My Genie Links

Alabama Historical Quarterly 1930-1982 (search all quarterlies at once)

ALGenWeb Project

AL Dept of Archives and History

Alabama Genealogy and History Publications at the state archives

Maps – Alabama County Map (current)

Maps – Alabama County Formation Maps (interactive)

Alabama Statewide Land Entry Records (searchable)

History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol 1 – T M Owens, 1921

History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol 2 – T M Owens, 1921

History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol 3 – T M Owens and M B Owens, 1921

History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol 4 – T M Owens and M B Owens, 1921

Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical – Smith & De Land, 1888

History of Barbour County, Alabama – M T Thompson, 1939 – $$ (ancestry.com)

History of Butler County, Alabama 1815-1885 – 1885 – author J B Little

Choctaw County – Estate files and index, 1853-1915

History of Clarke County – J S Graham, 1923

History of Conecuh County, Alabama – Rev B F Riley, 1881

History of Greensboro, Alabama – W E W Yerby, 1908

Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama – DuBose, 1887

Lawrence County Archives – official website

Early Settlers of Alabama and Northern Alabama – Saunders and Stubbs, 1963

Limestone County Archives – the county clerk’s office has put many records online

Marengo Co AL Springhill Baptist Church minutes, 1833-1877

History of Pickens County, Ala., 1817-1856 – N F Smith, 1856

History of Shelby County – E Galloway, 1937

Arkansas State Digital Archives – official site

Arkansas Tax Lists by County, 1821-1884

Map – Arkansas County Map – current

Map – Arkansas County Formation Map (interactive)

Georgia Historic Newspapers – University System of Georgia – searchable

Digital Library of Georgia – University System of Georgia

Georgia’s Virtual Vault – Georgia State Archives online collection

Georgia State Archives – Homepage

GA Headright and Bounty Records 1783-1909

Map – Georgia County Formation Map (interactive)

Map – Georgia County Map (current)

Books

Georgia’s Roster of the Revolution – LL Knight, 1920

The Revolutionary Records of the State of Georgia, Vol. 1 – Candler, 1908
The Revolutionary Records of the State of Georgia, Vol. 2 – Candler, 1908
The Revolutionary Records of the State of Georgia, Vol. 3 – Chandler, 1908

The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia – All volumes

Memoirs of Georgia, Vol 1 – Southern Historical Association, 1895
Memoirs of Georgia, Vol 2 – Southern Historical Association, 1895

Historical Collections of Georgia – G White, 1854
Historical Collections of Georgia (supplement) – G White and A C Dutton, 1855

The Commonwealth of Georgia – 1884 – J T Henderson

Sketches of some of the first settlers of upper Georgia, of the Cherokees, and the author – G R Gilmer, 1855

Men of Mark in Georgia: a complete and elaborate history of the state from its settlement to the present time – 1907 – W J Northen, A B Caldwell

Miscellanies of Georgia: historical, biographical, descriptive, etc., Part 1 – A H Chappell, J F Meegan, 1874
Miscellanies of Georgia: historical, biographical, descriptive, etc., Part 2 – A H Chappell, J F Meegan, 1874

Statistics of the state of Georgia: including an account of its natural, civil, and ecclesiastical history; together with a particular description of each county, notices of the manners and customs of its aboriginal tribes, and a correct map of the state, – G White, W T Williams, 1849

The story of Georgia and the Georgia people, 1732-1860 – G G Smith, 1900

Illinois Digital Newspaper Project – by the University of Illinois

Maps – Historical Aerial Photography by County – very cool site

Map – Illinois County Formation Map – interactive

Map – Illinois County Map – current

IL Digital Archives – a collaboration between the IL State Library and the Secretary of State

IL State Archives – Online databases

Illinois GenWeb

Christian Co Plat 1911 – $$

Oak Hill Cemetery – with searchable database by burials and by grave sales

History of Christian County, Illinois – Dr C Goudy, 1880

History of Crawford and Clark Counties – Perrin, 1883

History of Crawford and Clark Counties – Perrin, 1883

History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties – Goodspeed, 1887

History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties  – Goodspeed, 1887

History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties – Goodspeed, 1887

History of Livingston County, Illinois – LeBaron Jr, 1878

History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties – Goodspeed, 1887

History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties – Goodspeed, 1887

