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Colonial America

Colonial America were made of up thirteen colonies grouped by location -
Northern or New England Colonies - Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
Middle Colonies - Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Southern Colonies - Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia

Top Websites	BDM	Biographies	Census Records	Cemetery Records
Databases	History	Immigration	Mailing Lists	Maps
Mayflower	Military	Newspapers	Societies	Surnames
Wills	Miscellaneous	Genweb	Other U.S. Records

Top Colonial Websites
- Dunham-Wilcox-Trott-Kirk
  A wonderful site by Jane Devlin with over 300 deeds and 400 wills/probates for the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York and Michigan. Records include 300 gravestone photos from Middlesex Co. CT., Civil war Honor Rolls, cemetery, church baptism, census, burial, tax, and Quaker records, births, deaths, marriages, census records, Revolutionary War returns, land records, directories, biographies, town histories, map of Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT., and much more.
- Ray's Place
  Biographies, town histories, cemeteries, census records, families, marriages, passenger lists, military records for Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Virginia, and Vermont.
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Births, Deaths, Marriages
- Connecticut
  - Marriages
    - Connecticut Births, Deaths and Marriages-I Dream of Genealogy Website
  - Birth, Death and Marriage Records
    - Ray Brown's Place website
      Has many vital records listed per town
    - Online Connecticut Databases - Jane Devlin's Webpage
      Birth, death, marriage records, wills, probate records, land records, tax records, Revolutionary War muster Rolls, and Church records, and cemetery records, for Middlesex Co., Hartford Co., Fairfield Co., New London Co., Hew Haven Co., Windham Co., Essex Co., Bristol Co., and Franklin Co.
    - Windsor, Hartford County Vital Records
      Births 1640s - 1700s, Marriages 1640s - 1800s, Deaths 1640s - 1700s
- Delaware
  - Death and Marriage Records
    - News Journal Obituary & Marriage Index
      Covers all three Delaware counties -New Castle, Kent, Sussex. Most entries are from 1890, but some other years are included
    - Delaware State Probate Record Database
- Maryland
  - Death Records
    - Maryland State Archives Death Records
  - Marriage Records
    - 1796-1832 Somerset County Marriage Licenses
- Massachusetts
  - Birth Records
    - Rootsweb Birth Records
  - Death Records
    - Rootsweb Death Records
  - Marriage Records
    - Rootsweb Marriage Records
  - Birth, Death and Marriage Records
    - Ray Brown's Place website
      Has many vital records listed per town
    - Massachusetts Town Vital Records Collection (Ancestry.com)
    - Boston Vital Records, 1630-99 (Ancestry.com)
    - NEHGS-New England Ancestors.org Database
      Search 110 million names and over 2200 databases
- New Hampshire
  - Death Records
    - New Hampshire Society of Genealogists
      Search the surname index and the NHOGA Burial Sites Database
    - New Hampshire Probate Records, 1635-1753 (Ancestry.com)
- New Jersey
  - Death Records
    - 1705 - 1892 Death Records of the Rahway and
      Plainfield Monthly Meeting of Friends
- New York
  - Birth Records
    - Dutchess County - Baptisms at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam (1639-1730)
    - Duchess County- Hopewell Reformed Church Baptisms 1758-1891 Index
  - Marriage Records
    - Duchess County-Marriages in the Hopewell Reformed Church 1766 - 1882 Index
    - Kings Co. -Flatbush RDC Consistory Books, Kings Co. Long Island NY
      Coordinated Records of Marriages and Baptisms from the Flatbush RDC Consistory Books And the Registers of its Daughter Church at New Lots Kings County, Long Island, New York
    - Monroe County Early Marriages from Newspapers, 1818-1830
    - Monroe County Early Marriages from Newspapers - 1818-1830
    - Vital Statistics for the State of New York-website of Robert L. Billard
      Marriage Licenses pre 1784, Samuel S. Purple's 'Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York, Marriages from 11 December 1639 to 26 August 1801, Reformed Dutch Church of Port Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y. - Baptisms - 1696-1790, Moravian Church (United Brethren Congregation), Staten Island - Marriages - 1764-1863, Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York Marriages and Baptisms 1660-1809, marriages and baptisms for the Reformed Dutch Church of Bergen, New Jersey from the 1913 and 1914, History of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, N.Y., Maple Grove Cemetery, Richmond Hill, Queens County, New York, 1908.
