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U.S. Genealogy Resources
Guide picks
The very best of the genealogy resource sites with a national focus. Begin your search here no matter what area of the US you are researching.

U.S. State Resources
A resource page for each of the 50 U. S. States containing links and articles on everything from how to obtain vital records to mailing lists to query pages and lookup volunteers.

Daughters of the American Revolution
An organization of women who can prove lineal, blood line, descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence. A huge library of genealogy books is open to members and non-members.

FamilySearch
  The launching of this Web site of the LDS church Family History Centers in 1999 was one of the most anticipated events in online genealogy.  Search the Ancestral File, IGI, Source Guide™ , and Family History Library Catalog™.

Library of Congress
This digital collection encompasses millions of records, including its entire card catalog; THOMAS, a congressional database; major exhibitions; and images from the map, photographic, manuscript and film collections.

National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections
An online index to millions of contributed, unpublished documents which can be an extremely valuable source of genealogical information.

Repositories of Primary Sources
Repositories, including Western US, Eastern US (A-M), and Eastern US (N-Z), with descriptions of  holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar.

Upcoming Genealogical Events
This is a calendar of genealogical events for 2000-2001. You can review events that are already listed here or have your own event added to the list.

USGenWeb
A wonderful all-volunteer system of county-centered online information including census, vital records, queries, surname listings, publications, associations and libraries, lookup volunteers, and more!

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