Links - Specialized Databases

• American Battle Monuments Commission - Korean War Veterans Database
  New database of Americans who died in the Korean war.
• The American Local History Network
  A list of independent websites with historical and genealogical content. Searchable by state or topic.
• America's First Families
  Database containing thousands of confirmed 1600s residents of the original 13 colonies.
• California Birth Index
  Database listing 24,596,236 public records, for 984,961 surnames, from 1905-1995.
• California Death Index
  Database containing 9,366,786 public records, for 498,701 surnames, from 1940-1995.
• Cemetery Junction
  Access a list of 13,000+ U.S. cemeteries...and more.
• Cemetery Records on the Internet
  Links to databases, search tools, burial records, obituaries and cemetery tours.
• Census Microfilm Expeditors: Federal Census Microfilm from 1790-1920
  Purchase copies of microfilmed census records for your personal use.
• The Census Online
  Collection of online census transcriptions for many states, counties and years.
• DAR Library
  Search the catalog of the Daughters of the American Revolution's collection of genealogy and history publications, maintained since 1896.
• Everton's Guide to Family History Centers
  Searchable list of thousands of family history centers, both U.S. and worldwide.
• Family Search Internet Genealogy Service
  Searchable database maintained by the Mormon Church. (Note: Use information found through this site carefully. At least one member of our organization has found errors in data obtained here.)
• GenServ Genealogical GEDCOM Server System
  Extensive collection of GEDCOM databases.
• Illinois State Archives
  Access records and documents from all 84 Illinois counties, as well as holdings from the Illinois Regional Archives Depositories.
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers' Guild
  Homepage for group of volunteers dedicated to transcribing immigrant ships' passengers lists and other maritime data. Includes passenger lists from more than 2,000 ships, searchable by name, as well as links to other maritime and immigration databases.
• International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists
  Site for "all those who have a dastardly, infamous individual of public knowledge and ill-repute in their family...within 1 degree of consanguinity of their direct lines."
• Library of Congress
  Search the nation's central library for either general or specific genealogy resources.
• Lutherans Online Genealogy Exchange
  Family registry service and genealogy message board aimed at helping Lutherans researching family ties find and connect with one another.
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Archival Information Locator
  Search the collection of the federal agency dedicated to managing all U.S. federal documents (includes pictures, film and video collections).
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Genealogy Page
  Contains many of the "finding aids," guides, and research tools that can prepare you for a visit to one of the NARA facilities or for requesting records from NARA.
• Online Searchable Death Indexes for the USA
  Searchable collection of death record databases.
• Pennsylvania Original Land Records
  Land records, survey maps, surname indices, etc. Concentrates on York County, but provides links for resources throughout Pennsylvania.
• Railroad Retirement Board Genealogy Information
  Instructions for submitting genealogy queries to the U.S. Railroad Retirment Board.
• Roots Web's Social Security Death Index Interactive Search Engine
  Innovative SSDI, which lets you attach notes to listings in the database, so that people who may be searching for the same names can find each other.
• Ships' Passenger Lists
  Links to various sources for passenger lists of immigrant ships, including ships from Ireland.
• Surname Heirlooms
  Site devoted to reuniting family bibles, documents, letters, photos, etc., found at flea markets, yard sales and antique stores, with the families they came from.
• U.S. Army Military History Institute Civil War Photo Collection
  Search the MHI Civil War Photo collection. Scanned photos not yet available for viewing online, but can be ordered from the website index.
• U. S. Department of the Interior/Bureau of Land Management Federal Land Patent Records
  Search photocopies of land transfers from the U.S. government to individuals, filed between the years 1820 and 1908 (newer records coming soon).
• Vital Chek
  Instructions for obtaining vital records from various sources.
• Vital Records Information
  Search 100 million birth, marriage and death records, from each U.S. state, territory and county.

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