Instructions from July 1817 for a survey of lots along St. John between Bristol and Grand Falls and 1822 list of settlers on the military lots.

Searching genealogy has become very common, with many people investing in different methods. People have different reasons for wanting to find out who their ancestors are; sometimes it’s just curiosity while other times there is a medical necessity. Whatever your reason may be, you need to be sure you know how to approach the process.

Map of Maine from 1835, showing the townships surveyed, as well as the unsurveyed public land in northern Maine

AccessGenealogy has been online since 1999. With over 240,000 links it is also one of the largest directories of genealogy websites found online. Its crowning achievement though is in providing Native American researchers an avenue for research online. With partnerships between it and Fold3, Native American data has finally been provided to the masses electronically.

Treat your search for your African American roots just as you would any other genealogical research project; start with what you know and methodically take your research back step-by-step. Tony Burroughs, an internationally known genealogist, and Black history expert has identified six steps to follow when tracing your African American roots.

The African American Gateway is a growing resource for African American research, and includes information from the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, and well as a few other countries. The links to websites in this gateway are paired with a bibliography of resources for African American research in The Genealogy Center collection.

Are you trying to find your roots? If you’re running into some brick walls with your genealogical research, or just don’t know how to get started, this guide should be helpful to you.

African American Genealogy records are much more difficult to find due to the scant nature of record keeping for blacks prior to the Civil War. We have modeled this center much like we have for Native Americans, whose research can also be hampered by the available records. The links below provide an accurate reflection of what African American genealogy is available online.

The Archives hold a wealth of material documenting the Black experience. This page highlights these resources online, in programs, and through traditional and social media. Header images: Background: Leaders at the Head of the March on Washington (NAID 542002); L to R: Young Woman Soliciting Funds for a Chicago Organization (NAID 556134); Participant of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study (NAID 956131); Attendee of the March on Washington (NAID 542029); Student of the Westinghouse Vocational School (NAID 556143)

A special edition of NARA’s magazine, Prologue focuses on the use of federal records in African American historical research. Many of the articles are of genealogical interest.

These are genealogy links to African American online databases and indexes that may include birth records, marriage records, death records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records. Some subscription websites listed can be searched for free at a FamilySearch center or FamilySearch affiliate library.

This site is dedicated to genealogy research for African Americans.

AAHGS provides a number of tools and resources to help individuals and families in finding their family story.

African American genealogical research has always been challenging, but not impossible. AAHGS provides a number of tools and resources to help individuals and families in finding their family stories. AAHGS members and researchers through our conferences, seminars, community meetings, and publications can provide the technical resources to help with tracing family generations back to important periods of American history

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In 1984, a professor at Rutgers University stumbled upon a trove of historic data in a courthouse in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Over the next 15 years, Dr. Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, a noted New Orleans writer, and historian, painstakingly uncovered the background of 100,000 slaves who were brought to Louisiana in the 18th and 19th centuries making fortunes for their owners. Poring through documents from all over Louisiana, as well as archives in France, Spain, and Texas, Dr. Hall designed and created a database into which she recorded and calculated the information she obtained from these documents about African slave names, genders, ages, occupations, illnesses, family relationships, ethnicity, places of origin, prices paid by slave owners, and slaves' testimony and emancipations.

Members of the Alamo Defenders Descendants Association work to promote and preserve the positive memory of the Alamo defenders, couriers, and non-combatants. They also research and preserve historic sites related to the Alamo and the Texas Revolution. ADDA members also support and attend events throughout the year to honor significant places or dates pertinent to Texas Independence.

Here are eighteen interactive maps and charts that help us visualize some of the major migrations. Based on IPUMS-USA census samples, they were created by James Gregory, Professor of History, University of Washington

American Ancestors, a database hosted by the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), the oldest and largest genealogical society in the United States, was founded in 1845. Its mission is to “collect, preserve, and interpret materials to document and make accessible the histories of families in America.” NEHGS maintains a large website with more than 100 million names in its databases, the largest online collection of any genealogical society. It includes vital records, compiled genealogies, and a suite of scholarly journals, such as The New England Historical and Genealogical Register and The American Genealogist, the leading independent journal in American genealogy.

Video library with free online classes.

Among the billions of historical records housed at the National Archives throughout the country, researchers can find information relating to American Indians from as early as 1774 through the mid-1990s.

huge collection of maps and migration routes in America

As a genealogist, you want to be able to see the details of ancestors’ faces, and the details of the clothes they were wearing, without the distraction of scratches and fading photographs.

