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Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:21 am
Some of the best and often overlooked resources...
are located in the State Archives. Each state has one of these. It is a central repository for state records and there are a vast amount of records stored in each of them. These contain a wealth of information. All of the ones I have visited have all their holdings indexed and readily available to locate for you along with a staff who prove to be extremely helpful. A visit to the state archives where you are searching will usually turn up "pay dirt". Be prepared to spend some time digging though. Don't try to do it all in one day. If possible, give yourself at least 2 or 3 days to become acquainted with the records and sift through them.
Many of them have searchable records online. Here is a list of links to all of them for your convenience.
* Alabama State Archives
* Alaska State Archives
* Arizona State Archives
* Arkansas State Archives
* California State Archives
* Colorado State Archives
* Connecticut State Archives
* Delaware State Archives
* Florida State Archives
* Georgia State Archives
* Hawaii State Archives
* Idaho State Archives
* Illinois State Archives
* Indiana State Archives
* Iowa State Archives
* Kansas State Archives
* Kentucky State Archives
* Louisiana State Archives
* Maine State Archives
* Maryland State Archives
* Massachusetts State Archives
* Michigan State Archives
* Minnesota State Archives
* Mississippi State Archives
* Missouri State Archives
* Montana State Archives
* Nebraska State Archives
* Nevada State Archives
* New Hampshire State Archives
* New Mexico State Archives
* New Jersey State Archives
* New York State Archives
* North Carolina State Archives
* North Dakota State Archives
* Ohio State Archives
* Oklahoma State Archives
* Oregon State Archives
* Pennsylvania State Archives
* Rhode Island State Archives
* South Carolina State Archives
* South Dakota State Archives
* Tennessee State Archives
* Texas State Archives
* Utah State Archives
* Vermont State Archives
* Virginia State Archives
* Washington State Archives
* West Virginia State Archives
* Wisconsin State Archives
* Wyoming State Archives
* NARA - National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.censusdiggins.com/state_archives.htm
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SweetnSleuthy General Private Eye
Joined: 03 Mar 2007
Posts: 6
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Posted:
Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:08 am
Thanks for taking the time to post these, but they're not clickable links and don't give the URL, and when I click on the link at the bottom of the post it tells me the page doesn't exist. I have enabled HTML... am I doing something wrong?
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