Genealogy
Documents Online
| United States – General | I | United States – By State/Region | I | International |
- American Memory Collection (Library of Congress) - Collection Finder: Contains information about, and images of, 7 million historical documents online.
- Land Records Research Directory: Links to land record databases all over the United States, with a clickable map.
- Making of America: Available at University of Michigan site and Cornell University site. A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction, providing access to 267 monograph volumes and over 100,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints.
- National Archives and Records Administration Catalogs: A variety of
finding tools for NARA's collections; refer to individual links for details,
scope and use instructions.
Access to Archival Databases (AAD)
Archival Resource Catalog (ARC)
Archives Library Information Center (ALIC)
Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives
Microfilm Publications Catalog - National Parks Service - Links to the Past: A guide to the NPS's many Web sites dealing with historical and cultural information.
- National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections: Guide to archival holdings of libraries and institutions in the United States and its possessions.
- Newspaper Abstracts: Abstracts and extracts from pre-1923 American newspapers.
- Official Federal Land Patent Records Site (Bureau of Land Management)
- Repositories of Primary Sources: A listing of over 5,250 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for genealogists.
United States – By State/Region:
Many state archives and historical associations have placed document images, searchable indexes, or both on their Web sites. Links to some of the most useful of these are given below.
- Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Alaska's Digital Archive
- Arkansas History Commission and State Archives
- Colorado State Archives
- Connecticut State Library History and Genealogy Unit :
- Delaware Public Archives
- Documenting the American South
- Early California Population Project (searchable vital records from the California missions, 1769-1850)
- Florida Memory Project
- Florida State Archives
- Georgia Secretary of State, Archives and History Division
- Illinois State Archives
- Indiana State Archives
- Kansas State Historical Society
- Kentucky Vital Records Index
- Maine State Archives
- Maryland State Archives
- Massachusetts Archives General Search
- Minnesota Historical Society
- Missouri State Archives
- Nevada State Library and Archives
- New Jersey State Archives
- New York State Archives--Research Room
- Ohio Historical Society
- Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Archives Division
- Oregon State Archives
- Pennsylvania State Archives
- South Carolina Department of Archives and History
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Texas State Library and Archives Commission
- Utah History Research Center
- Library of Virginia
- Washington State Archives
- Western States Historical Marriage Records Index
- Wisconsin Historical Society
Government and historical groups outside the United States maintain Web sites containing documents, indexes, or both. Some of the better, non-fee based resources of this kind are on our Foreign Countries / Immigration Records page.
