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===Cemetery Records=== | ===Cemetery Records=== | ||
Websites such as [https://www.findagrave.com/ '''FindAGrave'''] and [https://billiongraves.com/ ''' | Websites such as [https://www.findagrave.com/ '''FindAGrave'''] and [https://billiongraves.com/ '''BillionGraves'''] are making it easier to get information from headstones, which frequently give birth dates, and occasionally give birth places. Each state has additional collections of cemetery records. See [[Online Genealogy Records by Location#U.S. Online Genealogy Records by State|'''U.S. Online Genealogy Records by State''']] for links to other online cemetery records. Every state also has a Cemetery topic page you can search, for example, [[California Cemeteries]], [[Washington Cemeteries]]. etc. | ||
===Obituaries=== | ===Obituaries=== | ||
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*FamilySearch {{RecordSearch|1202535|United States Social Security Death Index}} | *FamilySearch {{RecordSearch|1202535|United States Social Security Death Index}} | ||
*Ancestry [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014] ($) | *Ancestry [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693 U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014] ($) | ||
*Ancestry [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60901 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007], Incomplete | *Ancestry [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60901 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007], Incomplete($) | ||
The Social Security Applications and Claims Index does not cover every application--it has sort of an eclectic mix of what got included. If you find your ancestor in the ''Social Security Death Index'' but '''not''' in the ''Social Security Applications and Claims Index'', you can [https://secure.ssa.gov/apps9/eFOIA-FEWeb/internet/main.jsp '''send away for a copy of the application'''.] | The Social Security Applications and Claims Index does not cover every application--it has sort of an eclectic mix of what got included. If you find your ancestor in the ''Social Security Death Index'' but '''not''' in the ''Social Security Applications and Claims Index'', you can [https://secure.ssa.gov/apps9/eFOIA-FEWeb/internet/main.jsp '''send away for a copy of the application'''.] | ||
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*{{RecordSearch|1968530|U.S. WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918}} Index and images. | *{{RecordSearch|1968530|U.S. WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918}} Index and images. | ||
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482 U.S. WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918] Indexes and images. ($) | *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482 U.S. WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918] Indexes and images. ($) | ||
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1002 U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942] | *[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1002 U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942]($), index & images | ||
*{{RecordSearch|1861144|United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942}} Images with partial index. | *{{RecordSearch|1861144|United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942}} Images with partial index. | ||
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2498 U.S., Alien Draft Registrations, Selected States, 1940-1946],($), index | *[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2498 U.S., Alien Draft Registrations, Selected States, 1940-1946],($), index & images. | ||
===Passenger Arrival Lists=== | ===Passenger Arrival Lists=== | ||
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===Passport Applications=== | ===Passport Applications=== | ||
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1174 U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925] | *[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1174 U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925]($), index & images | ||
[[Category:Norway]] | [[Category:Norway]] | ||
===Alien Registration=== | ===Alien Registration=== | ||
*[http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/aliens/a-files-kansas-city.html '''Alien Registration Form:'''] If your ancestor lived in the United States between 1 August 1940 and 31 March 1944. Search the [https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog '''index online'''], by entering the person's name and the term A-File. If you find a catalog entry for the person, then [https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/aliens/a-files-kansas-city.html#use '''order the full file.'''] | *[http://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/aliens/a-files-kansas-city.html '''Alien Registration Form:'''] If your ancestor lived in the United States between 1 August 1940 and 31 March 1944. Search the [https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog '''index online'''], by entering the person's name and the term A-File. If you find a catalog entry for the person, then [https://www.archives.gov/research/immigration/aliens/a-files-kansas-city.html#use '''order the full file.'''] | ||
[[Category:Finding Town of Origin]] | [[Category:Finding Town of Origin]] | ||
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