Specialized U.S. Genealogy Reference Sites 🇺🇸

This collection focuses on academic resources, pre-Revolutionary War research (Colonial and Early American periods), and specialized genealogical portals for key ethnic groups who shaped the early United States, particularly Germanic, Jewish, and Francophone communities.

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Academic & Institutional Research Centers 🏛️

• Newberry Library, Chicago (Renowned for Native American, Midwest, and New England collections)
• National Genealogical Society (NGS) (Publisher of standards and research guides)
• Introduction to family history research in the United States (UNC Course Material)
• FamilySearch Research Wiki - United States (Best academic-level resource guide for US records)
• HathiTrust Digital Library (Access to digitized historical county/state histories and academic books)

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Colonial & Pre-Revolutionary War Genealogy 📜

• Early Colonial Records (FamilySearch Wiki Guide) (Guide to records before 1790)
• New England Historical Genealogical Society (NEHGS) - AmericanAncestors (Leading society for New England and early American research)
• New England Historical Genealogical Register Online (FamilySearch Wiki Guide to NEHGR)
• New England and New York Colonial American Genealogy
• Maryland State Archives (Holds extensive colonial-era land, probate, and government records)
• New Early Settlers of Maryland Query (Land records index)
• The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut
• Virginia Colonial Records Project (Guide to records filmed in the UK relating to early Virginia)

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Specialized Ethnic Groups (Germanic, Jewish, Francophone) 🤝

• Germanic & Pennsylvania Dutch:
  • The Pennsylvania German Society (PGS) (Key resource for early German settlement in PA)
  • Palatines to America (PAL-AM) (Focus on Rhine/Palatine emigration)
• Jewish:
  • JewishGen (The primary global resource for Jewish genealogy, databases, and projects)
  • American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) (Focus on Jewish experience in the US)
• Francophone (French-Canadian, Acadian, Huguenot):
  • American-French Genealogical Society (AFGS) (Focus on migration from Quebec to New England)
  • Huguenot Society of America (Research on French Protestants fleeing to the US)

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State & Local Society References

• Maryland Genealogical Society
• Clinton County NY Genealogy (Local resource)
• Northern New York Tombstone Project (Local resource)
• Iowa County History (IAGenWeb Local)

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Credits

Compiled by Mark Rabideau, Opa & Professional Genealogist.