Klein Texas Family History Center

'''The Klein Texas Family History Center is an extension of the world's largest genealogical library, the Salt Lake City Family History Library. Our mission is to provide for Family History research, Free of Charge, in the Spring, Klein, Tomball, and Magnolia, Texas areas. Come find your ancestors with us.'''

Center Contacts and Hours
Location Map:


 * Location on Map

Address: 16535 Kleinwood Dr Spring TX 77379 United States


 * From Louetta Road, turn south onto Kleinwood Drive.
 * Look for the green Family History Library signs on Louetta Rd and Kleinwood Dr.

Phone: 281-251-5931

E-mail: KleinFHC1@gmail.com or TX_Klein@ldsmail.net

Open Hours:


 * Tuesday:10 am-1 pm and 7-9 pm
 * Wednesday:10 am-4 pm and 7-9 pm
 * Thursday:10 am-1 pm - Classes/Workshops 7-9 pm
 * Saturday:10 am-1 pm

Holiday Schedule (FHC Closure Dates)

Easter Weekend, First Saturday in April, Memorial Day, July 4th, First Saturday in October, Thanksgiving week, last 2 weeks in December.

Facebook - Notifications, Calendar, Files, Questions, Answers, etc.

Twitter

2017 Classes &amp; Workshops (Thursdays 6:59pm - 9pm)
'''NOTE: Class schedule subject to change. Check our Facebook Group for latest information.'''

January 5 - Beginning Genealogy

January 12 - FamilySearch and Ancestry Apps

January 19 - Checklists

January 26 - Mopping Up The Mess

February 2 - Church Records

February 9 - African American Genealogy

February 16 - Publish Your Book

February 23 - FamilySearch Wiki

March 2 - Elusive Women

March 9 - Using IrfanView As A Genealogy Productivity Tool

March 16 - Googling Your Genealogy

March 23 - RootsMagic

March 30 - Obituaries-Yours And Your Ancestors

April 6 - Land Records

April 13 - Descendancy Research

April 20 - DNA-What Do You Want?, Who Do You Test?

April 27 - Photo To DVD

May 4 - NO CLASS

May 11 - Military Records

May 18 - Beginning Genealogy

May 25 - Roots Magic

June 1 - Intro to DNA

June 8 - FamilySearch Wiki and Using Documents as sources

June 15 - You Found It Where? Unusual Records

June 22 - Using the Genealogical Proof Standard

June 29 - Advanced Techniques for Using the Autosomal DNA Test

July 6 - Cross the Atlantic with Religious Records

July 13 - Next Steps in British Research

July 20 - Help! My Y-DNA Test Doesn't Match My Surname

July 27 - Censational Census Strategies

August 3 - German Research Strategies

August 10 - English Probate

August 17 - Finding Elusive Records On FamilySearch

August 24 - How to Find Your Ancestors Using Digital Arkivet of Norway

August 31 - Exploring Church Records in Norway

September 7 - TBA

September 14 - TBA

September 21 - TBA

September 28 - TBA

October 5 - TBA

October 12 - TBA

October 19 - TBA

October 26 - TBA

November 2 - TBA

November 9 - TBA

November 16 - TBA

November 23 - No class - Happy Thanksgiving

November 30 - TBA

December 7 - TBA

December 14 - TBA

December 21 - No class-Merry Christmas

December 28 - No class-Happy New Year

FamilySearch Catalog

 * This center has all films ordered online by patrons and requested to be sent to this center. See films and fiche available through the FamilySearch Catalog at FamilySearch.org.
 * We have inhouse over 1000 microfilms and 3500 microfiche on indefinite loan. An index of these is available in the Family History Center.
 * We have numerous genealogical reference books

Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal: Family History Centers provide free access to many subscription genealogy websites, including:
 * 19th Century British Newspapers
 * Access Newspaper Archives
 * Alexander Street Press (American Civil War Collections)
 * Ancestry.com (Family History Library Edition)
 * ArkivDigital Online
 * findmypast
 * Fold3.com
 * The Genealogist
 * Godfrey Memorial Library
 * HeritageQuest Online
 * Historic Map Works (Library Edition)
 * MyHeritage
 * Origins.net
 * Paper Trail
 * WorldVitalRecords.com

Hardware and Equipment

 * 12 Internet-connected workstations
 * Wireless internet access for laptops and mobile devices
 * Work tables for 9 laptops
 * 1 - 16mm microfilm reader
 * 1 - 35mm microfilm reader
 * 1 - Cannon 300II Microfilm/Microfiche Reader and Digital Imaging System
 * 1 - Lexmark High Speed Laser Scanner/Printer
 * 1 - Canon USB Scanner
 * 1 - Projector (HDMI &amp; VGA), Laser Pointer
 * 1 - Pulldown Projection Screen for Instruction

Staff Research Specialties
A friendly helpful staff always willing to help you with your genealogical interests. If we don't have a solution to your questions we will help you find someone who does.

Libraries
Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research 5300 Caroline Houston, Texas Phone: (832) 393-2600


 * Clayton Library is part of the Houston Public Library System devoted entirely to genealogical research. Materials found in the library cover the entire U. S., as well as many foreign countries.
 * Online databases at Houston Public Library
 * Clayton Library Friends

Montgomery County Memorial Library System Location (The Genealogy Department is located on the 2nd floor) 104 I-45 North (SH 105/West Davis Street Exit) Conroe, TX 77301 Phone: (936) 788-8363

Chaparral Library Location 310 N. Live Oak Tomball, Texas Phone: 281-516-7417


 * This is a small library owned by the Chaparral Genealogical Society. The current hours are 10AM-2PM, Mon, Tues, Wed, Sat (except the 1st Sat of each month). Suggest calling first.

Genealogical Societies
Houston Genealogical Forum PO Box 271466 Houston TX 77277-1466 Voice Mail: 713-968-9750


 * Meeting Place: Bayland Park Community Center,
 * 6400 Bissonnet, Houston, Texas

Chaparral Genealogical Society


 * Meets on 4th Saturday of each month (except December) at 10 a.m.
 * Meeting Place: Amergy Bank Building
 * Conference Room (2nd Floor)
 * Tomball, TX (on SH 249 before 4 corners)

The Humble Area Genealogical Society


 * Meets at 7 p.m. on the Second Monday of each month September - May
 * Meeting Place: Humble Senior Activity Center
 * 1401 South Houston Avenue
 * Humble, Texas

Family History Center Links

 * FamilySearch Wiki
 * Klein Texas Family History Center Facebook Group

Useful Web Sites
(Note - many of these links were originally hosted by EaglequestPro.com. As of 28 February 2017, EaglequestPro has shut down their website.)

Visit Family History Websites the Pros Use - Many offer free information and links to many other sites.

 * AmericanAncestors.org New England Genealogical Society website
 * Ancestry.com Public Trees, Census, Marriage, Birth, Death, and much more. One of the best.  1890 Fed Census Substitute Databases to find families in 1890.
 * BYU Family History Library


 * BYU- Western States Marriage Records


 * BYU and Other Libraries Family History Books  Read your family histories online. Mormon Immigration Records Individal, family, ship, voyage notes
 * CensusFinder.com Most Free. Census for US, Canada, United Kingdom and Native Americans.
 * Civil War Records Free from the National Park Service.
 * Cyndi's List 325,000+ links, categorized & cross-referenced, in over 190 categories.
 * Every Name Indexes for Old County Histories
 * FamilySearch.org and Family Tree Records.  Must visit. Library Catalog, Family Trees, Training,  Books, Ancestral File, Pedigree Resource File, Early four generation project, pedigrees, IGI International Genealogy Index


 * Family History Research Wiki contains just about anything you want to know about family history research, where records are located, etc.


