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The following map links to a list of United States societies with a page in the FamilySearch Wiki. The list is organized by state. Click on the appropriate state to find local societies.&nbsp;<noinclude><imagemap>

More than 9,000 historical and genealogical societies may have records and services to help you with your research. Societies have been organized in all states and most counties. They generally collect historical documents of local interest, publish periodicals, and have special projects and indexes. Because of the excellent help they can provide, you should contact the societies near you and near the areas where your ancestors lived. You may find it helpful to join one of these societies and support their efforts. Public librarians and county clerks may be aware of local organizations or individuals you can contact for information and services. Your local public library may have guides to help you locate these organizations, including:  

"Rootsweb® is the oldest and largest free online community dedicated to family history. You'll find millions of members communicating on thousands of message boards in this expansive environment for learning, collaborating, and sharing with others." -- Site authors. Operated by ancestry.com.  

"Linkpendium is being developed by Karen Isaacson and Brian (Wolf) Leverich, founders of the extremely popular RootsWeb genealogical community site. At the time of its merger with Ancestry in June 2000, RootsWeb had about 600,000 registered users, was serving about 100,000,000 Web page views monthly and was delivering about 160,000,000 pieces of email monthly to the subscribers of its 18,000 mailing lists. The company had more than 40 employees and operated its own 7,000 square foot data center in Bakersfield, CA." -- Site authors.  

"Live Roots is a specialized search engine that assists you with locating genealogical resources, including both those that are accessible online and others which may require assistance from another researcher. The concept behind Live Roots was to build a search experience that bridges the gaps between independent genealogy websites, large commercial ancestry repositories, and many other printed family history materials yet to be digitized and published on the World Wide Web." -- Site authors  

A free genealogy site featuring a message board, a surname registry, lists of other genealogy sites, and region-specific resources.  

Ancestry.com Geographic genealogical source search page. Requires paid subscription.  

Daughters of the American Revolution - [http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search/ Descendants' Database]. You can search for the name of an ancestor who may have given service in the Revolutionary War, or you can search for the name of a DAR member.