    - Marriage Records of the Reformed Dutch Church-from 11 Dec. 1639
    - Ontario County Records and Archive Center
      Real property deeds 1788-1845, surrogate court records 1927-1965, naturalization records 1803-1956, military records, marriages 1908-1935, census indexes, poorhouse indentures, vital town records, chattel mortages 1830-1860, 1840-1870
  - Birth, Death and Marriage Records
    - Church Records of New Netherland/New York
    - Warren County Records
      Assessment Rolls, Court Records, County Records, Cemetery Records, Church Records, and Jury Lists- Thomas J. Lynch Website
    - Washington County Records
      County Records, Cemetery Records, Military Records, Vital Records-Thomas J. Lynch Website
- North Carolina
  - Marriage Records
    - North Carolina Marriage Bonds 1741-1868
- Pennsylvania
  - Marriage Records
    - Port Royal,Methodist Episcopal Marriages - Juanita County page
    - Marriage Licenses issued August 1755-April 1759
- Rhode Island
  - Births
    - Rhode Island Births 1636-1930 $
  - Deaths
    - Rhode Island Deaths 1630-1930 $
  - Marriages
    - Rhode Island Marriages 1636-1930 $
- Virginia
  - Birth, Death and Marriage Records
    - Library of Virgina - Births, Deaths, Marriages, Wills
      Bible Records, Death Records Indexing Project (NEW), Henley Marriage & Obituary Database, Henley Papers -- Marriage & Obituary Indexes, Index to Marriage Records, Index to Wills and Administrations, Marriage Index: Richmond Enquirer, Richmond Visitor, Obituary Index: Richmond Enquirer, Richmond Visitor
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Biographies
- ColonialHall.com - Biographies
  Signers of the Delarations of Independence, Articles of Confederation, US Constitution, Wives of the Signers, and other founders
- William Bradford Website
  William Bradford (1590-1657) was a Mayflower pilgrim, Governor and historian of Plymouth Colony, and a devout Christian
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Census Records
Cemetery Records
- Brisol County Cemeteries
- Faber Gravestone Collection
  The Farber Gravestone Collection is an unusual resource containing over 13,500 images documenting the sculpture on more than 9,000 gravestones, most of which were made prior to 1800, in the Northeastern part of the United States
- Connecticut Cemeteries-Cemetery Junction
- Copnnecticut Cemeteries-Inerment.net
- Massachusetts Cemeteries-Cemetery Junction
- Massachusetts Cemeteries-Interment.net
- New Hampshire Cemeteries-Cemetery Junction
- New Hampshire Cemeteries-Interment.net
- Rhode Island Cemeteries-Cemetery Junction
- Rhode Island Cemeteries-Interment.net
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Colonial Databases
- Connecticut
  - Colonial Connecticut Records -1636-1776
    Includes 15 volumes of online searchable Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, from April 1636 to October 1776.
    - Browse A - Z Index
    - Search for Date or Volume and Page
- Massachusetts
  - Boston, Charlestown, Dorchester, and Roxbury, MA
    Mailing lists; vital records for Boston (18,000 marriages), Dorchester to 1850, Roxbury ends 1849; census records, city directories and cemetery records.