 * Find A Grave Information on people who have died. The memorials can contain valuable research information on people in addition to burial (or disposition) information.
 * FindMyPast Resource for British and Irish family history.
 * Forebears search for genealogical records around the world.
 * Genealogy Forms and Charts Free
 * Genealogy Articles, Tips and Research Guides genealogy articles, records sources and useful tips.
 * Genealogy books online find family history books online
 * GenealogyBank $$ Newspapers, historical documents, and books.
 * GenealogyInTime Great search tools for help finding for your ancestors.
 * GenealogyLinks Over 50,000 Genealogy Links - Browse by Region.
 * Genealogy on Facebook List Download the 300+ page PDF file containing 10,600+ links to English-speaking Facebook groups & pages related to genealogy & history.
 * Gene Pool Research Aids and Links for the Family Historian.
 * GenForum at Genealogy.com - good forum to leave/find info or find researchers.
 * GenWeb Sites - US and State Find Free official Genealogy Websites for any State. You can also google a Country using Google.com i.e. GenWeb Australia.
 * James Madison University - Lots of genealogy links and internet resources.
 * Kindred Trails Links to free genealogy sources.
 * LinkPendium resource directory to everything on the Web about families worldwide and genealogically-relevant information about U.S. states and counties.
 * MyGenealogyHound free site to view thousands of family biographies from early and rare history and genealogy references.
 * MyHeritage $$ Family History Records, search Books and Publications.
 * National Archives Federal, State and County records. Click Here to see Online forms.
 * National Archives search immigration, countries, states, counties, wars: WWII, Korean, Vietnam... Naturalization
 * National Archives Cross-reference to Family Search Library Films
 * Nauvoo families   EarlyLDS.com - Nauvoo family histories and sources.
 * Newspapers - To access free Newspapers see Research Links by Country and State sections below.
 * Newspaper Obituaries deaths between 1980-2014. Huge effort by FamilySearch and GenealogyBank to find over a billion names with stories. Hint to find more: click "search our historical records"  link--> click: Browse All Collections--> type Obit in filter--> find obits including FamilySearch/GenealogyBank obits.
 * Olive Tree Genealogy Free searchable genealogy transcriptions are at your fingertips.
 * Pioneer Diaries
 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (RAOGK) This site has volunteers to help you find records in United States and around the world.
 * Refdesk Genealogy Resources
 * Riverton FamilySearch Library Excellent Handouts and Guides
 * Rootsweb's U.S. Resources by State and County One of the earliest places that people have posted info.
 * Specialty FamilySearch Wiki sites: Mexico, or African American and Native American
 * Sorted By Name is a curated collection of links to genealogy details mentioned on other websites.
 * Trail records from the LDS archives. Read about your pioneer ancestors. Find your pioneers, click here
 * Training- Family Tree Getting Started. Also see Moon's class helps.
 * US Records Table Shows where to find the records. States and countries have their own Wiki records table.
 * War of 1812 Pension Records Ongoing effort to put these online. (part of Fold3.com)
 * [Wiki at FamilySearch.org Shows where to research. Also Wiki LDS Ancestors
 * Wikipedia's List of genealogy databases.
 * WorldGenWeb dedicated to providing genealogical and historical records and resources for world-wide access.

Maps and Location Finders

 * Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
 * Build your own maps. Use BLM's Geocommunicator to choose ownership, change scale, add street layer, digital orthos, satellite or other. If you click on Identify button, then on the map...the Principle Meridian, Township, Range, State, and County will show; zoom in to show Section number (for any of the 30 PLSS states). You can also show a map of any Township/Range/Section info by clicking on     Township icon at top--> choose state, meridian (if you know it), Township, Range--> Click Search--> Select, Zoom. Then look at map. Show Lat/Longitude of any place or map feature OR use Google Maps and click, hold for a second, let go on any location
 * County Boundary Formations Choose a state. Then click "View Interactive Map"
 * David Rumsey Map Collection
 * Earth Point - Fly to a legal description Uses free Google Earth and a legal description or Lat/Longitude to virtually plot and show you what it looks like today. Great site!
 * Geographic Names Information Systerm (GNIS) contains information about physical and cultural geographic features of all types in the United States, associated areas, and Antarctica, current and historical, but not including roads and highways. The database holds the Federally recognized name of each feature and defines the feature location by state, county, USGS topographic map, and geographic coordinates. Other attributes include names or spellings other than the official name, feature designations, feature classification, historical and descriptive information, and for some categories the geometric boundaries.
 * Land Ownership Maps Pick your State, County, Year and Zoom in. First, find your person on a census, see if a farmer that owned land. If he bought the land from the Federal Gov't, good chance to get a folder of information on him from the Nat'l Archives if state is one of the 30 Public Land Survey States..
 * State and County Maps Click on State to see all counties. Then click on county.
 * Township and Range Search Enter Township and Range.  Optionally enter Section.  Google Earth flies you there using BLM data.


 * USGS site: #1 Search for Geographic Sites or Features Good, Choose ACME Mapper (or Home Town Locater) to display map with county boundaries. Then choose Topo. Find cemeteries, rivers, creeks, ghost towns, populated places, mountains, trails, etc. Find latitude and longitude of any place. View in many map formats such as Satellite or Quad or street maps and more.

