Primary Sources Online

States A - I

Alabama

ü      Baldwin County Marriage License Index 1990s-present  http://www.deltacomputersystems.com/AL/AL05/mllinkquerya.html

ü      Jefferson County Marriages 1815-1899 http://rootsweb.com/~aljeffer/Marriages.htm?cj=1&o_xid=0000584978&o_lid=0000584978

ü      Madison County Marriage Licenses 1809-1939 not yet complete for all years http://www.co.madison.al.us/mcrc/

ü      Mobile County, Alabama Marriage License Index circa 1840s-present http://www.mobilecounty.org/probatecourt/recordssearch.htm

ü      Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Marriage License Book Index 08-01-1936 to Present  http://www.tuscco.com/SearchCategory.cfm

ü      Bibb County Cemeteries  http://www.rootsweb.com/~albibb/cemeteries/

ü      Jefferson County: Birmingham Area Newspapers Obituaries Index, August 1957-December 1976  http://bpldb.bplonline.org/db/obituaries

ü      Jefferson County: Birmingham Genealogical Society Research Materials includes Angwin Mortuary Index 1906-1975 & Birmingham, Alabama cemeteries

ü      Winston County Death Records, Obituaries & Wills

Online Alabama Death Records from Joel Beine

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

Alaska

  • The Alaska Virtual Library and Digital Archives project now includes over 10,000 items and is continuing to grow. http://vilda.alaska.edu/index.php
  • Alaska Native History and Culture.  The land now known as the state of Alaska has been continuously inhabited by Native peoples for thousands of years. http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm4/pathway.php
  • Movement to Statehood. The United States acquired Alaska in 1867. The territory became the 49th state in 1959. These images document people, events and places in Alaska from the 1860s through the early years of statehood. http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm4/statehood.php

Online Alaska Death Indexes from Joel Beine

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

Arizona

The Arizona Memory Project is an online effort to provide access to the wealth of primary sources in Arizona libraries, archives, museums and other cultural institutions. This initiative provides the opportunity to view some of the best examples of government documents, photographs, maps, and objects that chronicle Arizona's past and present. This link will take you to the main page where you may search for a specific item or choose "collection directory" to browse.  http://azmemory.lib.az.us/

Current Arizona Memory collections:

 Historical Photograph Collection at the Arizona State Archives
Searchable database of photographs primarily pre-1940.    Archives' photographs focus upon the unique cultural heritage of the state and territory of Arizona, beginning in 1863. The collection includes about 130,000 images, including photographs, slides, negatives, glass plate negatives, tintypes, transparencies, postcards and others. Of these 130,000 images, about 33,000 are currently digitized and available on our photograph search page. http://photos.lib.az.us/

Shema Arizona: Arizona Jewish Historical Society Oral History Project  Transcripts of more than 60 oral history interviews detailing the history of migration of Jews to the West in the early 20th century. http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/shema/shema.htm

Arizona Archives Online http://aao.lib.asu.edu/index.html

Arizona Biographical Database
The entries in the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, History and Archives Division Biographical Database refer to persons in books, newspaper articles, periodicals, obituaries and vertical files. http://www.lib.az.us/bio/index.cfm

Arizona Birth, Death, & Marriage Records

Arizona Department of Health Services. Births from 1897 - 1931; Deaths 1878 - 1956  Recently, the Arizona Department of Health Services established a new free genealogy web site.  This genealogy website contains public microfilmed images of county or state issued certificates.   Birth certificates recorded more than 75 years ago or death certificates recorded more than 50 years ago are available as public records.  You can search our public records there and view images of original birth and death certificates in PDF format.  You can then download the image and/or print copies on your own printer.  http://genealogy.az.gov/

Online Arizona Death Indexes from Joel Beine

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


Arkansas

Arkansas Digital Library , a new project, will focus on digitizing the important special collections owned by the colleges and universities in the state. Text, images, three-dimensional objects, and other audio and video collections will be scanned and digitized. By bringing materials such as original diaries, historical maps, and artifacts beyond a format available currently only on-site, a wealth of electronically accessible information will be available to all.  http://www.uark.edu/misc/ardiglib/

University of Arkansas Digital Collections Established in 1967, the special collections department has evolved into the major center for conducting research on all things Arkansas.  It contains more than 1,600 manuscript collections, more than 100,000 photographs, a huge collection of historic maps, an oral and video history program, and the largest collection of publications about Arkansas to be found anywhere. It serves several thousand researchers each year.

http://0-digitalcollections.uark.edu.library.uark.edu/index.html

The Butler Center for Arkansas Studies is dedicated to exploring, preserving, and interpreting the history of Arkansas. Special emphases on genealogy and on African-American, business, cultural, and political history. http://www.cals.lib.ar.us/butlercenter/manuscripts/index.htm

The Encyclopedia of Arkansas is a free, authoritative source of information about the history, geography, and culture of Arkansas. http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/

The Arkansas Digital History Institute was founded to collect and make available to the public digital copies of Arkansans’ most significant historical artifacts. Donations come from everyday Arkansans who have documents, photographs, sound recordings, and video recordings in their possession that they wish to contribute to the historical record and preserve for future generations. All visitors to this website can search the online collection in its entirety. Those who register can download high quality digital copies of all artifacts. This service is free and requires only a valid e-mail address.

