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United States Genealogical Resources and Archive Page All of these 1000+ United States Genealogical Resource links have been contributed by Rhonda Houston from Roots Web "Genealogy Newbie Mailing List". They are all active links as of April, 1999. Where possible, a brief summary will follow each link to indicate whether the site is text or research oriented.
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American History Archive Sites

The Library of Congress
Among their many holdings, they have a very special collection, the "American Life Histories." This is part of the almost incomprehensible "The U.S. Work Progress Administration Federal Writers' Project and Historical Records Survey." This project contains over 300,000 items from 1889 to 1942.

American Memories on Film
Historical Collections for the National Digital Library

Research and Text
List of Presidential
Libraries with archives.

Documents for the Study of American
History - Text
An American TimeLine

Additional Links
American History

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US History Document

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United States History

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American History

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American Pioneers - Naturalization and Immigration Archives - State Land Grants - Research/Text

Naturalization

http://www.heritagequest.com/genealogy/books/html/naturalization.html
"American Naturalization Records, 1790-1990: What They Are and How to Use Them", by archivist, John J. Newman

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/NORCAL%20index/insnat.html
Obtaining Copies of Naturalization Records from the Immigration and Naturalization Service

http://www.ihaonline.com/books/book22.htm
"Guide to Naturalization Records of the United States", by; Christine K. Schaefer

http://persian.com/ins/ins_service_centers.htm
INS Service Centers, INS DISTRICT OFFICES AND SUBOFFICES - forms addresses and phone numbers.
Land Management

http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This site provides live database and image access to more than two million Federal land title records for the Eastern Public Land States, issued

http://www.outfitters.com/genealogy/land/twprangemap.html
Federal Township and Range System: Graphical display of 'how each township is set up', in terms the layman/woman can understand.

http://www.outfitters.com/genealogy/land/land.html
Legal Land Descriptions in the USA relating to 'Land Grants'.

http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/laland/laland.pl
Louisiana Land Records -- Interactive Search ~~ This is an interface to the Pre-1908 Homestead and Cash Entry Patents from the Bureau of Land Management's General Land Office (GLO) Automated Records Project.
State Land Grants and The History Behind Them

California

http://www.nps.gov/moja/devaplan/affland.htm
Land Ownership and Use in California
Colorado

http://www.cc.colorado.edu/Library/SpecialCollections/Colorado/InfoFile.html
Colorado Information File Subject List from Colorado College Tutt Library
Connecticut

http://www.genealogysf.com/stanton.htm
The Thomas Stanton Society, Inc. ~~ The Society was formalized at the Stanton family's 1995 Summer reunion, to honor the life and work of Thomas Stanton. Stanton was a founder of Stonington, Connecticut who helped mold its size, shape, and general character, who forged a society that preserved and advanced the best of European culture while respecting the needs and desires of the local Indian population.
Florida

http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/Bluffs/3010/index.htm
This site is dedicated to the history and laws relating to land in the 15 counties of Florida located west of the Tallahassee Meridian.

http://www.starbanner.com/History/EarlyStatehood.html
Florida ~~ "Early Statehood: The Land Rush (1845-1860)" - BY DARRELL G. RILEY
Georgia

http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/rs/land.htm
Georgia's Archives - Land Records ~~ Georgia Department of Archives and History - Index Page.
Kansas

http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~hisite/kancoll/books/cutler/eraop/era-of-peace-p3.html
William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas - ERA OF PEACE, PART 3
Kentucky

http://www.users.mis.net/~chesnut/pages/chesland.htm
Chesnuts in Kentucky Land Grants
Maryland

http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/Valley/5429/maryland/early-settlers-md.html
Early Settlers of Allegheny Co., Maryland
Massachusetts

http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/cooke/d6.htm
Massachusetts: The BRUCE's of Marlborough, Massachusetts.
Michigan

http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/archive/circular/c60.html
Michigan Public Land Grants Private Claims ~~ State Archives of Michigan, Michigan Historical Center.
Nebraska

http://www.rootsweb.com/~neresour/OLLibrary/Comp_NE/index.htmCompendium of History, Reminiscence & Biography of Nebraska
North Carolina

http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/archives/arch/state.htm
State Archives and Agency Records in North Carolina
Ohio

http://www.bright.net/~lonkosky/page6.html
1783-1802/Ohio Land Grants/Greenville Treaty
Tennessee

http://www.public.usit.net/mcnamara/landcont.htm
"Tennessee Land: Its' History and Laws". This book was written by Billie R. McNamara as an introduction to Tennessee's land history and laws for historians and genealogists.
Texas

http://www.glo.state.tx.us/central/archives/mex.html
Texas History Publications Guide to Spanish and Mexican Grants in South Texas.