Specialty Sites

 * Adoption Research Help Links
 * All Census Records One-Stop Site for links to USA Census Records, Canadian Census Records, English Census Records, Census Indexes & Images, Census Transcriptions, Blank Census Forms, City Directories, Tax & Assessment Lists, Voters Registrations, Veterans Census, Questions on Census Records.
 * Archives Wiki is sponsored by the American Historical Association. It is intended to be a clearinghouse of information about archival resources throughout the world.
 * BLM National - Government Land Office Records View original settlers and land descriptions for counties of the 30 Public Domain states. It has 5 million Land Warrant and Land Records from 1820 to the present.
 * Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) ancestor search
 * Earl Jones Genealogy site contains information (including LDS temple information) on hundreds of thousands of individuals.
 * Earlham School of Religion Digital Quaker Collection.
 * Encyclopedia of American Quaker genealogy, by WIlliam Wade Hinshaw.
 * EveryNameIndex can help you quickly find passages in those old county histories that relate to your ancestor or surname.
 * General Society to Mayflower Descendants is the national site for this lineage society of descendants from those Pilgrims on the Mayflower voyage of 1620 to the shores of America's New England.
 * Google Books Search historical books for a Person or Place. Many town histories are researchable.
 * Google Language Translator Translates 90 languages to and from English. Can't read a web page? Type in its address. Translates entire web pages.
 * GS Adoption Registry - Helping people reconnect to find answers, family and medical history and hopefully peace. (Must be at least 18 to search or post).
 * HathiTrust Digital Library offering a collection of millions of publication titles digitized from libraries around the world.
 * Historic Maps Find legal land descriptions to get ancestor's land records from the Nat'l Archive.
 * History Hub is a pilot crowdsourcing platform sponsored by the National Archives. It is a place to share information, work together, and find people based on their experience and interests. Experts from the National Archives as well as other experts, history enthusiasts, and citizen archivists are available to help with your research.
 * Immigration 1820-1957 Ports/Passengers Lists - includes Canadian and Mexican Border Crossings    -some $. Searchable by state.
 * Immigration 1492-1964 Ships, Ports and Passengers Lists. Hint: in search box try last name or ship name or year
 * Immigration - Castle Garden 1855-1891 Partial indexes and passenger lists.
 * Immigration - Ellis Island 1892-1924 Original images of records at port of New York.
 * Immigration - Harvard Library Open Collections Program. Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930.
 * Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation Search for your relative's arrival in over 51 million passenger records.
 * Immigration and Naturalization Immigration and Naturalization indexes, records, images.
 * Immigration - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. $$ The USCIS Genealogy Program is a fee-for-service program that provides researchers with timely access to historical immigration and naturalization records of deceased immigrants.  Genealogy services, history and other information about the immigration process.  Does NOT include ship passenger lists or border arrival manifests, all of which were created and maintained in field offices (ports of entry).
 * International Classification of Diseases Decode those cause of death codes on death certificates.
 * IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. IPUMS integration and documentation makes it easy to study change, conduct comparative research, merge information across data types, and analyze individuals within family and community context. Data and services available free of charge.
 * Jewish History Resource Center
 * JewishGen Features thousands of databases, research tools, and other resources to help those with Jewish ancestry research.
 * LDS Genealogy designed to help families discover their ancestors.
 * Lineage Society of America Quick List of Lineage Societies With Websites.
 * Medical Terminology will help decipher cause of death on death certificates.
 * Mormon Immigration Records 1840 - 1890
 * Naturalization Records Good - Naturalization Records searchable by State.... also has link to USCIS.gov click 'Order Online Now'.
 * Nickname List Nicknames for your ancestors. Also, see Behind the Name.
 * Old Disease Names A glossary of terms used to describe diseases in times gone by.
 * Online Books Page Listing over 2 million free books on the Web.
 * Online OCR Change an image (or PDF) to a MS Word or txt document. Do not login, just browse to your image, Upload, type in number that appears, click Recognize. Text will appear under the Recognize button.
 * Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History Find answers to questions of terminology that may arise in the course of research. It contains, for example, entries on legal and other specialist terms; types of documentation; sources of information; social and religious groups; institutions and organizations; historical and political events; official functions and occupations; and authors and scholars.
 * People Search Find relatives and locate ancestors.
 * Photographers Identities Catalog collection of biographical data describing photographers, studios, manufacturers, and others involved in the production of photographic images. Consisting of names, nationalities, dates, locations and more, PIC is a vast and growing resource for the historian, student, genealogist, or any lover of photography's history.
 * Poorhouse Records by state.
 * Prison Search A directory of genealogical prison records and search engines categorized by state. Civil War Prison search engines and legendary outlaws and criminals are included.
 * Puzzilla Descendant Viewer. Find new research opportunities on descendant lines in FamilySearch FamilyTree.  Sign in with FamilySearch ID.
 * Quaker Information Center
 * Relative Finder See how you are related to famous people.
 * One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse. Tools for finding immigration records, census records, vital records, and for dealing with calendars, maps, foreign alphabets, and numerous other applications.
 * The People History  information related to historical events, popular culture, music, fashion, toys, sports, and much more from the 1800s up to the present!
 * TreeSeek.com Make large fan and pedigree charts and more.
 * Vintage Postcards, Historic Photos and Images Postcards and photos picture the world where our ancestors lived day to day life and are the perfect means of seeing those early day scens exactly as they saw them.
 * What Was There ties historical photos to Google maps, allowing one to tour familiar streets to see how they appeared in the past.
 * Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia
 * WorldCat The world's largest library catalog. Great for finding specific books in the nearest library.

Software and Tools for the Family History Researcher

 * Ancestral Quest $$, has a Free version that downloads generations from Family Tree. Tutorials.
 * Family Tree Maker $$ Quickly and easily build your family tree
 * RootsMagic $ Has Free version called Essentials that downloads generations from FamilySearch FamilyTree - tutorials.

Tools

 * Cite This For Me Automatic Bibliography Generator Create your citations, reference lists and bibliographies automatically using the APA, MLA, Chicago, or Harvard referencing styles. It's fast and free!
 * Convert Addresses to/from Latitude/Longitude/Altitude in One Step
 * Customized Google Searches Enter information about an ancestor. Press the "Click Here to Continue" button and a new window will open showing the "best" Google searches set up for you.
 * Day of the Week Calculator by Ancestor Search. Enter the date to find the day of the week for any year.
 * EasyBib: Free Bibliography Generator - Automatic works cited and bibliography formatting for MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian citation styles. Now supports 7th edition of MLA.
 * Free Kingsoft Office Software Compatible with MS Word files, Powerpoint, and Excel spreadsheets. Free!
 * Genealogy Calculators & Tools Use these date, money, relationship, and surname calculators to help build your family history.
 * GenScriber is a transcription editor for census records, church records, birth, marriage ,baptisms, burials, index records etc. Free for non-commercial use.
 * GIMPGNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). Provides the tools needed for high quality image manipulation. From retouching to restoring to creative composites.
 * Gliesians Laboratory Genealogy Calculators Some interesting genealogy tools such as image comparison, Autosomal DNA (atDNA) Analyzer, Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA) Calculator, Earlobe calculator, age difference calculator and more.
 * Inflation Calculator The calculator will tell you: a) How much the money from the year that you chose is worth today. b) What your present day money would be worth in the year that you chose.
 * Internet Archive a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
 * Irfanview a very fast, small, compact and innovative FREEWARE (for non-commercial use) graphic viewer for Windows 9x, ME, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, 2008, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10.
 * One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse. Tools for finding immigration records, census records, vital records, and for dealing with calendars, maps, foreign alphabets, and numerous other applications.
 * Paint.NET graphics program zipped folder containing the install file for FREE Paint.net and its plug-in files: Feather.dll and Perspective.dll.  Cnet.com gives it 5 stars and a great review. Download it, install it, copy the two dll files to the Effects folder.
 * Phrontistery has definitions of archaic words and various site features relating to language and lexicography. Find that half-remembered rare or obscure word you've been looking for, or to read and explore essays on language, linguistics, and culture.
 * RecordSeek takes any website on the net, and converts it to create a MLA format source citation for you, so you get the benefit of an official citation, without the frustration.
 * Soundex Converter The Soundex system is a method of indexing names in the 1880, 1900, 1910, and 1920 US Census. Soundex can also aid genealogists by identifying spelling variations for a given surname.
 * TimeAndDate See calendar for any year, date-to-date calculator, and other tools.
 * Township and Range Search Enter Township and Range.  Optionally enter Section.  Google Earth flies you there using BLM data.
 * TreeSeek Visualize your genealogy. Easily create charts with your data gathered from FamilySearch.org or create charts from a GEDCOM file.  Login with a FamilySearch ID.
 * WolframAlpha Computational Knowledge Engine. Interesting site with lots of calculators.  Of interest to genealogists are the People & History, Date & Times, Places & Geography calculators, just to name a few.
 * Yippy is another search engine

