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U.S. Department of the Interior - BLM - Bureau Of Land Management
  • The Official Federal Land Patent Records Site General Land Office - GLO Records
    1. Provides live database and image access to more than two million Federal land title records for the Eastern Public Land States, issued between 1820 and 1908.



  • The American Immigrant Wall of Honor
  • A searchable database of those who immigrated to any port in the US:
    1. The immigrants name
    2. The immigrants origin
    3. Panel number and location



  • International Society of Sons and Daughters of Slave Ancestry
  • Honoring Our Enslaved Ancestors database may list:
    1. Slave Last Name
    2. Slave First Name
    3. Date of Birth
    4. Town of Birth
    5. State of Birth
    6. Date of Death
    7. Town of Death
    8. State of Death
    9. Slave owner
    10. Short Story
    11. Picture



  • HistoryChannel.com: Veteran's Forum
  • Search Veteran database by:
    1. Name
    2. Military Background



  • African Americans in World War II (scroll)
    1. Homefront
    2. European Theatre
    3. Pacific Theatre



  • Arlington National Cemetery Website Search


  • World War I Draft Registrations at RootsWeb
  • Registrants born 1872-1900 from about 15% of U.S. counties
    1. Name
    2. Birth Date
    3. Ethnic Group
    4. Birth Site or Other Info
    5. City
    6. County
    7. District



    • American Battle Monuments Commission
  • The World War II Honor Roll:
    1. Name
    2. Rank
    3. Serial No.
    4. Date of Death
    5. Cemetery



    • Armenian Genealogical Web Page
  • Armenians recruited in the United States to fight for the French during World War I (scroll):
    1. Sorted by original number assigned by
      the Zoryan Institute.
    2. Sorted by Legionnaire's surname.
    3. Sorted by Legionnaire's place of birth.



  • No Quarter - The VietNam Casualty Search Page
    1. Last Name
    2. First Name
    3. ID Number
    4. Branch of Service, Company, Rank, Grade
    5. Age
    6. Home, State
    7. Case Date
    8. Casualty type
    9. Casualty reason
    10. Aircraft Involvement



    • Vietnam-Era - Prisoner of War/Missing-in-Action Database
  • Welcome to the Vietnam-Era Prisoner of War/Missing-in-Action Database
  • This database contains 133,660 records.
    1. Name or Title
    2. Reel
    3. Source Number
    4. Page
    5. Type of Document
    6. Date of Report
    7. Date of Information
    8. Originator
    9. Category



    • The National Veterans Organization of America
  • Names On The Wall


  • Prison Records: Federal and State Records before 1900
    1. Federal Agencies and Institutions Addresses



