Vital and Church Records

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Vital Information without Vital Registration—Marriage & Death Records

Locating Church Records

Checking All Church Records

Early Vital Records of Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties, MA to about 1850

Tracing Ancestors through Church Records

Genealogical Records: PA Colonial Records, 1600s-1800s

State Vital Records Offices Contact Information

State Genealogy Records

Locating and Using Religious Records for Family History

The Basics of Using Federal Census Records

Canadian Census and Naturalization Records

Civil War Pension Index Cards Available Online, Another Census Records Online Database, and more!

Land Records: What You Can Learn, and Some Pitfalls to Avoid

BLM Records Now Available on CD-ROM

Naturalization Records

Compiling Property Records

Passenger Arrival Records

Creating a Life Sketch with Military Pension Records

Bible Records from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections on CD-ROM

Compiled Service Records: Revolutionary War Period, 1775-83

Latter-day Saint Records

Relationships in Probate Records

Land Records Online

Baptism and Christening Records

Using Organizational Records in Family History

Birth Records, Old and New

Original German Records at the Family History Library

Looking for Records of Transportation to America Before 1776

Your Search for U.S. Marriage Records

National Church Repositories

Clues In What The Records Don't Say

Finding Answers in U.S. Census Records

Find Your Ancestors' Military Records

Civil War Service Records

Revolutionary War Service Records, 1775-83