Web Sites for United States Research
Compiled by Sandra Trapp, last updated December 5, 2017
The following information is for (mostly) free resources for U.S. research.
GENERAL Rootsweb - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ - At this web site you can find the Social Security Death Index, town/county database, family trees submitted by researchers, mailing list for surnames, localities and more, message boards, people willing to do look-up in resources they have, blank charts and forms for your research, and more.
Ancestry Library Edition - available at many local libraries. This edition of Ancestry includes research information for the United States and the United Kingdom Ancestry.com Free Databases - http://www.searchforancestors.com/ancestryfreebies.html - There are databases on this web site that are always free, i.e., 1880 U.S. census, 1881 U.K. census, WWI Civilian Draft Registration (U.S.), etc. Ancestry.com Online Obituary Collection - https://search.ancestry.com/search/obit - Obituaries published in newspapers from the United States, England, Scotland, Ireland, and Canada. DAR Genealogical Records Committee Index - http://grc.dar.org/dar/darnet/grc/grc.cfm?Action=overview - The Daughters of the American Revolution members have transcribed previously unpublished genealogical records. This is a free index to many of these unpublished records. You can obtain a copy of the record, for a fee, by making a request to the DAR. At the above web site, click on "Search Services" and then "Photocopy Service" to obtain information on how to make a request. Some public and private libraries have copies of these DAR records and you may be able to obtain a copy through them. Guild of One Name Studies - http://www.one-name.org/ - This web site offers limited information to non-members, but it does provide you with the name of the administrator and contact information for a particular surname.
Stephen Morse's One-Step Web Site - http://stevemorse.org - This web site offers an easy way to do complex searches in numerous databases. Dr. Morse has created aids in searching for individuals in passenger lists for multiple ports, census records, birth, death databases as well as diverse topics like converting calendar types Obitfinder - http://www.legacy.com/search - Obituaries found in U.S. newspapers (since 2000) and also searches the Social Security Death Index
- 1 - Surname Distribution - http://www.searchforancestors.com/surnames/distribution.html - Maps of surname distribution for the U.S. for 1840, 1880, and 1920.
Behind The Name - http://www.behindthename.com/ - Gives etymology and history of first names. Public Libraries in USA - http://www.publiclibraries.com - Many local libraries have resources for their immediate area that can not be found in any other place. English Equivalent of Foreign Names - http://www.sciway3.net/scgenweb/oconee- county/names.html
Access to Archives (NARA) - http://aad.archives.gov/aad/index.jsp - Links to military records as well as immigration, prisoners of war, military, etc.
Time Capsule - http://dmarie.com/timecap - Currently there is data online for the years 1800 through 2002, although years 1800 - 1875 are a bit spotty. Name Thesaurus - http://www.namethesaurus.com/ - a tool for identifying the most common variants for both first names (forenames) and last names.
American Last Names - http://www.americanlastnames.us/ - From the 2000 census, surnames, their ranks, and some with common meaning, origin and history. Estimate Life Events - http://www.godonthe.net/genealogy/EstimateLifeEventsDates.html - Provides years for life events based on your input of a year and selection of an event.
Dictionary of Ancient Occupations, Trades, Ranks, Offices and Titles - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dav4is/Sources/Occupations.html# TOP Prison Search - http://www.ancestorhunt.com/genealogical_prison_records.htm Surname Map And Statistics - http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Main.aspx Making of America - http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp and http://dlsx2.library.cornell.edu/m/moa - This two-part digital library of the 19th century includes some 10,000 books and 50,000 journal articles (on the Michigan site) and 100,000 articles from period journals and periodicals (on the Cornell site)
Historic United States Patents - http://www.historicpatents.net - List of first 10,000 numbered U.S. patents, issued from 1836 to 1853, with names and residences of inventors. Genealogy Forms - http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/family-history-forms
- 2 - U.S. Agricultural Schedule Genealogy Forms - http://www.ppgs.org/content/genealogy- forms
WorldCat - http://www.worldcat.org - Union catalog of holdings of public, private, university and special libraries all over the world. Google Books Search - http://books.google.com/bkshp?hl=en&tab=wp - Digitized books - Some books are only a preview but many are full text. Free Family Tree Search Engine - http://www.genealogyintime.com/GenealogyResources/Tools/free_family_tree_search_ engine.html - Will search through multiple family tree web sites. Allen County Public Library Resources - http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx - Includes information on how to get started, along with links to many Indiana on-line resources as well as other states.
LDS RESOURCES FamilySearch.org - https://familysearch.org·- Historical records, many with images; family trees and more. British Isles Vital Records Index Breakdown by Location - http://www.genoot.com/downloads/BVRI2/ - This web site provides a breakdown of the records appearing in the 2nd edition of the British Isles Vital Records Index CDs from LDS. They have put these extractions on their pilot site (URL is listed above) in two databases: Great Britain Births & Baptism 1571-1977 and Great Britain Marriages 1571-1988. The numbers in the tables indicate the number of records for that county. Clicking on the numbers will retrieve a pdf file with a breakdown showing individual parishes and the periods covered.
FamilySearch Catalog - http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp - Online catalog to the resources at the Latter-Day Saints’ Family History Library in Salt Lake City and other locations.
To Find a LDS Family History Center Near You - http://tinyurl.com/uq11
FamilySearch Books - https://books.familysearch.org/ - Digitized books from various libraries.
- 3 - CENSUS AND DIRECTORIES
Census Online - http://census-online.com/ - Links to census records and census research tools
Census Finder - http://www.censusfinder.com/ - Links to free census information Mortality Schedules - http://mortalityschedules.com - Includes mortality schedules for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. Information provided varies from state to state. State and Colonial Census Records - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/census.htm Gateway to City Directories - http://www.evendon.net/PGHLookups/DirM.htm
Internet Archive - http://tinyurl.com/24e6tkp - Has some census images for some parts of the US. A little cumbersome to work with.
Some State Census Indexes - http://www.researchguides.net/census/state.htm Old Directory Search - http://olddirectorysearch.com/ Online City, County and Rural Directories - http://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/ Distant Cousin Directories Links - http://distantcousin.com/Directories
CALCULATORS AND CONVERTERS
Day of the Week Calculator - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/9714/zeller.htm - Have you ever wondered what day of the week an ancestor was born, married or died? Gary Bastian's calculator will help you with this.
Perpetual Calendars - http://www.genuki.org.uk:8080/big/easter/ - Calendars for Great Britain from 1550 to 2049, but excludes Scotland for 1600 to 1752.
A Calculator for Figuring the Purchasing Power of the British Pound from 1264 to 2007 - http://www.measuringworth.com/ppoweruk/ - A web site for researchers that have Colonial America ancestors.
Birth Date Calculator - http://www.progenealogists.com/birthfromdeath.htm - If you have a death date and the age the person died at in years, months, and days; this calculator will help you find the birth date for the deceased.
Inflation Calculator - http://www.westegg.com/inflation/- Calculator based on the Consumer Price Index from 1800 to 2007.
- 4 - Julian to Gregorian Calendar Converter - http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/gregorian.html
Roman Numeral Converter - http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/romannumeralconverter.html Measuring Worth - http://www.measuringworth.com/index.html Historical Currency Conversions - http://futureboy.homeip.net/fsp/dollar.fsp
NEWSPAPERS Online Newspaper Archives - http://freegenealogytools.blogspot.com/2009/10/world-of- free-newspaper-archives.html
Library of Congress Newspaper Directory - http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/ - Provides titles of newspapers covering the date and place you are researching. Newspaper images from 1860 to 1922 from the following states: Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington. Newspaper Archives - http://www.newspaperarchive.com/keywordlanding.aspx?key=newspaperarticles
Newspaper Archives for Some Southern States - http://freenewspaperarchives.us/south.aspx - Includes Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina and Virginia. Newspaper Archives for Some Northeastern States - http://freenewspaperarchives.us/east.aspx - Includes Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts for mostly the 19th and 20th centuries. Newspaper Archives for Some of the Wild West - http://freenewspaperarchives.us/west.aspx - Includes Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.
Newspaper Archives for the Midwest and Some Other States - http://freenewspaperarchives.us/midwest.aspx - Includes Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma Texas and Wisconsin.
Free National Collections of Historical Newspapers - http://freenewspaperarchives.us/national.aspx - Includes Small Town Papers, Google News Archives, New York Times Archives, Centennial Newspaper Exhibition.
- 5 - Historical Archives for International Newspapers - http://xooxleanswers.com/newspaperarchives7.aspx - Coverage varies.
Google News Archives - http://news.google.com/archivesearch/advanced_search - Includes obits from some large and small town newspapers for various time periods National, State & Local Newspaper Archives - http://xooxleanswers.com/newspaperarchives4.aspx - Links to free newspaper archives from across the US, covering the 19th and 20th centuries, with some 18th century material as well. World Newspapers and Magazines on the WWW - http://www.w3newspapers.com/ International Coalition on Newspapers - http://icon.crl.edu/digitization.htm - information about availability of International newspapers. Historical Newspapers - http://www.library.illinois.edu/hpnl/newspapers/historical.php Historical Newspapers and Indexes On The Internet - USA - http://www.researchguides.net/newspapers.htm - A directory of searchable historical newspapers or indexes online. Includes general collections, state collections and some large cities. On-line Newspaper Archives for the U. S. and International - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_newspaper_archives - Some are free and some are fee-based.
MIGRATION, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION Ellis Island Passenger Lists - http://www.ellisisland.org/ - Searchable passenger lists, by passenger name, from 1892 to 1924. An additional search feature allows you to search by ship name for passenger on those ships that arrived at New York during this time period Castle Garden Passenger Lists - http://castlegarden.org - This web site offers free access to passenger lists from 1830 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened. Over 73 million Americans have ancestors from this early immigration period. This database is not complete, so keep checking back.
Boston Passenger Lists - http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcsrch/PassengerManifestSearchContents.html - Immigrants who arrived by ship in January of 1848 until July of 1891. Stephen Morse's One-Step Web Site - http://stevemorse.org - This web site offers an easy way to do complex searches in numerous databases. Dr. Morse has created aids
- 6 - in searching for individuals in passenger lists for multiple ports, census records, birth, death databases as well as diverse topics like converting calendar types
National Archives Passenger Lists - http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series- list.jsp?cat=GP44 - An index to immigrants from Russia, Italy, Ireland and Germany. The Ships List - http://www.theshipslist.com Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - http://immigrantships.net/ Name Index to Naturalizations for Locations in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Dakota Territory - http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/kansas-city/finding-aids/#naturalization
Naturalization index for New Mexico 1860-1963 - http://www.archives.gov/rocky- mountain/finding-aids/naturalization/new-mexico-h.html Naturalization Name Index for St. Louis, Missouri 1846-1890 - http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/kansas-city/finding-aids/naturalization-st- louis.html
Historic American Roads and Migration Routes - http://tinyurl.com/HisMigration - Migration route information for between the 17th and 19th centuries. US Citizenship & Immigration Services Genealogy Project - http://www.uscis.gov/genealogy - For a fee the USCIS will search their naturalization, alien, visa, and registry files for an individual.
On-Line Passenger Lists - http://www.germanroots.com/onlinelists.html On-line Searchable Naturalization Records and Indexes - http://www.germanroots.com/naturalization.html Ships Passenger Lists to New Netherland, New York 1624 to 1664 - http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/ships/index.shtml Information about Naturalization Records - http://www.naturalizationrecords.com/ Immigrating to the U.S. in the Modern Era - http://www.uscitizenship.info/immigrating-to- the-united-states-in-the-modern-era/
MILITARY Civil War Soldiers & Sailors - http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War National Graves Registration - http://www.suvcwdb.org/home/
- 7 - Gateway to Military Databases - http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/military.html - Some databases require payment, but many are free. Covers wars from the Revolutionary War to Viet Nam. American Battle Monuments Commissions - http://www.abmc.gov - Searches available for individuals looking for ancestors buried in US military cemeteries abroad. US Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ Nation-wide Graveside Locator - http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1 - Searches available for burial locations of veterans and their family members in the U.S. World War II Enlistment Records - http://aad.archives.gov/aad/series- description.jsp?s=3360&cat=WR26&bc=,sl
1840 Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary and Military Service - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/1840-census-of-pensioners.htm
1820 Pension List - http://www.lineages.com/infocenter/databases/1820pension.cfm Valley Forge Muster Roll - http://valleyforgemusterroll.org/ Civil War - http://www.civilwar.com - Has official Record of the War, map and a large collection of Civil War photos. Nationwide Gravesite Locator for Veterans and Their Family Members - http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1 - Provides information about burial sites of veterans and their family members in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department of Interior cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private cemeteries when the grave is marked with a government grave marker.
