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The Archival Research Catalog (ARC) is the online catalog of NARA's nationwide holdings in the Washington, DC, area; Regional Archives; and Presidential Libraries. ARC is a work in progress; currently over 63% of our records are described in ARC at the series level. ARC contains many descriptions of records of interest to genealogists and family historians, including:

* applications for enrollment in Native American tribes
* court records
* fugitive slave cases
* land records
* military personnel records
* naturalization records

The UK National Archives' collection is one of the largest in the world, with 11 million records, from Domesday Book to modern government papers. Our collection includes paper and parchment records, electronic records and websites, photographs, posters and drawings. We also have an estimated six million maps covering not only the British Isles but also many countries and regions of the world.

Martin F. Schmidt Research Library
Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. EST
Free and open to the public
The Martin F. Schmidt Research Library of the Kentucky Historical Society houses over 90,000 published works, dealing primarily with history and genealogy, as well as more than 16,000 reels of microfilm and over 30,000 vertical files of collected and contributed research.

Findmypast.com is a family history and genealogy website based in London, England,
containing over 550 million family history records, with more being added all the time.

"I don't know about you, but I'm a history buff. And I'm particularly fascinated by WWII.

Unfortunately we're losing our WW II vets at an alarming rate now and we're missing out some of the most fascinating history there is - the personal stories of those who were a part of that great effort.

I was pleased to find out that one of the small cities here in Georgia, through its local newspaper, the Rome News-Tribune, has produced a very well done set of videos featuring local WW II vets along with their stories. It is very similar to Ken Burns "The War" but on a much more local level. It's fascinating and a very worthy addition to the oral histories of WW II.

There are 8 videos in the set and they're all worth the time to watch. But if you have to pick just one to watch, I'd suggest the one on Iwo Jima. Two Marines and a Navy Corpsman talk about that battle, what they saw, what they did and how it effected them and their lives. It is worth the few minutes it takes.

If anyone knows about more of these projects that are available on line, I'd love to know about them so I can feature them (mcq51atbellsouthdotnet)."

A blog about online public access to the records of the U.S. National Archives.

The Archive's ever-expanding collection of genealogy resources includes items from the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Robarts Library at the University of Toronto; the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library; and the Boston Public Library.

Resources include books on surname origins, vital statistics, parish records, and other historical and biographical documents.

The Pennsylvania State Archives collects, preserves and makes available for study the permanently-valuable public records of the Commonwealth, with particular attention given to the records of state government. The State Archives also collects papers of private citizens and organizations relevant to Pennsylvania history.