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USA Census & Electoral Rolls

1940 United States Federal CensusFree	134,473,508
1930 United States Federal Census	124,963,076
1920 United States Federal Census	107,634,003
1910 United States Federal Census	93,627,808
1900 United States Federal CensusUpdated	77,277,539
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USA Birth, Marriage & Death, including Parish

Social Security Death Index	93,219,307
United States Obituary Collection	26,450,873
Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2012Free	15,446,699
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006	6,402,239
U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection	2,057,709
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USA Military

U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1958Free	39,841,896
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949Free	33,037,784
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918Free	24,034,495
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010	14,465,020
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946Free	8,369,212
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USA Immigration & Travel

U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)Free	5,823,392
Border Crossings: From Mexico to U.S., 1895-1964	5,600,264
Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1954	4,859,493
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s	4,838,517
U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995	2,494,757
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USA Newspapers & Periodicals

Historic Catalogs of Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1896-1993	252,502
U.S., African American Newspapers, 1829-1947Free	210,524
U.S., "Happy Days" Newspaper of the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1940	0
OSIA News (Order Sons of Italy in America), 1953-1995	3,792
Italian America Magazine (Order Sons of Italy in America), 1996-2009	1,598
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USA Pictures

Library of Congress Photo Collection, 1840-2000	615,248
U.S., Historical PostcardsFree	115,977
Selected U.S. Headstone Photos	94,225
U.S. Family Photo Collection, c. 1850-2000	16,935
U.S. Civil War Photos, 1860-1865	6,846
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USA Schools, Directories & Church Histories

U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989	1,051,103,051
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1	418,691,767
U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2	402,474,586
U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002	313,281,534
U.S. School Yearbooks	211,636,940
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USA Tax, Criminal, Land & Wills

U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918	8,850,878
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909	3,577,054
U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907	2,340,335
U.S., Freedmen Bureau Records of Field Offices, 1865-1878	514,104
Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1871	114,070
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USA Reference, Dictionaries & Almanacs

PERiodical Source Index	3,014,406
Geographic Reference LibraryFree	1,093,086
Spanish-American Family History Guide	313,616
Family Historian's Address Book	49,015
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, 1806	38,029
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USA Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers

U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918	6,940,589
Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases, 1507-2000	53,408
U.S. Gazetteer, 1854	33,355
U.S. and World Atlases, 1822-1923	8,170
The American Gazetteer, Abridged	4,856
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USA Stories, Memories & Histories

Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI)	5,168,973
American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)	3,685,947
U.S., County and Regional Histories and Atlases, 1804-1984	0
Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Books (152 Vols.)	140,695
Colonial Families in the U.S.	119,967
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