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Birth, Marriage and Death


 * Bible records
 * Cemeteries
 * Church records
 * Civil registration
 * Funeral records
 * Obituaries
 * Town records
 * Vital records

Business Records and Occupations


 * Agriculture
 * Business records and commerce
 * Industries:
 * Livestock brands
 * Occupations

Census, Taxation, and Voter Lists


 * Census
 * Household registration:
 * Registers
 * Taxation
 * Voting registers

Church History


 * Bible
 * Church property
 * Clergy
 * Dissenters, Religious
 * Martyrs:
 * Missions
 * Monasticism and religious orders
 * Protestant churches:
 * Religion and religious life
 * Religious trusts
 * Temples

Court, Land, and Wills


 * Adoption
 * Castles
 * Court records
 * Dwellings
 * Guardianship
 * Historic buildings
 * Jury duty
 * Land and property
 * Manors
 * Notarial records
 * Probate records
 * Public records
 * Witchcraft

Directories

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups


 * Abolitionists
 * Acadians
 * Africans
 * Hessians
 * Indian allotments
 * Native races


 * Religion and religious life
 * Albigenses:
 * Amish
 * Anabaptists
 * Anglicans
 * Armenian Church
 * Augustinians
 * Baptists

Family Trees


 * Family
 * Genealogy
 * Household records
 * Mayflower (Ship)
 * Nobility
 * Visitations, Heraldic

Geographic Aids


 * Atlases
 * Census districts
 * Cities and towns
 * Description and travel
 * Gazetteers
 * Geography
 * Maps
 * Postal and shipping guides

Histories, Memories, and Stories


 * Biography
 * Calendars
 * Centennial celebrations, etc.
 * Children
 * Collected works
 * Disasters
 * Elderly
 * Epitaphs
 * Folklore
 * Historical events and periods
 * History
 * Law and legislation
 * Photographs
 * Politics and government
 * Portraits
 * Riots
 * Social life and customs
 * Women

Institutions


 * Crime and criminals
 * Medical
 * Medical records
 * Orphans and orphanages
 * Poorhouses, poor law, etc.
 * Schools

Instruction and Methodology


 * Education
 * Genetic research
 * Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Migration and Citizenship


 * Aliens
 * Colonies
 * Emigration and immigration
 * Immigrants
 * Migration, Internal
 * Naturalization and citizenship
 * Passports
 * Ship registers
 * Ships
 * Transportation

Military


 * Casualties
 * Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
 * Military art and science
 * Military history
 * Military parks
 * Military records
 * Military religious orders
 * Prisoners of war
 * Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
 * Soldiers
 * Treaties
 * Veterans
 * War crimes
 * Wars, battles, and armies
 * Warships

Newspapers and Periodicals


 * Editorials:
 * Newspapers
 * Periodicals

Reference Materials and Finding Aids


 * Abbreviations
 * Almanacs
 * Bibliography
 * Books
 * Encyclopedias and dictionaries
 * Ethnology
 * Handwriting
 * Information storage and retrieval systems
 * Language and languages
 * Manuscripts
 * Names
 * Numismatics

Repositories


 * Archives and libraries
 * Inventories, registers, catalogs
 * Societies
 * Websites

Other