GENEALOGYGENERAL'S "(USA) Genealogy Indexes"

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Library of Congress Search Catalogs. Interlibrary Loan Policy. Digital Interlibrary Loan Items.	Jefferson Bldg: LJ 100 -- Main Reading Room (Humanities & Social Sciences). LJ 139B -- Microform Reading Room. LJ G42 -- Local History and Genealogy Div. Reading Room. LJ G49 -- American Folklife Center Reading Room. LJ 150 -- Asian Div. Reading Room. LJ 220 -- African & Middle East Div. Reading Room. LJ 239 -- Rare Book & Speical Collections Reading Room. LJ 240 -- Hispanic Div. Reading Room. LJ 250 -- European Div. Reading Room. Madison Bldg: LM B01 -- Geography & Map Div. Reading Room. LM 101 -- Manuscript Div. Reading Room. LM 133 -- Newspaper & Current Periodicals Reading Room. LM 339 -- Prints and Photographs Reading Room.
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Library of Congress (notable Resources). Bibliographies, Research Guides and Finding Aids.(Manuscript Reading Room). Search the Bibliographies and Guides (Local History & Gen. Room.).	Marion J. Kaminkow -- Genealogies in the Library of Congress, 1972, Suppl. 1972-76.. Lists over 23,000 entries with 30,000 cross-- references. Arranged by surname.CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY... Marion J. Kaminkow -- A Complement to Genealogies in the Lib/Cong. 1961. Contains a bibliography of 20,000 genealogies found in one or more major libraires outside of the Lib./Cong. CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY...
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Library of Congress NUCMUC	NUCMUC (National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections) RLG UNION CATALOG to Manuscripts through-out the U.S. to various unique collections in various libraries and archives... GREAT.
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Boston Public Library Catalogs. BLP site index.	BPL- Historical Maps ON-LINE BPL- Genealogy Resources listings. BPL- Newspaper Room Collections. BPL- Rare Books Dept. Collections.
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Chicago Public Library CPL site index.	CPL- Archival Collections. CPL- Bibliographies, Pathfinders, & Reading Lists. CPL- Genealogical Resources at CPL.
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Denver Public Library DPL lo-text Catalog. DPL site index.	DPL- WESTERN History & Genealogy ON-LINE. DPL- Genealogical Data Files.
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Harold B. Lee Library	Search their Catalog of Genealogical and Historical Databases... Mountain West Digital Library Collections. -- GREAT.
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New Orleans Public Library Catalogs. (NUTRIAS)	NOPL- Genealogical Material in NUTRIAS. NOPL- City Archives and Special Collections.
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New York Public Library Catalogs.	NYPL- Catalogs of the Local History and Genealogy Division. NYPL- The Manuscripts & Archives Divison Finding Aids NYPL- American Shores - Maps of the Middle Atlantic Region to 1850.
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Free Library of Philadelphia (FLP).	FLP- Digital Map Collections
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DAR Library Catalog.	Searchable Library Catalog of Databases by subject, family surnames, etc... Site map.
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Roots-L Home Page	Contains RESOURCE INDEXES, LINKS & LISTS for each U.S. state (& Cos.and towns?) and information on how to subscribe to the Roots-L mailing list.
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New Mexico Genealogical Society	Contains LINKS to various Archives and Organizations with DATABASES or ON-LINE INDEXES of Primary Records for the U.S.A.
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Census and Soundex Notes:	1840 census Rev. War pensioners were recorded on the second page (verso) of the 1840 pop. schedules. Slaves were also recordedon the pg2. of the schedules. (elderly vets were sometimes living with married daughters, etc were recorded in the 1840 census...) 1870 Census -- Important for showing survivors of the Civil War...Also important for showing if parents foreign born 1880 Census-- Important for showing parents birthplaces.... 1880 Census Soundex: -- ONLY INDEXES heads of families WITH children age 10 or younger. Another limitation is the ommission of over 1,000 cards in the 'O' section for the Illinois soundex... 1890 Census -- 99% destroyed in 1921 fire in the Commerce Dept. Bldg. in Wash., DC. Salved fragments ARE:: AL -- Perry Co (Perryville Beat# 11 and Severe Beat#8). DC -- Q.13,14th. B.Q. Corcoran,15Q,S.R. and Riggs St., Johnson Ave., & 8th St. GA -- Muscogee Co. (Columbus). IL -- McDonough Co. (Mound TWP). MN-- Wright Co. (Rockford). NJ-- Hudson Co. (Jersey City). NY-- Westchester Co. (Eastchester), Suffolk Co.(Brookhaven TWP). NC-- Gaston Co (South Point TWP, River Bend TWP), Cleveland Co.(TWP#2). OH-- Hamilton Co. (Cincinnati), Clinton Co.(Wayne TWP). SD-- Union Co. (Jefferson TWP). TX-- Ellis Co (J.P.#6, Mountain Peak & Ovila Pct.), Hood Co.(Precinct#5), Rusk Co.(Precinct#6, & J.P.#7), Trinit Co. Trinity town, & Precinct#2), Kaufman Co. (Kaufman). Note: There exist an every-name in to the above: M496. 1885 census for CO, FL, NE, the Dakotas, NM (&AZ). Schedule series 1 details the inhabitants ... Mortality Schedules for 1849, 1859, 1869, 1879, and 1884. (taken to denote the deaths in the last 12 months when census taken...) 1910 Soundex/Miracode Index: LA (used both). Miracode Index ONLY for AL, AR, CA, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MO, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV. (For those states not indexed, check with the nearest NARA, they have microfilmed lots of city/co. directories to use as an aid...)