http://209.45.151.186/lsj/texians/classes.htm
Class Designations for Texas Grants: During the period of the Republic of Texas, the Texas government granted over 50 million acres of public land to attract new settlers. The amount of land and the conditions of the grants were based primarily on the settler's "class", which was determined by their date arrival in Texas.
Virginia

http://home.earthlink.net/~dawise/ARCOVa.htm
"Early Land Grants in Arlington County, Virginia" by Donald A. Wise.

http://www.users.mis.net/~chesnut/pages/wmbenge.htm
Virginia Family ~~ Early BENGES/BINGES in America: A family archive by Don Chesnut.

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/TURNER/chapter2.html
Virginia "Frontier" Definition ~~~ "Frontier in American History," In the two hundred years between the official attempt to locate the Massachusetts frontier line, and the official announcement of the ending of the national frontier line, westward expansion was the most important single process in American history.
Searching In Other Areas

http://www.cyndislist.com/land.htm
Cyndi's List Contains the following links:

Census Related Sites Worldwide
Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information
Taxes
Travel & Research
U.S. - Census
Wills & Probate

AltaVista search engine
This is the search link to many more land grant links.
query=historical+california+land+grants
Immigration

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/earlsett.htm#
Early Settlers

http://www1.umn.edu/ihrc/
The Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) was founded in 1965, in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. The university maintains archival and library collections, sponsors academic and public works. It is an international resource for American immigration and ethnic history.

http://www.WallofHonor.com/default.asp
The Immigrant Wall of honor.

http://www.ellisisland.org/
The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. invites you to explore Ellis Island - museum, publications and History Center.

http://www.immigrationlaw.com/resources/govcontacts.html
Immigration Resources -- Where to get answers: Directory of Internet Sources
Migration

http://members.aol.com/gedsearch/migrate.htm
"The American Migrations Web Site" This site is divided into three parts: Immigrations, Migrations and Surname cross reference (from A to Z).

http://www.dibbs.net/~chayes/chrnlgy1.htm
Events Affecting Land Settlement In The United States

http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Animation/us.gif
Migration map of Settlement of US

http://members.aol.com/RoadTrails/roadtrai.html
Immigration Patterns Within the United States. Paragraphs About 16 Early American Roads and Trails are based on information contained in the author's set of reference cards; http://www.serifcities.com/ genealogy tutor, "American Trails and Roads Reference Cards."
There are also prepared audiotapes http://www.serifcities.com/genealogytutorfor a number of the trails and roads, along with one titled, "Leaving Home: Reasons for Migration."
Passenger Lists

   http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/NWRoom/ships.htm
For those whose ancestors were mariners in the Pacific Northwest resources from the Tacoma Public Library's Ships and Shipping Database may be helpful.

http://ca.oocities.com/maclizard@rogers.com/images/mac.usp.html#uspl
71 Additional Research Data Links: Passenger List Records To the United States <--> when new sites are found.

http://w3g.med.uni-giessen.de/gene/www/emig/emigr.html
German genealogy: Emigration from Germany to America contains links to; Passenger Lists, Hamburg 1850-1934, ocean ship passenger lists.(7-Aug-1995), US Passport applications, 1795-1924, a catalog of microfilms of records held by the National Archives (30-Oct-1998) and more - MUCH MORE!

http://genealogy.org/~ajmorris/ireland/ireemg.htm
Irish Emigrants (Ships Lists) - A series of passenger lists regarding ships arriving in the US or Canada from Ireland or England, and their Irish passengers.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote
The Olive Tree Genealogy Homepage -- The author; Lorine McGinnis Schulze, includes Dutch surnames, Dutch naming patterns of the 1600s to assist in finding ancestors, passenger lists from ships sailing to the New World, Militia muster rolls, and source materials for different locations and eras.

http://members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html
The Mayflower Web Pages offer three limited types of genealogical research to assist the family historian:

Plymouth Colony Records research
Massachusetts Vital Records Searches
Pre-1634 Immigrant Ancestor research

Passenger Ship's Lists, Pennsylvania
The author, Donna Speer Ristenbatt has created several Ships' Passenger Lists on this site as well as links to other passenger list sites.