United States

 * FamilySearch United States WIki articles
 * Family History Research Wiki Search by place or topic.
 * All States Archives Digital Records For Archive site, click on link under desired state. Usually, great information for each state collected from counties.
 * All States Death Certificates Some Birth and Marriage too Some free online, others with indexes that you can use to get free certificates from microfilms from LDS library.
 * All States genealogy sites Choose a state. (mesarfhc.org)
 * American Ancestors by New England Historic Genealogical Society.
 * Ancestry.com complimentary access at Family History Centers
 * Census History and Information Index of questions, census Instructions, questionnaire Images (U.S. Census Bureau).
 * Census Index of Questions
 * County and Town Histories
 * Digital Portals to State History web resources that provide digital access to a broad array of primary source materials at the state level.
 * Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format.
 * Digital State Archives links to each state's digital archives.
 * Directory of State Archives Contact information and web link to every state archive.
 * Documenting the American South provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture.
 * County Office is the quick reference guide for accurate, up-to-date information about all State, County and City local government offices and public records sources.
 * Genealogy Inc History of States and Counties. Scroll down, select a state. Animap free Scroll down, click state under State Maps.
 * Genealogy Village Site Directory sites are affiliated with an organization such as GenWeb, AHGP, ALHN, etc.
 * Global Virtual GenealogyDigital birth, marriage, death, census and city directory records from around the world.
 * Godfrey Memorial Library Weblinks list by state and topic. Table format here.
 * Great Lakes area genealogy and local history is dedicated to the five Great Lakes states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, you’ll also find some excellent resources with material for other states.
 * Historical U.S. County Boundary Maps
 * Historical Directories United States Online Historical Directories.
 * Historical Newspapers United States Online Historical Newspapers.
 * Interment.net Cemetery records for Canada, US, and many other countries.
 * IPUMS USA collects, preserves and harmonizes U.S. census microdata and provides easy access to this data with enhanced documentation. Data includes decennial censuses from 1790 to 2010 and American Community Surveys (ACS) from 2000 to the present.
 * Making of America A digital library by Cornell University of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. Browse Journals and Civil War documents.
 * MyHeritage.com complimentary access at Family History Centers.
 * National Archives Resources for Genealogists
 * New England Congregational Library & Archives digital collections.
 * Newspapers - Google's Newspaper Archive United States and Canada newspapers. Buttons for searching archive or entire web. For greatest success, do both.
 * Newspapers - Library of Congress Chronicling America many states- from 1836 to 1922
 * Newspapers - historical newspapers online organized by state 1800s to late 1900s
 * Newspapers Old Fulton (NY) History. Contains more than NY newspapers.
 * Online County Histories, Biographies and Indexes - USA
 * Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records
 * Poorhouse Records by state.
 * Public Records and Genealogy Resources search.
 * SamPubCo resource for genealogy researchers trying to locate ancestor information, family history, and historical records.
 * State and County GenWeb sites May find free help on looking up information, also has history information and some records.
 * State Archives, State Libraries and Historical Society Websites for each state.
 * Trails To The Past
 * US State Genealogy Encyclopedias on Pinterest
 * United States Access Genealogy Free - U.S. genealogy research (Native American, Military, more)
 * United States Genealogy Databases from GermanRoots.com - American passenger lists, military, census, more...
 * U.S. Census Records 1790-1940 | Online Records | Census Clues Information about U.S. census records with links to indexes and online records.
 * USA.gov Learn how to research your ancestors.
 * USGenwebprovides links to state Genweb sites, which, in turn, provide gateways to the county Genweb sites.
 * USGenWeb Census Project
 * Vital Records & Probate Records
 * Western States Marriage Index Most of the pre-1900 marriages are included in the index for Arizona, Idaho and Nevada. Many counties for those same states have been extracted into the 1930’s and some, much later. A significant number of marriages from selected counties in California, western Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Utah, eastern Washington, and Wyoming are also included. Very early marriages (1700’s) in New Mexico are currently being added.
 * Where to Write for Vital Records The federal government does not distribute certificates, files, or indexes with identifying information for vital records. The links, provided by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, are for those users who want direct access to individual state and territory information.

African American

 * FamilySearch African American Wiki articles
 * African-Native American Genealogy that document the Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes. Includes the history and documentation of blended African & Native American families in more states.
 * Africana Heritage Project
 * AfriGeneas African Ancestored Genealogy devoted to African American genealogy, to researching African Ancestry in the Americas in particular and to genealogical research and resources in general. It is also an African Ancestry research community featuring the AfriGeneas mail list, the AfriGeneas message boards and daily and weekly genealogy chats.
 * Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy
 * Archdiocese of New Orleans includes the eight civil parishes in the greater New Orleans area: Jefferson; Orleans; Plaquemines; St. Bernard; St. Charles; St. John, St. Tammany; and Washington. In addition to housing materials for these civil parishes, the archives also holds Louisiana-wide material from earlier periods when the archdiocesan boundaries included all or most of the state. Among these images are the registers of the slaves and free people of color from St. Louis Cathedral.
 * Caribbean GenWeb
 * Christine's Genealogy Website
 * Civil War Slave Compensation Claims Index claims brought by loyal slave owners against the Federal Government whose slaves volunteered or were drafted into military service for the Union Cause.
 * Crispus Attucks Museum Crispus Attucks was Indianapolis, Indiana's first segregated high school built for African-Americans in 1927. This digital collection captures the history of the high school through its yearbooks (1928-1986), newspapers, and graduation programs.
 * Digital Library on American Slavery A searchable database of detailed personal information about slaves, slaveholders, and free people of color.  The site provides access to data collected from legal petitions filed from 1777 to 1867 in all fifteen slaveholding states in the U.S.
 * Documenting the American South provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture.
 * Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware The history of the free African American community as told through the family history of most African Americans who were free in the Southeast during the colonial period.
 * Freedmen's Bureau Online The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
 * Lowcountry Africana African American Genealogy in SC, GA and FL.
 * North American Slave Narratives University of North Carolina special collection on Documenting the American South.
 * Relatively Curious
 * Slavery Era Insurance Registry Insurance policies from the slavery era have been discovered in the archives of several insurance companies, documenting insurance coverage for slaveholders for damage to or death of their slaves, issued by a predecessor insurance firm.
 * Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database Information on almost 36,000 slaving voyages that forcibly embarked 10 million+ Africans for transport to the Americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.
 * Unknown No Longer Virginia Historical Society access to its varied collections relating to Virginians of African descent.