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Cyndi's List	Census LINKS
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Library of Congress	Indexes to Local History Collections...
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Index to American Genealogies (Munsell's Index).	Index to American genealogies. 5th ed., rev., improved and enlarged. With Supplement 1900 to 1908. Title page included original imprint: Albany, J. Munsell's Sons, 1900. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1966. 352; 107 pp. Initially published in 1868 by Daniel Steele Durrie, this index was published by the Munsell firm in the fourth edition in 1895 and the fifth edition in 1900. In 1908 it published a supplement for 1900-1908. Munsell is a surname index to over 15,000 family histories (mostly New England and Mid-Atlantic) buried in books and periodicals. (Lib./Cong.#: Z5315.U5I5 1966.) CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY...
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Newberry Library (Chicago) Genealogical Index.	" Compiled by Newberry Librarians for over twenty years, the Genealogical Index of the Newberry Library is well known to several generations of genealogists and is almost as old as the Library itself. This surname index to 3000 local histories, genealogies, and genealogical periodicals published before 1917 can be the key to many genealogical locked doors. Coverage is best for New England, with secondary coverage for Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic states..."
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Greenlaw Index to the New England Historic Gen. Soc.
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Index to genealogical periodical literature. (Sperry's Index)	Sperry, Kip. Index to genealogical periodical literature, 1960-1977. Detroit: Gale Research Co., c1979. xxiv, 166 pp. (Gale genealogy and local history series, v. 9) Sperry indexes periodical articles published between January 1960 and December 1977. The subject index to periodical articles includes research techniques and procedures, genealogical and historical sources and collections, and international genealogical topics. Published local records (cities and counties) are indexed under the name of a state, province, or county. There is an author/title index also. Lists of personal names, pedigrees, compiled genealogies, and family histories are not included. It is not a name index... (Lib./Cong.#: Z5313.U5S64.) CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY...
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Virginia Historical Index. (Swem's Index).	Swem, Earl G., comp. Virginia historical index. Gloucester, MA: P. Smith, 1965. 2v. in 4. Reprint of the edition published in Roanoke, Va., by Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company, 1934 to 1936.Indexes personal names, place names, and subjects in the Calendar of Virginia State Papers, Hening's Statutes at Large, Lower Norfolk County Virginia Antiquary, 1895-1906; Tyler's Quarterly, 1919-1929, Virginia Historical Register and Literary Advertiser, 1848-1853, Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 1893-1930, and the William and Mary Quarterly, 1892-1930. An explanation of the abbreviations used in the entries is in v. 1, p.xx.(Lib./Cong.#: F221.S93 1965.) CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY...
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Allen County Library's PERSI	Periodical source index / prepared by the staff of the Allen County Public Library, Genealogy Department, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Fort Wayne, Ind. : Allen County Public Library Foundation, c1987+. PERSI consists of 16+ retrospective volumes covering periodicals published during the period 1847 through 1985, and annual volumes from 1986 onward. Sections include U.S. places arranged by state and county; Canadian places by province; other foreign places arranged by country; a research methodology section; and a family section arranged alphabetically by surname. Citations to articles include a very brief description of the contents, periodical title code, volume and issue numbers, month, and year. Not included are author, article title, or pagination. All of the approximately 3,500 periodicals indexed are housed at the Allen County Public Library, and photocopies may be obtained for a reasonable charge. Aims to provide access to every significant English-language and French-Canadian historical and genealogical periodical relating to family history research. On-line access thru Ancestry, Inc. or thru the FHL's Family History Centers who are ON-LINE...
