With more than one and a half billion names in over 4,000 databases, Ancestry Library Edition includes records from the United States Census; military records; court, land, and probate records; vital and church records; directories; passenger lists; primary-source document images (including the US Federal census); and a variety of genealogical research features. Further highlights are: An Immigration Collection that includes the New York Passenger Lists for 1820-1891; The American Genealogical-Biographical Index; The Civil War Research Database; the Civil War Service Records and the Civil War Pension Index; The Social Security Death Index; Massachusetts Town Vital Records Collection; Texas Land Title Abstracts; World War I Draft Registration Cards; World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas; Public Member Trees; U.S. City Directories; and School Lesson Plans.

An index to nearly 12 million biographical sketches in more than 2,700 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world. Searching Biography and Genealogy Master Index enables you to quickly determine which publication to consult for biographical information. For each individual, BGMI provides name, date of birth (and death), and the names and dates of biographical source publications that contain information about the individual. Use Thomson Gale PowerSearch to search across multiple Gale collections of periodical, book, and reference content.
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Findmypast.com is a family history and genealogy website and one of the leading suppliers of online family history records. Findmypast was the first company in the world to publish the complete birth, marriage and death indexes for England & Wales online and continues to lead the way in online genealogy, working in partnership with leading organisations around the world. The site currently offers access to a collection of over 2 billion historical records covering the United States, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and other parts of the globe. These records are of great interest not only to anyone researching their family tree, but also to people interested in social and local history.

Contains primary source documents from the holdings of the United States National Archives relating to all aspects of American history, from the Revolutionary War, to the Civil War, WWI, WWII, Presidents, historical newspapers and naturalization documents. Highlights include Papers of the Continental Congress (1774-89), records of the Constitutional Convention, the Matthew B. Brady Collection of Civil War Photographs, and the Investigative Case Files of the Bureau of Investigation, 1908-1922.

A growing collection of research material for tracing family history and American culture. It includes the Periodicals Source Index (PERSI) which is a comprehensive subject index covering more than 6,500 genealogy and local history periodicals written in English and French (Canada) since 1800. PERSI provides the researcher the ability to search on surnames, locations, and methodologies as well as the ability to browse the journals by title and keyword. There are more than 1.6 million article citations currently available. Updated annually.