On-line Military Indexes & Records - http://www.militaryindexes.com/ Site Honoring Men of the U. S. Submarine Force - http://www.OnEternalPatrol.com
Papers of the War Department - http://wardepartmentpapers.org - Has pre-1800 War Department documents in a searchable database. Many documents have images. WW I Draft Registration Cards Finding Aids - http://www.genealogybranches.com/worldwaronedraftcards.html - Draft Boards finding aids for some of the larger cities
Grand Army of the Republic and Related Links - http://suvcw.org/research.htm 1813 Transcription of U. S. Revolutionary Pensioners - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/1813-pension-list.htm Military Services and Pension Records Online - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/military-records.htm
- 8 - MULTIPLE STATE WEB SITES
USGENWEB PROJECT - http://usgenweb.org/ - This link is a gateway to web sites for individual states and counties. Information consists of volunteer contributions, so no two web sites are the same. Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA - http://home.att.net/~wee- monster/deathrecords.html - This web site provides a gateway to on-line obituaries, cemeteries, and the Social Security Death Index. Some of the links will take you to free information and some links are associated with fee-based web sites. Online Birth & Marriage Record Indexes for the USA - http://home.att.net/~wee- monster/vitalrecords.html - A gateway to online databases for births and marriages. Some web sites are fee-based.
Ancestor Hunt - Obituary Search Engines and Indexes at Libraries, Universities and Societies - http://www.ancestorhunt.com/obituary_search.htm Find-A-Grave.com - http://www.findagrave.com Cemetery Junction - http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/index.html A Very Grave Matter - http://www.gravematter.com - Cemetery transcriptions and photographs from burials in Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire. Cemetery Finder - http://www.imortuary.com/cemeteries/
Funeral Home Finder - http://www.imortuary.com/ - Index to find funeral homes currently in business.
ObituariesHelp.org - http://www.obituarieshelp.org/ - Newspaper obituaries with some newspapers providing searchable archives. Also includes downloadable free genealogy forms and printable family tree charts. U. S. Newspaper Project - http://www.neh.gov/projects/usnp.html - The United States Newspaper Program is a cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the U.S. from the 18th century to the present. This program was created to allow you to search for repositories that have newspapers, usually on microfilm that can be borrowed through interlibrary loan. Western States Marriage Record Index - http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/Search.cfm - This index has most of the pre-1900 marriages for Arizona, Idaho & Nevada and many counties in these same states have references into the 1930s. Also, marriages from certain counties in California, western Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Utah, eastern Washington,
- 9 - and Wyoming are included. Marriages in the 1700s for New Mexico are currently being added. For more details, see their link - "List of Counties by State."
United States Cemetery Project - http://www.uscemeteryproj.com/ - Cemetery transcriptions available for all 50 states and worldwide cemeteries. Includes some photos of tombstones and obituaries. Bureau of Land Management - http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ - Records from the General Land Office for sales of federal land within the public land states between 1820 and 1908. Many references have image access. They are currently adding images of military land warrants. Survey plates and field notes, dating back to 1810 may also be included. This web site continues to add information.
Family Tree Legends Records - http://www.familytreelegends.com/records - Databases for vital, military, land, probate, biographies, etc. All databases are free even if not so marked. SAMPUBCO - http://sampubco.com/ - Probate record indexes, naturalization, and guardianship indexes for various states.
Access Genealogy - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/ - Numerous links to various states information. Has links for the 1880 Cherokee census, the Dawes Rolls, and new lists of Indians in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. On-Line County Histories - http://www.genealogybranches.com/countyhistories.html
Digital State Archives - http://www.DigitalStateArchives.com - Links to various state archives and their resources.
U.S. Online Historical Directories - http://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/Home/usa Gravestone Photographic Resource - http://gravestonephotos.com/ - Currently, there is a limited amount of photos for each place. They are looking for people to send their photos.
Guide To Free Online Birth And Baptismal Record Information - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thecohens/birthindexes-usa.html
Obit City - http://www.obitcity.com/ - Originally obituaries for Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, but now includes all states. Amount of information varies for each location.
Where to get copies of vital records - http://vitalrecords.accessgenealogy.com/ WPA Cemetery Database - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/data/WPA.php
- 10 - Gateway for Multiple States - http://www.evendon.net/PGHLookups/DirM.htm - Gateway to city directories for various locations in the U.S. and internationally.
Link Pendium - http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/ - Gateway to links for each state. Genealogy Resources by State - http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/History_Family/State_Genealogy.shtml - Links to genealogical information for each state.
Online County and Town Histories - http://www.learnwebskills.com/patriot/countyhistories1.htm Appalachian American Genealogy - http://www.appalachianamericangenealogy.com/ - Resources for 83 counties in the states of Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina
ALABAMA Alabama - http://www.genealogybuff.com/al/al-blount.htm - Index to obituaries in the Southern Democrat, Blount County 1915-1940 Alabama - http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/autauga/auta-cem.pl - Cemetery Listings in Autauga County.
Alabama - http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/autauga/auta-mar.pl - Marriages in Autauga County. Alabama - http://www.archives.state.al.us/voterreg/index.cfm - 1867 voter registration. Not complete as yet, so keep checking back. Some data was previously damaged, so it appears the database will not be complete for all counties.
Alabama, Henry County Pioneers - http://henrycountyalabama.wetpaint.com/
Alabama - http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogyalabama.htm - Links to multiple web sites, some are fee-based. Alabama Marriages Before 1825 - http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/alabama_marriages_before_1825.htm
Alabama Civil War Database - http://www.archives.alabama.gov/civilwar/index.cfm Alabama State Archives http://sites.google.com/site/statearchives/alabama-state-digital- archives - Includes Civil War database, WWI Gold Star database, 1867 voter registration database along with a digital collection i.e., Alabama Historical Quarterly, History of Alabama, Dictionary of Alabama Biography, etc.
- 11 - Alabama, Hueytown Historical Society - http://www.hueytown.org/historical/index.html - Cemetery listings, maps, censuses.
Alabama, Madison County Resources - http://www.co.madison.al.us/mcrc/ - Indexes for Marriage Records, 1809-1973; Probate Records, 1809-1965; Miscellaneous Court Records; Madison County Minute book 1811-1819. Alabama, Dora, Davis Cemetery - http://daviscemetery.com/index.htm - Some photographs of gravestone are included.
Baldwin County, Alabama, Resources - http://genealogytrails.com/ala/baldwin/index.html Marion County, Alabama, Resources - http://genealogytrails.com/ala/marion/
ALASKA Alaska - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/alaska/index.htm - List of Indian Tribes
Alaska - http://www.alaskagenealogy.com/obits.htm - Obituaries of Alaskan Pioneers Alaska Cemetery Records - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/alaska.htm Alaska Newspaper Index - http://www.eed.state.ak.us/lam/newspapers.cfm - Covers newspapers published in Fairbanks, Juneau, Chena, Tanana, Nenana, Hot Springs, Rampart City, and Fort Adams from 1901 through 1999 for 16 different newspapers.
Alaska Probate Records 1885-1960 - http://sites.google.com/site/statearchives/alaska - This web site also offers other Alaska research help.
Alaska Residents Casualties During the Korean Conflict - http://www.distantcousin.com/Military/Korea/Alaska.html Alaska Birth Records - http://birthdatabase.net/alaska/birth-records.htm
Alaska Death Records - http://death-records.net/alaska/death-records.htm Alaska Obituaries - http://obituarydatabase.com/alaska/obituaries.htm
Alaska, Trails to the Past - http://alaskaweb.org - Data from land and census records, history, newspapers, photos, etc.
ARIZONA
Arizona Genealogy Birth & Death Index - http://genealogy.az.gov/ - Index to births (1855 to 1932) and deaths (1844 to 1957) linked to PDF images of the original certificates. Arizona Cemetery Records - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/arizona.htm
- 12 - Arizona Gravestone Photo Project - http://arizonagravestones.org/ - This is a work in progress. You can submit photos.
Twin Butte Cemetery, Tempe - http://www.geocities.com/dmfamilyworks/TwinButteCemetery.htm
ARKANSAS Arkansas - Prairie County Death Records - 1914-1949 - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~arprairi/Death/deathltr.htm
Arkansas, Yell County Cemetery Records - http://bethg.shutdown.com/yell/ycemeteries.html
Arkansas State Archives - http://www.ark-ives.com/documenting/ - Includes county and land records, Confederate records, photos and other information. Little River County Genealogical Society, Arkansas - http://lrcgs.org/ - Click on the Resources link to access the public resources - Includes information for cemeteries, schools, vital records, military, probate, obituaries, settlers and more for this area of Arkansas. Genealogy Society of Craighead County, Arkansas - http://www.gscca.net/index.html - Newspaper obituaries from Monette Weekly Sun 1962 through October 31, 1968 and The Jonesboro Sun: 1885 and 2010. Also divorces 1884 to 1950, marriage records index for the Eastern District from 1883 through 1954 and the Western District from 1878 through 2003; databases for more than eighty Craighead County cemeteries; a portion of the 1906 Jonesboro business directory; transcriptions for the 1860, 1870, and 1880 U.S. Censuses for Craighead County; map of county townships; and a history of the county.
CALIFORNIA
California Birth Records - http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/ca/_vitals/cabirthm.htm - 1905-1995 free California Death Records - http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/ca/_vitals/cadeathm.htm - 1905-1925 free
California Vital Records Indexes - http://www.genealogybranches.com/california.html - A gateway to California birth, marriage, divorce and death records. California Genealogy Databases - http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogycalifornia.htm - Some links on this web site are fee-based, but most of the individual county databases are free.
- 13 - California, San Francisco, Halsted Mortuary Index - http://www.sfgenealogy.net/php/halstedsearch/halstedindex.php - Digitized images of more than 45,000 records dating from 1923 to 1960 California, Los Angeles, Death Indexes - http://www.deathindexes.com/california/los- angeles.html California Golden Nugget Library - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/index.html - Social Registries, Articles, Directories, Argonaut Passenger's Lists, Government Rosters, Organization's Members lists, Church lists, 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Photos, 1870 Petitions and Links to Biographies (many works in progress).
California Digital Newspaper Collection - http://cdnc.ucr.edu/ - Digital database of newspapers in California from as early as 1849 to as late as 1911. Additional years and newspapers will be added. California, Piru, Piru Cemetery - http://www.jaycwood.us/Cemetery/Piru_Cemetery.html - Index of and photos from Piru Cemetery, Ventura County, Piru, California.
California Early Population Project - http://huntington.org/Information/ECPPmain.htm - Includes information on Indians, soldiers and settlers of Alta California from 1769-1850. California Genealogy & History Archives - http://www.calarchives4u.com/ - Various records including birth, marriage, death, church, Civil War, bios, etc. All volunteer submissions.
California Obituary Database, Los Angeles Public Library - http://www.lapl.org/resources/indexes/rip.html California Genealogical Society Databases - http://tinyurl.com/CalGenSoc - Includes California Names Index, CGS manuscript collection, and First Congregational Church Deaths 1915-1917.
Claremont Colleges Digital Library's Matrimonial Investigation Records of the San Gabriel Mission - http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/collection.php?alias=/mir - Investigations done by a Catholic priest to verify eligibility for couples to wed.
Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 - California cities UCB only - http://sanborn.umi.com - - Digital maps created from ProQuest Information and Learning's microfilm collection of originals held by the Library of Congress.
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Colorado - http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/online.htm - On-line indexes for birth, marriage, death, divorce, old age pension records, the poor, probate, inheritance tax records, teacher certificates and other topics. Colorado Cemetery Records - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/colorado.htm - Provides links to cemeteries and tombstone photographs in Colorado counties. Information provided varies for each Location. Colorado - Denver Public Library Online Resources - http://history.denverlibrary.org/research/index.html#co_vital - There are links to various databases such as deaths, obituaries, newspapers, pioneer records.
Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection - http://tinyurl.com/ColoNewspapers - Digitized pages from 147 newspapers published in Colorado from 1859 to 1923 Colorado Veterans’ Grave Registrations 1862-1949 - http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/military/graves/ Colorado, Mesa County Genealogical Society Cemetery Project - http://www.gjmesa.com/mcgs/projects.htm
Colorado, Weld County Cemeteries - http://www.coloradodar.org/chapters/centennialstate/cemeteries.html - Listings and photographs of tombstones Colorado, Pueblo City Obituary Database - http://www.pueblolibrary.org - At the home page, click on the Search tab near the top of the library’s homepage and select the Pueblo Obituary Index. This is a work in progress. They are currently adding the years 2008 and 1917. The obituaries are from the Pueblo Chieftain, which began publication in 1868.
