Interactive Immigration Map

Here is a link to a new interactive map showing immigration data (taken from the U.S. census) from 1880 to 2000. Click on the time line across the top of the screen to change the year, and click on the box at the top left to select a foreign-born group and see how they settled across the United States.

Interactive Immigration Map

Maryland Resources

Submitted by Ilene Shipman

Large Collections

Maryland State Archives

http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/homepage/html/refserv.html

Good jumping-off page for Maryland Archives:

http://guide.mdsa.net/viewer.cfm?page=topviewed

County formation list:

http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/html/counties.html

Cyndi’s List -- Maryland Page -- Extensive list of Maryland sites

http://www.cyndislist.com/md.htm

Enoch Pratt Free Library -- “Maryland Department”

http://www.prattlibrary.org/findanswers/subjects/guide.aspx?id=27140

Land Records

http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/genealogy/html/land.html

Maryland Land Records (email for password)

www.mdlandrec.net

Maps

County formation maps for Maryland

http://www.familyhistory101.com/maps/md_cf.html

Maps of early Maryland counties

http://jrshelby.com/hcl/md.htm

Historical maps of Maryland

http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/us_states/maryland/index_Before1875.html

Historical maps of Maryland’s Eastern Shore

http://www.mikehitch.com/1876maps.htm

1895 US Map -- Maryland

http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/MD/state.htm

Historical maps of Baltimore, Annapolis, Hagerstown and U.S. Naval Academy

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/maryland.html

1914 County Maps by State

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shastaca/maps_index.html

Historical Societies

Maryland Historical Society: links to county historical societies, “Sailor” (MD’s public info link), and other historical sites.

http://www.mdhs.org/library/research_Links.html

List of county historical societies and county-based genealogical societies

http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/html/societies.html

Maryland Birth, Marriage and Death Records

Vital records before 1924

http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/html/vrwebannounce_oct.html

Vital records after1925 to the present are available from the Department of Health & Mental Hygiene:

http://www.dhmh.state.md.us/lifeevents/birth&deathcert.htm

Available at www.ancestry.com:

Index of Marriage Licenses, Prince George's County, Maryland 1777-1886

Index to Marriages and Deaths in the Baltimore Sun 1837-1850

Index to Marriages and Deaths in the Baltimore Sun 1851-1860

Marriage Licenses of Caroline County, Maryland, 1774-1815

Marriage Notices, 1785-1794

Marriages and Deaths from Baltimore Newspapers, 1796-1816

Marriages and Deaths from the Maryland Gazette, 1727-1839

Maryland and South Carolina Lutheran Newspapers, Marriages and Deaths

Maryland Marriages, 1634-1777

Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850

Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899

Maryland Marriages, 1778-1800

Military Records

http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/html/military.html

Miliatry page at MD Archives:

http://guide.mdsa.net/viewer.cfm?page=military

Newspapers

Maryland newspapers 1775 – present

Genealogybank.com

http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/sourcelist/#Maryland

Immigration

Ancestry> Immigration > Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948

Comprehensive list of Maryland immigration and emigration

www.ancestry.com/search/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&p=23&categoryFilterID=40&showPaging=true&recordCount=50&firstRecord=1

Cemeteries

http://www.cyndislist.com/md.htm#Records

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cemetery/maryland/maryland.html

List of cemeteries in Maryland

http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localSearch.php?state=21&locTGroup=Cemeteries&searchStr=&sec=0&destType=&Submit=Search&searchType=0

AfricanAmerican cemeteries in Maryland

http://africanamericancemeteries.com/md/

Catholic cemeteries

Note: Currently, only All Saints Cemetery is in the database.
Cathedral and Gate of Heaven will be coming soon.

http://www.cdow.org/cssaints.html

More Catholic cemeteries -- covers Delaware and parts of Maryland

http://www.cdow.org/cemeteries.html

Find a Grave – Maryland

http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=state&FSstateid=22

North Carolina Resources

Contributed by Jim Clark

Birth

http://birthdatabase.net/northcarolina/birth-records.htm

http://www.vitalrec.com/nc.html#State

http://vitalrecords.dhhs.state.nc.us/vr/index.html

http://www.familybirthrecords.com/state.asp?state=NC

Marriage

http://www.familymarriagerecords.com/state.asp?state=NC

http://www.genwed.com/state/ncgen.htm

http://www.genealogybranches.com/northcarolina.html

http://www.allvitalrecords.com/index.asp?state=NC

Death

http://www.findagrave.com/php/famous.php?page=state&FSstateid=29

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jentaylor/Cemetery.html

http://www.cemeterysurveysinc.com/

http://www.savinggraves-us.org/nc/index.htm

http://www.idreamof.com/cemetery/nc.html

http://www.deathindexes.com/northcarolina/index.html

Census and Directories

http://www.censusfinder.com/north_carolina.htm

http://www.us-census.org/search.html

http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp

http://www.censusrecords.net/states/northcarolina.html

Immigration and Naturalization

http://vzone.virgin.net/alan.tupman/sites/irp1.htm#portland

http://vzone.virgin.net/alan.tupman/sites/irp10.htm - ladywash

http://vzone.virgin.net/alan.tupman/sites/irp3.htm#alexis

http://distantcousin.com/Links/ships/

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ote/caroship.htm

http://thegenealogyspot.com/ShipsLists-Online/usa/north-carolina.html

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TheShipsList/1999-04

Land and Military

http://www.ncarchives.dcr.state.nc.us/?site=raleigh

http://usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm

http://www.land-records.com/land-records/north-carolina-land-records.htm

http://www.genealogylinks.net/usa/north-carolina/north-carolina-military.htm

http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/military.htm

Newspapers and Maps

http://www.theoldentimes.com/old_news_nc.html

http://www.ncgenweb.us/catawba/countyfm.htm

http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/us_states/northcarolina/index.html

http://www.lib.unc.edu/dc/ncmaps/

http://www.tngenweb.org/maps/ncscga.htm

Maps

Map Collection of the Library of Congress

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html

This site contains a wide variety of maps including: Panoramic, Military Battles and Campaigns, Transportation, Cities, Counties, Surveys & Cultural Maps