Williamson Co Historical Society

Records of the Welsh Tract Baptist Meeting, Pencader Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, 1701-1828 – Part 1 – Historical Society of Delaware, 1904

Records of the Welsh Tract Baptist Meeting, Pencader Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware, 1701-1828 – Part 2 – Historical Society of Delaware, 1904

Hoosier State Chronicles – digitized newspapers project of the IN State Library

Indiana State Archives Digital Index Records

Map – Indiana County Map – current

Map – Indiana County Formation Map – Interactive historical boundary changes

Map – Kentucky County Formation Map – Interactive historical boundary changes

Map – KY County Map – Current

KY Death Records 1852-1965 – $$ (ancestry.com)

Kentucky Land Office – KY’s official landing page for military and non-military grants

Map – Louisiana Parish Formation Map – Interactive historical boundary changes

Map – Louisiana Parish Map – current

eClerks LA – Online access to some county clerks’ records – free to search (search results give good detail), $$ to view docs

Louisiana State Digital Library

Louisiana State Archives Historical Resources page

Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Louisiana, Vol. 1 – Goodspeed, 1892

Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Louisiana, Vol. 2 – Goodspeed, 1892

A History of Louisiana, Vol 1 (1512-1768) – Fortier, 1904

A History of Louisiana, Vol 2 (1769-1803) – Fortier, 1904

A History of Louisiana, Vol 3 (1803-1861) – Fortier, 1904

A History of Louisiana, Vol 4 (1861-1903) – Fortier, 1904

East Feliciana, Louisiana Past and Present – Skipwith, 1892

Master Index of Obituaries from Monroe, LA Newspapers – by Ouachita Parish Public Library

Succession [Probate] Records of St Helena Parish LA 1804-1854

Indexed marriage records, St Helena Parish LA 1813-1875

Land Patent books online – MD Land Office 1637-1979

Maryland Land Records – State archives official site

Maryland State Archives – home page

Archives of Maryland Online – Statewide records, searchable

The Early Settlers of Maryland; an index to immigrants 1633-1680

History of Baptist Churches in Maryland

Early Colonial Settlers of So MD and VA Northern Neck

Map – Maryland County Map and Independent City – Current

Map – Maryland County Formation Map – Interactive

Index to St John’s and St George’s Parish records (Baltimore)

Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Vol 1 – Goodspeed, 1891

Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Vol 2 – Goodspeed, 1891

Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society – volumes

Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Mississippi, State Archives, various records 1820-1951 – IMPORTANT resource! Records for counties that are not on the individual county level pages at FamilySearch

J.B. Cain Archives of Mississippi Methodism

MSGenWeb

Map – MS County Map – current

Map – MS County Formation Map – Interactive historical county boundary changes

History of Newton County, Mississippi, from 1834 to 1894 – Brown, 1894

Missouri Digital Heritage – Birth and death records online

Missouri Digital Heritage – 9 million+ online records

Missouri County Formation Map – Interactive

Missouri County Map – Current

Jackson County Recorder of Deeds – Search and view Marriage and Land

Map – 1770 NC Map

Map – North Carolina County Map – GIS Geography – Current

Map – North Carolina County Formation Map – Interactive

Map – New Bern/Craven Co library with links to statewide maps

Eastern North Carolina Digital Library online collection

NC Archives Home Page

State Archives of North Carolina: Online Projects

NCGenWeb

NC State Historical Markers with Search option

Bible Records at the State Archives and the State Library

Troop Returns 1747-1893 – North Carolina Digital Collections

Documenting the American South – Home page

Documenting the American South: Colonial and State Records – An invaluable resource, includes an every-name index. I suggest browsing the index and looking at all spelling possibilities.

NC Colonial and State Records

NC Land Grant Images and Data

NC Archives MARS Search

Minutes of the Neuse Baptist Association. 1795-1839, 1842

Chronicles of the Cape Fear River – Sprunt, 1916

New Bern/Craven Co library with links to statewide maps

Cumberland Co Clerk – deeds online

Robeson County Clerk’s office – deeds online

Map – South Carolina District and Parish Map 1775-1783

Map – South Carolina map that shows major rivers – very helpful in placing historical land grants

Map – South Carolina County Formation Map – Interactive historical boundary changes

Map – SCDAH series of maps showing formation of districts, parishes, counties, etc

Map – South Carolina County Map – current

South Carolina Dept of Archives and History – Home page

South Carolina Dept of Archives and History – Search page

SC Electronic Records Archive at SCDAH – Searchable

South Carolina Archives Summary Guide to County Records

South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine – Issues online

Census Schedules – 1790-1840 – Browse by groups to see the complete counties/districts in the order each was filmed.

