Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

The Compass

~ Repositories of Primary Sources ~

A listing of over 3400 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholars for US, Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and the near East. Very extensive, all link site.

Western United States and Canada

Eastern United States and Canada: States and Provinces A-M

Eastern United States and Canada: States and Provinces N-Z

Latin America and the Caribbean

Europe A-M

Europe N-Z

Asia and the Pacific

Africa and the Near East

Additional Lists

State, Province, Country Index

Special Collections Other Repositories

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Research for the original information found in the ISTG COMPASS was conducted by Harriet Rosch and the late Donna Jackson. The ISTG Compass began to guide researchers in September 1999, and is an invaluable research site for genealogists.

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