Here are some links to websites to help in your historical research.
Documenting the Lineage for DAR – This document describes what information is needed in addition to a list of useful websites.
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- Ancestry.com – This site can provide a variety of records such as birth, marriage, death, census, wills, and tombstones.
- Atlas of Historical Counties
- Early Vital Records of Massachusetts – This site is an ongoing effort to transcribe early vital record documents within Massachusetts from 1600 to 1850.
- Familysearch.org – Birth, marriage, death records, and census records can be found on this website.
- Findagrave.com – This site provides many photographs of tombstones. The information on the stones can be used as a source but the memorial information cannot as it may not be verified.
- Fold3 – Historical military records
- Genealogy Trails
- General Land Office Records – This site provides live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States.
- Hathi Trust Digital Library – This site contains local histories and family histories in digital format.
- Internet Archive – This site contains many online books including genealogies and vital records.
- Library of Archives Canada
- Library of Congress – This has several newspaper you can search for free.
- Maine Genealogy – This site provides information on towns and counties.
- Massachusetts State Library – This site provides the Massachusetts Soldier and Sailors in the American Revolution volumes.
- National Archives – A list of searchable databases.
- Randymajors.com – This site is useful as a way to identify what county the town was in on a specific date.
- Tombstone Birth Date Calculator
- 100 Top Genealogy Websites
- Miscellaneous NH Revolutionary Documents
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