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*[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.  
*[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.  
*[http://archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/researcher-info.html National Archives II]  Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, and Treasury all after 1900.  
*[http://archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/researcher-info.html National Archives II], College Park, MD, Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, and Treasury all after 1900.  
*[http://www.archives.gov/northeast/pittsfield/ Federal Records Center], Pittsfield, for genealogical, local, and national historical records including Canadian Border Crossings.  
*[http://www.archives.gov/northeast/pittsfield/ Federal Records Center], Pittsfield, for genealogical, local, and national historical records including Canadian Border Crossings.  
*[http://www.jfklibrary.org/ John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum], Boston, administration biographies and papers, institutional holdings, Earnest Hemingway collection.  
*[http://www.jfklibrary.org/ John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum], Boston, administration biographies and papers, institutional holdings, Earnest Hemingway collection.  
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*[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]], Boston, national in scope. Over 100 million name database, of vital records, genealogies, journals, over 200,000 books, 100,000 microfilms, and over 20 million manuscripts with emphasis on New England and New York since the 1600s.  
*[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]], Boston, national in scope. Over 100 million name database, of vital records, genealogies, journals, over 200,000 books, 100,000 microfilms, and over 20 million manuscripts with emphasis on New England and New York since the 1600s.  
*[[New York Public Library]] Genealogy Division has an outstanding collection of American history at national, state and local levels; international genealogy and heraldry in Roman alphabets; Dorot Jewish collection; photos; New York censuses, directories, and vital records.
*[http://www.cslib.org/handg.htm Connecticut State Library], Hartford, has the Barbour Collection, Bibles, census, church, Hale Collection newspaper marriages and deaths, cemeteries, probates, vital records, directories, land, local histories, military, naturalization, passenger arrivals, and e-mail questions.
*[http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/ Maine State Archives], Augusta, has vital records, land, office records, military, judicial, legislative records, and a list of professional genealogists.
*[http://www.sos.nh.gov/archives/genealogy.html New Hampshire State Archives], Concord, has records of probate, land, petitions, state papers, military, census, name changes, photos, naturalizations, voters, warnings out, town records and inventories, prisoners, marriage intentions, paupers, maps, and court records.
*[http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/index.php New York Genealogical and Biographical Society], New York City, has censuses, city directories, church, cemetery, Bible, land, probates, genealogy, local history, and manuscripts.
*[http://www.rihs.org/ Rhode Island Historical Society], Providence, includes local, military, economic, social, church, political histories, newspapers, genealogy, women’s history, and business records.
*[http://vermonthistory.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=55 Vermont Historical Society Library], Barre, houses town histories, an index to vital records to 1870, cemeteries, letters, diaries, ledgers, early maps, photographs, and printed genealogies.
*[http://www.bpl.org/general/index.htm Boston Public Library], has government docs, newspapers, biographies, obituaries, Ancestry.  
*[http://www.bpl.org/general/index.htm Boston Public Library], has government docs, newspapers, biographies, obituaries, Ancestry.  
*[http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/ Boston Athenaeum], a member library with newspapers, maps, photos, Civil War letters, diaries.  
*[http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/ Boston Athenaeum], a member library with newspapers, maps, photos, Civil War letters, diaries.  
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*[http://lib.harvard.edu/libraries/listings_alpha.html Harvard University Libraries], history, Afro-American studies, and women's history libraries.  
*[http://lib.harvard.edu/libraries/listings_alpha.html Harvard University Libraries], history, Afro-American studies, and women's history libraries.  
*[http://www.congregationallibrary.org/ Congregational Library], church and mission records, histories, sermons, 25,000 obituaries.  
*[http://www.congregationallibrary.org/ Congregational Library], church and mission records, histories, sermons, 25,000 obituaries.  
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:'''''  [[Essex County, Massachusetts|Essex]], [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts|Middlesex]], and [[Norfolk County, Massachusetts|Norfolk]].
*[http://www.pem.org/library/ Peabody Essex Museum Library], Salem, collects published MA vital records to 1850, city directories, Essex County probate records 1638-1914, court records, and ship logbooks.
*Repositories in '''''other surrounding states:''''' [[Connecticut]], [[Maine]], [[New Hampshire|New Hampshire]], [[New York|New York]], [[Rhode Island|Rhode Island]], [[Vermont]].
*[[New York Public Library]] Genealogy Division has an outstanding collection of American history at national, state and local levels; international genealogy and heraldry in Roman alphabets; Dorot Jewish collection; photos; New York censuses, directories, and vital records.
*[http://www.cslib.org/handg.htm Connecticut State Library], Hartford, has the Barbour Collection, Bibles, census, church, Hale Collection newspaper marriages and deaths, cemeteries, probates, vital records, directories, land, local histories, military, naturalization, passenger arrivals, and e-mail questions.
*[http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/ Maine State Archives], Augusta, has vital records, land, office records, military, judicial, legislative records, and a list of professional genealogists.
*[http://www.sos.nh.gov/archives/genealogy.html New Hampshire State Archives], Concord, has records of probate, land, petitions, state papers, military, census, name changes, photos, naturalizations, voters, warnings out, town records and inventories, prisoners, marriage intentions, paupers, maps, and court records.
*[http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/index.php New York Genealogical and Biographical Society], New York City, has censuses, city directories, church, cemetery, Bible, land, probates, genealogy, local history, and manuscripts.
*[http://www.rihs.org/ Rhode Island Historical Society], Providence, includes local, military, economic, social, church, political histories, newspapers, genealogy, women’s history, and business records.
*[http://vermonthistory.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=55 Vermont Historical Society Library], Barre, houses town histories, an index to vital records to 1870, cemeteries, letters, diaries, ledgers, early maps, photographs, and printed genealogies.
*[http://www.pittsfieldlibrary.org/index.html Berkshire Athenaeum] Cooke Collection church and cemetery records, newspaper notices, ministers' records, BMDs from New England and New York, genealogy databases.  
*[http://www.pittsfieldlibrary.org/index.html Berkshire Athenaeum] Cooke Collection church and cemetery records, newspaper notices, ministers' records, BMDs from New England and New York, genealogy databases.  
*[http://www.massog.org/index.html Massachusetts Society of Genealogists], Ashland, is an educational organization.  
*[http://www.massog.org/index.html Massachusetts Society of Genealogists], Ashland, is an educational organization.  
*[http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ American Antiquarian Society], Worcester, collects history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, newspapers, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts.  
*[http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ American Antiquarian Society], Worcester, collects history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, newspapers, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts.  
*[http://www.pem.org/library/ Peabody Essex Museum Library], Salem, collects published MA vital records to 1850, city directories, Essex County probate records 1638-1914, court records, and ship logbooks.
*[http://www.springfieldmuseums.org/the_museums/ct_valley_history/ Connecticut Valley Historical Museum] local archives, French Canadian, Irish, African American.  
*[http://www.springfieldmuseums.org/the_museums/ct_valley_history/ Connecticut Valley Historical Museum] local archives, French Canadian, Irish, African American.  
*[http://library.mysticseaport.org/home.cfm Mystic Seaport Museum], Mystic, Connecticut, has steamship photos, logbooks, and crew lists.
*[http://library.mysticseaport.org/home.cfm Mystic Seaport Museum], Mystic, Connecticut, has steamship photos, logbooks, and crew lists.
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