Native American

 * FamilySearch Native American Wiki articles
 * 11 Places to Search for Native American Ancestors
 * Access Genealogy (Tribes from Abenaki to Zuni)
 * African-Native American Genealogy that document the Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes. Includes the history and documentation of blended African & Native American families in more states.
 * Cherokee Census
 * Cherokee Nation
 * Cherokee Tribal Citizenship
 * GenealogyBank $$ - Explore your Native American ancestry with over 2 billion genealogy records in thousands of newspapers and historical documents from all across the United States.
 * Proving Native American Ancestry

Alabama

 * FamilySearch Alabama Wiki articles
 * Alabama Department of Archives and History


 * Alabama Land Records Some are not found on the BLM GLO Land Office site
 * Alabama Mosaica repository of digital materials on Alabama's history, culture, places, and people.
 * Alabama Pioneers
 * Auburn University Digital Collections
 * Early settlers of Alabama- lots of names, and much of index is "hyperlinked" - "Early Settlers of Alabama" - James Edmonds Saunders - Google Books
 * Encyclopedia of Alabama
 * Kindred Trails Alabama Research Resources for Shelby County & the state.
 * Maps from the Treasure Room Collection-Auburn University - The collection contains digitized versions of maps whose originals are housed in Auburn University Libraries Special Collections and Archives.
 * Reconstruction in Alabama-names, places, and maps - "Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama" - Walter Lynwood Fleming - Google Books
 * Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

Alaska

 * FamilySearch Alaska Wiki articles
 * Alaska Web

Arizona

 * FamilySearch Arizona Wiki articles
 * Arizona Archives Online provides free public access to descriptions of archival collections, preserved and made accessible by Arizona repositories, including libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums.
 * Arizona Birth and Death Certificates
 * Arizona Memory Project has newspapers, maps, oral histories, photographs and more.
 * Arizona Newspapers Archive about 1858-1922

Arkansas

 * FamilySearch Arkansas Wiki articles
 * Arkansas Death Certificates Search and Order Service from the Arkansas Department of Health.
 * Arkansas Digital Ark-ives online digital archive of the Arkansas State Archives.
 * Arkansas Genealogical SocietyClick Online Databases for access to ancestry charts, family group sheets and quarterly journals of the Arkansas Family Historian publication.
 * Arkansas List of Cases contains images, transcripts and abstracts of records and briefs filed with the Arkansas territorial courts. The records are from 1809, when Arkansas was a district within the Territory of Louisiana.
 * Arkansas Research, Inc. makes historical and genealogical information about Arkansas available to researchers (for a price).
 * Arkansas State Archives search.
 * Arkansas State Library digital collections.
 * Arkansas Studies Institute dedicated to the study of Arkansas history and culture. Search ASI Catalog here.
 * Biographical and Pictorial History of Arkansas Volume 1 by John Hallum.
 * Biographical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas
 * Butler Center for Arkansas Studies is a department of the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS).
 * Centennial History of Arkansas Volume 3 By Dallas Tabor Herndon.
 * Historical Review of Arkansas: Its Commerce, Industry and Modern Affairs Volume 3, By Fay Hempstead.
 * Northwest Arkansas Genealogy Fayetteville, Washington county area.
 * Pike County Archives and History Society
 * Pike County Arkansas Online Records Library.
 * Pike County Courier Murfreesboro, Arkansas Death & Obituary Index 1926-1934.
 * Publications of the Arkansas Historical Association, Volume 1
 * Sebastian County Arkansas Genealogy Indexes Online.
 * Texarkana Fox Trot is a site dedicated to the first 100 years of Texarkana imagery, film, video, and sound. Expanded section on Scott Joplin and 132 high resolution Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, and much more.
 * The History of Arkansas A Text-book for Public Schools, High Schools, and Academies By Josiah Hazen Shinn.
 * Washington County Archives Scroll down to bottom of page for links to search land records, plat books, marriages, and other county information.

California

 * FamilySearch California Wiki articles
 * California Digital Library
 * California Digital Newspapers A Freely Accessible Repository of Digitized California Newspapers from 1846 to the Present.
 * California Genealogical Society & LibraryNorthern California.
 * Golden Nugget Library's California Statewide Databases.
 * Los Angeles Historic City and Business Directories
 * Los Angeles Public Library has history and genealogy links to sites around the world. View other Collections and Resources.
 * NorCal Genealogy
 * Online Archive of California collections.
 * Oregon-California Trails Association Explore the history of the American frontier west from the pioneers and Indians who led the way, to covered wagons, cattle and cowboys who followed later.
 * SFgenealogy Genealogy and History for the San Francisco Bay Area.

Colorado

 * FamilySearch Colorado Wiki articles
 * Colorado Newspapers Published in Colorado primarily from 1859 to 1923
 * Colorado Online Historical Directories listed by county
 * Colorado registered voters
 * Colorado State Archives
 * Denver Public Library digital archives.
 * Foothills Genealogical Society of Colorado
 * History Colorado Online Collection Explore Colorado’s past through the archives, artifacts, and photographs of the History Colorado Collection.
 * Pikes Peak Library District Digital Collections feature historic photographs, pamphlets, manuscripts, maps, audio oral histories, films and more that highlight the history of the Pikes Peak area.
 * Pikes Peak Library District Regional History and Genealogy collection includes books, maps, manuscripts and archives, photographs, oral histories, films and videos, government documents, pamphlets, periodicals, and other materials related to the history of the Pikes Peak region. The Genealogy collection contains extensive family history research materials, covering the entire United States from Colonial times to the present, including books, periodicals, and access to major genealogical databases.
 * Pikes Peak News Finder contains citations to local news articles and obituaries from the Colorado Springs Gazette and other local newspapers. The site also contains citations to the Colorado Springs Death Registers, 1872-1920; the Colorado Veterans Graves Registration, 1870-1950; registers from several Colorado Springs churches, ca. 1873-1942; and other resources.
 * Rocky Mountain Online Archive information about archival collections in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming.

Connecticut

 * FamilySearch Connecticut Wiki articles
 * Connecticut Genealogy Early (1636-1776) court records, wills, stories of early settlers.
 * Connecticut Index has several databases of old vital records.
 * Connecticut State Library History and Genealogy. Digital Collections.
 * Connecticut Town Clerks Portal $$ get access to indexed information and images for land records and other recorded information maintained by the Town Clerk’s office without traveling to each Town Clerk’s office.

Delaware

 * FamilySearch Delaware Wiki articles
 * Delaware Public Archives
 * ShoreWeb Information on the DelMarVa peninsula which lies between the Cheapeake Bay to the west and the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean to the east, consists of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and the bulk of Delaware.

Florida

 * FamilySearch Florida Wiki articles
 * Florida Memory State Library & Archives
 * Florida Memory Early Auto Registrations 1905-1917
 * University of Florida Digital Collections hosts more than 300 outstanding digital collections

Georgia

 * FamilySearch Georgia Wiki articles
 * Digital Library of Georgia is a gateway to Georgia's history and culture found in digitized books, manuscripts, photographs, government documents, newspapers, maps, audio, video, and other resources.
 * Civil War In The American South provides a portal to access digital collections from the Civil War Era (1850-1865) held by members of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL).
 * Galileo University of Georgia's Virtual Library Sign in as a guest for limited access or through one of the institutions listed on the home page for full access to free content
 * Georgia Archives identifies, collects, provides access and preserves Georgia’s historical documents.
 * Georgia Genealogy databases at the Georgia Archives. i.e. type Clarke in search box...Search, then Marriage in search box...Search
 * Georgia Researchers for hire
 * Georgia GenWeb
 * Georgia Marriages Most are free, just don't click on links that show archives.com
 * Georgia's Virtual Vault
 * Historical collections of Georgia
 * Kings Mountain and its Heroes - Index is in back of the book with clickable links
 * Morgan County Georgia GenWeb
 * The Early History of Jackson County, Georgia By Gustavus James Nash Wilson

Hawaii

 * FamilySearch Hawaii Wiki articles
 * Hawaii State Archives access to the State’s government archives and special collections.
 * Hawaii State Archives Digital Collections.

