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| Your Genealogy Companion | |
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| Yes, There Is Hope | |
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| Genealogy: A Continual Learning Process | |
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| Cluster Genealogy: What and Why? | |
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| You Never Know Until You Look | |
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| Federal Census Records | |
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| Availability of Census Records | |
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| Census Day | |
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| Population and Slave Schedules, 1790-1870 | |
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| Soundex | |
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| 1880-1890 Censuses | |
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| Population Schedules, 1900-1930 | |
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| Other Finding Aids | |
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| 1900-1930 Military, Merchant Seamen, Consular Censuses | |
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| Censuses After 1930 | |
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| Federal Decennial Censuses for the Territories | |
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| Using the Population Schedules of the Census | |
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| Supplemental Schedules | |
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| County and Courthouse Records | |
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| Vital Records | |
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| Marriage Records | |
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| Land and Property Records | |
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| Tax Records | |
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| Deed Records | |
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| Court Records | |
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| Probate Records | |
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| Administrative and Miscellaneous Records | |
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| County Histories | |
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| Local Sources | |
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| Cemeteries | |
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| Religious Records | |
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| Schools and Universities | |
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| City Directories | |
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| Local Businesses | |
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| Organizations | |
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| Local Government Records | |
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| State Records | |
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| State Censuses | |
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| Census Substitutes and Special Enumerations | |
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| Territorial Papers | |
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| Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States | |
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| Confederate Pension Information | |
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| State Archives | |
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| Other Records | |
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| Bibliography of Research Guides to the States | |
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| Federal Records | |
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| Library of Congress | |
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| National Archives | |
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| Military Records | |
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| American State Papers | |
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| Public Lands | |
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| Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands | |
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| Federal Courts | |
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| Other Federal Records | |
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| Special Collections | |
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| Newspapers | |
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| Maps | |
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| Manuscript Collections | |
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| Libraries | |
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| Part I-Public, Private, and Academic Libraries | |
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| Special Reference Materials in Libraries | |
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| Published Family Histories | |
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| Biographical Dictionaries | |
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| U.S. Government Publications | |
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| Part II-Law Libraries | |
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| State Laws | |
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| The Public Statutes at Large of the United States | |
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| Appellate Courts and Court Reports | |
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| Legal Databases | |
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| Other Reference Material | |
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| Focus on African-American Genealogy | |
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| Post-Civil War Records | |
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| Pre-Civil War Records | |
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| State Government Records | |
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| Court Records | |
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| Newspapers | |
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| National Archives Records | |
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| Slave Narratives | |
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| Libraries | |
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| Special Collections and Archives | |
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| Case Study: One McGarity Family | |
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| For Further Reading and Reference | |
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| Focus on American Indian Genealogy | |
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| Federal Decennial Census Records | |
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| Records of Tribal Indians | |
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| The "Five Civilized Tribes" | |
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| Records of Reservation Indians | |
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| Other Records for Native American Research | |
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| Military Records | |
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| Pre-Federal and Colonial Records | |
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| Case Study: Identifying the Cherokee Progenitors of Hilliard Rogers | |
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| For Further Reference | |
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| Immigration and Naturalization | |
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| Colonial Immigrants | |
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| Post-Revolution Arrival Records | |
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| Naturalization | |
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| Name Changes | |
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| Ethnic Genealogical and Historical Societies | |
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| Case Study: Grandpa's Hooey | |
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| For Further Reference: Immigration and Naturalization | |
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| National Archives and Regional Branches | |
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| States and Territories in 1861 | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Index | |