Colorado Springs City Directories, 1879-1922 - http://ppgs.org/content/colorado-springs- city-directories
CONNECTICUT
Connecticut - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hubbard/morestuff.html - Barbour Collection- Birth, marriage and deaths extractions. Scroll down the page. Some counties have more links than others. Connecticut - Another Barbour Collection - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/barbour-collection.htm
- 15 - Connecticut - University of Connecticut Collection of Colonial Records - http://colonialct.uconn.edu/default.cfm -You can browse the collection or search by date. Browsing the collection brings you to a list of dates. Clicking on a date range will allow you to search by the first letter of a surname. Connecticut - http://www.hale-collection.com/ - Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions - Various transcribers have contributed to this web site to make available cemetery inscriptions. Connecticut Vital Records - http://www.rays-place.com/town/index.htm Connecticut Historical Maps - http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/historical_maps.htm Connecticut 1670 State Census - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/1670-ct-state.htm Quinnipiac University Digitized Connecticut History Books - http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x915.xml - Biographies, regimental histories, local histories and more
DELAWARE Delaware - http://archives.delaware.gov/collections/probate.shtml - Probate Index Delaware - http://www.cdow.org/csdatabase.html - Catholic Diocese of Wilmington burial database.
University of Delaware Library Digital Collections - http://fletcher.lib.udel.edu/ - Along with some other resources, this web site has historic maps of Delaware & the Mid- Atlantic region Delaware, Sussex County, Lewes & Rehoboth Hundred Cemetery Database - http://www.historiclewes.org/research/cemeteries.htm - Cemeteries includes are Ancient Burying Ground, Bethel Methodist Church, Burton Family Cemetery, Dewey Beach Black Cemetery, Ebenezer Methodist Church (Savannah Road and Cedar Grove Road), Israel United Methodist, Lewes Presbyterian Church, Marsh Family Cemetery, Paynter Family Cemetery, People’s Memorial Cemetery, Rehoboth Presbyterian Church at Midway, St. George’s AME, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church and Wiltbank Family Cemetery.
Diocese of Wilmington Cemeteries - http://www.cdow.org/csdatabase.html - Records of All Saints, Cathedral, and Gate of Heaven. Brandywine Hundred, New Castle County, Resources - http://files.usgwarchives.org/de/newcastle/tax/brtx1777.txt - A List of Taxable Persons & Estates for the Year 1777.
- 16 - Delaware Probate Index - http://archives.delaware.gov/collections/probate.shtml - Manuscript probate records from c. 1680 to c. 1925.
FLORIDA Florida - http://learnwebskills.com/browardmar/index.htm - Broward County marriages 1915-1937 Florida Cemetery Records - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/florida.htm - Cemetery records for various locations.
Florida Memory Project - http://www.floridamemory.com/ - Includes digitized photographs, Spanish land grants, WWI service cards, Confederate pension applications and other resources. Florida Sanborn Fire Insurance Company Maps - http://ufdcweb1.uflib.ufl.edu/ufdc/?n=palmm&c=sanborn&m=hhh
Lee County Resources - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flswphs/index.htm - Includes obits and cemetery records. Pineallas Genealogy Society Resources - - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flpgs/pgs-databases.htm Indexes to 37 cemeteries, extracts from newspapers, funeral home records, marriage and divorce records. Also, family Bibles and city directories.
Amelia Island & Nassau County Resources - http://www.aigensoc.org/ - Provides census records, cemetery records and pioneer families. Rose Hill Cemetery, City of Kissimmee - http://map.http//www.maps.ramaker.com/kissimmee/
GEORGIA
Georgia - http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/gadeaths.php - Death certificates 1919- 1927 Georgia’s Virtual Vault - http://content.sos.state.ga.us/index.php - Confederate pensions, colonial will books and historic maps
Georgia Cemetery Records - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/georgia.htm Georgia, The Macon Telegraph Archive - http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/telegraph Covers 1826 through 1908. Georgia, The Columbus Enquirer Archive - http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/enquirer - Provides access to 1828 through 1890.
- 17 - Georgia, The Milledgeville Historic Newspapers Archive - http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/milledgeville - Offers access to 11 newspaper titles from 1808 through 1920 George, Atlanta Historic Newspapers Archives - http://atlnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/atlnewspapers/search - Includes the following titles: Atlanta Daily Examiner, Atlanta Daily Herald, Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta Intelligencer, Atlantian, Daily/Georgia Weekly Opinion, Gate-City Guardian, Georgia Literary and Temperance Crusader, New Era, Southern Confederacy, Southern Miscellany, and Upper Georgia Whig, Southern World, Sunny South, Weekly Constitution, Georgia Newspapers - http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/MediaTypes/Newspapers.html
Digital Library of Georgia - http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/?Welcome&Welcome - The Anne Fannie Gorham Civil War diary, Living in Savannah scrapbook project, oral histories, titles from the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library and more.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia Towns & Cities, 1884-1922 - http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sanborn/?Welcome Foreign-born Voters in Savannah and Chatham County - http://www.pkgraham.com/2010/07/16/foreign-born-voters-in-savannah-and-chatham- county/ - Transcription of foreign-born individuals in the 1867 Reconstruction Returns of Voter
Eastern Georgia Cemetery Project - http://sciway3.net/scgenweb/sc-cemetery- project/Georgia/ Sumter County, Georgia, Confederate Units 1861-1865 - http://9thgeorgiainfantry.org/sumtermain.html
HAWAII
Hawaii Digital Collections - http://archives1.dags.hawaii.gov/gsdl/cgi-bin/library - Databases include passenger lists, tax ledgers, marriages, divorces, probate and more. Hawaii Census - http://www.censusfinder.com/hawaii.htm - Various census transcriptions.
Hawaiian Marriage Records - http://www.genwed.com/state/higen.htm Hawaii Cemetery Records - http://www.interment.net/us/hi/index.htm
- 18 - IDAHO
Idaho - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~idgenweb/deaths/search.htm - Idaho death index 1911-1956
Idaho - http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/famhist/Obit/searchForm.cfm - Eastern Idaho Death Index Idaho - Civil War Veterans - http://www.idahohistory.net/civilwar.html - This database contains over 1,000 veterans who lived or died in Idaho. These records are indexed alphabetically by surname, and may include dates of births and deaths, the states from which they served, and the Idaho counties where they resided. Idaho, Boise, Cemetery Databases - http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Parks/Cemeteries/index.aspx - Information for Fort Boise Military Cemetery, Morris Hill Cemetery, and Pioneer Cemetery.
Idaho Digital State Archives - http://sites.google.com/site/statearchives/idaho - Includes non-population census records. Idaho, Canyon County Headstone Photos and Obituaries Project - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~idfs/ - Cemeteries that are included are Canyon Hill, Kohlerlawn, Greenleaf, Lower Boise, Roswell, Wilder, Fargo, Parma, Pleasant Ridge, Middleton, Mount Calvary, and Hillcrest. If an obituary is available it will be link to the additional. Another section of the website has “orphan” obituaries for individuals buried in Canyon County but a headstone photo is not yet available.
Idaho 1890 Census Reconstruction Index - http://history.idaho.gov/1890_census.html
ILLINOIS Illinois - Chicago Tribune Historical Archives -This database is available at many public libraries and can be accessed at home by library card holders for libraries with a subscription. Check to see if newspapers for the locations you are researching in have on-line archives. This archive includes Chicago Tribune newspaper articles (1920-1984); front pages (1900-1984); and obituaries and death notices (1860-1984). Illinois Secretary of State on-line Databases - http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html - Public Domain Land, Illinois Servitude & Emancipation, Illinois Veterans, Marriage, Death Records and other miscellaneous records. Illinois - http://198.173.15.34/NR/default.aspx - Cook County Circuit Court Declarations of Intention from 1906-1923 - Plans call for additional records through 1929.
- 19 - Illinois - Cook County - http://www.cookcountygenealogy.com/ - Birth, Marriage and Death Index - Not complete, so keep checking back - Eventually it will cover events from 1872 - birth more than 75 years old, marriages more than 50 years old, and deaths more than 20 years old. Illinois, Chicago - http://www.pgsa.org/Resources/vitalstats.php - Chicago area Polish Birth, Death, Military, Cemetery, Insurance Claim File, Jubilee Book Indexes
Illinois, Montgomery County- http://history.montgomeryco.com/ - Searchable databases for land, death, obits, veterans, census. No need to log in, just click on the research tab. Illinois, McLean County Resources - http://www.mcgs.org/Resources.htm - Includes obituaries, surnames and immigration records along with other resources
Illinois, McLean County, Standford Vital Records - http://tinyurl.com/StandfordVR Illinois Online Naturalization Indexes - http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/illinoisnat.html Every Name Index to Histories of Wayne & Clay Counties, Illinois - http://everynameindex.com/WayneCoIL.html
Illinois, Peoria County Resources - http://www.peoriacountyillinois.info/ - Various databases including vital records, and obituaries. Village of Chatham, Illinois, Cemeteries - http://gis.chathamil.net/ChathamCemetery/Search.aspx -
Every Name Index to History of White County, Illinois - http://everynameindex.com/WhiteCoIL.html
DeKalb County, Illinois, Resources - http://dekalb.ilgenweb.net/JoinerHistoryRoom/home_page.htm - databases Cornsilk articles, Sycamore City directory, GAR Post 12, legal notices in newspapers, registration of farm names and more
Every Name Index to History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois (1883) - http://everynameindex.com/AlexanderCoIL.html Online Illinois Naturalization Records and Indexes - http://www.germanroots.com/illinoisnat.html - A directory of online Illinois naturalization indexes listed by county.
INDIANA Indiana Marriages Through 1850 - http://208.119.72.68/INMarriages1850/ Indiana Marriages 1993-2002 - http://208.119.135.17/db/in_marriages_1993_2002/in_marriages_search.asp
- 20 - Indiana, Indianapolis Marriages 1925 to present - http://www.civicnet.net/apps/civil/marriage/search
Indiana, Vigo County Marriages 1914-1951 - http://marriage.vigo.lib.in.us/marriage/index.htm Madison-Jefferson Library History Rescue Project - http://historyrescue.mjcpl.org/ - Index of delayed birth, marriage, church records, and more. Indiana Death Indexes - http://www.deathindexes.com/indiana/index.html - Gateway to Indiana death indexes and other death-related information
Indiana, Crawfordsville District Public Library - http://www.cdpl.lib.in.us/lh/ - Includes databases for cemeteries, court and marriage records, vital statistics from newspapers and more. Indiana, Scott County, Obit & Death Notice Index for The Chronicle 1880-1978 - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tashpage/
Indiana, Clark County Obit & Death Notices in Local Newspapers 1872-1900 - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tashpage/Clark/clarkindex.htm Indiana State Digital Archives - http://www.indianadigitalarchives.org/ - Databases for death, military, naturalizations records and more. Wells County, Indiana Obituary Index - http://genealogy.wellscolibrary.org/obits/
Evansville, Indiana Cemeteries, Oak Hill and Locust Hill - http://www.evansvillegov.org/cemeteries/
Indiana State Library Cemetery Locator Index- http://208.119.72.68/cemetery/cemetery_search.asp Indiana WWII Servicemen - http://208.119.72.68/wwii/wwii_search.asp Indiana Biography Index (Materials published before 1990) - http://208.119.72.68/INBiopre1990/bio_cards_search.asp Indianapolis Newspaper Index - 1848-1991 - http://208.119.72.68/IndyNews/1848_1991_search.asp
Logansport Newspaper Index - 1848-1855 - http://208.119.72.68/logansportnews/logan_search.asp Death Index from the Indianapolis Commercial Newspaper - http://208.119.72.68/commercial/commercial_search.asp New Albany Newspaper Index, 1849-1889 - http://208.119.72.68/NewAlbany/newalbany_search.asp
- 21 - Vincennes Newspaper Index 1804-1827 - http://208.119.72.68/vincennes/vin_search.asp
Vigo County Public Library, Indiana - http://www.vigo.lib.in.us/subjects/genealogy - Marriage Records from 1818 to 1951; and Wabash Valley Obituary Index of obituaries published in five Terre Haute, Indiana, from 1900 to present. Logansport City Cemeteries - http://www.cityoflogansport.org/department/index.asp?fDD=6-0 - Includes Mt. Hope Cemetery, Ninth Street Cemetery, Catholic Mausoleum, Columbarium, Cremains, and Protestant Mausoleum. Grant County, Indiana - http://grantcounty.net - Partial index for BMD records 1792 to present.
Allen County Public Library Resources - http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx - Includes information on how to get started, along with links to many Indiana on-line resources as well as other states.
