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United States

The Treasury of the History Being a History of the World, A Complete History of the United States to the Present Time Including the Late War with Mexico, California, etc., vol. 1, Samuel Maunder, 1850.
Also available online [1852 version]
The Treasury of the History Being a History of the World, A Complete History of the United States to the Present Time Including the Late War with Mexico, California, etc., vol. 2, Samuel Maunder, 1850.
Also available online

Civil War

Belonging: the Civil War’s South We Never Knew, Judith Y. Shearer and Derek B. Hankerson, 2015. iBook.
The History of the Civil War in America, Vol. 1, John S. C. Abbott, 1863.
The History of the Civil War in America, Vol. 1, John S. C. Abbott, 1863.
Also available online

New England

The Customs of New England, Joseph B. Felt, 1970.
Digging for Genealogical Treasure in New England Town Records, Ann Smith Lainhart, 1996.
Digging for Genealogical Treasure in New England Town Records, Ann Smith Lainhart, 1996.
Ever New England, Samuel Chamberlain, photographer, 1944.
The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620–1633, Vol. 1, A-F, Robert Charles Anderson, 1995.
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, contains Foreword, 410 pages, 1916
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, contains Foreword, 410 pages, William Richard Cutter, 1916.
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, begins with Henry L. Dawes, 425 pages, 1916
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, begins with Henry L. Dawes, 425 pages, William Richard Cutter, 1916.
Also available online
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, begins with George Frisbie Hoar, 404 pages, 1916
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, begins with George Frisbie Hoar, 404 pages, William Richard Cutter, 1916.
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Supplement to April, no. 1901, Proceedings of the New England Historic Genealogical Society at the Annual Meeting, 9 January 1901 with Memoirs of Deceased Members, 1900.

Virtual Resources

New England

A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer’s Register, vol. 1, James Savage, 1860.

A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer’s Register, vol. 2, James Savage, 1860.

A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer’s Register, vol. 3, James Savage, 1861.

A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer’s Register, vol. 4, James Savage, 1862.

Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the Counties, Cities and Principal Towns of the Six New England States, vol. 1, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Rev. R. H. Howard, A.M. and Prof. Henry E. Crocker, 1880.

New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, begins with Marcus Arnold Rhodes, 391 pages, William Richard Cutter, 1916.

Church Records

Presbyterian Historical Society

U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970
(Ancestry)

Presbyterian Banner & Advocate
(Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive)

State and County Formations

The Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

Land

Bureau of Land Management

U.S., Indexed Early Land Ownership and Township Plats, 1785-1898 (Ancestry)

Ordering Land Entry Case Files

Land Entry Case Files and Related Records,
National Archives

Maps

Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States

Leventhal Map and Education Center

Interactive Maps of the USA

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, The Newberry Library

David Rumsey Map Collection

Historical Map Works

Railroad Maps, Library of Congress

Military

Revolutionary War

U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 (Ancestry)

Civil War

U.S., Confederate Service Records, 1861-1865, (Ancestry)

U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865, (Ancestry)

U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865, Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers. Washington, D.C., NARA. (Ancestry)

World War I

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Ancestry)

U.S., Lists of Men Ordered to Report to Local Board for Military Duty, 1917–1918, (Ancestry)

U.S., World War I Troop Transport Ships, 1918-1919 (Ancestry)

World War II

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Ancestry)

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