Books

Ramsay’s History of South Carolina – Volumes I and II combined, Ramsay, 1858

The History of South-Carolina 1670-1808, Volume I – Ramsay, 1809 (note this is an earlier publication than the 1858 version)
The History of South-Carolina 1670-1808, Volume II – Ramsay, 1809 (note this is an earlier publication than the 1858 version)

History of South Carolina, Volume I – Snowden and Cutler, 1920
History of South Carolina, Volume II – Snowden and Cutler, 1920
History of South Carolina, Volume III – Snowden and Cutler, 1920
History of South Carolina, Volume IV – Snowden and Cutler, 1920
History of South Carolina, Volume V – Snowden and Cutler, 1920

The History of South Carolina, Volume I – Wallace and Litt, 1934
The History of South Carolina, Volume II – Wallace and Litt, 1934
The History of South Carolina, Volume III – Wallace and Litt, 1934
The History of South Carolina, Volume IV – Wallace and Litt, 1934

An Historical Account of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South-Carolina – Dalcho, 1820

Beaufort Co SC Register of Deeds – Scanned deed books beginning 1860 (some pre-1860 deeds can be found in these books that weren’t actually registered until 1860 or later)

Minutes of the Vestry of St Helena’s Parish, SC

1825 Mills map of Beaufort County

Beaufort District Collection at the Beaufort County Library

Register of St Philip’s Parish, Charles Town, South Carolina 1720-1758 – Salley, 1904

Register of St Philip’s Parish, Charles Town, South Carolina 1754-1810 – Smith and Salley, 1927

Horry County holdings at SC Archives

Horry Co online deed records – $$ – deed records search is free, but records have to be purchased

A History of Marion County, South Carolina, From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901 – Sellers, 1902

Orangeburgh German-Swiss Genealogical Society

The History of Orangeburg County, South Carolina : from its first settlement to the close of the Revolutionary War – Salley, 1898

History of Williamsburg : something about the people of Williamsburg County, South Carolina, from the first settlement by Europeans about 1705 until 1923 – Boddie, 1923

TN Secretary of State Online Records – check both the History and Genealogy section and the Online Resources section

TN State Library and Archives Catalog – Links to their databases and digital resources

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Map – Historical County Boundary Changes – Interactive

Map – Current County Boundaries

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Revolutionary War –

Patriot Paths – Tennessee’s Rev War Veterans and where they came from – very cool, lots of detail

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Books

History of Tennessee, Its People and Its Institution – Garret/Goodpasture, 1900

History of Tennesse and Tennesseans, Vol V – Hale/Merritt, 1913

A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans, Vol VI – Hale/Merritt, 1913

History of Tennessee – The Making of a State – Phelan, 1888

History of Tennessee from its Earliest Discoveries and Settlements – Free, 1896

The History of Tennessee from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time – Carpenter, 1854

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History of Methodism in Tennessee, Vol 1. 1783-1804 – McFerrin, 1874

History of Methodism in Tennessee, Vol II, 1804-1818 – McFerrin, 1886

History of Methodism in Tennessee, Vol III, 1818-1840 – McFerrin, 1873

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Anderson begins on page 1104

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1886 – Bedford begins on page 861

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Bradley County begins on page 962

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Bledsoe County begins on page 1071

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Blount County begins on page 1088

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Campbell begins on page 1125

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Carter begins on page 906

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Carter begins on page 1289

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Claiborne begins on page 1136

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Cocke begins on page 1194

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present – Goodspeed, 1887 – Crockett begins on page 830 and 947

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical sketch of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin and Moore Counties – Goodspeed, 1886

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical sketch of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin and Moore Counties – Goodspeed, 1886

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Grainger begins on page 1152

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Greene County begins on page 881

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present – Vol 4 – Goodspeed, 1887 – Greene County begins on page 1239

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Hamblin begins on page 1200

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Hamilton County begins on page 932

History of Hamilton, Knox and Shelby Counties of Tennessee – Goodspeed, 1887

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Hancock begins on page 1216

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Hawkins begins on page 1225

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present – Goodspeed, 1887 – Haywood begins on page 818 and 921

