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17,000 published '''genealogies''' of New England and colonial America, and British gentry and nobility. Church, town, county, and state '''histories''', from all parts of America, Canada, and the British Isles, including comprehensive New England town histories. Ancestry and HeritageQuest subscriptions for '''census''' indexes, all federal census microfilms 1790-1850, and Midwest states to 1880; book indexes through 1850 and most of 1860. 1855 and 1865 Illinois '''state censuses''', and scattered other states and Canadian provinces. Birth, marriage, death, probate, deeds, court, tax, and cemetery abstracts and indexes from the Mississippi Valley to the eastern seaboard, Canada, and British Isles. American Civil War '''military''' unit histories, rosters and pension lists of colonial wars through the Civil War, and scattered records from later wars. Internet '''database subscriptions''' including Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest On-line, IrishOrigins.com, New England Ancestors, and Footnote.com. American, Canadian, and British '''periodicals''' and the [[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)]].