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[http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm ''NPS Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database'']  1861–1865 index of Union and Confederate veterans, giving the regiment, company, rank, and film number.  
[http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm ''NPS Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database'']  1861–1865 index of Union and Confederate veterans, giving the regiment, company, rank, and film number.  


''[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''].  
''[https://www.libertyellisfoundation.org/ 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 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.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''  
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[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html ''United States National Archives'']  Supplemental resources for genealogists and access to various databases.  
[http://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/index.html ''United States National Archives'']  Supplemental resources for genealogists and access to various databases.  


''[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov United States&nbsp;General Land Office (GLO) Records]&nbsp; ''Contains image access to more than 5 million federal land title records issued between 1820 and the present,''&nbsp;''and also includes<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;survey plats, land status records, and the control document index.</span><br>  
''[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov United States&nbsp;General Land Office (GLO) Records]&nbsp; ''Contains image access to more than 5 million federal land title records issued between 1820 and the present,''&nbsp;''and also includes<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">&nbsp;survey plats, land status records, and the control document index.</span><br>


=== Other Databases  ===
=== Other Databases  ===