IOWA
Iowa - http://tinyurl.com/9q8u4r - Adair County extractions from newspapers for life events index. Copies of article can be purchased. Iowa - http://iowawpagraves.org/ - WPA graves registration
Iowa, Cherokee City, Oak Hill Cemetery Database - http://www.cherokeeiowa.net Oxford Mirror Newspaper Index, Iowa - http://showcase.netins.net/web/wregiememlib/thistory.html - Click on the OJ Mirror Index link in the webpage contents list to open the database page. The index covers 1916-1922. Digital Archives of the Carroll Public Library - http://carrollpl.newspaperarchive.com - Newspaper archived back to 1884. Linn County, Iowa, Resources - http://genealogytrails.com/iowa/linn/ - Births, marriages, and more
Iowa Land Records - https://iowalandrecords.org/portal/ Every Name Index to History of Johnson County, Iowa - http://everynameindex.com/JohnsonCoIA.html - This new index contains over 15,200 entries. Orphans to Iowa - http://files.usgwarchives.org/ia/state/history/orphans.txt
- 22 - Every Name Index to History of Fremont County, Iowa (1881) - http://everynameindex.com/FremontCoIA.html
Pottawattamie County, Iowa Resources - http://genealogytrails.com/iowa/pottawattamie/ - Vital records and more Every Name Index to The History of Dallas County, Iowa - http://everynameindex.com/DallasCoIA.html Every Name Index to History of Chickasaw and Howard Counties, Iowa - http://everynameindex.com/ChickasawCoIA.html
Every Name Index to The Past and Present of O'Brien and Osceola Counties, Iowa, Volume 1 - http://everynameindex.com/ObrienCoIA.html
KANSAS Kansas - http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/individuals/nameindex.htm - Biographical index to sketches and obituaries found in publications of the Kansas Historical Society
Kansas, Johnson County - http://www.jococourts.org/ - District Court Records Index Kansas, Lincoln County - http://www.fundaccountingsystems.com/death/ - Death Register 1886-1989 Kansas, McPherson County - http://www.macpl.org/mplobit.htm - Obituaries for McPherson and nearby individuals from 1872 to the present
Kansas, Wilson County, Neodesha Obituary Index - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kswarml/ - This is an ongoing project.
Kansas, Graham County - http://genealogytrails.com/kan/graham/ - Includes biographies, cemetery records, census, and more Kansas Newspaper Obituary Listings - http://www.obituarieshelp.org/kansas_newspaper_obituaries.html Books of the Kansas Collection - http://www.kancoll.org/books/index.html - Transcribed books from and about Kansas’ past
Solomon Valley Chronicles - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ksgrshno/index.html- Vital records and more for Graham, Norton and Eastern Sheridan counties. Kansas 1895 State Census Index - http://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-1895-state- census/10951#indexes
- 23 - KENTUCKY
Kentucky Cemetery Index - http://205.204.134.47/cemetery.asp Kentucky Vital Records Index - http://ukcc.uky.edu/vitalrec/ - Marriages 1973-1993, Divorces 1973-1993, and Deaths 1911-1992
Kentucky Newspaper Obituary Listings - http://www.obituarieshelp.org/kentucky_newspaper_obituaries.html Kentucky Death Records - http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ky/death/search.cgi Kentucky Historical Society Databases - http://history.ky.gov/sub.php?pageid=94§ionid=14 - Includes cemetery index, Virginia grants, Index of “The Register of the Kentucky History Society, and more
Kentuckiana Digital Library - http://kdl.kyvl.org/ - Offers digitized newspapers, books, images, maps, manuscripts and journals. Kentucky, Mammoth Cave National Park Cemetery - http://www.nps.gov/maca/historyculture/maca_cemetery_db.htm Kentucky Historical Society - http://history.ky.gov/ - This site offers a search in their catalog and digital collections along with a cemetery records database.
Kentucky, Nelson County Confederate Soldiers - http://macain.1.home.insightbb.com/ - List that was published in The Kentucky Standard, a Bardstown, Kentucky newspaper
Kentucky Land Office - http://www.sos.ky.gov/land/search/ - Various databases pertaining to land patents, warrants, etc. Kentucky Claims - http://www.genealogy-quest.com/collections/kentucky-claims.html - Kentuckians who made successful claims that they furnished quartermaster stores or supplies to the Union Army during the Civil War.
LOUISIANA Louisiana - http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/640/Default.aspx - Death index for 1911- 1956 and some earlier records for some areas.
Louisiana, New Orleans - http://obits.gno.lib.la.us/nopl/obitindex.htm - Obits and deaths from 1804-1972 and biographical information from other sources. Louisiana Newspaper Obituary Listings - http://www.obituarieshelp.org/louisiana_newspaper_obituaries.html Louisiana Confederate Pension Applications - http://www400.sos.louisiana.gov/archives/gen/cpa-alpha.htm
- 24 - Louisiana State Land Office - http://www.doa.la.gov/slo/salesdataaccess.htm
Louisiana Digital Library - http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm4/search.php - Mainly photographic collection but other information is included.
MAINE Maine Marriages 1892-1996 - http://portalx.bisoex.state.me.us/pls/archives_mhsf/archdev.marriage_archive.search_f orm
Maine Deaths 1960-1996 - http://portalx.bisoex.state.me.us/pls/archives_mhsf/archdev.death_archive.search_form
Maine Divorces 1799-1903 - http://www.mainegenealogy.net/divorce_search.asp - A database of 23,000 divorces granted in Maine. Maine Newspaper Obituary Listings - http://www.obituarieshelp.org/maine_newspaper_obituaries.html
Maine, Winthrop Resources - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mekenneb/winthrop.html - Cemetery index and Civil War participants.
MARYLAND
Maryland Archives Online - http://www.aomol.net/html/index.html - Access to more than 471,000 historical documents, include Maryland land, military and probate records. Maryland Death Index 1875-1880 - http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/stagser/s1400/s1483/html/ssi1483a.html Maryland Death Index 1898-1944 - http://mdvitalrec.net/cfm/index.cfm Maryland Death Index 1943-1949 - http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/stagser/s1400/s1483/html/ssi1483b.html
Western Maryland Historical Library - http://www.whilbr.org/categories.aspx?idCategory=3 - Washington County documents including tax, sheriff’s prison and court records. Maryland State Archives - http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/html/censussearch.html - Census indexes for the 1776, 1778, 1870, and 1880 censuses for select counties. Maryland County Death Index and Baltimore City Death Index - http://mdvitalrec.net/cfm/dsp_search.cfm
- 25 - Maryland Census Records - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/maryland.htm
Maryland, Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County - www.relib.net/gen.asp - This library has a searchable obituary database. This is a work in progress.
Maryland’s Early Settlers - http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/speccol/sc4300/sc4341/html/search.html Maryland, Hagerstown City Directory for 1893 - http://www.mdch.org/collection.aspx?id=4842 Maryland Land Records - http://www.mdlandrec.net - Images of the original deeds and other property records from the late 1600s forward. Indexes are alphabetized by first letter only. A work in progress as of June 2010.
Mid Maryland Roots - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~midmdroots/ - Court records, maps, cemetery inscriptions and more. Washington County Free Library, Maryland - http://www.washcolibrary.org/localhistory/genealogy.asp - obituary locator, school records, cemetery records, newspaper index, land certificate, land plate and maps. St Vincent Cemetery, Baltimore, MD - http://stvincentcemetery.tripod.com - Includes historical documents, maps, and names of those buried there.
MASSACHUSETTS
Massachusetts Archives - http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcsrch/SearchWelcome.html - Index to Massachusetts Archives Collection 1629-1799 that covers multiple topics. This web site also has the Boston passenger lists mentioned previously on this WFA web site and an index to vital records 1841-1910. Massachusetts Vital Records - http://www.rays-place.com/town/index.htm
Massachusetts Newspaper Obituary Listings - http://www.obituarieshelp.org/massachusetts_newspaper_obituaries.html Massachusetts, Boston City Directories - http://www.damrellsfire.com/cgi- bin/directory_search.pl
Massachusetts, Peabody Resources - http://www.peabodymassarchives.com/ - Birth, marriages and death information. Massachusetts, Stoughton Probate Index - http://www.stoughtonhistory.com/probate.htm - Includes Guardianship, name changes, and adoptions.
- 26 - Massachusetts, Catholic Order of Foresters from 1879-1935 - http://tiara.ie/forestersA.php - An index to mortuary records.
Massachusetts, Barnstable, Sturgis Library Collection - http://www.sturgislibrary.org - Searchable database contains archival materials such as documents, photos, local histories and maritime information. There are links to newspaper databases for The Barnstable Patriot, Provincetown Advocate, and Chatham Monitor.
Middleborough MA Public Library Digital Resources - http://www.midlib.org/dlib/main.htm - Includes Town of Middleboro Vital Records Index 1649-1945 and Middleborough Gazette Index.
MICHIGAN
Michigan Death Index - http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/gendisx/search2.htm - 1867-1897 Michigan, Wayne County Marriages 1837-1870 - http://www.geocities.com/genealogymi/marriages.html Wayne County Land Records Internet Search - http://www.waynecountylandrecords.com/
Michigan, Detroit & Wayne County Death Indexes - http://www.deathindexes.com/michigan/wayne.html
Michigan, Kalamazoo County Genealogical Records - http://kalamazoogenealogy.org - Includes birth, marriage, death, directories, probate and more. Michigan Death Records 1897 - 1920 - http://seekingmichigan.org/discover- collection?collection=p129401coll7
Michigan County Histories - http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/micounty - Searchable county histories.
Seeking Michigan - http://www.seekingmichigan.org - collection of historical information to add to your family’s Michigan history.
Southwest Michigan Indexes - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mivanbur/SWMIObitIndex/SWMIObit.htm - Extractions from newspapers for the counties of Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo and Van Buren. Includes obits, marriages, anniversaries, engagements, divorces. Michigan, Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society - http://www.mkvgs.org - Click Historical Records link to access the information. There are about 22 databases for census, Bible, funeral home, association records and more.
- 27 - Michigan, Ann Arbor Township Birth Record Index - http://bentley.umich.edu/research/genealogy/aatwpb.php
Michigan, Saginaw Obituary Index - http://obits.netsource-one.net Michigan Cemetery Sources - http://www.hal.state.mi.us/cemeteries/search.aspx Traverse County, Michigan indexes - http://www.tcnet.org/gtcounty/index.html Lower Southeast Michigan Cemetery Project - http://www.sciway3.net/scgenweb/sc- cemetery-project/Michigan/index.html
MINNESOTA
Minnesota Newspaper Obituary Listings - http://www.obituarieshelp.org/minnesota_newspaper_obituaries.html
Minnesota Births 1900-1916 - http://people.mnhs.org/bci/Search.cfm Minnesota Deaths 1901-2001 - http://people.mnhs.org/dci/search.cfm?bhcp=1 Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldier Memorial Cemetery (formerly known as Layman’s), the oldest existing cemetery in Minneapolis. - http://www.friendsofthecemetery.org/ Minnesota’s Digital Collections - http://www.mndigital.org/collections/ Minnesota Marriage Index - http://www.mncounty.com/Modules/Certificates/Marriage/Default.aspx
Minnesota, St. Paul, Naturalization Records 1859-1956 - http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/kansas-city/finding-aids/st-paul- naturalization.html Minnesota, Winona Newspaper Project - http://www.winona.edu/library/databases/winonanewspaperproject.htm - Covers late 19th century and early 20th century newspapers: Winona Argus, Winona Daily Republican and Winona Republican Herald. Minnesota, Chisago County Historical Society - http://www.chisagocountyhistory.org/ - At this web site you will find cemetery transcriptions and family histories of early pioneers.
Blue Earth County Historical Society, Minnesota - http://www.bechshistory.com - Digital photograph images, cemetery index, marriage and obituary Index published in the Mankato Free Press in 1947 and 1948, 1865 census index for Blue Earth County, social notes from newspapers from 1875 to the 1940s for Beauford, Cambria, Caroline, Ceresco, Cray, Cream, Danville, Decoria, Eagle Lake, and Garden City, and wills index for 1858 to 1973.
- 28 - Minnesota State Census Index - http://people.mnhs.org/census/ - 1849-1905.
History Museum of East Otter Tail County, Minnesota - http://www.historymuseumot.com/index.html - Includes a cemetery records index, two volumes of East Otter Tail County history books, the Perham register of births and deaths 1882-1900 and an index to the Enterprise Bulletin newspapers, which date back to 1883. Also historical photographs, which is search separately.
