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Beginning Your Research
FamilySearch - Research Wiki - Learning Center Classes National Archives Family History Research Cyndi's List USGenWeb Internet Archive Genealogy
African and Native American
African American Griots The African-Native American Genealogy Blog African Roots Podcast Afrigeneas Christine's website Digital Library on American Slavery The Freedmen’s Bureau Online Geni’s African American Genealogy Series Historic Pathways – Elizabeth Shown Mills Intl. Soc. Sons & Daughters of Slave Ancestry Lowcountry Africana Research at the National Archives & Beyond talk radio Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture UmbraSearch
Census - US
Measuring America: decennial censuses 1790 to 2000 Enumerator instructions by census year 1790 heads of households 1840 list of Revolutionary War & military pensioners free, browsable 1790-1940 images - Internet Archive US Indian Census 1885-1940 - browsable images
Cemeteries
US Dept. of Veterans Affairs -domestic military burials American Battle Monuments Commission – overseas military burials and others (1917 - ) Congressional Cemetery
House Histories
Houses & building histories - Cyndi's List House Stories - Kenton county Public Library Old Louisville Guide The Collins C. Diboll Vieux Carré Digital Survey
Immigration and Naturalization
Proceedings of the Old Bailey Castle Garden Ellis island National Archives Immigration Records
Legislative, Court Records
U.S. Serial Set: Congressional docs beginning 1817 American State Papers: Congressional doc 1789-1838 US Serial Set selected documents not in above US Congressional documents and debates 1775- 1875
Libraries, Newspapers, etc.
Libraries, digital collections ArchiveGrid - OCLC's world archives project Archives Library Information Center (ALIC) - NARA DAR genealogical research FamilySearch Digital Library FamilySearch Historical Record Images (new 5/21) Founders Online Google Free Books Google Scholar Hathi Trust Digital Library Internet Archive- books to borrow JSTOR Library of Congress online catalog -digital collections National Archives Catalog Making of America National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections Open Access journal directory PastPerfect online collections WorldCat ExploreUK Univ of KY
Maps, Land
Taking the mystery out of land records Atlas of historical county boundaries Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States Earth Point - public land survey system Federal land records site Geographic Names Information Center (GNIS) GeoNet Names Server (GNS) Google Earth Library of Congress online map collections Old Maps Online David Rumsey Historical Map Collection Sanborn fire insurance maps - LC
Military
Vital Records, DNA
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