Map Collections available on Ancestry.com

U.S. County Land Ownership Atlases, c. 1864-1918

Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases, 1507-2000

U.S. Map Collection, 1513-1990

Sample State Map Resources

Look for Plat Books and Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps in the state and county you are researching.

Missouri Plat Books 1930

Missouri Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

Utah Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

Wisconsin Plat Maps - South Central Counties

General United States Map Resources

U.S. County Maps 1914

Historic U.S Census Maps

Links to rotating animated maps showing all the county boundries for each census year overlayed with past and present maps so you can see the changes in county boundries.
http://www.familyhistory101.com/map_census.html

Historic U.S. County Maps
Links to rotating animated maps showing all the county boundry changes for each year overlayed with past and present maps so you can see the changes in county boundries and State Department of Transportation Maps.
http://www.familyhistory101.com/map_county.html

Google Maps

http://maps.google.com/

State and Local Newspaper Resources

This is just a sampling of state and local newspapers images and indexes. Look for similar resources for your area of research.

Directory of Historical Newspapers on the Internet

Utah Digital Newspapers

Colorado Historic Newspapers

Includes 147 newspapers published in Colorado from 1859 to 1923

Northern New York Newspapers

The online collection currently consists of more than 1,300,000 pages from thirty-five newspapers covering seven counties.

Alaska Newspapers Index

Sixteen newspapers from 8 locations have been indexed in this online collection. The dates range from 1901 through 1999.

Index to Selected Missouri Newspapers

Williard, Ohio Library - Index of Birth Notices and Obituaries

Locating Newspapers Online and Offline

Library of Congress: Chronicling America

Digital newspapers for 1880-1910 from California, District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.

http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/search_fulltext_advanced.html

Library of Congress -- Chronicling of America

Find information about newspapers published in the United States from 1690 to the present in the Chronicling of America Directory. Enter a state and county and pull up a list of newspapers for that area. Click on the holdings link to see where the newspapers are held in original and microfilm versions.

http://www.loc.gov/chroniclingamerica/search_directory_advanced.html

Newspaper Abstracts

This volunteer project includes nearly 52,000 pages of abstracts and extracts from historical newspapers, with an emphasis on items of interest to genealogists. The real value of the site is that it lists by state which newspapers are digitized at each of the major subscription websites. http://www.newspaperabstracts.com

Online Newspapers

Directory by state of current newspaper websites.

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/usstate/usatable.htm

Old Newspapers Archives by State

Links to each state's old newspaper archive project.

http://www.obituarieshelp.org/old_newspapers_archives_state.html

Digital Newspapers Online

Genealogy Bank (subscription)

Historical Newspapers (1690-1980) Search over 144 million historical newspaper articles and find obituaries, birth & marriage notices. http://www.genealogybank.com

Newspaper Archive (subscription)

Search over 3.06 billion names in over 1.02 billion articles. Coverage includes 3,086 titles in 778 cities. http://www.newspaperarchive.com/ (also available at www.worldvitalrecords.com )

Ancestry.com -- Historic Newspaper and Obituary Collections (subscription)

http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=38

SmallTown Newspapers

Over 250 small town newspapers you can browse or search from 1865 to the present.

www.smalltownpapers.com (also available on www.footnote.com)

Early American Newspapers, Series I, 1690-1876

19th Century U.S. Newspapers

Access available through The New England Historic Genealogical Society (subscription)

http://www.newenglandancestors.org/database_search/2213.asp

Obituaries Online

GenealogyBank (subscription)

America’s Obituaries (1977 – Current) Over 30 million obituaries make this the most complete collection online. www.genealogybank.com

Newspaper Obituaries

Recent U.S. Newspapers obituaries and death notices are available online for public access. Each newspaper has different policies for accessing their obituaries and death notices. The newspaper obituaries are categorized by state.

http://www.obituarieshelp.org/newspaper_obituaries.html

Legacy.com

Obituaries from more than 700 newspapers in the U.S. and around the world. Current obituaries are free, archived obituaries cost $2.95. www.legacy.com

Ancestry.com Obituary Collection

This database is a compilation of obituaries published in U.S. newspapers, collected from various online sources. http://www.ancestry.com/search/obit/

Finding Family in the Military

Taken from the Family Tree Magazine War Service Records Guide available at: http://www.familytreemagazine.com/upload/images/PDF/warreference.pdf

Military Records Online

This is a comparison of a few of the military records available at Ancestry.com and Footnote.com. See the websites for a complete listing of all the military records available.

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System is a computerized database containing very basic facts about 6.3 million servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War. Other information includes histories of regiments and links to descriptions of 384 significant battles of the war.

Sample of State Military records and indexes:

Virginia Military Records

Illinois Military Databases

Missouri Military Records