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Genealogy

Genealogy is like a Jigsaw Puzzle

Get a headstart on exploring your family history by viewing the attached PowerPoint slides.

Genealogy

Lists of Best Sites

Vital Records

Obituaries, Cemetery Records and War Records

Casualties World War II
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
Dead Fred
(free genealogical family photo album)
Find a Grave
Genealogy Research in Military Records (National Archives)
Headstone Hunter
I Dream of Genealogy (cemeteries)
Interment.net: Cemeteries & Cemetery Records
JewishGen.org (burial registry)
Legacy.com U.S. Newspaper Obituaries
List of Japanese Prisoner of War Camps (WWII)
National Gravesite Locator (U.S. Department of Defense)
National WWII Memorial Registry
Obituary Central
Obituary Daily Times
Online Searchable Death Indexes and Records
Political Graveyard
Find information and graves for U.S. politicians, judges, diplomats, etc.
Social Security Death Index (Stephen Morse One-Step Index)
South Florida VA National Cemetery
U.S. Navy Memorial - The Navy Log

National, State, Regional and Local Genealogical Societies

E-Journal and Blog Sites

Online Databases and Search Engines

Google Books

Historical Statistics of the United States

Searchable Naturalization Indexes & Records

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