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 === Nationwide Indexes  ===
+*The [[Ancestral File|Ancestral File]] contains lineages organized into family groups and pedigrees with an every-name index. See FamilySearch™ Internet Genealogy Service - [https://familysearch.org/#form=trees Trees.]
+*The [[Newberry Library|Newberry Library]] of Chicago, Illinois has a collection of thousands of genealogies published before 1917 and includes an [http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/NLindex.html index] available at the library. Coverage is best for New England with secondary coverage for Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic states. Index is also found at the Family History Library {{FHL|130151|item|disp=FHL film 928135–928137; book 973 D22n volumes 1-4}}
-*The [[Ancestral File|Ancestral File]] contains lineages organized into family groups and pedigrees with an every-name index. See FamilySearch™ Internet Genealogy Service - [https://familysearch.org/#form=trees Trees.]
+*The Family History Library has an extensive collection of almost 50,000 published U.S. family histories and newsletters. Copies at the library are listed in the [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog&catSearchType=surname Last names Search] of the Family History Library Catalog. To see a list of the most prominent indexed he Library also has several indexed genealogies
+*Major collections of printed family histories are also found at most of the archives and libraries listed in [[United States Archives and Libraries]]. Most large libraries have indexes and catalogs to published family histories. For a list of the indexes and catalogs available at the Family History Library see the [[United States Genealogy#Family_Histories|Family History]] section of [[United States Genealogy|United States Genealogy]] in the Wiki.
 *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1030 Ancestry.com] ($) Public and Private member trees.
-*[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ World Connect]&nbsp;includes hundreds of thousands of ancestors in pedigrees and family trees with an easy to use index.
+*[http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ World Connect] includes hundreds of thousands of ancestors in pedigrees and family trees with an easy to use index.
-*The Family History Library has an extensive collection of almost 50,000 published U.S. family histories and newsletters.&nbsp; Copies at the library are listed in the&nbsp;[https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog&catSearchType=surname Last names Search] of the Family History Library Catalog.&nbsp; To see a list of the most prominent indexed he Library also has several indexed genealogies
+*Index to [http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/about.html National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)]. "The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, established in 1959, is a cooperative cataloging program in which repositories from all over the United States open to the public report their holdings of manuscript collections to the Library of Congress. Staff members of the Manuscripts Section of the Library's Special Materials Cataloging Division prepare catalog entries for these reports, which are published annually in book form by the Library of Congress"--Index to personal names in the National Union Catalog of manuscript collections, 1959-1984, p. vii.
-*The [[Newberry Library|Newberry Library]] of Chicago, Illinois has a collection of thousands of genealogies published before 1917 and includes an [http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/NLindex.html index] available at the library. Coverage is best for New England with secondary coverage for Midwestern and Mid-Atlantic states. Index is also found at the Family History Library {{FHL|130151|item|disp=FHL film 928135–928137; book 973 D22n volumes 1-4}}
+*Periodical Source Index ([[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)|PERSI]]) ("[[United States Periodicals|Periodicals]]" section. Also available on the Internet at [http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3165 www.Ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3165] for a subscription fee.)
-*Major collections of printed family histories are also found at most of the archives and libraries listed in [[United States Archives and Libraries]]. Most large libraries have indexes and catalogs to published family histories. For a list of the indexes and catalogs available at the Family History Library see the [[United States Genealogy#Family Histories|Family History]] section of [[United_States_Genealogy|United States Genealogy]] in the Wiki.
-*Index to National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) ("[[United States Genealogies|Genealogy]]" section. Also available on the Internet at http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/nucmc.html .)
-*Periodical Source Index ([[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)|PERSI]]) ("[[United States Periodicals|Periodicals]]" section. Also available on the Internet at [http://www.ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3165 www.Ancestry.com/ancestry/search/3165] &nbsp;for a subscription fee.)
 === Statewide Indexes  ===