Database of patriots of color from the American Revolution that have been proven in the Daughter's of the American Revolution

Amistad makes available to researchers primary and secondary sources, including personal and family papers, organization records, books and periodicals, sound recordings and moving images, photographs, and artwork that document the rich history of ethnic and cultural communities in the United States, as well as the work of social justice movements.

There are more than 30 weekly episodes of the Generations Cafe – each about 15 to 30 minutes long. The topics covered range from DNA to research methods to preservation techniques and feature interviews with guest experts. Full transcripts of each episode are available as well.

This Genealogy site is designed to help genealogists find the free death records of their ancestors, and as morbid as it may sound, to learn a little about the customs, traditions, and culture of death in the past. --- On this page, you will find many searchable indexes to free Death Record databases. These searchable indexes to Coffin Plates, Funeral Cards, Cemetery Records, Cenotaph Records, German Death Cards, Wills, Church Records, Family Bibles, Vital Statistics, and more will be a great help in finding your ancestors' death records. You will also find links to other genealogy sites that have Death Records and information on where to find Death Records that are not online. --- In addition to the death records themselves you will find useful information, articles, and tutorials on things like interpreting tombstone inscriptions, finding death records in alternative sources, understanding the strange causes of death on old death certificates and obituaries, and general interest items like funeral customs.

Whether you are new to genealogy or a practiced veteran of the craft, these short clips of tips, tricks, ideas, and information about genealogy and our ancestors should inspire and assist you in moving farther along on your family tree. Over 4,390,007+ Downloads

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Ancestral Quest (AQ) family tree software is the perfect genealogy program for beginners and professionals alike. Enter the details of your family using simple forms for individuals and relationships, including documentation. Preserve specific memories by storing scrapbooks on each person. ($)

Webinars hosted by Ancestry.com

Want to do a free Ancestry search with no subscription? Ancestry.com has a number of free collections which include census records, immigration records, military records, prison records, wills, biographies, and a large number of Jewish records from eastern Europe. - Free

Seach Ancestry.com collection of immigration and travel records ($)

A subscription-based service that searches 6 billion records worldwide. Many libraries have a subscription to the site and some offer a library edition you can access from your home computer for free. Ancestry.com also sponsors RootsWeb.ancestry.com — a free, all-volunteer-based project that includes local history, gravestones, and old church records. ($)

The Texas State Library and Archives Commission houses a vast collection of documents related to Texas government and history and provides a variety of reference services and materials for free public use at the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building in Austin and the Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center in Liberty. Free access to our records that have been digitized by Ancestry is available to Texas residents. This access requires you to create a free Ancestry.com Texas account.

Ancestry ® YouTube channel for new videos from original series like Behind the Discoveries of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr., 2 Lies & A Leaf ®, and Kidsplaining ®, and stay up to date on all the latest family history tips and AncestryDNA ® tools with The Barefoot Genealogist, Crista Cowan.

The archives include federal Indian records placed in the society's custody in 1934 by an act of Congress. Containing more than 3.5 million documents and 6,000 volumes, the collection represents sixty-six tribes. These tribes either were relocated by removal or are native to the area. These records include a variety of official documents and information relating to tribes in Indian and Oklahoma Territory.

ArchiveGrid includes over 7 million records describing archival materials, bringing together information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and more. With over 1,400 archival institutions represented, ArchiveGrid helps researchers looking for primary source materials held in archives, libraries, museums and historical societies.

The Arkansas Digital Archives contains thousands of images of various records preserved by the Arkansas State Archives. We invite you to view items from the ASA’s extensive holdings of original documents, government records, photographs, maps, and much, much more. You can also conduct searches of various databases, guides, finding aids, and catalogs to find information about additional research resources available at the ASA.

With more than 200 years of Arkansas history available at the Arkansas State Archives, we are here to preserve and make history available to you. Here, you can find research sources, search historical records and browse archival collections. Check out upcoming events, research your family roots and discover Arkansas history with us.

searchable database containing thousands of identified and mystery photos for genealogy enthusiasts looking for long-lost family.

Links to Digital State Archives in the U.S.

The East Texas Research Center at SFASU, which maintains Digital Archives & Collections, provides digital copies of photographs, documents, maps, books, and other archival materials associated with the East Texas geographical region from the Gulf of Mexico north to the Red River and east of the Trinity River to Western Louisiana, which was once part of Texas. The digitized material is freely available to students, teachers, and the general public for their historical and genealogical research.

With over 180k in documents through this website, you can read and search through thousands of records from George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison and see firsthand the growth of democracy and the birth of the Republic.

This is your portal to some of Georgia's most important historical documents, from 1733 to the present. The Virtual Vault provides virtual access to historic Georgia manuscripts, photographs, maps, and government records housed in the state archives.