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IN PREPARATION FOR THE WIKI UPGRADE

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North America United States

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Guide to United States ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, military records, and other major record types.

State Genealogy Pages
Click on a state on this map to open that state's page:

Research Strategies
Principles of Family History Research
 * Principles of Family History Research
 * How to Locate Your Ancestor in the United States
 * How to Recognize your United States Ancestor

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 * United States Record Selection Table
 * FamilySearch U.S. record collections available on FamilySearch.org.
 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) - RAOGK is a global volunteer organization. Our volunteers take time to do everything from looking up courthouse records to taking pictures of tombstones.
 * Family Tree Encyclopedia - Terminology &amp; Meanings of Genealogical Terms
 * Rotating Formation County Boundary Maps and Atlases for each State
 * Printable Genealogy Forms used in Research
 * 1) Printable Maps from the National Atlas of the United States -- The Reference and Outline Maps of the United States and of the individual states are of most value to a genealogist. Other types of maps are also available from this site.
 * 2) Tracing Immigrant Origins
 * 3) United States Census Bureau State and County Map. This map will allow you to zoom in on any State or County in the United States and read the names of all of the neighboring Counties. This makes it easy to see close by locations where other relatives might have lived. This map shows current Counties, consult the individual State Maps section to find out about historical maps. You can even type in a county name in the search box to locate the county on the map.
 * 4) A complete descriptive and statistical gazetteer of the United States of America ...: with an abstract of the census and statistics for 1840 (Compiled by Daniel Haskel, John Calvin Smith pub 1843)
 * 5) BYU United States Research Outline largely duplicates these Wiki pages. Includes some bibliographic lists from BYU Library, 2001.
 * 6) American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
 * 7) The American Civil War
 * 8) How to order State Vital Records
 * 9) Rotating Formation State / County Boundary Maps and Atlases
 * 10) Online State Archives are an often-overlooked resource that can include very useful family history information such as state census and voter rolls, military pensions, slave records, court cases, and much more.
 * 11) United States of America Resources and help pages on RootsChat United States of America Resources and help pages. (Free)
 * 12) LDS Family History Center locator These centers have 14 free websites which would otherwise cost $; and they offer research assistance.