The United States is a country in North America, situated between Canada and Mexico. It consists of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C.), and five major unincorporated territories. Additional links to resources will be added as discovered or as time permits. The photograph was taken in the National Air and Space Museum, in Washington, D.C.

UNITED STATES

WEBSITES:

Digital Public Library of America. Search our collections. https://dp.la/ : accessed 30 March 2024. [Over 45 million records. Search by state,  county, city or any entity. Digital content is defined by type: images, text, moving image, sound, physical object and interactive resource.]

National Center for Health Statistics. Where to Write for Vital Records. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/index.htm : accessed 30 March 2024.

BOOKS:

Greenwood, Val D. (2017) The researcher’s guide to American genealogy. 4th ed. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company. ISBN: 978-0806320063.

Hendrickson, Nancy. (2013) The Genealogist’s U. S. History Pocket Reference. Blue Ash, Ohio: Family Tree Books. ISBN: 978-1-4403-2527-4.

Kyvig, David E., Marty, Myron A., and Cebula, Larry. (2019) Nearby History: exploring the past around you. 4th ed. Lanham, Maryland: Rowfield and Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. ISBN: 978-1-4422-7008-4.

MAPS:

Internet Archive. (1999) David Rumsey Map Collection. https://archive.org/details/david-rumsey-map-collection : accessed 16 April 2024.

The Library of Congress Map Collection. Search Maps. https://www.loc.gov/maps/ : accessed 30 March 2024.

ARKANSAS

WEBSITES:

Arkansas Digital Archives. Map Collectioin Inventory. https://digitalheritage.arkansas.gov/inventories-maps/  : accessed 1 April 2024.

GEORGIA

WEBSITES:

Atlanta History Center Album. Digital Resources of the Kenan Research Center. https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/ : accessed 1 April 2024.

LOUISIANA

WEBSITES:

The Historic New Orleans Collection. Lost Friends: Advertisements from the Southwestern Christian Advocate. https://www.hnoc.org/database/lost-friends/search.php : accessed 30 March 2024.

   MARYLAND

WEBSITES:

Archives of Maryland Online. https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/index.html : accessed 16 April 2024.

Digital Maryland. https://collections.digitalmaryland.org/digital/ : accessed 16 April 2024.

FamilySearch Research Wiki. Maryland, United States Genealogy. https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Maryland,_United_States_Genealogy : accessed 16 April 2024.

Maryland Land Survey, Subdivision, and Condominium Plats. https://plats.msa.maryland.gov/pages/plats.aspx?cid=BC : accessed 16 April 2024. [Change the county from Baltimore City (example) to the county to search].

Maryland Manual Online. Maryland At A Glance: Native Americans. https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/native/html/01native.html : accessed 16 April 2024.

Maryland State Archives. Guide to Government Records. https://guide.msa.maryland.gov/pages/index.aspx : accessed 16 April 2024. [For wills, marriages, and land records, many online].

Maryland State Archives. Guide to Special Collections. https://speccol.msa.maryland.gov/pages/speccol/index.aspx : accessed 16 April 2024.

“Settlers of Maryland, 1679-1783”. Consolidated Edition [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Coldham, Peter Wilson. Settlers of Maryland, 1679-1783. Consolidated Edition. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2002. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/49058/images/FLHG_SettlersMaryland2-0005 : accessed 16 April 2024.

University of Maryland. University Library: Maryland Map Collection. https://digital.lib.umd.edu/mdmap : accessed 16 April 2024.

BOOKS:

Gambrill, John Montgomery. (1904) Leading events of Maryland history; with topical analyses, references, and questions for original thought and research. https://archive.org/details/leadingeventsofm00gamb : : accessed 16 April 2024. [Delivered via Internet Archive].

Gibbs, Dr. Carson. (2005) The New Early Settlers of Maryland. MSA SC 4341. http://earlysettlers.msa.maryland.gov/ : accessed 16 April 2024.