Minneapolis Pioneers & Soldiers Cemetery - http://www.friendsofthecemetery.org/burial/search/search.jsp - Burials in Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery (formerly Layman’s), Minneapolis. Duluth Public Library, Minnesota - http://www.duluth.lib.mn.us/index.cfm - Obituary Index found in the Duluth News-Tribune and Duluth Herald for the period from 1962 to the present. Also, Duluth-Area war casualties and POWs during World War II and Korean War. Minnesota Marriages - http://www.mncounty.com/CountyInfo.aspx
MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi - Lincoln County - http://www.llf.lib.ms.us/winnebago/LLF/Obits/Obituary_Index_index.HTML - Obits index taken from the Daily Leader, Brookhaven. 1969-1970, 1978-1983, 1985-2000 Mississippi - http://mallen4896.tripod.com/Marriages/Marriages.html - Marriage Index for the counties of Forest, Franklin, Greene, Harrison, Holmes, Jackson, Lawrence, Marion, Perry Rankin and Stone. 1875-1900? Mississippi Newspaper Obituary Listings - http://www.obituarieshelp.org/mississippi_newspaper_obituaries.html Mississippi Genealogy & History Network - http://www.msghn.org - Links to county sites will offer information about Native American, African-Americans and early settlers.
Mississippi, Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin Regional Libraries - http://www.llf.lib.ms.us/index.htm - Includes scattered coverage of more recent issues of The Daily Leader in Brookhaven, Mississippi; Lawrence County Press, Monticello, Mississippi, and Early Lincoln County Newspaper Indexes. Cemetery databases for Rose Hill, Easthaven, St. Francis Catholic, Jewish, Hoskins, and Mission Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Wesson, Mississippi. Brookhaven and Hartman-Henderson Funeral Homes.
Mississippi, Pike County - http://www.co.pike.ms.us/circuitclerk.html# - Circuit Clerk’s marriage and deed records.
- 29 - Harrison County Resources - http://publicrecords.onlinesearches.com/MS_Harrison.htm
Mississippi, Hancock County Marriage Index (1849-1956) - http://www.hancockcountyhistoricalsociety.com/reference/indexmarriage.htm
MISSOURI Missouri - http://www.deathindexes.com/missouri/st-louis.html - On-Line St. Louis Missouri death records and indexes, obituaries, probate index, and coroner's inquest records. Some links on this web site are free and some are fee-based.
Missouri State Archives - http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/ordb.asp - Includes military records, naturalization documents, photographs or land patents.
Missouri - http://www.mohistory.org/genealogy - Genealogy and Local History Index. This web site is maintained by the Missouri History Museum. Their index includes residents and businesses of St. Louis that are found in the museum's holdings. You can order a photocopy of the item found in the index. Secretary of the State of Missouri - http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/ - Includes newspapers as well as lists of soldiers, naturalization records, land patents, birth and deaths, military records.
Missouri, Jackson County Marriages - http://www.jacksongov.org/content/3310/3356/3358/5668.aspx
Missouri, Jefferson County - http://www.jeffersoncountylibrary.org - Click on link to genealogy department. Web site offers information from historical county newspapers. Missouri History Museum - http://www.mohistory.org/genealogy - Searchable genealogy and local history index.
Missouri Newspaper Obituary Listings - http://www.obituarieshelp.org/missouri_newspaper_obituaries.html
Missouri, St. Louis Death Indexes - http://www.deathindexes.com/missouri/st-louis.html Missouri, Boone County Historical Society's Online Archives - http://boonehistory.blogspot.com/
Missouri Gentry & Worth Counties Gravestone Index - http://www.gentrycountylibrary.org/G.C.L.%20Genealogy.htm
Missouri, Washington Historical Society - http://www.washmohistorical.org/index.htm - A listing of cemeteries in Franklin County and their locations. Lists of individuals buried in some of the cemeteries are included.
- 30 - Tom Cauley’s Iron County Resources - http://www.caulleyscorner.com/IronCoMo/ - A new research site for Iron County Missouri Genealogy.
Missouri Military Lists - http://www.caulleyscorner.com/MissouriMilitaryLists/ - Rosters of Soldiers in Missouri Units who fought in ten wars during the 19th century. St. Louis Naturalization Index - http://www.genealogybranches.com/stlouisnaturalization.html Every Name Index to the History of Harrison County, Missouri - http://everynameindex.com/HarrisonCoMO.html
Jasper County, Missouri Cemeteries Map - http://jaspercounty.org/resources/jasper_county_cemeteries.pdf - Downloadable PDF map. Bates County, Missouri, Cemeteries - http://www.poplarheightsfarm.org - more than 40 cemeteries have been transcribed.
Audrain County Area Genealogical Society, Missouri - http://www.acags.org - Database for Elmwood Cemetery in Mexico. Missouri State Historical Society Resources - http://shs.umsystem.edu/index.shtml - Digitized information including the first 14 years of the University Missourian.
MONTANA
Montana Cemetery Transcriptions for Some Counties - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/montana.htm Montana State Genealogical Society Resources- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mtmsgs - Contains two death index databases, marriage records index, naturalization records for some counties and a 1930 census index for the state
Lewis & Clark County Genealogical Society, Montana - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mtlcgs/index.htm - Cemetery Records for Forestvale, Resurrection, Sunset Memorial, Montana State Veterans Fort Harrison, and Lewis & Clark County Rural. Also a birth, death, divorce, naturalization, probate, obituary index as well as census indexes to the 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 and 1920 censuses for Lewis & Clark County.
- 31 - NEBRASKA
Nebraska - http://www.obitsofnebraska.com/ - Obits index from small town newspapers, mostly prior to 1930.
Nebraska - http://omahaobits.wordpress.com/ - Obits index from newspapers in the Omaha area. Nebraska, Douglas County - http://italianmomomaha.blogspot.com/ - Obituaries and death notices in Omaha, Nebraska newspaper listings.
NEVADA
Nevada, Mineral County Death Index - http://cactusgems_garden.tripod.com/mineralcountydeathindex.htm - Database may not be complete. Nevada, Washoe County, Reno - http://www.idreamof.com/birth/nv/birth_notices/1870.htm - Birth notices for 1870 and 1871 Nevada Census Records - http://nevadaculture.org/shpo/ - 1860 to 1920 Nevada Maps - http://www.delamare.unr.edu/maps/digitalcollections/nvmaps/ - Topographic, geologic, and mining themes, historic maps dating from 1750 into the twentieth century, highway maps 1917-2005, plats of Nevada state lands (1867-1927), Sanborn maps of Nevada 1877 through 1923.
NEW HAMPSHIRE New Hampshire, Conway - http://www.conway.lib.nh.us/vitals/vitalstoc.htm - Birth, marriage and death index
New Hampshire, Hampton - http://tinyurl.com/num5s - Hampton Marriage Index
New Hampshire, Hampton - http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/history/probate/ - Probate records 1649-1770 New Hampshire - http://www.genwed.com/state/nhgen.htm - Gateway to multiple links for marriage records for New Hampshire counties. New Hampshire, Belmont - http://belmontnh.homestead.com/ - Includes local histories; births, marriages & deaths; cemetery records; school graduation lists and photographs; military veterans. New Hampshire, Historical Society of Amherst - http://www.hsanh.com - Includes birth, marriage and death indexes, historic photos, and some gravestone information.
- 32 - New Hampshire, The Bedford Cemeteries - http://www.bedfordcemeteries.org - Includes Old Bedford Cemetery, Beals Road or South Cemetery, Joppa Hill Cemetery and Bedford Center Cemetery. New Hampshire State Papers - http://www.sos.nh.gov/archives/nhstatepapers.html - Digitized 40-volume set of data. Includes probate records between 1635 and 1771, court records between 1640 and 1692, and service rolls for Revolutionary War veterans.
NEW JERSEY New Jersey Newspaper Obituary Listings - http://www.obituarieshelp.orgnew_jersey_newspaper_obituaries.html
New Jersey Cemetery Transcriptions for Some Counties - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/newjersey.htm
New Jersey State Archives - http://www.njarchives.org/links/databases.html - This web site has databases to search for marriage records 1666-1799; proprietary warrants and surveys 1670-1727; Superior Court case files 1704-1844; Revolutionary War damages 1776-1782; legal name changes 1847-1947; index of marriages 1848-1867; and 1885 census. Not all of these databases are complete, so check back occasionally New Jersey Civil War Treasury Vouchers - https://wwwnet1.state.nj.us/DOS/Admin/ArchivesDBPortal/CivilWarVouchers.aspx - The majority of these receipts deal with payments to soldiers, their widows, and families.
New Jersey, Atlantic County, Obituaries - http://www.genealogybuff.com/nj/atlantic/webbbs_config.pl New Jersey, Hudson County - http://www.hudsoncountynjgenealogy.org/about.html - Hudson County Genealogical Society provides The Bayonne Times Death Notices 1915-1945, The Hudson Observer Death Notices, The Jersey Journal Death Notices, Old Bergen Reformed Church records, Civil War & WW I veterans, WWI casualties, Civil War burials in Harsimus & Speer Cemeteries, and Jersey City Street Name Changes 1871-1899
New Jersey Church Records - http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/usa/nj/njchurch.shtml
Cranbury Public Library, New Jersey - http://www.cranburypubliclibrary.org - The Cranbury Press newspaper database, 1886 -1926. Users can browse through the individual issues or search for keywords. New Jersey Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps - http://brary.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/aids/sanborn/sanborn-web.xls - An Excel sheet from which users can access the online maps, organized by county and town.
- 33 - NEW MEXICO
New Mexico Death Index 1899-1949 - http://www.usgwarchives.org/nm/nmdi.htm New Mexico Newspaper Obituary Listings - http://www.obituarieshelp.org/new_mexico_newspaper_obituaries.html
New Mexico Cemetery Transcriptions for Some Areas - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/newmexico.htm
NEW YORK New York - http://nyvagenealogy.homestead.com/NewYorkRecords.html - Multiple databases with volunteer submission, so index and records are incomplete.
New York State Newspaper Images - http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html - Small- town newspaper images. New York State Vital Records 1846-1849 - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/ny-vr-1846-1849.htm New York State Archives Universal Names Indexes - http://www.archives.nysed.gov/a/research/indexes/index_universal.shtml - Includes Auditor certificates for Revolutionary War veterans, military patents, and a few other databases. The New York State 1840 Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Service - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/1840-census-of-pensioners-ny.htm
New York State Cemetery Records - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/cemetery-records-new-york.htm Vital Records from New York State Federal & State Census Mortality Schedules - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/ny-census-vitals.htm New York City Naturalizations - http://italiangen.org/databaselist.stm- This web site provides a free index for specific counties for specific years.
Southern District Court of New York Naturalizations- http://www.italiangen.org/southern.stm - This database contains the naturalization records that were issued between 1884 and 1959 by the Southern District Court, which includes the counties of Bronx, Columbia, Duchess, Greene, New York (Manhattan), Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan and Westchester. New York Military Naturalization Project - http://www.italiangen.org/military.stm - This is an ongoing project to index the naturalization records for members of the military. This database consists of individuals from all over the country.
- 34 - New York Genealogy - http://newyork-genealogy.com - Links to counties, cities and record types.
New York Civil War Veterans Index - http://iarchives.nysed.gov/CivilWarWeb/search.jsp - Copies of a veteran’s service record can be had for $3.00. New York State & Colonial Census Transcription Project - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/nys-census-tp.htm
Northern New York Historic Newspapers - http://news.nnyln.net - Searchable newspaper pages (46 titles) published in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Lewis, Jefferson, St. Lawrence, and Oswego counties.
New York City Grooms Index - http://www.italiangen.org/NYCMarriage.stm - This index has over 1,825,000 marriages for the five boroughs of New York City from 1908 to 1936, and the period 1895-1897 for the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. The marriage is listed only by the name of the groom. For the Kings County (Brooklyn) marriages, both the bride's and groom's names appear as separate entries in the index books from 1895 to 1897. New York City Brides Index - http://www.italiangen.org/NYCBrides.stm - Bronx, Kings, Manhattan, Richmond, and Queens County Brides - This index is not complete. New York City Death Index - http://www.italiangen.org/NYCDEATH.STM - 1891-1894 for Manhattan, 1895-1897 for Manhattan and Brooklyn, and 1898-1948 for all boroughs
New York, New York City Death Indexes- http://www.deathindexes.com/newyork/city.html New York City Births - 1901-1907 - http://www.italiangen.org/NYCBirthsearch.asp New York, Westchester County - http://www.westchestergov.com/wcarchives/ - Click on on-line resources. Includes marriage index 1908-1935, court records 1768-1912, naturalization records index 1808-1927, and veterans' cemetery records.
New York, Suffolk County - http://www.italiangen.org/suffolkcountymarriagesearch.asp - Marriages 1908-1935
New York, Suffolk County, Naturalizations - http://www.italiangen.org/suffolk.stm New York, Suffolk, Southampton 1677 - 1825 Death Records - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/ny-death-suffolk-southampton-1677- 1825.htm
New York, Brooklyn and Long Island - http://www.bklyn-genealogy- info.com/Birth/index.html - Birth Index 1880-1895
- 35 - New York - Kings County - Brooklyn and Long Island Births - http://www.bklyn- genealogy-info.com/Birth/index.html - Volunteer submissions so quantity varies.
