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[https://www.familysearch.org/ ''FamilySearch Historical Records Collections''] Free index and/or digital images to more than 500 U.S. - Canada sources, including selected federal and state censuses, birth, marriage, and death records, funeral home records, Freedman's Bank and Freedman's Bureau records, military pensions, probate records, passenger lists, WWI draft registrations, and land records, plus many other international records. | [https://www.familysearch.org/ ''FamilySearch Historical Records Collections''] Free index and/or digital images to more than 500 U.S. - Canada sources, including selected federal and state censuses, birth, marriage, and death records, funeral home records, Freedman's Bank and Freedman's Bureau records, military pensions, probate records, passenger lists, WWI draft registrations, and land records, plus many other international records. | ||
''[http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/search Ancestry.com]'' Library Edition. Free access at [[ | ''[http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/search Ancestry.com]'' Library Edition. Free access at [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Centers]]. | ||
''[http://www.castlegarden.org/ Castle Garden]'' Free index to New York City passenger arrivals from 1820 to 1892, containing roughly 12 million immigrants. | ''[http://www.castlegarden.org/ Castle Garden]'' Free index to New York City passenger arrivals from 1820 to 1892, containing roughly 12 million immigrants. | ||
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''[http://www.ellisisland.org/default.asp Ellis Island.org]'' 1892-1924 New York City passenger arrival index showing ethnicity, arrival date, residence, age, ship, port of departure, passenger manifest image, and ship’s image. The best index for this site is at [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/eidb/ellisgold.html?firstkind=starts&FNM=&lastkind=starts&LNM= ''Ellis Island in One Step'']. | ''[http://www.ellisisland.org/default.asp Ellis Island.org]'' 1892-1924 New York City passenger arrival index showing ethnicity, arrival date, residence, age, ship, port of departure, passenger manifest image, and ship’s image. The best index for this site is at [http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/eidb/ellisgold.html?firstkind=starts&FNM=&lastkind=starts&LNM= ''Ellis Island in One Step'']. | ||
''[http://www.fold3.com/documents Fold3.com]'' Free at Family History | ''[http://www.fold3.com/documents Fold3.com]'' Free access at [[Introduction_to_LDS_Family_History_Centers|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 | ||
''[http://www.gencircles.com/ GenCircles.com]'' Indexes user-contributed family trees. | ''[http://www.gencircles.com/ GenCircles.com]'' Indexes user-contributed family trees. | ||