The Progeny Page
You will find:

The authors' family file which includes 34,915 individuals comprising 5,940 surnames.
A listing of passengers from about 100 ships, 1000's of people, that sailed to the "new world".
Research Links to help you out with your quest! Divided into 5 catagories: archives, companies/businesses, geographic regions, war records and personal web sites.

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American Railroad Archives

   http://members.aol.com/ntgen/hrtg/strr.html#Rails
Sails, Trails, Rails, Rivers and Roads ~ How Our Ancestors Moved

   http://all-railroads.com/histsoc.html
Railroad Historical Societies

http://www.rrhistorical.com/
American Railroad History. This site has addresses and links to railroad historical societies, museums, and other railroad related sites. - Text

http://www.rrb.gov/geneal2.html
The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board provides information from its records on deceased persons for the purpose of genealogical research prior to 1936.

http://www.rrb.gov/geneal.html
The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board provides information from its' records on deceased persons for the purpose of genealogical research after 1935.

http://www.rrb.gov/rrlinks.html
The U.S. Railroad Industry ~ Railroad Union Home Pages and Other Important Links.

http://www.easystreet.com/pnwc/about/other_NRHS_WWW.html
Chapters of the National Railway Historical Society with World Wide Web pages

http://users.erols.com/jmsmith/Govt.html
Rail Sites Web Page has an abundance of links relating to U.S. railroads.

http://www.utu.org/DEPTS/DIRECTRY/DIR-GCMT.HTM
GENERAL COMMITTEES OF ADJUSTMENT RAILROADS - UNITED STATES.

http://www.rrhistorical.com/nmra/histrr.html
NMRA Directory of World Wide Rail Sites - Historical Societies: Specific Railroads.
Information Specific to States

Kansas

http://history.cc.ukans.edu/heritage/research/rr/railroads.html
A description of every railroad that went through Kansas.
Maryland

http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/refserv/stagser/ssu600/html/ssu0652.html
State Agency Series Listing at the Maryland State Archives.
New York

http://www.spectra.net/~woolever/depot/
Listing of RR stations in NY State.

http://www.udrrhs.org
Ulster and Delaware Railroad Hostorical Society publishes "The Rip Van Winkle Flyer" quarterly.
Addresse;
ULSTER & DELAWARE RR HIST SOCIETY, INC
PO BOX 404
MARGARETVILLE NY 12455-0404

http://www.rrhistorical-2.com/crts/
Ulster and Delaware Railroad Hostorical Society publishes "The Rip Van Winkle Flyer" quarterly.
Addresse;
CONRAIL TECHNICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 7140
GARDEN CITY NY 11530-7140
Other Addresses
NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM
HIST SOCIETY
PO BOX 81184
CLEVELAND OH 44181-0184

NEW YORK, ONTARIO & WESTERN HIST SOCIETY
PO BOX 713
MIDDLETOWN NY 10940
Special Note: --> Preserving heritage of NYO&W Rwy. Maintains archive center and publishes the "Observer", a newsletter

NEW YORK SUSQUEHANNA & WESTERN
TECHNICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC.
PO BOX 121
ROCHELLE PARK NJ 07662-0121
Model Railroads

http://www.railserve.com/Models/Layouts/
  Rail Serve - Model Layouts and desing data for those interested in actual trains. THis page has hundreds of sites related to Model Railroads.

http://www.concentric.net/~Rswebber/ngrgbook.html
SlimRails Book Car The information at this site represents books for researching narrow gauge railroads - for modeling, or historical purposes.

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Hispanic American History Archive Sites

http://www.rootsweb.com/~wggenweb/index.html
WorldGenWeb Project ARCHIVES. Links for Hispanic, African American, and Eastern European Families.

http://www.hispanicgenealogy.com/
"Hispanic Genealogy Center" ~ The site currently contains lists of helpful publications, organizations, and Web sites, downloadable forms (pedigree, census, and family group sheets), message boards, and articles.

http://www.infopeople.org/bpl/teen/latino.html
Latino and Hispanic Roots in the United States Directory geared toward high school students provides a number of books, periodicals, and photos that will aid in finding Hispanic roots!!

http://www.sjcpl.lib.in.us/homepage/LocalHist/hispanicher.html
Hispanic heritage in the United States can be traced back to the bold Spanish conquistadores who explored the Southern and Southwestern parts of the United States, establishing permanent settlements long before the first English attempts at Jamestown and Plymouth. St. Joseph County Library offers a brief history on the Spanish migration to the USA and provides a bibliography of genealogical resources.

http://192.41.11.174/distantc/Links/Ethnic/Hispanic/General.html
Resources for Hispanic American Family Historians.

