Sources

Institutions:

Archives
Book Catalogs
Family History Centers
Genealogical Societies
Libraries
Metadata Catalogs
Magazines
National Archives
Newspapers
Periodical Source Index (PERSI)
Private Organizations and Societies
Repositories

Records:

Adoption records
Alien Files
Baptisms/Christening records
Bar and bat Mitzvah records
Biographies
Birth records
Books
Business Announcements
Business Associations
Cemetery records
Census records
Certifications
Church records
Civil Offices
Corporation Commission records
County records
County surname collections
Criminal records
Death records
Deeds
Diaries
DNA testing records
Educational Institutions
Emigration records
Family Bibles
Funeral records
Genealogical Societies
Gravestones (e.g. Find a grave)
Handwriting analysis
Historical documents
Historical Societies
Immigration records
Historic Maps
Internet
Land records
LDS Family History Libraries
Legal Organization creation documents
Legal records
Libraries
Local histories (city and county)
Marriage banns
Marriage records
Microfilm
Microfiche
Migration Paths
Military records
National Archives
Naturalization records
Newspapers
Obituaries
Occupation records
On-line repositories
Oral interviews
Parish Registers
Passenger lists
Passports
Pedigrees
Poor house records
Probate records
Professional Certifications
Trust documents
Obituaries
Pardons
Passport records
Pension records
Periodicals
Phone books
Professional Genealogists
Probate
Ship crew lists
Ships logs
Social Media Groups
Social Security records (death index)
State Death Indexes
Survey records
Tribal records
University degrees
Yearbooks
Visa records
Vital records
Voter registrations
Water Department records (water rights)
Wills

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