Maryland Historical Magazines. https://archive.org/search?query=Maryland+Historical+Magazine : accessed 16 April 2024. [Delivered via Internet Archive].

Reclaim the Records. Maryland. https://archive.org/search?query=Reclaim+the+Records%2C+Maryland : accessed 16 April 2024. [Delivered via Internet Archive].

Richardson, Hester Dorsey. (1967). Side-lights on Maryland history : with sketches of early Maryland families. https://archive.org/details/sidelightsonmary0001rich : accessed 16 April 2024. [Delivered via Internet Archive].

Skordas, Gus. (1979) The early settlers of Maryland; an index to names of immigrants compiled from records of land patents, 1633-1680, in the Hall of Records, Annapolis, Maryland. https://archive.org/details/earlysettlersofm00skor/page/410/mode/2up?q=Seward : accessed 16 April 2024. [Delivered via Internet Archive].

Works by Bozman, John Leeds . https://archive.org/search?query=Bozman%2C+John+Leeds : accessed 16 April 2024. [Delivered via Internet Archive].

MISSISSIPPI

WEBSITES:

Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Genealogy. https://www.mdah.ms.gov/genealogy : accessed 30 March 2024.

Mississippi State Department of Health. Questions and Answers About Vital Records. https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/31,0,109,76.html : accessed 30 March 2024.

BOOKS:

Reclaim the Records. Mississippi Death Index – 1912-1924 – surnames A-G. https://archive.org/details/Mississippi_Death_Index_1912-1924_A-G/page/n11/mode/1up : accessed 30 March 2024. [Delivered via Internet Archive].

Reclaim the Records. Mississippi Death Index – 1912-1924 – surnames H-Q. https://archive.org/details/Mississippi_Death_Index_1912-1924_H-Q/page/n22/mode/1up : accessed 30 March 2024. [Delivered via Internet Archive].

Reclaim the Records. Mississippi Death Index – 1912-1924 – surnames R-Z. https://archive.org/details/Mississippi_Death_Index_1912-1924_R-Z/page/n11/mode/1up : accessed 30 March 2024. [Delivered via Internet Archive].

MISSOURI

WEBSITES:

Missouri Secretary of State. Missouri Digital Heritage. https://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/browse?id=All : accessed 30 March 2024.

The State Historical Society of Missouri. Digital Collections. https://digital.shsmo.org/ : accessed 30 March 2024.

PENNSYLVANIA

WEBSITES:

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Vital Statistics Records. https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Vital-Statistics.aspx : accessed 30 March 2024.

Pennsylvania Annual Reports on Mining Activities. Search by Years. http://www.coalmininghistorypa.org/ : accessed 30 March 2024.

TENNESSEE

WEBSITES:

TeVA – Tennessee Virtual Archive. All Collections. https://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/customizations/global/pages/index.html : accessed 30 March 2024.

TeVA – Tennessee Virtual Archive. Maps at the Library & Archives. https://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/customizations/global/pages/collections/maps/maps.html : accessed 30 March 2024.

Tennessee Secretary of State. Tennessee State Library and Archives Catalog. https://tnsla.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/tnslapublic : accessed 30 March 2024.

VIRGINIA

WEBSITES:

Library of Virginia. Genealogy Discussion Groups. https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/elect_discuss.asp : accessed 30 March 2024.

Library of Virginia. Research Guides and Indexes. https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/ : accessed 30 March 2024.

BOOKS:

Foley, Louise Pledge Heath. (1974) Early Virginia families along the James River : their deep roots and tangled branches.  https://archive.org/details/earlyvirginiafam0000fole : accessed 30 March 2024. [Delivered via Internet Archive].

McAllister, J. T. (1913) Virginia militia in the Revolutionary War : McAllister’s data. https://archive.org/details/militiaintherevolu00mcalrich/page/n7/mode/2up : accessed 30 March 2024. [Delivered via Internet Archive].

The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Prince George County Records. https://archive.org/details/jstor-4241962/mode/2up : accessed 30 March 2024. [Delivered via Internet Archive].