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| *William Prescott Greenlaw, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5765667 Greenlaw Index of the New England Historic Genealogical Society] (Boston, Mass.:G.K. Hall, 1979) ({{FHL|974 D22g}}). Genealogies acquired at NEHGS 1900-1940.<br> | | *William Prescott Greenlaw, [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5765667 Greenlaw Index of the New England Historic Genealogical Society] (Boston, Mass.:G.K. Hall, 1979) ({{FHL|974 D22g}}). Genealogies acquired at NEHGS 1900-1940.<br> |
| *[https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/an-overview-of-the-nehgs-manuscript-collection/185 "An Overview of the NEHGS Manuscript Collection"] , an online tutorial at the FamilySearch Learning Center. | | *[https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/an-overview-of-the-nehgs-manuscript-collection/185 "An Overview of the NEHGS Manuscript Collection"] , an online tutorial at the FamilySearch Learning Center. |
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| *[[American Antiquarian Society]], Worcester, collects newspapers, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts.
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| *[[National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)]] (that is Waltham), federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, passengers arrival indexes, naturalizations, Native Americans, African Americans, workshops.
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| *[[National Archives at New York City]], census, naturalization, passenger arrivals, Canadian border crossings, customs, draft, military service, military pension and bounty land, Chinese Exclusion Act cases, Freedmen's Bureau, Indians, and vital records. '''''Moving soon.<br>'''''
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| *[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.<br>
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| *[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.<br>
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| *[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.<br>
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| *[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.<br>
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| *[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.<br>
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| *[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.<br>
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| *[[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.<br>
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| *[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]], Fort Wayne, Indiana, features a premier genealogical periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, American Indians, African Americans, and Canadians.<br>
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| *[[Family History Library]], Salt Lake City, Utah, holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and Mormon records.<br>
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| *[http://www.bpl.org/general/index.htm Boston Public Library], has government docs, newspapers, biographies, obituaries, Ancestry.
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| *[http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/ Boston Athenaeum], a member library with newspapers, maps, photos, Civil War letters, diaries.
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| *[http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/suffsupcrimmain.html Suffolk County Courthouse], maintains criminal and probation records.<br>
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| *[http://www.courtreference.com/Suffolk-County-Massachusetts-Courts.htm Suffolk Probate and Family Court], wills, guardianship, divorce, adoptions, name changes.
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| *[http://www.suffolkdeeds.com/ Suffolk County Registry of Deeds], preserves land records.
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| *[http://www.bostonhistory.org/?s=info Bostonian Society], does historical records research, and structures preservation.<br>
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| *[http://www.themayflowersociety.com/library Mayflower Society Library], family and local histories, censuses, published town records, CDs.
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| *[http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=afagencylanding&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Research+%26+Technology&L2=Oversight+Agencies&L3=The+State+Library+of+Massachusetts&sid=Eoaf Massachusetts State Library], holds government documents, town, county and state histories.<br>
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| *[http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcgen/genidx.htm Massachusetts Archives], vital records, passenger lists, census, military, Maine, Plymouth Colony, court, natuaralizations, divorces, probate, name changes, and state institutions.<br>
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| *[http://www.masshist.org/ Massachusetts Historical Society], has personal papers of families who lived in Massachusetts.<br>
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| *[http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2terminal&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Consumer&L2=Basic+Needs&L3=Vital+Records&sid=Eeohhs2&b=terminalcontent&f=dph_vital_records_c_genealogical&csid=Eeohhs2 Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics], keeps births, marriages, and deaths.<br>
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| *[http://lib.harvard.edu/libraries/listings_alpha.html Harvard University Libraries], history, Afro-American studies, and women's history libraries.<br>
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| *[http://www.congregationallibrary.org/ Congregational Library], church and mission records, histories, sermons, 25,000 obituaries.
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| *[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.
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| *[http://www.massog.org/index.html Massachusetts Society of Genealogists], Ashland, is an educational organization.<br>
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| *[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.
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| *[http://www.springfieldmuseums.org/the_museums/ct_valley_history/ Connecticut Valley Historical Museum], local archives, French Canadian, Irish, African American.
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| *[http://library.mysticseaport.org/home.cfm Mystic Seaport Museum], Mystic, Connecticut, has steamship photos, logbooks, and crew lists.<br>
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