State Resources         RootsWeb Links         RootsWeb Accounts         RootsWeb Extras     .         Newsletter Forms Bookstore Courses Resources Identify Photos Speakers' Schedule Soundex Code Generator Now What? Online		Roots-L State Resources: Really going places By Nancy Hendrickson Take our guided tour of the world's oldest and biggest grassroots genealogy Web site—and make sure you're getting the most out of RootsWeb. www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/usa.html Tucked away on a RootsWeb back road is an often overlooked treasure—all the odd bits and pieces that make up its US state resources. Were your ancestors Hawkeyes? Click on the Iowa link to read about the Iowa Pioneers Project, or study a guide to Iowa census schedules. Do you wonder what covered bridges your Kentucky ancestor might have traveled, or about the Kentucky long rifle he carried? Click on the link for the Bluegrass State. The State Resources pages contain links to just about every useful genealogical and historical resource available for each state. Not only that, but within each state's pages is a box to search for surnames in that state's RSL database. This section also contains gems you'd be hard-pressed to find elsewhere, such as a transcription of the graves in the Cairo Cemetery, Tippecanoe County, Ind., or a history of Antoine Janis, a French fur trapper. Although resources vary per state, you'll usually find links to general resources; archives, libraries, special collections; military; cemeteries; photographs; societies; and vital records. Contributing editor Nancy Hendrickson also wrote a feature on finding your Native American roots in the October issue of Family Tree Magazine. Get the complete guide to finding your roots in the October 2001 issue of Family Tree Magazine.