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Family Research Files. These family research files (referred to as the Local and Family History Vertical Files) have been donated to the Newberry Library by genealogists or their families. They include an eclectic mix of materials such as copies of original records, research notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, personal diaries, and bibliographies. The surname indexes are online at: <nowiki>http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/verticalfiles.html</nowiki>

e) Illinois Newspaper Project <nowiki>http://www.library.uiuc.edu/inp/database.php</nowiki> All microfilm produced for INP is made available through interlibrary loan. ) f) Gravestone pictures in Illinois: <nowiki>http://illinoisgravestones.org/</nowiki> g) Federal Township Plats of Il 1804-1891: <nowiki>http://landplats.ilsos.net/</nowiki> h) Many websites for Illinois: <nowiki>https://www.genealoger.com/</nowiki>

Indiana State Library has many online indexes including the state’s largest newspaper collection. They have many newspapers on microfilm and an index of names and obituaries in Indianapolis newspapers since 1898. Their newspaper microfilms are available through interlibrary loan. <nowiki>http://www.in.gov/library/2306.htm</nowiki>

The Allen County Public Library has a collection second only to the Family History Library with many databases online: <nowiki>http://www.genealogycenter.org/</nowiki> Many records online: <nowiki>https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Indiana_Online_Genealogy_Records</nowiki>

Iowa Biographies Project-- This is a single-entry point to Iowa biographies. There are currently over 16,900 biographies available at this site and links to over 12,000 biographies located at other Iowa project sites. <nowiki>http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~iabiog/</nowiki>

WPA grave registration: 654,155 records within 82 Iowa counties http://iowawpagraves.org/

Kansas State Historical Society (great databases: <nowiki>http://www.kshs.org/</nowiki> ) has an almost complete set of newspapers available through interlibrary loan: <nowiki>http://www.kshs.org/library/news.htm</nowiki>

Kansas Cemeteries: <nowiki>http://www.interment.net/us/ks/index.htm</nowiki>

1894 Michigan State Census; This document lists the names by ward, township, and county of United States Soldiers of the Civil War Residing in Michigan, June 1, 1894. <nowiki>http://www.accessgenealogy.com/michigan/1894_state_census.htm</nowiki>

Western Michigan Genealogical Databases: <nowiki>http://data.wmgs.org/</nowiki> GENDIS has over 460,000 deaths from 1867-1897: <nowiki>http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/osr/gendisx/index.asp</nowiki>

Minnesota Historical Society: <nowiki>http://www.mnhs.org/search/about</nowiki>.

Dalby Database: Lots of information on Southern Minnesota families: <nowiki>http://www.dalbydata.com/user.php?action=history</nowiki> Minnesota Obituaries Project: <nowiki>http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/mn/obitsmn.htm</nowiki>

Dictionary of Missouri Biography: <nowiki>http://books.google.com/books?id=6gyxWHRLAWgC&dq=missouri+biography&pg=PP1&ots=D8Oorvm7bY&source=citation&sig=BVvKN2QsqQPYpdLRH6_wtSEykM4&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dmissouri%2Bbiography&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=1&cad=bottom-3results#PPP1,M1</nowiki>

Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1957: <nowiki>http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/</nowiki> Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, Mo. <nowiki>https://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy</nowiki>

Some online Nebraska records are at: <nowiki>http://www.deathindexes.com/nebraska/index.html</nowiki>

Compendium of History Reminiscence and Biography of Nebraska <nowiki>http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Comp_NE/index.htm#Table%20of%20Contents</nowiki>

The North Dakota Naturalization Records index database is complete for all North Dakota Counties and contains over 212,000 entries. It includes information regarding name; country of emigration; dates of "first papers" (declaration of intent) and "second papers" (naturalization) and the county district court where the proceedings occurred. <nowiki>https://library.ndsu.edu/db/naturalization/</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://secure.apps.state.nd.us/doh/certificates/deathCertSearch.htm</nowiki>

Digitized and indexed Ohio records at <nowiki>https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/43?region=Ohio</nowiki>

Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. An index to over 3,500,000 obituaries, death & marriage notices & other sources from Ohio from the 1810s to the present day. Actual obits may be ordered from over 60 partner libraries. <nowiki>https://www.rbhayes.org/main/ohio-obituary-index/</nowiki>

South Dakota Birth Records Search Site for dates over 100 years ago: <nowiki>https://apps.sd.gov/PH14Over100BirthRec/index.aspx</nowiki>

The SD Tombstone transcription and gravestones projects : <nowiki>http://www.usgwtombstones.org/southdakota/sdakota.html</nowiki> and <nowiki>https://southdakotagravestones.org/</nowiki> The South Dakota State Historical Society collections: <nowiki>https://history.sd.gov/archives/collectionindexes.aspx</nowiki>

The Wisconsin Historical Society has a fabulous website with several online databases that are searchable including births, marriages, deaths and obituaries. They have the second-largest collection of newspapers in the United States. Many, including all Wisconsin newspapers, are on microfilm and can be loaned to public libraries through interlibrary loan. Newspapers produced by German and other ethnic groups are especially valuable for research on residents of the state.