Resources
Quick Links
Tombstone Birthday Calculator,
Ancestor Search
The Shared cM Project 4.0 tool v4, DNA Painter
Government Websites
Access to Archival Databases (AAD),
National Archives, Social Security Administration, SS-5 applications, Death Files, Claim Files
Access to Archival Databases (AAD),
National Archives, by Subject
Ordering Land Entry Case Files
Land Entry Case Files and Related Records,
National Archives
Obtaining Vital Records by State, CDC
Social Security Administration. Order SS-5 online. $24 with no certification. If person in under 100, proof of death required or information will be redacted.
State Parks and Historic Sites
Institution and Society Websites
DAR Americana Collection and NSDAR Archives
Ad*Access, Duke University Libraries
Congressional Library and Archives,
History Matters
Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) Genealogical Research Library
Additional Websites
Frequently used federal record sets
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 (Ancestry)
Writing Resources
Master List of Physical Descriptions
Dating Photographs
Personal Library
Newspapers
Chronicling America, digitized
Chronicling America, U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present (Search by state, county, town)
Community History Archive Newspapers
International Coalition on Newspapers (ICON)
Gale Nineteenth Century U.S. Newspapers (requires BPL login)
Death Certificate Information
“The ‘Secret’ Codes on Death Certificates That Can Tell You How Your Ancestors Died,” Family History Daily
International Classification of Diseases
U.S. Census
Census Instructions, United States Census Bureau
Enumeration District Descriptions
Immigration
Hamburg Passenger List Terminology
Hamburg Passenger Lists Translating Categories, Sassy Jane Genealogy
Immigrant Ships Transcribers’ Guild
Immigration Records, National Archives
Manifest Markings, A Guide to Interpreting Passenger List Annotations
New York Emigration and Immigration
New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
(Ancestry)
One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse
Passenger Manifest Lists (1848 – 1891), Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Passenger SearchThe Statue of Liberty―Ellis Island Foundation, Inc
Passenger Ships and Images database (Ancestry)
Pilgrim Ship Lists Early 1600’s
Ships and Passengers to America
St. Albans Lists, U.S. Records of Immigration Across the U.S.-Canadian Border, 1895-1954,
National Archives
U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 (Ancestry)
Bible Records
Family Bible Records, Ancestor Hunt,
By surname
Maps
Historical Map and Chart Collection
Historical Maps Works: Browse by county/state
U.S., Indexed Early Land Ownership and Township Plats, 1785-1898 (Ancestry)
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas (worldwide)
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 (Ancestry)
History Geo.com. Search by surname; requires subscription to view maps – some are available at Library of Congress
Land Platting Made Easy
Making a map from a deed
Manuscripts
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, The Library of Congress
Websites
Working Tools [private]