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**[http://worldcat.org/advancedsearch '''''WorldCatalog Advanced Search''''']. In the '''''Subject''''' field enter the surname and “family” like this, '''Greenwell family'''. This searches the catalogs and displays the results from thousands of North American libraries at once. | **[http://worldcat.org/advancedsearch '''''WorldCatalog Advanced Search''''']. In the '''''Subject''''' field enter the surname and “family” like this, '''Greenwell family'''. This searches the catalogs and displays the results from thousands of North American libraries at once. | ||
**'''''Periodical Source Index (PERSI)''''' [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/persi/search/people '''''People Search'''''] for a family name in over a million article titles in genealogical periodicals. | **'''''Periodical Source Index (PERSI)''''' [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/persi/search/people '''''People Search'''''] for a family name in over a million article titles in genealogical periodicals. | ||
*<div>''Local histories'' | *<div>''Local histories'' often include individual family histories. Find county or town histories in the Family History Library Catalog Place Search under [STATE, COUNTY] — HISTORY, or [STATE, COUNTY, TOWN] — HISTORY.</div> | ||
*<div>''Manuscript collections'' of family information.</div> | *<div>''Manuscript collections'' of family information.</div> | ||
*<div>Hereditary and lineage ''society records''.</div> | *<div>Hereditary and lineage ''society records''.</div> | ||
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*<div>All jurisdictions that may have kept records about him or her (town, church, county, state, and federal).</div> | *<div>All jurisdictions that may have kept records about him or her (town, church, county, state, and federal).</div> | ||
Most record types described in this portal are original records, such as “[[ | Most record types described in this portal are original records, such as “[[Tracing Immigrants Arrival Church Records|Church Records]],” “[[Tracing Immigrants Arrival Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]],” “[[Tracing Immigrants Arrival Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization]],” or “[[Tracing Immigrants Arrival Vital Records|Vital Records]].” | ||
== '''''Reference Tools''''' == | == '''''Reference Tools''''' == | ||