Idaho

 * FamilySearch Idaho Wiki articles
 * BYU Idaho Family History
 * BYU Idaho Family History Center

Illinois

 * FamilySearch Illinois Wiki articles
 * Chicago Ancestors discover the past by address. Other Chicago Ancestors resources (Maps, newspapers, Property research, Research sites and streets/directories) located here.
 * Cook County, Illinois Vital Records
 * Cyberdrive Illinois depository of public records of Illinois state and local governmental agencies which possess permanent administrative, legal, or historical research values. Its collections do not include manuscript, newspaper, or other nonofficial sources. Statewide Death Index Pre -1916  Statewide Death Index 1916-1950  Statewide Marriage Index 1763-1900
 * Illinois State Archives Databases. Search All Archive databases by Last, First Name
 * Illinois Digital Archives
 * Joliet, Illinois Prison Convict Records
 * The Newberry Chicago's Independent Research Library since 1887.

Indiana

 * FamilySearch Indiana Wiki articles
 * Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center free databases.
 * Crispus Attucks Museum Crispus Attucks was Indianapolis, Indiana's first segregated high school built for African-Americans in 1927. This digital collection captures the history of the high school through its yearbooks (1928-1986), newspapers, and graduation programs.
 * Indiana Digital Archives Databases.
 * Indiana Genealogical Society $$ Member-only Databases but some are offered to the public for free.
 * Indiana State Library online resources.
 * Society of Indiana Pioneers useful links.

Iowa

 * FamilySearch Iowa Wiki articles
 * Des Moines Virtual Public Library Collections
 * Iowa Genealogical Society Indexes
 * Iowa Gravestones gravestone photo records from across the state of Iowa.
 * Pocahontas County Coroners Record of Deaths 1897 through 1935

Kansas

 * FamilySearch Kansas Wiki articles
 * Kansas Historical Society Online collections located here.
 * Kansas Marriage Records
 * Kansas Memory Primary sources online from the Kansas Historical Society.
 * Kansas Property Ownership Maps or Plat Books County atlases or plat books contain township maps that show rural landowners. They also include the locations of rural churches, cemeteries, and schools. Plats of cities are included but city lot owners are not listed. Sometimes there are pictures and a directory of county residents at the end.
 * Look To The Past Kansas Marriages, Death Records, Birth Records, Biographies Arranged By County.
 * Miami County Kansas History
 * Shawnee County Microfilm Records an inventory of local government records microfilm for this county. Contact the reference staff by phone (785-272-8681, ext. 117) or email if you need help finding a reel number.
 * Topeka Building Permits currently contains permits issued through 31 December 1925.

Kentucky

 * FamilySearch Kentucky Wiki articles
 * Explore UK University of Kentucky Special Collections, images, oral histories, yearbooks.
 * Jefferson County Clerks Office land records back to 1984
 * Kentucky Digital Library collections, maps, historic newspapers, images, books and oral histories.
 * Kentucky Vital Records Index Selected Kentucky Death, Marriage and Divorce indexes.
 * KyGenWeb

Louisiana

 * FamilySearch Louisiana Wiki articles
 * Archdiocese of New Orleans includes the eight civil parishes in the greater New Orleans area: Jefferson; Orleans; Plaquemines; St. Bernard; St. Charles; St. John, St. Tammany; and Washington. In addition to housing materials for these civil parishes, the archives also holds Louisiana-wide material from earlier periods when the archdiocesan boundaries included all or most of the state.
 * Bossier Parish Library Historical Center database and collections.
 * Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans Genealogical records in New Orleans, and in Louisiana and the Gulf Coast south.
 * Lafayette Parish Free Public Records Directory
 * Louisiana American History & Genealogy Project
 * Louisiana Clerks of Court contact information.
 * Louisiana Digital Library
 * Louisiana Genealogy History, Military, Cemeteries, Parishes, Death records, Marriage records, Censuses.
 * Lafayette Parish uisiana Genealogy Trails History Group
 * Louisiana Public Records Search Louisiana public records, including birth, business, contractor, court, criminal, death, divorce, employee, genealogy, GIS, land, marriage, property, tax, vital, etc.
 * Louisiana Vital Records Index Locate vital records that are maintained by the Louisiana Secretary of State.
 * Newspaper Access Program
 * Orleans Parish USGenWeb Archives Project
 * State Library of Louisiana genealogy resources.
 * Trails To The Past-Louisiana
 * Tulane University Digital Library

Maine

 * FamilySearch Maine Wiki articles
 * Maine Deed Records Maine Registers of Deeds Association Official Land Records Website

Maryland

 * FamilySearch Maryland Wiki articles
 * Anne Arundel Genealogical Society An extensive collection of material from across Maryland and surrounding states.
 * ShoreWeb Information on the DelMarVa peninsula which lies between the Cheapeake Bay to the west and the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean to the east, consists of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and the bulk of Delaware.

Massachusetts

 * FamilySearch Massachusetts Wiki articles
 * 50 Puritan Families
 * Brown Genealogy Book with many early families from Massachusetts
 * Cambridge Public Library's Historic Cambridge Newspaper Collection.
 * Center for Lowell History University of Massachusetts Lowell Libraries collections, including maps, immigrant archives, photographs and oral histories.
 * Colonial Records
 * Deer Island Irish Memorial Boston Harbor - persons buried on Deer Island, Boston
 * Early Vital Records of Massachusetts Town Index town records, church records, private records, gravestone inscriptions and newspaper articles, and indexed by town and by surname.
 * Foster Genealogy and many others from Massachusetts
 * Greenleaf Family- many clickable links
 * Massachusetts Archives holdings date from the beginning of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1628 and document the settlement of lands in Maine and Massachusetts, the arrival of immigrants, and the development of state government.
 * Massachusetts early town records of Sutton (birth, marriage, and death), before 1849.
 * Massachusetts Land Records (dates vary by county)
 * Nantucket Resources
 * The First Settlers of New England A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England showing three generations of those who came before May,1692 by James Savage.

Michigan

 * FamilySearch Michigan Wiki articles
 * Detroit Public Library Digital Collections
 * Kalkaska County Library's digital newspaper archive, featuring issues of The Leader and Kalkaskian and predecessor newspapers, from 1879 to 2012.
 * Michigan Biographical Index is a cumulative full-name index merging more than one thousand Michigan publications and manuscripts.
 * Michigan County Clerks directory.
 * Michigan Death Certificates click on "Advanced Search" at the top right corner. You can search by name, county, death year
 * Milford (MI) Times Obituary Request This is a free service provided by the Milford Public Library.
 * River Raisin National Battlefield Park preserves, commemorates, and interprets the January 1813 battles of the War of 1812 and their aftermath in Monroe and Wayne counties in SE Michigan.
 * Seeking Michigan the online platform for the Michigan Historical Center.

Minnesota

 * FamilySearch Minnesota Wiki articles
 * Minnesota's Good Railroad, the Omaha Road article by H. Roger Grant
 * Minnesota Historical Society Records and indexes along with research help.

