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If you cannot visit or find a record at the ''National Archives Building (Archives I)'', a similar record may be available at one of the following. | If you cannot visit or find a record at the ''National Archives Building (Archives I)'', a similar record may be available at one of the following. | ||
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | '''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[http://archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/researcher-info.html | *[http://archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/researcher-info.html National Archives at College Park, Maryland (Archives II)] houses documents created after 1900 at the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, and Treasury, and modern military records.<br> | ||
* | *[[United States National Archives Regional Branches|National Archives—Regional Branches]]. Each Regional Branch has copies of key records in Washington, as well as regional records, ''e.g.'' Atlanta for the Southern region, and Fort Worth has a strong American Indian collection.<br> | ||
*[[Family History Library| | *[http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/ NARA National Personnel Records Center], St. Louis, government and military personnel records starting 1917.<br> | ||
*[[Family History Library|Family History Library]] has many of the National Archives records of census, immigration, land, military, and naturalization records on microfilm. For a list microfilms at both NARA and the Family History Library, [[NARA and FHL film numbers|click here]]. | |||
*[[Allen County Public Library]] (Indiana) has a premier genealogical periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, American Indians, African Americans, Canadians.<br> | |||
*[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] ($) subscription site with wide-ranging images and indexes of National Archives census, military, naturalization, passenger arrivals, border crossings, and published passenger lists. | *[http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] ($) subscription site with wide-ranging images and indexes of National Archives census, military, naturalization, passenger arrivals, border crossings, and published passenger lists. | ||
*[http://www.footnote.com/ Footnote.com] ($) subscription site with indexes and images to hundreds of National Archives record types including Revolutionary War and Civil War service records and pensions, draft registrations, census, etc. | *[http://www.footnote.com/ Footnote.com] ($) subscription site with indexes and images to hundreds of National Archives record types including Revolutionary War and Civil War service records and pensions, draft registrations, census, etc. | ||
*[http://www.heritagequestonline.com/ HeritageQuestOnline.com] ($) by subscription & at many libraries--Revolutionary War pension & bounty land files. | *[http://www.heritagequestonline.com/ HeritageQuestOnline.com] ($) by subscription & at many libraries--Revolutionary War pension & bounty land files. | ||
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[[Allen County Public Library]] (Indiana) has a premier genealogical periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, American Indians, African Americans, Canadians.<br> | *[[Allen County Public Library]] (Indiana) has a premier genealogical periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, American Indians, African Americans, Canadians.<br> | ||
*[[Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library]], focus on Revolutionary War and colonial period, including family and local histories, cemetery transcriptions, Bible records, 15,000 genealogical membership applications.<br> | *[[Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library]], focus on Revolutionary War and colonial period, including family and local histories, cemetery transcriptions, Bible records, 15,000 genealogical membership applications.<br> | ||
*[[Library of Congress]], Washington, DC, [http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Local History and Genealogy Reading Room] is part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, and collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources.<br> | *[[Library of Congress]], Washington, DC, [http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Local History and Genealogy Reading Room] is part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, and collections of manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, and published material, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources.<br> | ||
*[http://stevemorse.org/ellis/cg.html Castle Garden 1830-1892] and [http://www.ellisisland.org/ Ellis Island 1892-1924] indexes & images to New York City passenger arrivals.<br> | *[http://stevemorse.org/ellis/cg.html Castle Garden 1830-1892] and [http://www.ellisisland.org/ Ellis Island 1892-1924] indexes & images to New York City passenger arrivals.<br> | ||
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[[ | *[[Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Library]], focus on Revolutionary War and colonial period, including family and local histories, cemetery transcriptions, Bible records, 15,000 genealogical membership applications.<br> | ||
*[http://dchealth.dc.gov/doh/cwp/view,a,1371,q,581955,dohnav_gid,1787,dohnav,|33120|.asp DC Vital Records Division] for birth and death records. [http://dchealth.dc.gov/doh/cwp/view,a,1374,q,580849,dohNav_GID,1802,dohNav,|33200|33240|.asp#9 DC Superior Court] for marriage and divorce records. | |||
*[http://www.msa.md.gov/ Maryland State Archives], census, court, church, vital, military, probate, land, tax, immigration, naturalizations. | |||
*[http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ Library of Virginia], digital sources, databases, vital, military, newspapers, periodicals, tax, history, land records. | |||
*[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/index-e.html Library and Archives Canada], Ottawa, vital, census, immigration, naturalization, military, land, and employment.<br> | |||
*[http://biblional.bibliog.unam.mx/bibn/ Biblioteca Nacional de México], Mexico City, reference help, lectures, maps, history, manuscripts.<br> | |||
*State archives for each state have archival records for people dealing with the state governments. See the '''Library and Archives''' Wiki pages for each state of the United States for further details.<br> | *State archives for each state have archival records for people dealing with the state governments. See the '''Library and Archives''' Wiki pages for each state of the United States for further details.<br> | ||