New York, Brooklyn Marriages 1600s-1900 - http://www.bklyn-genealogy- info.com/Marriage/index.html New York, Brooklyn Daily Eagle Newspaper On Line - http://tinyurl.com/6hgtya - Historical pages from this newspaper. Brooklyn Standard Eagle Newspaper 1862-1900s - http://www.bklyn-genealogy- info.com/Newspaper/BSU/index.html
New York Historical Directories for New York for Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Long Island - http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Directory/index.html
New York, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens & Long Island Historical Directories - http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Directory/index.html New York, Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page - http://www.bklyn-genealogy- info.com/index.html - Births, cemetery, death, court records and more
New York, Brooklyn Revealed - http://www.brooklynrevealed.com - History of the original six towns and the neighborhoods that were built within and around those towns. New York, Monroe County, Brockport - http://www2.libraryweb.org/documentView.asp?docid=173 - Marriages 1856-1923. This is a large PDF file.
New York, Monroe County, Garland Cemetery - http://www2.libraryweb.org/documentView.asp?docid=319 - This is a large PDF file. New York Early Monroe County Newspaper Transcriptions - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nymonnws/ New York, Monroe County - http://www2.libraryweb.org/index.asp?orgid=439&storyTypeID=&sid=& - Name Index to deaths and obituaries in the Brockport Republic newspaper from 1856-1923 New York, Monroe County, Rochester - http://www2.libraryweb.org/orgMain.asp?storyid=1426&orgid=578 - Index for items from the monthly church bulletins for the Presbyterian Brick Church. Index covers March 1891 to June 1931. New York, Nassau County, Naturalizations - http://www.italiangen.org/Nassau.stm New York, Rensselaer County - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nytigs/MarriageIndexPage.htm - Marriage Index 1908-1935
- 36 - New York, Rensselaer County, Troy - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nytigs/ProjectsPage.htm - Various databases, i.e., marriage index, payroll records index, death records of the Troy Irish Genealogy Society. Click on “Projects,” “Resources,” and/or “Surnames.” New York, City of Rochester - http://www.cityofrochester.gov/Finance/RecordsMangement/MarriageRecords/index.cf m - Contains 170,000 marriages from 1876 through 1937. New York, Rochester Newspaper Index - http://www2.libraryweb.org/index.asp?orgid=647&storyTypeID=&sid New York, Rochester City Directories - http://www.libraryweb.org/rochcitydir/citydirectoriestable.html
New York, Allegany County Resources - http://tinyurl.com/AlleganyResources - Resources online from the Thelma Rogers Genealogical & Historical Society and Nathaniel Dyke Museum, New York located in Wellsville. Includes biographies of some residents, burials from two funeral homes, records from cemeteries, maps, and obituaries. New York, Warren County, Bolton - http://boltonhistorical.org/datalinks/datalinks.html - Historical Society of the Town of Bolton provides some vital, census, military, cemetery records and more information
New York, Cattaraugus Marriages 1837-1865 - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/ny-marriage-cattaraugus-early.htm New York, Fulton County, Broadalbin Methodist Episcopal Church Marriage Records - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/church-ny-fulton-broadalbin- methodistepis.htm
New York, Livingston, Caledonia 1833-1845 Marriage Records - http://tinyurl.com/CaledoniaMarriage
New York, Montgomery, Glen - http://tinyurl.com/1stProtDeath - First Protestant Dutch Reformed Church Register of Death Records
New York, Washington, Granville, Birth Records - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/ny-birth-washington-granville- early.htm New York, Broome County Vital Records 1847-1849 - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/ny-vital-records-broome-county.htm New York, Onondaga, Skaneateles - www.skaneateleshistoricalsociety.org - This web site has births, marriages and deaths from The Columbian (1831 through March 1853);
- 37 - the Democrat (1843 through 1880); the Free Press (1881 through 1899); and The Skaneateles Press (1900 through 1919). There are census indexes, transcriptions from gravestone in St. Mary’s cemetery, and information from the Lake View Cemetery records. New York, Webster Union Cemetery Index - http://www.websterunioncemetery.com New York, Montgomery County Federal, State, and Colonial Census Records - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/ny-census-montgomery-county.htm
New York, Rockland County Genealogical Society - http://www.rocklandgenealogy.org - This web site offer an index of burials in Clarkstown area cemeteries, indexes of two funeral homes records, 1892 Rockland County census, an images project, information about Rockland Children’s Homes, and the Belanger Signature Collection.
Essex County, Willsboro Heritage Society, New York - http://www.willsborony.com/WHS/default.htm - List of Willsboro and other Essex County Civil War veterans. Also cemetery Lists for individuals buried in Adams, Boardman, Brookfield Baptist, Calvary, Currier, Essex, Gilliland, Lakeview, Memorial, Old Burt, and Whallons Bay cemeteries. Marriage Records of Isaac Saunders, Jr., JP, Petersburgh, Rensselaer County, New York - http://tinyurl.com/SaundersMarriage 1819-1849 Marriage Records from Christ Church, Binghamton, Broome County, NY - http://tinyurl.com/MarriagesChristChurch
Onondaga Public Library Databases - http://www.onlib.org/web/lh/databases_list.htm Life Records - http://www3.libraryweb.org/lh.aspx?id=948&ekmensel=c57dfa7b_12_38_948_4 - Names from the Rochester NY papers 1954-2010, births, marriages and deaths. The Troy Newspaper Project - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nytigs/ - Click on “Projects” - includes The Troy Post- Death Records - September 1, 1812- July 1, 1823; The Troy Post- Marriage Records - September 1, 1812- July 1, 1823; The Troy Sentinel - Death & Marriage Records 1823-1832; Troy Daily Press - Death and Marriage Records - February 11, 1833-June 30, 1834; The Troy Weekly Whig - Death & Marriage Records 1834-1839 and more. Tioga, Bradford & Chemung Counties, New York, Resources - http://www.joycetice.com/jmtindex.htm - Tax lists, census and cemetery indexes and more.
- 38 - First Reformed Dutch Church of Newtown, Long Island Resources - http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/newtown1.shtl - Communicants 1741, Baptisms 1736-1845, Marriages 1835-1846. New Netherlands, New York, Church Records - http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/church/ Woodgate Area, Oneida County History &Genealogy - http://www.midyork.org/woodgate/ - Mainly cemetery information.
Online New York Naturalization Records and Indexes - http://www.germanroots.com/newyork.html Newport History Center - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nynhc/index.htm - Includes gravestone transcriptions and other information pertinent to Newport. Homer, New York, One Place Study - http://www.homer-ny.com - Pioneer database and 1869 city directory. More to come.
New York Cemetery Records - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/cemetery-records-new-york.htm - Pre-1904 cemetery records.
NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina Records - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/northcarolina/ - This web site is a gateway to various links associated with North Carolina North Carolina State Archives - http://mars.archives.ncdcr.gov/BasicSearch.aspx - Searchable database to the archives’ manuscript holdings. North Carolina Family Records Online - http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/dimp/digital/ncfamilyrecords/ - Web sites includes Bible records and marriage and death notices appearing in five North Carolina newspapers from 1799-1893 North Carolina Historical Maps - http://www.lib.unc.edu/dc/ncmaps/ Eastern North Carolina Digital Library - http://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/ - Collections of personal correspondence, diaries, church records, genealogy notes and more. North Carolina, Wake County, Olivia Raney Library - http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/research/specialcollections/default.htm - Includes farmers and landowners 1891, Oakwood Confederate Burials Index, Raleigh City Directory 1899-1900 and more
- 39 - North Carolina, Johnston County - http://www.johnstonnc.com/mainpage.cfm?category_level_id=727 - Provides information for census records, slave name index, cohabitation and slave marriage index, marriage bonds, obituaries, 1902 voter registration, and Confederate soldiers. North Carolina Marriage Bonds 1741-1868 - http://www.familyhistory.com/db.asp?dbid=4802
North Carolina, Craven County, New Bern Obituary Index 1752-1872 & 1968-2002 - http://newbern.cpclib.org/research/obituary.html North Carolina Civil War Rosters - http://www.censusdiggins.com/nc_civilwar.html North Carolina Cemetery Records for Some Counties - http://cemeterycensus.com/nc/
North Carolina, Lincoln County Obituary Collection - http://www.genealogybuff.com/nc/lincoln/webbbs_config.pl
North Carolina, Allegany County Obituaries - http://www.genealogybuff.com/nc/alleghany/webbbs_config.pl North Carolina, Raleigh City - http://www.rccpreservation.org/Home/tabid/37/Default.aspx - Burial records for City Cemetery and O’Rorke Cemetery. North Carolina, Wilmington Oakdale Cemetery Database - http://www.oakdalecemetery.org/burial_database.asp North Carolina, Union County Public Library - http://history.union.lib.nc.us - Obituary index from the Monroe Enquirer Journal - 1968 to present; Marshville Newspapers - 1952 - 1955; March 1957 - December 1957; 1962 - 1981; and March 2006 - present, and Monroe Enquirer - June 1875 to June 1880. There is a photograph collection on the web site.
North Carolina, Cabarrus County Register of Deeds - http://www.cabarrusncrod.org - Deeds, subdivision plats and other land-related information. Index books cover 1791 through 1982.
North Carolina - Cumberland County Register of Deeds - http://www.ccrodinternet.org - Click on the Disclaimer link to access the data.
Wake County Public Libraries Resources - http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/research/specialcollections/orlspecialcollections.htm - Elizabeth Murray’s collection of state names and their origins, Dictionary of North Carolina Biography Index, Branson’s Directory of Raleigh with Wake County Farmers, Oakwood Confederate Burials Index, Raleigh City Directory 1899-1900 and more
- 40 - Chowan County Resources - http://chowan.lostsoulsgenealogy.com/ - Census index, vital records, etc.
Dobbs County Resources - http://dobbs.lostsoulsgenealogy.com/ Gates County Resources - http://gates.lostsoulsgenealogy.com/ Greene County Resources - http://greene.lostsoulsgenealogy.com/ Lenoir County Resources - http://lenoir.lostsoulsgenealogy.com/ New Hanover County Resources - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncnewhtp/ North Carolina’s Trails to the Past - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nctttp/ North Carolina Mountain Region Cemetery Project - http://www.sciway3.net/scgenweb/sc-cemetery-project/North%20Carolina/index.html
NORTH DAKOTA North Dakota Death Index - https://secure.apps.state.nd.us/doh/certificates/deathCertSearch.htm
North Dakota Cemetery Transcriptions and Maps - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/northdakota.htm North Dakota State Archives Databases - http://history.nd.gov/archives/drdatabases.html - Naturalization and biography indexes and transcription of the 1885 census.
North Dakota State University Resources - http://library.ndsu.edu/archives/databases - Includes 1885 census, newspaper indexes, vital records for Cass County
OHIO Ohio Death Certificate Index 1913-1944 - http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/death/ Ohio - Cuyahoga County Marriage License Index 1810-Present - http://probate.cuyahogacounty.us/ml/
Ohio - Cuyahoga County Death Index to 1890 - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohcuyah2/deaths/coarch/part1/index.html Ohio Cemetery Records - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/ohio/ Ohio Records Submitted by Volunteers - http://www.geocities.com/ohgenealogy/Index.html - Includes cemetery, some marriage records, military records, some tax lists, and some other records.
- 41 - Ohio, Findlay-Hancock County Public Library Indexes - http://findlaylibrary.org/ - Click on Genealogy to get to the newspaper and obituary indexes.
Ohio, Medina County District Library Obituary Index - http://www.medina.lib.oh.us/obits.asp - Records have been drawn obituaries, death notices and probate notices published in the Medina County Gazette. Covers the periods from the 1850s to the present.
Ohio, Toledo Diocese, Catholic Parish Records 1796-2004 - http://tinyurl.com/Ohio- RCrecords - Information is browseable by parish. Ohio Obituary Index - http://index.rbhayes.org/hayes/index/ - From 1810 to present. Ohio Death Records and Indexes - http://www.deathindexes.com/ohio/index.html - Multiple links to various locations in Ohio Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati - http://virtuallibrary.cincinnatilibrary.org/VirtualLibrary/vl_Maps.aspx - Downloadable maps including Sanborn Fire Insurance maps. Ohio, Hamilton County - http://www.probatect.org/case_search/index.htm - Includes probate records, birth, marriage and death records, naturalizations and more from 1791. Ohio, Preble County Records - http://genealogytrails.com/ohio/preble/ - Including cemetery, census, births, deaths, etc.