    • Christine's Genealogy Websites
  • Freedmen’s Bureau Online: Records Relating to Murders and Outrages
  • Alabama
    1. List of Murders in the Dist. of Alabama 1866
  • Georgia
    1. Report of outrages in the Savannah sub-district
    2. Report of Persons Murdered in the District of Savannah, Ga. 1865 - 1866,
    3. Report of Freedmen who have been murdered and assaulted with intent to kill in the sub-district of Macon, Ga. During the year 1868 up to 31 Oct. 1868
    4. Report of assaults with intent to murder, committed upon freed people in the division of Albany from January 1st to October 31st 1868
    5. Reports of Cases of Outrage against Freedmen
    6. 1867 Report of assaults with intent to kill committed against Freed People in the sub-district of Rome, Georgia
    7. 1865-66 Report of persons murdered in the district of Atlanta, Georgia
    8. 1866 Report of persons murdered in the district of Griffin, Georgia
    9. 1866 Report of persons murdered in Marietta, Georgia
    10. 1866 Report of persons murdered in the district of Macon, Georgia
    11. 1866 Report of persons murdered in the district of Columbus, Georgia
    12. 1865-1866 Report of persons murdered in the district of Rome, Georgia
    13. 1865-1866 Report of persons murdered in the district of Brunswick, Georgia
    14. 1865 Report of persons murdered in the district of Waynesboro, Georgia
    15. 1867 Report of persons murdered and assaulted in the sub-district of Macon, Georgia
    16. 1867 Report of Freedmen murdered and assaulted in the sub-district of Athens, Georgia
    17. 1867 Report of Freed People murdered or assaulted in the counties of Harris, Troup and Meriwether
    18. 1867 Report of Freed People murdered or assaulted in the sub-district of Columbus, Georgia
    19. 1867 Report of Freedmen murdered or assaulted in Bainbridge
    20. 1867 Report of Freed People murdered or assaulted in the 2d division of Brunswick, sub-district Georgia
    21. 1867 Report of Freed People murdered or assaulted in the 1st division of Brunswick, sub-district Georgia
    22. 1867 Report of Freed People murdered or assaulted in the counties of Jefferson and Burke
    23. Report of murders and assaults in Thomasville sub-district from January 1st to October 1st 1868
    24. Report of Freed People murdered or assaulted in the sub-district of Rome, Georgia from 1 January 1868 to October 1868
    25. Report of assaults on Freedmen in the division of Cuthbert, Georgia from 1 January 1868 to 31 October 1868
    26. Statement showing names of Freed People murdered or assaulted in Sumter, Schley and Webster Counties from January 1, 1868 to October 31, 1868
    27. Report of Freed People murdered or assaulted in the sub-district of Augusta from January 1, 1868 to October 31, 1868 (includes Greene, Jefferson, Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, Richmond and Warren Counties)
    28. Report of the number of Freedmen murdered, assaulted in the sub-district of Athens from January 31 to October 31, 1868
    29. Report of Freedpeople who have been murdered or attacked with intent to kill in the counties of Richmond, Columbia, Lincoln and Wilkes during the year commencing January 1st and ending October 31, 1868
  • Louisiana
    1. Report of the number of murders and outrages committed in Louisiana since the organizing of the Bureau to February 20th, 1867 in which Freedmen have been victims or parties as reported to the Agents of the Bureau.
    2. Freedmens Bureau - Synopsis of Murders Committed in Parish of St. Landry, Louisiana
    3. Freedmens Bureau - Extract from Letter of James Cromie, Reports Murder of Alfred Hazen &c., Natchitoches, Louisiana
    4. Freedmens Bureau - Outrages Reported to Headquarters as committed in the Fifth sub-district , Louisiana
    5. Freedmen's Bureau - Synopsis of Murder &c. Committed in Parishes of Caddo and Bossier September and October 1868
    6. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrages in Louisiana - Case of Mary Stewart
    7. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrages in Louisiana - Letter from Mrs. H. Stein requesting help in arresting the murderer of her husband
    8. Supplemental List of Murders and Outrages committed in the State of Louisiana During the Month of November 1868
    9. List of Murders and Other Outrages reported to Headquarters Bu. R. F. and A. Lands, District of Louisiana during the month of November 1868
  • North Carolina
    1. Freedmen's Bureau Reports of Arrests in North Carolina 1866 - 1868
    2. Freedmen Bureau Report of Outrages in the State of North Carolina - June 1866 - January 1867
    3. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrages in North Carolina - February 1867 - December 1867
  • South Carolina
    1. Freedmens Bureau Reports of murders and outrages, Oct. 1865-Nov. 1868 in South Carolina
    2. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrage in Barnwell, S.C. sub-district
    3. Freedmen's Bureau Report of the killing of Elbert MacAdams in Abbeville, S.C.
  • Tennessee
    1. Report of Outrages Committed by Whites on Freedmen in the Memphis sub-district, Bureau R. F. A. L. For the month of May 1867
    2. Affidavits related to the 1866 Memphis, Tennessee Riot
    3. Affidavits Related to Outrages in Tennessee
    4. Freedmen's Bureau Report of the 1866 Memphis, Tennessee Riot
