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Genealogical Death Indexing System Illinois State Archives Library of Virginia Maryland State Archives Minnesota Historical Society Missouri State Archives New England Ancestors Ohio Historical Society Oregon State Archives Pennsylvania State Archives Western States Historical Marriage Record Index Find news and reviews on more great Web sites in the August 2003 issue of Family Tree Magazine.
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www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/gendisx/search2.htm
If you have Michigan ancestors who died in the later years of the 19th century, this ongoing volunteer project might have the answers you're after about their demise. To date, deaths from 1867 to 1897 have been indexed on this easy-to-use, searchable site.
www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html
Envy genealogists with Illinois ancestors: This soup-to-nuts site is packed with essential databases, including a statewide death index (1916 to 1950) and marriage index (1763 to 1900), public-domain land sales, servitude and emancipation records, and almost a dozen compilations of Illinois veterans dating to the War of 1812. You can also search for local government records held by the Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) system around the state, then write for copies of what you find.
www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/gene
This is one of the best collections of online data from any state, happily covering a place so important to early America: 2.2 million original documents, photos and maps in more than 80 databases. Unhappily, state budget cuts have curtailed the library's pioneering Digital Library program, but you can still enjoy what was posted before the ax fell—everything from wills to scanned pages of family Bibles.
www.mdarchives.state.md.us
You'll have to click a bit to find the goodies here, but it's worth the effort. You can search marriage records abstracted from materials at the archives, for instance, or explore the Maryland Church Records, Deaths and Burials Index, covering 1669 to 1967, tucked away at www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1400/s1402/html/ssi1402.html
www.mnhs.org
This handsome site for the history of the Land of 10,000 Lakes includes two databases of particular interest to genealogists: At
www.sos.state.mo.us/archives/resources/resources.asp
No doubt that this site for the "Show Me" State is packed with genealogical goodies. Don't miss the guide to records held at the county level. Then do some online research in the Missouri Birth & Death Records Database www.sos.state.mo.us/archives/resources/birthdeath, with 185,000 pre-1909 records from 87 counties, and the World War I Military Service Cards Database www.sos.state.mo.us/archives/ww1, which has abstracts of 145,000 service cards for the US Army and Marines, plus digitized images of 18,500 US Navy service cards.
www.newenglandancestors.org
Sign up for a $60 individual New England Historic Genealogical Society membership to get complete access to how-to articles, research columns, queries, discussion groups and databases, including The Register, with nearly a million documented references for New England families. Members can also browse an online book catalog of more than 200,000 volumes on New England, New York and other regions.
www.ohiohistory.org/ar_tools.html
If you have Buckeyes on your family tree, click straight to the society's Archives/Research Tools section, which includes an Ohio death certificate index (1913 to 1937), searchable rosters from the War of 1812 and a collection of Civil War documents—more than 12,000 letters sent to the governor and adjutant general from 1861 to 1866. You'll also find a gallery of Ohio photos.
arcweb.sos.state.or.us/banners/genealogy.htm
Follow your kin to the end of the Oregon Trail with this collection of online resources. The Oregon Historical Records Index covers census, vital, probate and naturalization records, including searchable Portland birth and death indexes. Guides to county and territorial records will help you take the next step on your ancestral journey. The Oregon Historical County Records Guide features maps, scenic images and county histories.
www.digitalarchives.state.pa.us
The Keystone State has embarked on an extensive digitization project, with a focus on veterans records; 200,000 documents are already online, with another 300,000 in the works. Currently accessible records include the Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File, World War I Service Medal Application Cards, Spanish-American War Veterans Card File of United States Volunteers and Mexican Border Campaign Veterans Card File. Soon to come is a Civil War Veterans Card File.
abish.byui.edu/specialcollections/fhc/gbsearch.htm
This ambitious project has already posted some 275,000 marriage records, with more being added almost daily. Coverage includes virtually all pre-1900 marriages for Arizona, Idaho and Nevada. Many Idaho and Utah counties have been extracted into the 1930s. You'll also find records from Wyoming, eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, western Colorado and selected counties in California.
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