Genealogy Research Resources

via Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Only email addresses and telephone numbers

The LSUS Archives and Special Collections contains over 600 individual collections, including numerous important historical records and manuscripts relating to the Shreveport area, northwest Louisiana, and the lower Red River region commonly known as the Ark-La-Tex. Approximately 22,873 linear feet of records and manuscripts and over 1.5 million photographs and negatives document the history and culture of the region from its earliest settlement to the present.

Includes indexes, by county, for death prior to 1935

Social Security Administration's lists of popular baby names by decade, by state, for twins, and in U.S. territories

Website for new quarterly magazine. Includes book reviews, blog, and analysis pieces.

National Institutes of Health, US Dept of Health and Human Services. Fascinating site which chronicles the history of medicine with portraiture, posters, cartoons, photographs and other images.

National Institutes of Health, US Dept of Health and Human Services. An historical collection of prints, photographs, transcripts and video interviews and other materials from the National LIbrary of Medicine.