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To help jump-start your own U.S. state-based research, we’re sharing the following list of digital resources from across the country. For each state, and the District of Columbia, we’ve highlighted two of the best online research sites available – 102 in all. All of these resources contain actual records you can search, as well as research guides and more. For more free research sites also check out 50 Free Genealogy Sites to Search Today or the Free Resources section on Family History Daily.

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Use our obituary search to find obits for ancestors or family, and you could uncover intriguing and intimate facts like: Their family, friends, and loved ones Education, career, and hobbies Awards and distinctions Personal anecdotes

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Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress.

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Discover a variety of historical genealogy records and news stories in these 27 Colonial newspapers, listed alphabetically by state and then city. Each historical newspaper title in this list is an active link that will take you directly to that paper’s search page, where you can begin researching for your Colonial ancestry by ancestors’ surnames, dates, keywords and more.

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A Genealogy Guide Online Death Indexes, Records and Obituaries This website is a directory of links to websites with online death indexes, listed by state and county. Included are death records, death certificate indexes, death notices and registers, obituaries, wills and probate records, and cemetery burials. You can also find information here about searching the Social Security Death Index online.

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State Library of Massachusetts has a New Collection of Digitized Maps The State Library of Massachusetts has digitized its collection of maps that represent state and congressional legislative districts, starting from 1842 to 2015. The online repository at https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/50067 allows anyone to download these maps and trace how districts have changed.

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On this page you will find a detailed history of Ellis Island. The below text details the actual origin of the island as a location for an immigration hub, all the way to its current status as a national monument.

Family History Daily If your family history research leads you back to England or Wales, the records kept by the General Register Office (GRO), and the GRO Index online, should absolutely be on your short list of amazing resources. The GRO has been recording vital information for the populations of both England and Wales since 1837. Nearly every birth, marriage, and death that has occurred there in the last 180 years has been recorded and indexed by the GRO.

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The extensive military collection on findmypast includes 3.6 million records from Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Britain and the United States. This comprehensive collection of armed forces and conflict records provide a great resource to assist you in searching for your military ancestors. Discover more about your family's military past and learn more about your brave ancestors' achievements and efforts during wars around the world. The accuracy of military records will help develop essential information for your family tree. It will also assist you in solving puzzles, knocking down brick walls will provide possible starting points for finding birth places and spouses. You could even discover famous figures who served for their country. The advanced search means you can simply start searching with a name, date, place or relevant keyword. Using a keyword such as the name of a battalion for example could prove useful. You can also search specifically in one country or search across the entire international collections.

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This is probably our favorite free newspaper archive because it is so expansive. Records are available from across the globe and many predate the 19th century. Specific articles that your search term appears in are highlighted in blue on the scanned page–making finding those missing details on the family tree quite efficient.