Top 100 Web sites H through M

Hawaii
Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness, Hawaii
www.raogk.com/hawaii.htm
Ask these volunteers to assist with your Hawaiian research.

Idaho
Idaho GenWeb Project
www.rootsweb.com/~idgenweb
Look here for county-level resources, including archives, message boards and queries.

Illinois
Illinois State Archives
www.ilsos.net/departments/archives/databases.html
Excellent collection of more than a dozen searchable databases of land, military, marriage and emancipation records.

Indiana
Indiana Genealogy
www.ipfw.edu/ipfwhist/indiana/genealog.htm
Look for your family in the database of Indiana marriages through 1850.

Iowa
Iowa Documents: History & Genealogy
www.kinyon.com/iowa
This great guide to county histories also links to online census transcriptions.

Kansas
Kansas Heritage Server
www.ukans.edu/heritage/heritage_main.html
Jump into your Sunflower State research with this guide to early Kansas books, documents, settlers and places.

Kentucky
Kentucky History and Genealogy Information
louisville.edu/~easchn01/kentucky/1hist.html
Great jumping-off point for finding your Bluegrass ancestors.

Louisiana
Acadian-Cajun Genealogy & History
www.acadian-cajun.com
This site provides histories of the Cajuns and Acadians, as well as links and highlights from the how-to book Acadian-Cajun Genealogy: Step by Step.

A Guide to African-American Genealogical Research in New Orleans and Louisiana
nutrias.org/~nopl/info/aarcinfo/guide.htm
Great first-step Web site for findingAfrican-American ancestors.

Louisiana Confederate Pension Applications Index Database
www.sec.state.la.us/archives/gen/cpa-index.htm
Search this database of more than 49,000 pension applications.

Maine
Marriage History Search Form
thor.ddp.state.me.us/archives/plsql/archdev.Marriage_Archive.search_form
Search by a bride’s or groom’s surname for Maine marriage records dating from 1892 to 1996.

Maryland
Immigrant Communities in Maryland
www.raven.umd.edu/~mddlmddl/791/communities/html
A first-class source for learning about your immigrant Maryland ancestors of Asian, Hispanic, Irish, German, Italian, Jewish or African descent.

Maryland Genealogy Resources
mdgenealogy.com
Your first stop for Maryland research, this site includes articles on history and genealogy, plus online resources.

Massachusetts
Massachusetts Cemetery Directory
mass-doc.com/mass_cemetery_guide.htm
Locate Massachusetts cemeteries by county and location on US Geological Survey maps.

Massachusetts Civil War Research Center
massachusettscivilwar.com
Search the database of more than 150,000 soldiers, sailors and Marines who served in Massachusetts regiments during the Civil War, and read 64 regimental histories.

Massachusetts Genealogy Links
genealogylinks.net/usa/massachusetts
Click here for links to marriage records, pioneer and slave-owner indexes, and vital records.

The Mayflower Web Pages
members.aol.com/calebj/mayflower.html
If you think you’re descended from a Mayflower passenger, this is the site for you.

Michigan
Genealogical Death Indexing System www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/gendisx/search2.htm
This ongoing project, with data entry by volunteers across the state, currently covers 1867 to 1897.

Michigan Genealogy Sites on the Internet
flint.lib.mi.us/fpl/resources/genealogy/misites.html
A good place to start your Michigan search, this site links to archives and military and census records.

Minnesota
Minnesota Historical Society Death Certificate Index
people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm
Searchable online index of the first, middle and last name of each individual, including date of death, county of death and certificate number, from 1908 to 1996.

Mississippi
Mississippi GenWeb Project
www.rootsweb.com/~msgenweb
Look for archived data, African-American and Native American resources and county links.

Missouri
Local Records Inventory Database
www.sos.state.mo.us/CountyInventory
County by county, here’s where you’ll find the Missouri records you’re after. Search one at a time or all at once.

World War I Military Service Cards Database
www.sos.state.mo.us/archives/ww1
Find Missouri servicemen in this searchable database of 145,000 Army and Marine service-card abstracts and 18,500 Navy card images. The abstracts give residence, place of birth and age or date of birth.

Montana
Montana GenWeb Project
www.rootsweb.com/~mtgenweb
Begin your Montana research at the county level by searching photo archives, online newspapers and queries.