 http://adhi.atu.edu/

Online Arkansas Death Indexes from Joel Beine

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

California

The California Digital Library is the University of California's 11th University library

and operates in close collaboration with all UC campuses and their libraries. http://www.cdlib.org/

Online Archive of California (OAC) provides access to materials such as manuscripts, photographs, and works of art held in libraries, museums, archives, and other institutions across California.   http://findaid.oac.cdlib.org/about/oacprojects.html

  California History Online An online guide to over three hundred years of California history. This resource includes over 400 images from our fine arts, library, and photography collections http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/online.html

 The California Underground Railroad Digital archive of newspapers, manuscripts and other material documenting the experiences of African American slaves in California. http://digital.lib.csus.edu/curr/

University of California History Project  "This web source provides access to a growing collection of digitized historical documents, images and materials, along with past and current analysis on the history of the University of California." http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/uchistory/

Calisphere is the University of California's free public gateway to a world of primary sources. More than 150,000 digitized items — including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political cartoons, works of art, diaries, transcribed oral histories, advertising, and other unique cultural artifacts. http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/

Latino Cultural Heritage Digital Archives  This link will take you to the main page where you can choose from any of the following .

 http://digital-library.csun.edu/LatArch/

·        Rodolfo Acuña Papers

·        Antonio and Luz (Mendez) Calvo Family Collection

·        Comisión Femenil San Fernando Valley

·        Community Service Organization (CSO) Papers

·        Culture Clash Collection

·        Frank del Olmo Papers

·        ILWU, Local 13-Henry Gaitan Papers

·        Millie Moser Smith Papers

·        Mothers of East Los Angeles (Madres del Este de Los Angeles) Papers

·        Julian Nava Collection

·        Felipe and Blandina (Guerrero) Rodriguez Family Papers

·        Supreme Council of the Mexican American Movement Papers

·        20 Years of Culture Clash


 Colorado

Colorado State Archive

Search the Historical Records Database by Name, County, Time Span or Record Type (Over 450,000 entries and growing including now the Statewide Divorce Index 1880-1939) http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/hrd/index.htm

Browse the Digital Archives-Original Records Scanned On-line

http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/digital/

Colorado's Historical Newspaper Collection
Digitized collection of more than 80 Colorado newspapers published between 1859 and 1928. http://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/

The Collaborative Digitization Program (CDP) began in the fall of 1998 as the Colorado Digitization Project, funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant through the Colorado State Library. Photographs, maps, documents, sound recordings, objects from museums, libraries, and archives in the west.

http://www.cdpheritage.org/

Fort Collins On-Line History & Architecture Database
Collection of material dealing with Fort Collins history including photographs and buildings. Eventually the site will include city building permits and city directories. http://library.ci.fort-collins.co.us/archive/

Germans From Russia on the Trail to Colorado Collection of oral histories, images and maps detailing this ethnic group in Colorado. http://lib.colostate.edu/gfr/

 History of the American West, 1860-1920
"Over 30,000 photographs, drawn from the holdings of the Western History and Genealogy Department at Denver Public Library." Part of American Memory. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/codhtml/hawphome.html

 Photography Collection at Denver Public Library. Over 120,000 of the images in the collection have been digitized and are available for viewing online in the Digital Image Catalog (formerly Photoswest). The Digital Image Collection consists of prints and negatives that document the history of Colorado and the American West. http://history.denverlibrary.org/images/index.html

Online California Death Indexes from Joel Beine

http://www.deathindexes.com/colorado/index.html
Connecticut

Connecticut vital records information http://www.cslib.org/vitals.htm

 Connecticut State Library Database of individuals listed in State Archives Records   http://www.cslib.org/databases.htm

ü      Court Records

o       Litchfield County Minorities Collection  http://www.cslib.org/LitchfieldMinorities.asp

o       New London County African Americans Collection http://www.cslib.org/NewLondonAA.asp

o       New London County Native Americans Collection  http://www.cslib.org/NewLondonNA.asp

ü      Fitch's Home for Soldiers Database  http://www.cslib.org/fitch.asp
Records relating to Civil War and Spanish American War Veterans

ü      Noble Pension Database  http://www.cslib.org/noble.asp
Records relating to Civil War and Spanish American War Veterans

ü      World War I Veterans Database http://www.cslib.org/ww1.asp
Records relating to Connecticut World War I veterans

ü      Wethersfield Prison Records  http://www.cslib.org/wethers.asp
Records relating to prisoners at the Wethersfield State Prison, 1800-1903

Historical Society Online Exhibits http://www.chs.org/exhib/digexhib.htm

Digital Collections at the University of Connecticut  http://digitalcollections.uconn.edu/   

   Colonial Connecticut Records
Digitized version of the printed colonial records covering 1636-1776 provided by the University of Connecticut Libraries. http://www.colonialct.uconn.edu/

Connecticut History online currently contains about 14,000 images of photographs, drawings and prints which may be searched or browsed in a variety of ways, including by keyword, subject, creator, title and date. http://cthistoryonline.org/

