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Mapping the Freedmens's Bureau - An Interactive Guide
Points out the many places that affected the newly freed survivors of slavery shortly after the Civil War. Marks locations of Freedman's Bureau offices, branches of the Freedman's Savings Bank, Freedmen's Schools, camps, and battle sites where men of the US Colored Troops fought.
Maryland Center for History and Culture
Founded in 1844 as the Maryland Historical Society, the Maryland Center for HIstory and Culture is the state's oldest continuously operating cultural institution. In keeping with the founders' commitment to preserve the remnants of Maryland's past, the Center remains the premier institution for state history. With over 350,000 objects and seven million books and documents, this institution now serves upward of 100,000 people through its museum, library, press, and educational programs.
Maryland State Archives
Maryland land records, vital records, maps, photographs, art, special online section for family historians and for the general public. Annapolis, Maryland
Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center
Resources for Genealogy and Family History. Focus on the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest and Plains States. Independence, Missouri
Mountain Press and Southern Genealogy Books
Presents primary research material for the historian and genealogist. Over 2,000 volumes of genealogy materials such as census, marriage, birth, death, and will records. The majority of its information is for the southeastern states from Pennsylvania to Texas, with the heaviest concentration of materials in Tenessee and Virginia. Thousands of surnames are searchable. Free monthly newsletter.
MyHeritage
MyHeritage.com offers a combination of free and pay features. It provides the ability to add your family tree and a free record search. To view the records, and to take advantage of some of the advanced search features of the site, requires payment. Family Tree Builder, "free genealogy software for putting together your family tree" is also offered. Includes message boards and the ability to add DNA results.
MyHeritageDNA
MyHeritage is an online genealogy platform with web, mobile, and software products and services. Users of the platform can create family trees, upload and browse through photos, and search billions of global historical records, among other features. The company is headquartered in Or Yehuda, Israel with additional offices in Tel Aviv, Lehi, Utah, and Burbank, California.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Documents, photos, records veterans' service records, census, city directories, immigration records. Branches of NARA in other cities. Washington, D.C.
National Archives Resources for Genealogists
The National Archives Research Our Records webpage includes Search Online and Research in Person sections. New to archival research?, Research a Specific Topic, Research Your Ancestry, Research Military Records, Order Copies of Records, Browse Online Exhibits are more topics of interest to genealogists and family historians.