Mississippi

 * FamilySearch Mississippi Wiki articles
 * Carroll County Mississippi
 * Jasper County Mississippi Genealogy & History Network website providing free information to genealogical and historical researchers.
 * Jasper County Mississippi Historical Pagesis a blend of historical and personal reflections relating to the communities and landmarks within and near Jasper County, Mississippi.
 * Jones County Mississippi Genealogy & History Network website providing free information to genealogical and historical researchers.
 * Jones County History and Genealogy presented by Mississippi Genealogy Trails.
 * Lauderdale County Department of Archives & History virtual research room.
 * Mississippi Archives
 * Mississippi Genealogy (USgenweb)
 * Mississippi Genealogical and Historical Societies
 * Mississippi Historical Maps
 * Mississippi State and County records Scroll down to MS Counties then choose county for county records.
 * MsGenWeb

Missouri

 * FamilySearch Missouri Wiki articles
 * Births and Deaths Pre-1910, Deaths 1910-1961 Death Certificates When there, scroll to bottom of page.
 * Jackson Co, Mo Marriage Records
 * Kansas City, Missouri; its history and its people 1808-1908, by Carrie Westlake Whitney.
 * Midwest Genealogy Center provides an index to a portion of resources available through the Midwest Genealogy Center as well as inactive pension claims from the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board.
 * Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1966
 * Missouri Digital Heritage
 * Missouri State Archives is the official repository for state records of permanent and historical value.
 * The State Historical Society of Missouri collections and research.

Montana

 * FamilySearch Montana Wiki articles

Nebraska

 * FamilySearch Nebraska Wiki articles
 * Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services vital records information.

Nevada

 * FamilySearch Nevada Wiki articles
 * Clark County Nevada records, including property records search and more.

New Hampshire

 * FamilySearch New Hampshire Wiki articles

New Jersey

 * FamilySearch New Jersey Wiki articles
 * New Jersey Archive Search Vital, Military, Land records and more.  Film numbers correspond to LDS film numbers.
 * Red Bank Register, New Jersey Newspaper Archive 1878-1991

New Mexico

 * FamilySearch New Mexico Wiki articles.
 * Center for Southwest Research and Special Collections specializes in preserving historical manuscripts, books, photographs, architectural drawings, recordings, and other library materials relating to New Mexico, the Southwestern U.S., and Latin America.
 * New Mexico Genealogy Resources & Vital Records.
 * Rocky Mountain Online Archive information about archival collections in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming.

New York

 * FamilySearch New York Wiki articles
 * Brouwer Genealogy by Chris Chester research links.
 * New York Free Birth, Death, Naturalization 1824-1959. Choose database, at bottom choose 'click here' button [Not just Italians].
 * New York Public Library collections
 * New York State Archives digital collections.
 * New York State Historical Literature
 * New York State Marriages 1639-1786.
 * New York State Official Website search on "genealogy" to get links to find records.
 * Newspapers Old Fulton (NY) History. Contains more than NY newspapers.

North Carolina

 * FamilySearch North Carolina Wiki articles
 * Buncombe County genealogical research.
 * Harnett County register of deeds.
 * New River Notes historical resources site for the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia.
 * State Archives of North Carolina digital collections.
 * State Library of North Carolina online resources.

North Dakota

 * FamilySearch North Dakota Wiki articles

Ohio

 * FamilySearch Ohio Wiki articles
 * Bowling Green (Ohio) State University Center for Archival Collections.
 * Cleveland Public Library genealogy resources.
 * Cuyahoga County OHGenWeb
 * Hamilton County Genealogical Society
 * Ohio Death Certificate Index, 1913 - 1944  Marriage and Death Certificates 1800-1950. Hint: click on USA, type Ohio.
 * Ohio Genealogical Society
 * Ohio History Connection

Oklahoma

 * FamilySearch Oklahoma Wiki articles
 * Choctaw County - Okchocta is a source for free Choctaw County Oklahoma genealogy.
 * Gateway to Oklahoma History is an online repository of Oklahoma history. You may browse through hundreds of thousands of newspaper pages dating from the 1840s to the 1920s.
 * Oklahoma State Vital Records index is a free searchable index of births and deaths that occurred in the state of Oklahoma. Included is limited information on births occurring more than 20 years ago and deaths occurring more than 5 years ago.
 * Oklahoma Voters is public information from the Oklahoma voter list.

Oregon

 * FamilySearch Oregon Wiki articles
 * Oregon-California Trails Association Explore the history of the American frontier west from the pioneers and Indians who led the way, to covered wagons, cattle and cowboys who followed later.
 * Oregon Secretary of State Archival Records.

Pennsylvania

 * FamilySearch Pennsylvania Wiki articles
 * Bethlehem Area Public Library Local History pages provide convenient online access to historical content from a variety of sources.
 * Centre County Genealogical Society research links and facilities.
 * Pennsylvania Archives Free historical records search.
 * Pennsylvania databases different links from Cenus Finder.
 * Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission research sites.
 * Pennsylvania Online Historical Directories listed by county.
 * Pittsburgh/Allegheny County and Much More.

Rhode Island

 * FamilySearch Rhode Island Wiki articles
 * Rhode Island Birth, Marriage, and Death Records Records from 1636 to 1850. Found on Ancestry.com.

South Carolina

 * FamilySearch South Carolina Wiki articles

South Dakota

 * FamilySearch South Dakota Wiki articles

Tennessee

 * FamilySearch Tennessee Wiki articles
 * Hamilton County Tennessee Genealogy Society
 * Rutherford County Historical Society publications.
 * Rutherford County Tennessee Archives
 * Rutherford County Tennessee History
 * Shelby County Register of Deeds access to vital records
 * Tennessee Biographies by County.
 * Tennessee County Clerks some counties have recent marriage information. Click on Marriage Lookup tab from main page to see those counties.
 * Tennessee Genealogical Society
 * Wilson County, Tennessee Genealogy Depot

Texas

 * FamilySearch Texas Wiki articles
 * Collin County Genealogy Corner archive of historical marriage licenses, some of which date back to 1884, school census records and a complete listing of Collin County Elected Officials both past and present. Access to birth indexes, death indexes and marriage indexes.
 * Denton Public Library Genealogy births, marriages and deaths plus more.
 * Grayson County TxGenWeb
 * History of Clarksville and Old Red River County by Pat B. Clark, 1937.
 * Lavaca County TXGenWeb
 * Northeast Texas Digital Collections
 * Red River County
 * Texarkana Fox Trot is a site dedicated to the first 100 years of Texarkana imagery, film, video, and sound. Expanded section on Scott Joplin and 132 high resolution Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, and much more.
 * Texas Digital Archive (TDA) manages, preserves, and facilitates access to the electronic records collections of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, including those transferred by State agencies or digitized by the State Archives.
 * Texas Health & Human Services how to obtain Texas vital records.
 * Texas Judicial Branch search Texas court cases.
 * Texas Kaufman County Genealogy Society has obituaries, cemetery records, and more.. Obituaries
 * Texas Newspapers and much more. Texas archived records maintained by the University of North Texas. Type search like 'McAnulty date:1845-1877'--> Submit--> click link--> Search--> Click Thumbnail--> Zoom Full Page.
 * Texas Tech University Southwest Collections special collections library.
 * Texas Tombstone Transcription Project
 * West Texas Digital Archives