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – James County begins on page 955

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Jefferson begins on page 1160

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Johnson begins on page 922

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Johnson begins on page 1312

History of Tennessee…together with an historical and biographical sketch of the county of Knox and the city of Knoxville – Goodspeed, 1887

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Knox County begins on page 925

History of Hamilton, Knox and Shelby Counties of Tennessee – Goodspeed, 1887

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present – Goodspeed, 1887 – Lauderdale begins on page 797 and 842

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical sketch of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin and Moore Counties – Goodspeed, 1886

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Loudon County begins on page 1081

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1886 – Marshall begins on page 884

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1886 – Maury begins on page 749

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Greene County begins on page 1032

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – McMinn County begins on page 1012

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Monroe County begins on page 994

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical sketch of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin and Moore Counties – Goodspeed, 1886

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Morgan begins on page 1123

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Polk County begins on page 987

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Rhea County begins on page 1046

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Roane County begins on page 1072

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1886 – Williamson begins on page 810

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Sevier begins on page 1096

History of Hamilton, Knox and Shelby Counties of Tennessee – Goodspeed, 1887

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Sullivan County begins on page 912

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Greene County begins on page 1300

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Unicoi County begins on page 904

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Greene County begins on page 1287

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Union begins on page 1146

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1887 – Washington begins on page 1262

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present – Goodspeed, 1887 – Tipton begins on page 808 and 885

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1886 – Williamson begins on page 787

History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present (etc) – Goodspeed, 1886 – Wilson begins on page 840

Map – Virginia County Map – current

Map – Virginia County Formation Map – Interactive historical boundary changes

VA Museum of History and Culture Catalog

VAGenWeb

Piedmont Virginia Digital History – Extensive digital collection contributed by several local societies and museums in the portin of Virginia between the James and Rappahannock Riviers – Must see!

Historical Parishes of Virginia (Church of England)

Library of Virginia – Official Virginia state archives

Library of Virginia Chancery Records – Index and images

Old Churches, Ministers and Families of VA – Meade, 1861

Virginia Heritage records finding aid

The Virginia Gazette Archive 1736-1780 – $$

Virginia Military Certificates, Nos. 1-9926 (land warrants)

Virginia Statutes at Large 1609-1808

Revolutionary War public service claims recorded in county court booklets – Images

The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography on JSTOR – $$

Truro Parish Vestry Book – original images

History of Truro Parish – 1907 – Rev P Slaughter DD

Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia 1720-1789 – Chamberlayne, 1898

Early Quaker Records in Virginia

Historical Parishes of Virginia (Episcopal – Church of England)

St. Peter’s Church Parish Register 1680-1787 – New Kent County

The Vestry Book of Saint Peter’s Parish 1682-1758 – New Kent County

Bristol Parish – Vestry Book and Register 1720-1789 – 1898 – Chamberlayne

Bristol Parish – Vestry Book and Register 1720-1789 – Chamberlayne, 1898

Bristol Parish – Vestry Book and Register 1720-1789 – Chamberlayne, 1898

Truro Parish Vestry Book – original images

History of Truro Parish – Rev P Slaughter DD, 1907

Fluvanna history – maps and more

Map – 1863 Gilmer Map of Fluvanna County

Fluvanna County GIS – Find current owners of land

Bristol Parish – Vestry Book and Register 1720-1789 – Chamberlayne, 1898

Louisa County historical records – The USGenWeb site for Louisa County, extensive collection of abstracted, indexed records.

1791 Louisa Co VA Personal Property Tax List – A Census Alternative

Louisa Co GIS Mapping – Find current owners of land

Louisa Co VA County Clerk’s office

Piedmont Virginia Digital History – A wonderful Louisa County resource. Extensive digital collection contributed by several local societies and museums in the portion of Virginia between the James and Rappahannock Rivers – Must see!

Map of Mecklenburg Co – 1863 Gilmer Map

St. Peter’s Church Parish Register 1680-1787 – New Kent County

The Vestry Book of Saint Peter’s Parish 1682-1758 – New Kent County

New Kent County Road Orders 1684-1758

Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia 1720-1789 – Chamberlayne, 1898

Princess Anne County loose papers; Vol. 1 1700-1789 – Creecy, 1954