New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut : The Tri-State Region A few big cities -- and many more small towns -- long ago made the Mid-Atlantic states of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut one of the most densely populated regions in North America. This website presents 12,000 photographs of those three states as they were captured in stereoscopic views from the 1850s to the 1910s. In addition to showing buildings and street scenes in cities, towns, and villages the photographs show farming, industry, transportation, homes, businesses, local celebrations, natural disasters, people, and costumes. From New York Public Library. http://digital.nypl.org/dennis/stereoviews/

Online Connecticut Death Indexes from Joel Beine http://www.deathindexes.com/connecticut/index.html

Delaware

Delaware Digital Archives  collection of digital resources includes coroner's inquest, slavery papers, Civil War records, photographs and maps. http://archives.delaware.gov/exhibits/exhibits-toc.shtml

Delaware Vital Statistics http://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/ss/vitalstats.html

The research room staff will undertake searches of indexed births, deaths and marriages . 

Online Delaware Death Indexes from Joel Beine

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

District of Columbia

Digital collections of nine universities  are available from this site: http://www.aladin.wrlc.org/dl/

Online District of Columbia Death Indexes from Joel Beine

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

Florida

The Florida Memory Project Web site presents a selection of digitized historical records that illustrate significant moments in Florida history, education resources for students of all ages and archival collections for historical research. http://www.floridamemory.com/Collections/

ü      Call and Brevard Family Papers

ü      Florida Confederate Pension Application Files

ü      Florida's Early Constitutions

ü      Florida Folklife Collection

ü      Florida Photographic Collection

ü      Spanish Land Grants

ü      World War I Service Cards

PALMM: Publication of Archival, Library & Museum Materials cooperative initiative of the public universities of Florida to provide digital access to important source materials for research and scholarship. Includes Sanborn fire insurance maps for Florida from 1884-1924 http://susdl.fcla.edu/

Online Florida Death Indexes from Joel Beine

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

Georgia

Georgia's Virtual Vault - Digital treasures from the Georgia State Libraries http://content.sos.state.ga.us/cdm4/dmf.php

Digital Library of Georgia Growing digital collection of materials dealing with Georgia history. Current collections cover issues dealing with Native Americans, the Civil War, colonial records and newspapers. 500,000 digital objects in 90 collections from 60 institutions and 100 government agencies  http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/

Online Georgia Death Indexes from Joel Beine

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

Hawaii

 Hawaii Digital Collections

As part of an effort to provide better service to the public, the Hawaii State Archives began digitizing paper records and indexes, and preparing them for Internet access.  Below are collections that have been digitized. http://www.hawaii.gov/dags/archives/digital-collections

ü      Genealogical Indexes, 1848-1917 (Ulukau website)

ü      Government Office Holders 

ü      Mahele Book

ü      Tax Assessment and Collection Ledgers, Hamakua, Island of Hawai‘i, 1863-1864

ü      World War I Service Records

Online Hawaii Death Indexes from Joel Beine

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

Idaho

The Northwest Digital Archives provides information about archival collections at archives in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, and Montana. http://nwda.wsulibs.wsu.edu/

Idaho State historical Society http://www.idahohistory.net/library_collections.html

Online Idaho Death Indexes from Joel Beine

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

Illinois

 IllinoisState Archives Online Databases - one of the most extensive online archives in the country. Many databases include vital records. http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/databases.html

Illinois County Vital Records Web sites and County Clerk Addresses

This is a link to a list of all Illinois counties. Some are linked to Web sites, others have the address and phone number for the county clerk. http://www.idph.state.il.us/vitalrecords/countylisting.htm

 Chicago Historical Society's History Files
History of notable events and characters in Chicago history with narrative, image and bibliography.  http://www.chicagohs.org/history/index.html

 Homicide In Chicago 1870-1930
Searchable database of homicide records, site also highlights 25 "crimes of the century" and provides historical context. http://homicide.northwestern.edu/

 Online Illinois Death Indexes from Joel Beine

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

Indiana

Indiana State Archives  includes several searchable  databases, including Naturalization records, Court records, and Land Records.  http://www.state.in.us/icpr/archives/databases/

Indiana University Digital Library Program Collections  Links to a variety of collections  http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/collections/

Digital Collections of IUPUI University Library  http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/digitalcollections/collections.html

Online Indiana Death Indexes from Joel Beine

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

Iowa

 Iowa Heritage  An online repository of Iowa history and culture created by bringing together in digital form documents, images, maps, finding aids, interpretive and educational materials, and other media from collections held by a wide range of organizations throughout Iowa.  http://iowaheritage.org/

The Iowa Digital Library contains more than 75,000 digital objects—photographs, maps, sound recordings and documents—from libraries and archives at University of Iowa and their partnering institutions. http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/

  Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive
Searchable database of thousands of digital images from local history collections covering the 1860s through the 1950s.  Showcases the Mississippi River region along the Iowa/Illinois border.  http://www.umvphotoarchive.org/

Online Iowa Death Indexes from Joel Beine

http://www.deathindexes.com/iowa/index.html
Primary Sources compiled by Carolyn Paul Branch
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