Major Databases for Beginning United States Research: Difference between revisions

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'''Jurisdictions. '''Many of the larger databases, such as FamilySearch and Ancestry, combine material from many different sources, jurisdictions, and time periods. Worldwide, national, state or provincial, county, town, and individual family databases exist.  
'''Jurisdictions. '''Many of the larger databases, such as FamilySearch and Ancestry, combine material from many different sources, jurisdictions, and time periods. Worldwide, national, state or provincial, county, town, and individual family databases exist.  


=== '''How to Use Databases''' ===
=== How to Use Databases  ===


'''''Search databases early.  '''''Search worldwide, multiple-source databases such as FamilySearch and Ancestry.com when you begin research on a family. Also search databases for the states and counties where the family lived.  
'''''Search databases early.  '''''Search worldwide, multiple-source databases such as FamilySearch and Ancestry.com when you begin research on a family. Also search databases for the states and counties where the family lived.  
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''[https://www.fold3.com Fold3.com]''  Free access at [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ Family History] Centers. Digital original sources such as naturalizations, Revolutionary War papers, Civil War papers, Mormon Battalion pensions, newspapers, Southern Claims Commission, and Texas births and deaths. ''Formerly known as Footnote.com''  
''[https://www.fold3.com Fold3.com]''  Free access at [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch Centers]. Digital original sources such as naturalizations, Revolutionary War papers, Civil War papers, Mormon Battalion pensions, newspapers, Southern Claims Commission, and Texas births and deaths. ''Formerly known as Footnote.com''  


''[http://www.gencircles.com/ GenCircles.com]''  Indexes user-contributed family trees. ''(Merged with [http://www.myheritage.com MyHeritage.com])''  
''[http://www.gencircles.com/ GenCircles.com]''  Indexes user-contributed family trees. ''(Merged with [http://www.myheritage.com MyHeritage.com])''  
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