Ohio Cemetery Photographs & Listings - http://www.ohioexploration.com/cemeteries.htm - Ohio Exploration Society’s cemetery resources for places in Franklin, Fairfield, Licking, Crawford, Delaware, Madison, Pickaway, Ross, Preble, Stark, Washington, and Summit counties
Western Reserve Historical Society - http://wrhs.org/index.php/library/LibCollections - Large regional historical society located in Cleveland Ohio. Has several searchable indexes, i.e., Jewish marriage and death notices, 1907 voter registration index, Bible records index and others.
Ohio, Terrace Park - http://www.tpsurvey.org - History of the town along with owners and resident names, index of land deeds, census records and for some individuals more information. Ohio, Every Name Index to History of Greene County - http://everynameindex.com/GreeneCoOH.html
Ohio, Every Name Index to the History of Hancock County - http://everynameindex.com/HancockCoOH.html
- 42 - Ohio, Every Name Index to 1903 Centennial History of Belmont County - http://everynameindex.com/BelmontCoOH.html - Compiled by Cathy L. O’Connor
Tom Caulley’s Lawrence County, Ohio, Research Site - http://www.caulleyscorner.com/LawrenceCoOH/
Cincinnati, Ohio City Directories - http://virtuallibrary.cincinnatilibrary.org/VirtualLibrary/ - Directories from 1819-1898, incomplete. Columbus News Index, Ohio - http://www.columbuslibrary.org/cmlcnix/searchform.cfm - Covers Franklin County, Ohio, and surrounding counties. Contains abstracts of selected articles from 1960 to 2007 and obituaries between 1931 and 1997.
Morley County Library Obituary Index, Ohio - http://www.morleylibrary.org/genealogy.htm - Index to death notices from various area newspapers dating back to 1822. Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County - http://virtuallibrary.cincinnatilibrary.org/virtuallibrary/vl_OldRare.aspx - The history and genealogy section includes county histories, city directories, ships’ log books, The Black Brigade of Cincinnati and more Ohio Vital Records Indexes - http://www.genealogybranches.com/ohio.html - Birth, Marriage & Death Records
Gallia County Genealogical Society, Ohio, Resources - http://www.galliagenealogy.org - Includes obituaries from publications, Civil War veteran obituaries, more than 500 cemeteries transcriptions, birth records 1894 to 1903, biographical sketches, passenger lists and more
Every Name Index to History of Brown County, Ohio (1883) - http://everynameindex.com/BrownCoOH.html East Cuyahoga County Genealogical Society Resources - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohcdrt/clecems/index.html - Online burial index of all Cleveland-owned cemeteries.
Dayton, Ohio Public Library Resources - http://www.daytonmetrolibrary.org/ - Dayton Newspaper Index which includes the Dayton Daily News, Dayton Journal Herald, Dayton City Paper, Dayton Magazine, Downtowner, and Impact Weekly for the period from 1985 through 2003. The Dayton Obituary Index includes obituaries and death notices appearing in Dayton newspapers for the periods between 1850 and 1890, 1920 and 1931, and from 1985 through the present. Currently, this index only includes records from the Dayton Daily Journal.
- 43 - Oberlin Heritage Center, Ohio - http://www.OberlinHeritage.org - City Directories from 1873 through 1916. Over 500 historic photographs dating from the 1860s to 2001 and the Westwood Gravestone Inventory.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma - http://www.okhistory.org/research/library/terr.html - 1890 territorial census index, index to Dawes Final Rolls, and Smith's directory of the Oklahoma Territory.
Oklahoma, Carter County - http://tinyurl.com/CarterCty - Records of burials Oklahoma, Coal County - http://genroots.net/OK/CoalCounty/ - Funeral homes, obituary index, marriage index, and gravestone photographs.
Oklahoma, Greer County - http://tinyurl.com/GreerCty - Cemeteries, marriage licenses, probate, death, inquests indexes. Oklahoma, City of Bartlett - http://www.cityofbartlesville.org/page.php?page=1027 - Cemetery name listings
Oklahoma Cemetery Information - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/oklahoma.htm - Links to cemetery transcriptions. Oklahoma Pioneer Genealogical Society - http://www.kaycounty.info/PGS/frtpage.html - Indexes to birth, death, obituary, marriage, military, property, school and miscellaneous records. Oklahoma, Tulsa Funeral Home Records Index - http://www.tulsagenealogy.org/library/FuneralHomeIndx.asp - The index covers varying periods between 1906 and 1986.
Oklahoma Digital State Archives - http://www.digitalstatearchives.com/oklahoma - Includes Oklahoma Territory military records, Dawes Rolls of Indian census records, and marriage and obituary vital records Oklahoma American Indian Allotments Research Center - http://www.amerindianallotments.com - Information about allotments to individuals around 1900 a for the tribes of Caddo, Wichita, Delaware, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa, Comanche, Apache, Absentee Shawnee, Citizen Pottawatomie, Iowa, Kickapoo, Otoe- Missouria, Pawnee, Ponca, Sac and Fox. The Five Civilized Tribes and Osage tribe are not included in the database.. Beaver County, Oklahoma, Genealogy and History - http://genealogytrails.com/oka/beaver/ - Includes births, marriages, and more.
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Oregon - A collection of databases and indexes for Jackson County - http://www.rvgslibrary.org
Portland Oregon Births 1881-1902 and Deaths 1881-1917- http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/vital.html Oregon Historical Records Index - http://genealogy.state.or.us/ - This is an ongoing project to index records held by the Oregon State Archives. Oregon Newspaper Index - http://libweb.uoregon.edu/govdocs/indexing/ - Includes Oregon Daily Emerald, The Portland Oregonian, and The Register-Guard
Multnomah Oregon Marriage Index - http://www.gfo.org/multcomar.htm
Oregon Death Index 1903-1930 - http://www.heritagetrailpress.com/DEATH_INDEX/
Genealogical Forum of Oregon - http://www.gfo.org - Includes indexes to land claims, marriage records, WWI draft registration, death certificates, obituary, probate, funeral notices and cemetery records. Oregon, Gates, Linn County, Fairview Cemetery - http://www.jaycwood.us/Cemetery/Fairview_Cemetery.html - Index of and photos from Fairview Cemetery, Gates, Oregon. Oregon Naturalizations - http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/natural.html#list
Oregon State Archives - http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/news/eo/eo - Early Oregonians Database from census, death, probate, and other records for people who lived in Oregon prior to statehood. Mainly from 1800 to 1860.
Jackson County Genealogy Library - http://www.rvgslibrary.org/index.html - Includes vital, cemetery, and land records, obits, and more. Coos County, Oregon, Resources - http://genealogytrails.com/ore/coos/ - Includes vital record information, military records, census and more
PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania - Chester County Death Records - http://dsf.chesco.org/archives/ Pennsylvania - Berks County Vital Records Index - http://www.co.berks.pa.us/rwills/s/RegMain.htm Pennsylvania - Bedford County Tax Lists 1768-1892 - http://www.pa- roots.com/bedford/taxlists/index.html
- 45 - Pennsylvania, Allegheny County - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njm1/tombs.htm - Gravestone inscriptions. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia - http://www.philageohistory.org/citydir/ - McElroy's Philadelphia (PA) city directories for 1856, 1858, 1861, & 1866. Pennsylvania, Indiana County Tax List 1807 - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njm1/tombs.htm
Pennsylvania Military Records - http://tinyurl.com/agagyv Pennsylvania Land Records - http://tinyurl.com/adtkue The Historical Society of Pennsylvania - http://www.hsp.org - They have an on-line catalog. Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania - http://www.genpa.org - Their web site includes a surname index to Manuscript Archives at GSP for surnames in the Society’s collection of Bible records and family files. There is also a searchable database for Pennsylvania’s Civil War Conscientious Objectors and a list of their church and other materials, such as Bible records. Pennsylvania State Library - http://www.pde.state.pa.us/libraries/cwp/view.asp?a=11&q=146569 - Digital collections include Harrisburg Newspaper Index for select years.
Pennsylvania, New Castle Public Library - http://www.ncdlc.org/index.php?&MMN_position=1:1 - Marriage and obituary database is available. Click on the Genealogy/History link in the contents list to access this resource. This is a work on progress. Pennsylvania Newspaper Obituaries - http://www.ehow.com/how_2263807_newspaper- archives-pennsylvania.html Pennsylvania, Allegheny County - http://www.everynameindex.com/AlleghenyCoPA.html - Every Name Index to A Genealogical and Biographical History of Allegheny County
Pennsylvania State Archives Warrantee Township Maps - http://tinyurl.com/TwpWarranteeMaps - PDF copies of all warrantee township maps, which show original landowners for various townships
Pennsylvania, Lancaster County Databases - http://lancasterhistory.org/ - Newspapers, city directories, history, oral histories, and Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society obituaries.
- 46 - Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh City Directories - http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pl/pitttextdir/ - Directories from the early 1800’s through the 1940’s.
Pennsylvania The Bradford Landmark Society Obituaries - http://www.bradfordlandmark.org/index.php?Obituary%20index - This index covers the period from 1935 to 1995. Pennsylvania, Eccles-Lesher Library Burial Database - http://eccles-lesher.org/ - This library is located in western central Pennsylvania.
Historic Pittsburg - http://digital.library.pitt.edu/p/pitttextall/ Pennsylvania State Archives Military Resources - http://www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us/ - Index for veterans from various wars.
Allegheny County Vital Statistics from Pittsburgh Newspapers - http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/death-index.htm - Includes Deaths, marriages, and divorces.
Early Pittsburgh BMD -http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/allegheny/death-index.htm Resources for Schuylkill County - http://www.pottsvillelibrary.org. - Marriage Index 1885 through 1969, History of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania name, links to cemetery and church records in Shenandoah Heights. Partial online index to deaths in the Pottsville Republican newspaper and the Shenandoah Evening Herald. Death index file October 1884-1894 and an obituaries-only for the period 1950-1971
Every Name Index to History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania - http://everynameindex.com/ClearfieldCoPA.html Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index - http://www.camgenpa.com - Marriage index 1885-1920
Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Vital Records - http://www.co.delaware.pa.us/depts/archives.html - Marriages 1885-1929, birth and death 1893-1905 and more. Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index - http://www.co.schuylkill.pa.us - Marriage index 1885-2010
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Marriage Information - http://westmorelandweb400.us:8088/EGSPublicAccess.htm - Extracted information from marriage records 1885-2010 York County, Pennsylvania, Vital Records - http://www.yorkcountyarchives.org/records.asp - Marriage index 1885-1929, birth and death index 1893-1905 and more.
- 47 - Every Name Index to History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania - http://everynameindex.com/NorthumberlandCoPA.html
RHODE ISLAND Rhode Island Genealogy - http://www.rhodeisland-genealogy.com/ - This web site is a gateway to information searchable by county, or record type, i.e., vital, cemetery, census, church, land, city directories, etc.
Rhode Island Pensioners in the 1840 Census - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/1840-census-of-pensioners-ri.htm Rhode Island Cemetery Transcriptions - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/rhodeisland.htm Rhode Island’s 1774 Census - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/1774- ri-colonial-census.htm
Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project Index - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/ - Index to a compilation of all known RI cemetery transcriptions. Rhode Island Censuses - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/ri- census.htm - Includes federal, state, colonial and military Census Records
SOUTH CAROLINA South Carolina - http://www.scdhec.net/administration/vr/vrdi.htm - Death indexes 1915- 1958 South Carolina - http://www.deathindexes.com/southcarolina/index.html - Gateway to death and related web sites for various areas in the state.
South Carolina’s Andrea Files - http://www.andreafiles.com - An abstract of the records in the research files of Leonardo Andrea. Focus on South Carolina families. The full collection is located at the South Caroliniana Library in Columbia, SC. South Carolina, Charleston County - http://www3.charlestoncounty.org/docs/ProbateMain.html - Searchable marriage licenses 1879 to the present and probate, conservator and guardianship index. South Carolina Cemetery Transcriptions for Some Locations - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/southcarolina.htm Greenville, S.C. News Index 1994-present - http://www.greenvillelibrary.org/index.php/Obituary-Index.html - Local interest items including obituaries and marriage announcements.
