postle Archives and Friends Collection]
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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



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Native American Genealogy



African American Genealogy

see also section on- Slavery



Family and Social History



Maps and Photographs



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Cemetery Records and Obituaries



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