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Index to Genealogical Periodicals (Jacobus's Index).	Jacobus, Donald L. Donald Lines Jacobus: -- Index to genealogical periodicals. Rev ed. by Carl Boyer, 3rd. Newhall, Calif. : C. Boyer, 1988. 373 pp. A revision of the three-volume edition published by Jacobus in New Haven from 1932 to 1953. Separate listings by surname, place, and topic provide access to the chief genealogical periodicals published during the late 1800's through 1952. Some explanatory materials and a key to the indexed periodicals are on pp. 366-373. 87-73431 (Lib./Cong.#: Z5313.U5J22 1988 ). CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL LIBRARIES....
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American Genealogical-Biographical INDEX (AGBI) (aka Rider Index).	Attempting to index over 12 million articles, books, and brief biographies. Godfrey Memorial Library. CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY...
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A-Million-Lives.	Contains a search engine for loads of Biographys. Free!
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Biography on A&E.	Contains biographies on various famous and not-so-famous individuals.
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Biographical Dictionary.	"Indexes the biographies of more than 28,000 men and women from ancient to modern day. Is searchable by name, birth year, death year, positions held, profession, literary or artistic work and achievement."
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World Biographical Index (K.G. Saur)	Access brief details on their collections of Bios. FREE.

Old City Directory's	Links to various Cities with old Directory ON-LINE.
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Cyndi's List	City Directorys LINKS. Some are ON-LINE....
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American Family History Immigration Center	Check the database of the Ellis Island Foundation for immigrants who arrived between 1892 and 1924. ..
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Cyndi's List	Immigration & Naturalization LINKS
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Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies.	The Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies is the "nation's only museum, library, and archive dedicated to collecting and interpreting materials reflecting our nation's multicultural heritage." This site provides information about activities of the Institute: a guide to its manuscript and microform collections; and links to online resources documenting the migration experience, such as "emigrant guides," tickets and advertisements from steamship lines, and first-hand accounts of life in steerage...
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Hamburg: Link To Your Roots	The Hamburg Emigration Lists are a data bank which includes the personal data of 5 million people who emigrated via Hamburg from 1850 to 1934. It is now available for your personal use, starting with the years 1890-1893. This data bank will then grow, on a regular basis, year by year. The first phase will include the data on emigrants from 1890 to 1914. At a later date the years 1850 to 1934 will be included...
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Immigration History Research Center	"Founded in 1965, the Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) at the University of Minnesota is an international resource on American immigration and ethnic history. The IHRC collects, preserves, and makes available archival and published resources documenting immigration and ethnicity on a national scope. These materials are particularly rich for ethnic groups that originated in eastern, central, and southern Europe and the Near East -- those who came to this country during the great wave of migration that gained momentum in the 1880s and peaked in the first decades of this century." Located at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, the Center "is an international resource on American immigration and ethnic history." The site contains a searchable catalog of its archival and library research catalogs, information on doing family history research at the Center, and links to related sites.
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Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.	Compiled by a group of volunteers who decipher and transcribe their lists and then upload them to the Guild's Web site OF PASSENGER LISTS....
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The ShipsList Homepage	Established to assist those seeking information on the vessels which brought their ancestors to their new home, be that the United States, Canada, Australia, or another part of the world. Some ships passenger lists, schedules, wreck data, and other information which is not readily available, has been collected, along with links to other sites of interest.
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The genealogy page (NARA)	The Genealogy Page provides finding aids, guides and research tools for using genealogical materials, including immigration and naturalization records IN NARA. Also includes links to other genealogical resources on the Internet.
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FHL	International Genealogical INDEX (IGI). Surname Search-Engine (to FHL holdings). INDEX by Subject Search-Engine (to FHL holdings).
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Alberto and Arturo García Carraffa's INDEX.	Index to the Enciclopedia Heráldica Hispano-Americana
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Official Land Patent Records Site	(BLM) GLO Public Lands Records.
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Cyndi's List	Land Records, Deeds, Homestead, etc.
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U.S. Army Center of Military History. (Historical Resources Branch)	Bibliographies of the War of American Independence.
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David Library of the American Revolution.	On-line guide to Films & CDs..
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National Park Service	Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

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Newspaper Abstracts--Finding our ancestors in the news!	Abstracts of US & Canada articles prior to 1923...
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Cyndi's List	Newspapers Abstracts and Resources. Obits from Newspapers and other sources...
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