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Wisconsin history, current museum exhibits and historic Wisconsin places

Now supported by Ancestry.com, this free genealogy resource includes search engines, databases, family trees, mailing lists and message boards. The site also hosts other volunteer projects.

Directory of genealogy links for the United States and a worldwide surname index.

Nearly 300,000 links related to genealogy, organized by category. Continually updated and expanded.

Links to state genealogy websites and helpful information for researchers such as caring for, repairing and preserving old documents, books and photographs.

Resources for the genealogist from U.S. National Archives, which oversees the management of all federal records.

More than two million images of land patent records from 1820-1908.

Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System National Park Service’s database of more than six million Civil War soldiers and sailors.

How to obtain birth, death, marriage and divorce records from each state.