- 48 - Greenville, South Carolina Obituaries - http://www.greenvillelibrary.org/index.php/Obituary-Index.html - Obituaries appearing in The Greenville (SC) News. Currently starts with 1916 - 1994 but earlier obituaries will be added later. South Carolina Department of Archives and History - http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/ - Includes Confederate Pension Applications, Criminal Journals, Will Transcripts and more. South Carolina, Beaufort County Library Newspaper Obituary Index - http://www.beaufortcountylibrary.org/htdocs-sirsi/bdc/newobits_xml.html#_A South Carolina, Greenville News Obituaries, 1914-1993 - http://www.greenvillelibrary.org/index.php/Obituary-Index.html
Charleston Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society - http://www.charleston.scgen.org/charcem.htm - Provides links to church and cemeteries. South Carolina Obituary Resources - http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/south-carolina- obituary-resources
South Carolina Cemetery Project - http://www.sciway3.net/scgenweb/sc-cemetery- project/index.html - South Carolina GPS Cemetery Mapping Project.
SOUTH DAKOTA
South Dakota State Archives - http://www.sdhistory.org/arc/arcgen.htm - SDSA's web site has a naturalization index; cemetery records index; 1885 census for Confederate and Union Civil War veterans living in South Dakota; index of South Dakotans who have published biographies and what book the information can be found in; and newspaper surname index (most of the information is for 2000 forward).
South Dakota Birth Index - http://apps.sd.gov/applications/PH14Over100BirthRec/index.asp - South Dakota's Vital Records System was started in July of 1905. Individuals who were born before that time were allowed to file for a delayed birth record. The records before 1905 are not complete. This site contains all of Department of Health birth records that are over 100 years of age. South Dakota Cemetery Record Index - http://apps.sd.gov/applications/DT58Cemetery/ South Dakota Biographical Index - http://www.sdhistory.org/arc/bioindex/biographicalindex.htm
South Dakota, Mellette Resources - http://genealogytrails.com/sdak/mellette/
- 49 - South Dakota Newspaper Database - http://history.sd.gov/forms/NewspaperArchive.aspx
Deadwood Historical Newspaper Index 1876-1905 - http://argos.sdln.net/F/?func=find-b- 0&local_base=DWD01 - "Black Hills Pioneer," "Black Hills Times," and "Black Hills Champion".
TENNESSEE
Tennessee, Shelby County - http://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php - Indexes to multiple databases, i.e., land records, birth, marriage, and death, city directories, naturalization, 1865 census, circuit court records and other records. May include information for other counties as well state-wide records.
Tennessee, Williamson County - http://lib.williamson- tn.org/Special_Collections/Gen.htm - Williamson County Public Library's obituary database for 20th and 21st century deaths. Tennessee Department of State - http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/county/factclay.htm - This web site includes information along with some searchable databases. Click on “Digital Collections” and “Research & Collections.” Tennessee, Shelby County Records - http://register.shelby.tn.us/ - Register of Deeds. Includes vital records, divorce, property and Polk directories. Some record documents are available on line. Tennessee WWI Veterans - http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/military/ww1intro.htm - Tennessee WWI Veterans Memphis/Shelby County Death Index (1848-1945) - http://tempo.memphislibrary.org/dadabik/program_files/about.htm - Index created from the Memphis Death Register Books beginning in 1848; Memphis Burial Permits, 1902- 1913; and Memphis/Shelby County Death Certificate Card Index, 1914-1945. Knoxville Journal Obituary Index - http://knoxrooms.sirsi.net/rooms/portal/page/21832_Obituaries_Index
TEXAS Texas, Bexar County Land Deeds - http://www.countyclerk.bexar.landata.com/ Texas Republic Claims Search - http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/repclaims/index.php - This database contains more than 48,500 indexed names included in Republic Claims documents. Digital items are included.
- 50 - Texas, Collin County, Plano - http://www.plano.gov/Departments/Libraries/Pages/4genealogy.aspx - Collection of genealogy, local history, Texana information. Texas Land Grants - http://www.glo.state.tx.us/archives/landgrant.html - This database contains a list of all the original land grants that were issued by the Texas General Land Office. The database is not complete
Texas Birth Index 1926-1995 - http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/tx/tx_/txbirthm.htm Texas Divorce Index 1968-2005 - http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/tx/tx_/txdivorm- go.htm Texas, El Paso County - http://www.co.el-paso.tx.us/clerk/default.htm - Indexes to births, marriages, and deaths. Texas State Library & Archives - http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/genfirst.html - Confederate pension applications, Confederate indigent families lists and an index to Texas Adjutant General records. Texas, Walker County Genealogical Society - http://www.wcgen.com - Provides access to a cemetery database, local history books, and a link to the Walker County Treasures website which includes Bible records and their image collection among other items.
Texas, Milan County Outlaws & Lawmen Page - http://jamesewilliams.tripod.com/milamcounty-outlawsandlawmen.html - Contains information from 1836-1900. Texas, Travis County, Austin Genealogical Society Resources - http://www.austintxgensoc.org/index.php - Includes births, marriages, cemetery information, voter registration list, census transcription and more. Ellis County Texas Resources - http://genealogytrails.com/tex/prairieslakes/ellis/ - Some births and cemetery information Hunt County, Texas, Genealogy Resources - http://genealogytrails.com/tex/prairieslakes/hunt/index.html
Dallas County, Texas, Genealogy Resources - http://genealogytrails.com/tex/prairieslakes/dallas/
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Utah - http://history.utah.gov/research_and_collections/online_sources/index.html - Cemetery and burial databases along with other resources for Utah.
Utah - http://archives.utah.gov/research/indexes/index.html#all - Gateway to multiple indexes for multiple counties. Click on "List of Indexes" on right-hand side of page. Utah Links - http://www.archives.state.ut.us/research/indexes/index.html - There are multiple indexes on this web site covering multiple counties in the state of Utah. A “search all” indexes feature is included. Some databases include digital images.
Utah Death Records 1905-1956 - http://historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/20842.htm
VERMONT Vermont - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/vermont.htm - Cemetery transcriptions Vermont - http://community.middlebury.edu/~swilson/chronicle.html - Index to references from The Chronicle newspapers which was published from 1826 to 1898 in Bellows Falls, Windsor, and Montpelier. Database may not be complete Vermont, Goshen - http://community.middlebury.edu/~swilson/chronicle.html - Vital records and original proprietor index. Vermont, Rutland, Pawlet 1809 - 1855 Marriage Records Solemnized by Oliver Hanks, Justice of Peace - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/vt-marriage- rutland-jpoliverhanks.htm Vermont, Orleans County Cemeteries - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vtcstjoh/cemetery/orleans.htm#top - List of all cemeteries with links to transcriptions for some of them.
Vermont, Hartford Historical Society - http://www.hartfordhistory.org/54801.html - Includes blank genealogical forms as well as indexes for Hartford area specific resources such as church membership and cemetery indexes. Also Windsor County resources, i.e., obituaries and directory.
Vermont State, Colonial and Military Censuses - http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/vt-census.htm Addison County, Streetsboro Historical Society Gravestone Inscriptions - http://www.starksborohistoricalsociety.org/default.asp - The inscriptions are for burials in twelve cemeteries in Starksboro and one in Hinesburg.
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Virginia - Chancery Record Index - http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/local/chancery/index.htm
Virginia Cemetery Transcriptions - http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/virginia.htm Library of Virginia - http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwehave/mil/ - Includes Virginia military dead and WWI separation notices. Fauquier County, Virginia - http://tinyurl.com/FauquierVA - Fauquier Democrat/Times- Democrat Index 1905-1999
Virginia Cemeteries Transcriptions - http://wmdangilbert.web.officelive.com/VirginiaCemetaries.aspx Virginia, Westmoreland County Resources - http://www.rivahresearch.com/westmorelandcty/westmorelandcounty.htm- Has military databases, cemetery transcriptions and more.
Virginia, Loudoun Cemetery Database - http://www.leesburgva.org/index.aspx?page=940 - Covers more than 160 cemeteries Virginia, Culpepper County Chancery Court Records - http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/chancery/ - The county’s complete chancery causes from 1829 to 1913
Virginia Commonwealth University Digital Collections - http://dig.library.vcu.edu/cdm4/collections.php - Oral histories, city information, post cards, Robertson Hospital Register from the Civil War era. Library of Virginia Memorial Collections - http://www.virginiamemory.com/ - Photographs, maps, archival records, or art work.
Chincoteague Cemeteries Online, Virginia - http://www.islandbones.com/islandbones/Welcome.html - Burial databases and photographs of gravestone for 21 cemeteries on the island
Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia - http://www.petersburg- va.org/blandford/index.asp - This cemetery has been a burying ground since the early 18th century. Fredericksburg (Virginia) Historic Court Records - http://www.historiccourtrecords.org/
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Washington - http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/ - Index and digital images of state and local vital records as well as military and legal records about Washington state residents from the 1840's to date. Washington - http://www.deathindexes.com/washington/index.html - Gateway to death and related subjects. Washington Secretary of State - Send an e-mail to [email protected] with the name of your ancestor and the date and place of death in Washington State, and they will scan the person's obituary and send it to you via e-mail. The Washington State Digital Archives - http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/TitleInfo.aspx?TID=640 - Index to WWI veterans records.
Washington, Wenatchee Area Genealogical Society, Washington - http://www.wags- web.org/ - This web site offers searches in obituaries, cemeteries, funeral home records and more. Washington State Library Obits Look-ups - http://www.sos.wa.gov/library/Obituaries.aspx - free obituary look-up service for obituaries in Washington State newspapers Tacoma, Washington, Obituaries - http://search.tacomapubliclibrary.org/obits/
Clallam County, Washington, Obituary Database - http://www.olypen.com/ccgs/index.html -1888 through 1970 for individuals whose death notices or obituaries appeared in the Port Angeles Evening News, The Daily News, The Sequim Press, and various other early publications.
WASHINGTON, D.C. DC Civil War Claims - http://www.genealogy-quest.com/collections/dc-claims.html - Individuals from Washington, DC who made successful claims for stores or supplies to the Union Army.
WEST VIRGINIA West Virginia Vital Records On Line - http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx - Births 1816-1929, Marriages 1784-1970 and Deaths 1853-1954- Includes scanned images.
- 54 - West Virginia, Greenbrier Valley Graveyards - http://greenbriervalleygraves.blogspot.com/ - This includes areas in both Monroe and Greenbrier Counties. Cemeteries in Parkersburg, West Virginia - http://www.parkqaz.com/home.php- Contains records and images for six cemeteries, in addition to historic images and maps of Parkersburg.
Obituaries Index - http://www.marshall.edu/library/speccoll/digitalcoll.asp - Index to obituaries found in the Huntington Herald Dispatch and the Charleston Gazette for the period from January 1990 through December 2005
WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Historical Society Genealogy Tools - http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/genealogy/ - Tools include index for Civil War veterans, birth, marriage and death index for events before 1907, obituaries and biographical sketches published before 1999.
Wisconsin Deeds - http://192.159.83.40/SOS/deeds.aspx - You can view paperwork associated with the deeds. Wisconsin, Appleton Public Library Obituary Index - http://www.apl.org/history/obit/index.asp - Records available start as early as 1853 and go to up the present. There are years that are missing.
Wisconsin, Trempealeau County, Marriage Index 1856-1907 - http://genealogytrails.com/wis/trempealeau/marriageindex.html Wisconsin Standard County Histories - http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wch/ Wisconsin, Crandon Public Library Local History Obituary Index - http://www.crandonpl.org/?page_id=325 Wisconsin, Langlade County Birth Records - http://www.co.langlade.wi.us/Births/ - 1887 to 1909
Wisconsin, Langlade County Death Records - http://www.co.langlade.wi.us/deaths/ - The death records index covers the period up to 2006. Wisconsin, Madison, Forest Hill Cemetery - http://www.cityofmadison.com/parks/forestHill.html - Burials of Union and Confederate soldiers. Click on the ‘Search the Forest Hill Cemetery Burial Records’ link to access the search page.
- 55 - Wisconsin, City of Madison - Map of Forest Hill Cemetery - http://www.cityofmadison.com/parks/Forest%20Hill%20Walking%20Tour.pdf - Map of Forest Hill Cemetery and walking tour brochure Wisconsin Historical Society Digital Collections - http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/collections/digital.asp - Pioneer memoirs and interviews, books on state history and more
Oshkosh Directories - http://www.oshkoshpubliclibrary.org/citydirs.html - 1857 to 1922. Local History Resources at the University of Wisconsin-Stout - http://www.americanancestors.org/Blogs.aspx?id=22454&blogid=112 Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Cemeteries - http://www.webcemeteries.com/eauclairewi/search.asp - Index for Forest Hill and Lakeview cemeteries.
WYOMING Wyoming - http://www.deathindexes.com/wyoming/index.html - Gateway to information about deaths and related subjects. Wyoming Newspaper Project - http://www.wyonewspapers.org/ - Digitization of newspapers published from 1849 to 1922. Includes articles and obituaries as well as other items of interest.
Reformatted by Arliss Whiteside, May 2018
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