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Frequently used genealogy sources include [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/ censuses and indexes 1790-1930], [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/immigration/ immigration ship passenger arrivals for the Eastern and Gulf Coasts 1820-1982], [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/military/ military service records, pensions, bounty land warrants, and indexes 1775-1902], [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/naturalization/ Federal naturalization records of U.S. District Courts of Southeast states], [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/land/ land records], [http://www.archives.gov/research/court-records/bankruptcy.html bankruptcies 1940-1998], [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/passport/ passport applications], Native American 1893 Dawes Commission records, and [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/finding-aids/black-history.html African American records] including Freedmen's Bank depositors, Freedman's Bureau records, and slave manifests in Mobile 1820-1860, and Savannah 1801-1860. The Archives also provides free Internet access to subscription sites like Ancestry.com, Footnote.com, and HeritageQuestOnline.com. Other records at the Archives are postmaster lists, Southeast states 1865-1866 federal tax lists, Atlanta federal penitentiary inmates 1902-1921, the Tennessee Valley Authority since 1933, draft registrations for World War I and World War II. They also offer genealogical [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/public/workshops.html classes and workshops], and have a list of [http://www.archives.gov/research/hire-help/index.html independent researchers for hire]. | Serves Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Frequently used genealogy sources include [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/ censuses and indexes 1790-1930], [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/immigration/ immigration ship passenger arrivals for the Eastern and Gulf Coasts 1820-1982], [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/military/ military service records, pensions, bounty land warrants, and indexes 1775-1902], [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/naturalization/ Federal naturalization records of U.S. District Courts of Southeast states], [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/land/ land records], [http://www.archives.gov/research/court-records/bankruptcy.html bankruptcies 1940-1998], [http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/passport/ passport applications], Native American 1893 Dawes Commission records, and [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/finding-aids/black-history.html African American records] including Freedmen's Bank depositors, Freedman's Bureau records, and slave manifests in Mobile 1820-1860, and Savannah 1801-1860. The Archives also provides free Internet access to subscription sites like Ancestry.com, Footnote.com, and HeritageQuestOnline.com. Other records at the Archives are postmaster lists, Southeast states 1865-1866 federal tax lists, Atlanta federal penitentiary inmates 1902-1921, the Tennessee Valley Authority since 1933, draft registrations for World War I and World War II. They also offer genealogical [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/public/workshops.html classes and workshops], and have a list of [http://www.archives.gov/research/hire-help/index.html independent researchers for hire]. | ||
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