http://eddie.pulido.com/table/default.htm
Table of Trees Scour this table to find the descendants of dozens of Hispanic families, or link to pages on Hispanic surnames, resources, and county archives.

http://www0.delphi.com/hispgen/
The Hispanic Genealogical Society of New York (HGSNY) as well as members of other societies meet online to discuss our favorite topic, Hispanic Genealogy.

http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/199703/msg00214.html
soc.genealogy.hispanic NEWSGROUP.

http://192.41.11.174/distantc/Links/Ethnic/Hispanic/Societies.html
Hispanic Genealogy Societies, Clubs and Groups Index of links connects to magazines, professional and non-profit groups, and clubs that aid and support the research of Hispanic genealogy.

http://www.infowest.com/personal/l/lplatt/
The Institute of Genealogy and History for Latin America Contact to inquire about their moderately priced comprehensive list of common Hispanic surnames, or the more expensive complete family reports.

http://wlheye.jsei.ucla.edu/~correa/Genealogy.htm
Connect to a variety of South American and US resources Genealogical Sites about Hispanic genealogy, with many country-specific sources.

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/taino/docs/proj-6.html
Help these researchers from the USA and Puerto Rico track down their indigenous ancestors or contact them to learn about findings.

http://members.aol.com/shhar/
The Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research and trade; Learn about annual conferences, read the newsletter on ancestral research, join a study group, or contact for helpful tips and resources.

http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/spanname.html
Census Bureau lets visitors download this tutorial file and 1996 list of Hispanic surnames from their database.

http://www.scv.org/scvhisp2.htm
HISPANICS IN GRAY AND BLUE ~ Learn about Hispanic families, mostly Mexican, that aided troops in the Civil War. Descriptions are grouped by Confederate and Union supporters

http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/hisp4.html#gen
Find out what documents, reports, and books on Hispanic genealogy are available through the library's history, law, and manuscript collections.

http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/Estates/1827/hispanic.html
Hispanic/Latino Culture and Genealogy Links.

http://www.genealogia.com/general.htm
Latin American Genealogy.

http://www.looksmart.com/eus1/eus141561/eus71960/eus521632/eus522075/eus540827/r?l&ifd&
Hispanic search engine!!
Individual State Resources for Hispanic Americans

California

http://home.earthlink.net/~ririgoyen/
The Genealogical Society of Hispanic America - Southern California Homepage!

http://www.at-la.com/@la-hist.htm
Unbelievable California links, links, and links!!!!

http://www.at-la.com/@la-lib.htm
Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura County Libraries!, as well as url links for California University/College/Academic/Presidential Libraries and Organizations with Friends of Libraries.

http://www.oocities.org/missions_21/
California Missions. From the index page ". . .In celebration of California's one hundred and fiftieth birthday on September 9, 2000, our California Missions 2000 Project gives a brief summary of the history of the California Missions and links our site to research organizations involved both in California History and Family History Research."

http://www.cabq.gov/rgvls/hisp-res.html
Rio Grande Valley Library System Hispanic Genealogy Resources - Special Collections Branch: Collections from the Rio Grande Valley Library offers a collection of census materials, state archive records, military rosters, and periodicals.
New Mexico

http://www.nmgs.org/links.htm
New Mexico Genealogical Society from 1598 to 1998

http://www.hgrc-nm.org/
Hispanic Genealogical Society Research Center of New Mexico.

http://www.hgrc-nm.org/
Hispanic Genealogical Society Research Center of New Mexico.

http://www.nmgs.org/
New Mexico Genealogical Society. Hispanic Genealogy Address Book ~ Search this directory by geographic location to find addresses for government agencies and public libraries that hold archives of public records.
Texas

http://members.aol.com/Sagacorpus/saga.htm
Spanish American Genealogical Association(SAGA) Maintains genealogical archives of early Spanish and Mexican settlers of the present South Texas triangle below the Nueces River.

http://www.tisd.net/~dcano/vhghost.htm
Victoria Hispanic Genealogical & Historical Society of Texas...Get advice from the resident genealogist, submit a surname query, read the newsletter, or find sites geared toward Texas Hispanic genealogy.

http://www.library.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us/localhis/lhlinks.htm#hisgen
Corpus Christi Public Libraries ~ Local History Internet Links
Hispanic Websites from Nations Outside of United States.

http://ca.oocities.com/maclizard@rogers.com/images/mac.euro.html#spn
14 additional Hispanic Websites from Europe, Spain, Mexicao, Central and South America.

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