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Resource Links
VA Historic Landmarks Register
This link accesses the Virginia Department of Historic Resources database that houses the cemetery listing for the Virginia Landmarks Register. It also serves as a portal to the rest of the listings in the State of Virginia.
Allen County Public Library - Fort Wayne, Indiana
The Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, boasts one of the largest genealogy collections in the U.S. Their website offers resources for starting family history research, a free searchable database, links to digitized books, and a catalog to locate items available at the library. This link take you directly to the genealogy home page.
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Database
This site is maintained by the National Park Service and contains a plethora of additional links to access just about anything civil war. It goes far beyond being a name database.
Freedmen's Bureau Search Portal
The Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal provides unprecedented opportunities for family historians and genealogists to search for their ancestors and for scholars to research a variety of topics related to slavery and Reconstruction in the Freedmen’s Bureau records.
JewishGen - The Global Home For Jewish Genealogy
JewishGen is a valuable resource for tracing Jewish ancestry, offering over 20 million records globally. The site includes a beginner’s guide, an online genealogy course, discussion groups, and family finder registration to connect people researching similar family histories. Databases available: Jewish family trees, community records, burial registries, Holocaust data, and various country-specific records, including birth, marriage, death, military, and census data.
Library of Congress
This link is for the main page. From there the user can go anywhere on the site.
Library of Virginia - Chancery Records Database and More
The Chancery Records Index (CRI) is a result of archival processing and indexing projects overseen by the Library of Virginia (LVA) and funded, in part, by the Virginia Circuit Court Records Preservation Program (CCRP). Each of Virginia's circuit courts created chancery records that contain considerable historical and genealogical information.
Library of Virginia - Birth, Marriage, & Death Records
An overview of vital records (birth, marriage, and death records) held by Library of Virginia and other repositories