    5. Freedmen's Bureau Report of the 1868 Pulaski, Tennessee Riot
    6. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Conditions in Trenton, Tennessee
    7. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Conditions in LaGrange, Tennessee
    8. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Conditions in Centreville, Tennessee
    9. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrages from the Chattanooga sub-district
    10. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrages in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
    11. Freedmen's Bureau - Tennessee Register of Outrages Oct. 1865 - July 1868
    12. List of Outrages Perpetrated by the Whites Upon The Freedmen in the State of Tennessee from April 1865 to March 1866
  • Texas
    1. Reports of murders, outrages &c., committed on white men and freedmen in Washington County, Texas
    2. Report of Union men and Freedmen who have been murdered by Rebel citizens since the collapse of the rebellion.
    3. A report of Union men and Freedmen murdered in Grason and Fannin Counties, Texas on the close of the war.
    4. Report of murders and outrages in Millican, Texas
    5. Registered Reports of Murders and Outrages - Travis County
    6. Testimony in relation to the murder of "Kit" by his former master John Echols
    7. Records relating to murders and other criminal offenses - Carolina, Texas
    8. Affidavit of Mark Walker (colored) of Freestone County, Texas
    9. Affidavit of James Eaton Haynes (colored) of Freestone County, Texas
    10. Letter from Judge William V. Trustall, Anderson Co., Texas
    11. Records relating to murders and other criminal offenses - Caldwell, Texas
    12. Records relating to murders and other criminal offenses - Brazos Bottom
    13. Records relating to murders and other criminal offenses - Jefferson, Texas
    14. Records relating to murders and other criminal offenses - Carolina, Texas
    15. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrages from Galveston, Texas
    16. Freedmen's Bureau Miscellaneous Reports of Murders and Outrages Committed in Texas - Letter from Hopkins County
    17. Freedmens Bureau Report of outrages in Texas
    18. Freedmen's Bureau records relating to murders and other criminal offenses committed in Texas - Letter from Wharton County
    19. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Outrages in Marshall, Texas 1867
    20. Freedmen’s Bureau Report of an Inspection of the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, Walker County
    21. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Freedmen killed & Outrages Committed in Houston Co, Texas Since the Close of the Rebellion
    22. Freedmen's Bureau Report of Freedmen and Union Men Killed & Outrages Committed in DeWitt Co., Texas Since the Close of the Rebellion
    23. Freedmen’s Bureau Report of Freedmen and Union Men Killed & Outrages Committed In Meredian, Texas Since the Close of the Rebellion
  • Virginia
    1. Register of Outrages Committed on Freedmen pt. 3
    2. Register of Outrages Committed on Freedmen pt. 2
    3. Index to Register of Outrages in Virginia
    4. Register of Outrages Committed on Freedmen
    5. Freedmens Bureau Report of Abuses of Freedmen in Richmond, Virginia
  • Washington D.C.
    1. Report of outrages committed on Union Citizens
    2. Report of Outrages
  • Freedmen's Marriage Certificates, 1861-1870
    1. Register of Marriages in Arkansas
    2. Register of Marriages in Tennessee
    3. Register of Marriages in Jacksonville, Florida, 1865
    4. Concordia Parish, Louisiana Marriage Certificate Returns
    5. Reports and Registers of Marriages in Washington D.C and Maryland
    6. Report of Marriages performed in Gloucester County, Virginia
  • Roll of Emigrants that have been sent to the colony of Liberia, Western Africa, by the American Colonization Society and its auxiliaries, to September, 1843, &c.
    1. Persons that have removed to the colony at their own charge, and those that have obtained their discharge from trading vessels, desiring to reside in the colony.
    2. Statement of Crime in the Colony of Liberia, 1828 - 1843
    3. Census of the Colony of Liberia, September 1843 - Town of Caldwell
    4. Census of the Colony of Liberia, September 1843 - Town of New Georgia
    5. Census of the Colony of Liberia, September 1843 - Town of Monrovia
  • Slave Records
    1. Emancipation Records
    2. Cemetery Records
    3. Tax Rolls
    4. Census Records
    5. Court Records
    6. Mentioned in wills, and much more.
  • Florida African American Genealogical Site
    1. Freedmen's Bureau Records
    2. Jacksonville Freedmen's Marriage Certificates 1861 - 1869
    3. Jefferson County Freedmen's Bureau Employees, 1866
    4. Freedmen's Bureau Bank Depositors 1866 Index --- Tallahassee
    5. Freedmen's Bureau Depositor's Records 1866
    6. Freedmen's Bureau Depositor Index--- Jacksonville A-F
    7. The Freedmen's Bureau Online
  • Freedmen of the Frontier: Early Black Marriages of Ft. Smith, Arkansas
  • This is a list of marriages that were registered with the Office of Refugees, Freedmen, & Abandoned Lands-- --The Freedman's Bureau, that occurred between 1865 - 1867.
    1. Marriages by Groom
    2. Marriages by Bride



  • ACCSACW - Association to Commemorate the Chinese Serving in the American Civil War


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