Utah

 * FamilySearch Utah Wiki articles
 * Utah Episcopal Records A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. To open, click link.  To download spreadsheet, right click on link and select "Save Link As..."
 * Utah Historical - Records
 * Utah Digital Collections. Death certificates, land records, mining claims, etc. Hint: Click on advance search, i.e. in 'The exact phrase box' type George W. Briggs, click search, if more than one...click next hit OR Scroll down and choose the collection to search i.e. Death Certificates
 * BLM Government - Utah Master Title Plat, Historical Index Records Enter Township, Range, Meridian, Land Rec Type= Historical Index. Click Find. Search Historical Indexes for items matching your land description and time your ancestor lived there. Use Serial Filing No. when sending to NARA for more information.
 * Prominent Men of Utah history book of prominent Utah families
 * Utah Cemetery and Burial Records
 * Utah Mountain West Digital Library
 * Utah Digital Newspapers has been updated with several more Utah newspapers
 * Utah historic books, manuscripts and collections. Use double quotes when searching like "John A. Ray"

Vermont

 * FamilySearch Vermont Wiki articles

Virginia

 * FamilySearch Virginia Wiki articles
 * Binn's Genealogy Specializing in Virginia Counties 1800 and Before.
 * Huguenot Immigration To Virginia
 * New River Notes historical resources site for the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia.
 * ShoreWeb Information on the DelMarVa peninsula which lies between the Cheapeake Bay to the west and the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean to the east, consists of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and the bulk of Delaware.
 * Tinkling Spring Baptisms in Augusta County, VA Rev. John Craig's record of Baptisms from 1740-1749
 * Unknown No Longer Virginia Historical Society access to its varied collections relating to Virginians of African descent.
 * Virginia Chronicle newspapers of Virginia.
 * Virginia County and Land Records Tip: Click "Best Sources for Virginia Research by Time Period"; at the top click the time period, click the source link
 * Virginia Memory Digital Collections Click on Collections by Topic, Military Service, Rev War Pensions, Alpha List: Smith, John, Click on Smith, John, Click on URL to see images

Washington

 * FamilySearch Washington Wiki articles
 * Washington Birth, Marriage, Death, more...
 * Washington State Digital Archives

West Virginia

 * FamilySearch West Virginia Wiki articles
 * West Virginia Birth, Marriage, Death records.
 * West Virginia Division of Culture and History

Wisconsin

 * FamilySearch Wisconsin Wiki articles
 * Milwaukee Public Library View the Research Section for maps, newspapers, genealogy info and more.
 * MPL Digital Library
 * Wisconsin Historical Society

Wyoming

 * FamilySearch Wyoming Wiki articles
 * Rocky Mountain Online Archive information about archival collections in Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming.

General

 * Ancestry.com
 * Cemetery Records for Canada, US, and many other countries. (Interment.net)
 * Family History Research Wiki
 * Genealogy Indexer Search pages of historical directories (business, address, telephone, etc., mostly from Central and Eastern Europe), yizkor books (memorials to Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust), military lists (officers, casualties, etc., mostly from the Russian Empire and Poland), community and personal histories, and Polish secondary school annual reports and other school sources.
 * Global Virtual GenealogyDigital birth, marriage, death, census and city directory records from around the world.
 * Google Translate Copy and paste web address to translate foreign language webpages.
 * Historical World Boundary Maps

Austria

 * FamilySearch Austria Wiki articles
 * Austria and Czech Republic Archives
 * Actapublica Free church registers
 * Austria - Genteam.at Need a login, but access is free.
 * Matricula - Free Church Registers A monumental effort to digitize 1,000s of church registry books in Germany and Austria (other countries to come) and make them available - free and online.
 * Vorarlberg Parish Registers Austria is putting forth a great effort to put their old church records online for free.

Canada

 * CanadianHeadstones.com Find a Grave in Canada
 * Canadian Immigration and Naturalization several databases
 * Census Records 1851-1911 CensusFinder.com - Click on Canada Census Records
 * Census Records Automatedgenealogy.com - some 1851/52, 1901, some 1906, 1911 hint: click on page and year links to see all data. Click split view to see image. Has links to other Canada data as well.
 * CollectionsCanada Has 1881 census images, immigration, vital records, military much more.
 * FamilySearch Canadian Research Catalog databases
 * Canadian GenWeb Sites The provinces are listed in the left column within this website.
 * Library and Archives Canada This takes you straight to their databases
 * Genealogy and Family History Can see most records.. Get Birth-Marriage-Death, Immigration, Land, Military, ...

British Columbia

 * British Columbia (Province in 1871) - Provincial Archives

Manitoba

 * Manitoba Vital Records - unrestricted access to the following records: Births more than 100 years ago, Marriages more than 80 years ago, Deaths more than 70 years ago.  NOTE: Records are only updated quarterly - use film # to find records on microfilm.

New Brunswick

 * New Brunswick (records from 1800) Provincial Archives

Newfoundland

 * Newfoundland Vital Records

Nova Scotia

 * Nova Scotia Birth, Marriage, Death records (not all yet)

Ontario

 * Ontario Land petitions dated predominantly from 1783 to 1841.

Saskatchewan

 * Saskatchewan Births before 100 yrs ago, deaths before 70 yrs ago/
 * Saskatchewan Homestead Records

Denmark

 * FamilySearch Denmark Wiki articles
 * Danish Family Search Free parish registers and censuses and pictures of original records. Has old and new (Ny) records. Good if you know the Parish. Click Search tab or---Click on County, Click on Parish, Click Churchbooks tab, Click other tab, click near top to see if there is an index, Find year and click on records.
 * Danish State Archives Free church books, parish registers and population censuses and pictures of original records. Click second link on left (Kirkeb�ger fra hele landet), Select County, Parish, year series. Click pages to find date of record.

France

 * FamilySearch France Wiki articles
 * French Archives Access to French genealogy Wiki.

Germany

 * FamilySearch Germany Wiki articles
 * GermanRoots.com Passenger lists, BMD indexes, census, military, more. Some $
 * Matricula - Free Church Registers A monumental effort to digitize 1,000s of church registry books in Germany and Austria (other countries to come) and make them available - free and online.

Netherlands

 * FamilySearch Netherlands Wiki articles


 * AlleDrenten lots of Netherlands links
 * Groningen lots of Netherlands links
 * Zoeken (Zoek) lots of Netherlands links

Norway

 * Arkivverket.no Norway Digital Archive

United Kingdom (England / Ireland / Scotland / Wales)

 * FamilySearch United Kingdom Wiki articles
 * DustyDocs Free UK bmd sites. May search by Parish
 * GenUki.org.uk UK - England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Island, Isle of Man
 * FindMyPast $$ Varied, passenger list, BMD, Outbound from England and more.
 * FreeBMD (free) Births, Marriages, Deaths
 * FreeReg (free) Parish Registers
 * IGI International Genealogical Index has largest single index to English church records, but no Quaker records.
 * UK National Archives (mostly free) military pensions index, wills, 1901 Census Eng and Wales
 * UKBMD (free site use, but certificates cost some)

England

 * FamilySearch England Wiki articles
 * Interactive Map of England Counties

Ireland

 * FamilySearch Ireland Wiki articles
 * Ireland Census 1901 and 1911
 * Ireland Church Records 1700s to ~1920s
 * Ireland Genealogy
 * Sean J. Murphy E-publications New and out of print publications by Sean J Murphy or with which he was involved.

Scotland

 * FamilySearch Scotland Wiki articles

Wales

 * FamilySearch Wales Wiki articles
 * Welsh Journals provides access to journals relating to Wales published between 1735-2007. Titles range from academic and scientific publications to literary and popular magazines.
 * Wales National Library marriage bonds, allegations, estate records

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