USA

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Contents 1 The States 2 General USA Links 3 Archives 4 Native American Genealogy 5 African American Genealogy 6 Family and Social History 7 Maps and Photographs 8 Military History 9 Religion 10 Cemetery Records and Obituaries 11 Emigration/Immigration and Shipping and Passenger Lists

Capital Washington DC
Currency US dollar
Language English


In 1620, the Mayflower was one of many ships to bring the Pilgrims to the New World, and what we now know as the USA came into being. The country is divided into 50 states (the 48 contiguous states as well as Alaska and Hawaii) and Washington DC is the capital of the whole country. The USA provided significant help to the allies in World War II, after declaring war when the Japanese Empire attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbour. A rich nation, the USA has made great strides into space exploration although it has suffered major devastation in recent years through terrorist attacks.

[edit] The States

Alabama	Alaska	Arizona	Arkansas
California	Colorado	Connecticut	Delaware
Florida	Georgia	Hawaii	Idaho
Illinois	Indiana	Iowa	Kansas
Kentucky	Louisiana	Maine	Maryland
Massachusetts	Michigan	Minnesota	Mississippi
Missouri	Montana	Nebraska	Nevada
New Hampshire	New Jersey	New Mexico	New York
North Carolina	North Dakota	Ohio	Oklahoma
Oregon	Pennsylvania	Rhode Island	South Carolina
South Dakota	Tennessee	Texas	Utah
Vermont	Virginia	Washington	West Virginia
Wisconsin	Wyoming

[edit] General USA Links

• Access Genealogy

• American History and Genealogy Project

• American Local History Project

• Ancestors A guide to genealogical research in the USA with many useful addresses and links

• Cyndi's List USA

• Densho - The Japanese American Legacy Project

• A Digital Library of American History

• Genealogy Magzine

• Historical Newspapers Online

• Search people online

• Linkpendium USA History and Genealogy site

• USA Resources at Rootsweb

• Genealogy Today a links database, organised by state

• Genealogy Trails

• The Center for Columbia River History covering land in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming

• Mid Atlantic Roots Network covering Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia

• Search and Find U.S.A People

• New River Genealogy and History Covers the Upper New River Valley of Virginia and North Carolina. Includes the Ashe, Alleghany, Watagua and Wilkes Counties of North Carolina : Grayson County, Virginia : some other areas of North East Tennessee and South West Virginia.

• Best Census Records archives online

• The Olive Tree Genealogy Site

• US Family Group Sheet Project

• USGenWeb Project Organised by State and County

• Genealogy and Newspaper Obituaries

[edit] Archives

• Marriage Records

• Ancestry

• Birth Records Search

• Birth Records

• Best Census Record Archives Online

• US Marriage Records

• Census Finder

• US Death Records

• Census Records Guide

• Civil War Rosters

• USA Birth Records

• Death Indexes and Records

• Death Records

• Footnote - The Place for Original Documents On Line

• U.S.A Official Court records

• Genealogy Records Guide

• Jacksonville Public Library Genealogy Section Has some online databases, maps and directories

• Kindred Trails Has links to many on line records - searchable

• LIBDEX The Library Index

• Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room

• Marriage Records

• Divorce Records

• Mary's Genealogical Treasures -

Includes links to Birth, Death, Marriage, Church, Divorce, Wills, Probate, Military, Census and Land Records

• The Mid-West Jesuit Archives Covers Chicago, Detroit, Missouri and Wisconsin

• Military Records Guide

• Native American Indian Genealogy Records and Databases

• National Archives

• Court Records

• Quaker Deaths

• Social Security Death Index

• United States News Archives Arranged by State

• UsGenWeb Archives Project

• USGenWeb Census Project

• USGenWeb Church Records Project

• US News Archives on the Web

• Vital Records

• Census Records

• The Western States Marriage Record Index Marriages from Arizona, California, western Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, eastern Washington and Wyoming

• US People Search

• Death Records with http://www.deathrecordsobituarysearch.com You will find complete and accurate Official USA Death Records and Obituary Records Provider (More than 300 Million Records)

• Find US Divorce Records

[edit] Native American Genealogy

• American Indian Genealogy Help Center

• Cherokee Genealogy

• Cherokee Heritage Documentation Centre

• Contact Information for the Tribes of the USA and Canada

• Gateway to the Pamunkeys

• Native American Genealogy Articles and Links

• Native American Genealogy pages from Access Genealogy

• Marilee's Native Americans Resource

• Native Americans Rolls - History, Treaties, Census and Cemetery Records, Books and more

• Oneida Indian Genealogy

• Reconnecting with your American Indian Heritage

• Red Wolf's Native American Indian Genealogy

• South Eastern Native American Documents 1730-1842

[edit] African American Genealogy

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• African American Cemeteries

• African American Coal Miner Information Centre

• African American History

• African American Genealogy

• North American Slave Narratives

• The Large Slaveholder Project

• USF Africana Heritage Project

[edit] Family and Social History

• America's Historic Asylums and Other Institutions

• U.S.A Public record archives online

• American Cultural History

• Black Sheep Ancestors

• Exploring the US through Family Papers - The Sophia Smith Collection

• Glossary of Colonial Occupations

• Complete and accurate USA Divorce Records

• The Mariners' Museum

• US Birth Records

• The Poorhouse Story

• Stone Quarries and Beyond

• The Whalers' Heritage Project

• USA Official Birth records

• Marriage Records

[edit] Maps and Photographs

• 1895 USA Atlas from USGenWeb

• American Memory Map Collections from the Library of Congress

• Historic Mapworks

• Map Collection of the Perry-Castañeda Library

• Prints and Photographs Collection of the Library of Congress

[edit] Military History

• America in World War One

• Bits of Blue and Gray - an American Civil War Notebook

• U.S.A Official Military Records Provider

• The Civil War

• U.S.A Official Military records provider

• Women in the American Civil War with links to other related sites.

• The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Fund Includes a searchable database of names

• U.S.A Military and War Records

[edit] Religion

• American Jewish History

• Local Catholic Church and Family History and Genealogy Guide

• The Lutheran Heritage Society

• The Society of Friends Historical Society

• The National Huguenot Society

[edit] Cemetery Records and Obituaries

• Cemetery Records Guide

• The International Jewish Cemetery Project

• Internment.net

• Death Records

• The National Hall of Records

• Complete and accurate official USA Death Records and Obituary Records

• Newspaper Obituaries

• Obituaries Search

• Find complete and accurate official U.S.A Death Records and Obituary Records

[edit] Emigration/Immigration and Shipping and Passenger Lists

• See Separate Page

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