  - Northampton, MA - Marriages from first record to 1840, by Bride
  - Early Massachusetts Vital Records 1600-1849 Online
  - Springfield - Biographical and Genealogical Index
  - Springfield 1775 Tax List
- Virginia
  - 1624 Census Jamestown
  - 1704 Virginia Quit Rent Rolls Search
  - Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia
  - Collection: Anderson-Latham Papers
    Claims of Virginia Revolutionary War soldiers and sailors or their heirs to bounty land awarded for military service located in Kentucky and Ohio. Included are correspondence, court records, surveys, military warrants, etc
  - Early Virginia Religious Petitions
    Images of 423 petitions submitted to the Virginia legislature between 1774 and 1802 from more than eighty counties and cities
  - Richmond, Virginia Library Digital Collection
  - Virginia County Tax Lists 1790/1800
  - Virginia Colonial Records
    A fully-searchable index to nearly 15,000 reports that survey and describe documents relating to colonial Virginia history that are housed in repositories in Great Britain and other European countries. The survey report images are available online, and there are references to microfilm reels for the original documents. Library of Virginia
  - Library of Virginia Digital Collection Index
    - Death Records Indexing Project - Library of Virginia
    - Library of Virgina - Births, Deaths, Marriages, Wills
      Bible Records, Death Records Indexing Project (NEW), Henley Marriage & Obituary Database, Henley Papers -- Marriage & Obituary Indexes, Index to Marriage Records, Index to Wills and Administrations, Marriage Index: Richmond Enquirer, Richmond Visitor, Obituary Index: Richmond Enquirer, Richmond Visitor
    - Online Digital Records
    - Library of Virgina - Land Records
    - Library of Virgina - Military Records
    - Library of Virginia - Newspaper & Periodical Databases and Indexes
    - Petersburg Public Library Newspaper Index 1797-1877
    - Petersburg Public Library Digital Maps Collection
- Miscellaneous Databases
  - A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England before 1692
    Contains 4 volumes of histories of the firsts settlers of New England
  - America's First Families
    The 1600s Ancestor Database contains listings of thousands Colonial Ancestors whose lines have been approved by various Societies and Organizations through the years. States: NH - MA - ME - RI - CT - NY - NJ - PA - DE - MD - VA - NC - SC
    - Forenames and Surnames Index Page
  - Colonial Ancestors
    Database contains information about colonial ancestors posted by their visitors.
  - Dunham-Wilcox-Trott-Kirk
    A wonderful site by Jane Devlin with over 300 deeds and 400 wills/probates for the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York and Michigan. Records include 300 gravestone photos from Middlesex Co. CT., Civil war Honor Rolls, cemetery, church baptism, census, burial, tax, and Quaker records, births, deaths, marriages, census records, Revolutionary War returns, land records, directories, biographies, town histories, map of Haddam, Middlesex Co., CT., and much more.
  - Lineages
    (Searchable databases of 59,958,447 records.)1820 U.S. Census Index of Manufacturers, 1820 Pension List of U.S. Commercial Director of Manchester England, Kansas Enlistment of Volunteer Regiments 1861-1865, Kansas Settlers living in 1879, Korean War Casualties 1950-1957, Pearl Harbor Casualties, Pensioners of Revolutionary War, Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-1865, Social Security Death Index, Vietnam Casualty Database, Virginia Quit Rent Roll 1704, War of 1812 Bounty Land Grants.
  - Making of America-Cornwall University Library
    The collection provides access to 8,500 books and over 50,000 journal articles with 19th century imprints. Pages: 3,499,528 Volumes: 11,859
  - New England Ancestors.org
    New England Historical Genealogical Society Homepage with over 109 million names and over 2200 databases.
    - New England Databases-Awesome Genealogy website
  - Rays Place - Explore New England's Past
    History files, bios, Governors of CT. and Maine, Town Histories, cemetery listings, census listings, vital records by town, marriages, passenger lists and military records
    - Town Index
  - United States Poorhouse Index
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Colonial History
- Archiving Early America
  Freedom Documents, maps, notable women, maps, movies, music, firsts, milestone events, pages from the past, lives of famous Americans, and portraits
- Builders of America-The Jewish Heritage
- Colonial Charters, Grants, and Related Documents
- Colonial Williamsburg
  Meet the people, see the places, experience the life, clothing, gardens, fifes and drums
- Chronology of Longmeadow, Massachusetts History
- Documenting the American South-University of Virginia
  - Search Collections
  - Delaware - A Brief History
  - Documenting the American South
    Electronic Edition of Thomas Hariot's "A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia"
- First English Settlement in the New World
- FoundingFathers.info
- Flowerdew Hundred
  A Virginia historical landmark on the James River. Flowerdew Hundred is one of the earliest original land grants in Virginia
- History of Bristol County, Massachusetts
- History of Jamestown
- Long Island- Our History
- Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Mother Bedford
  Mother Bedford website is devoted primarily to the history of Old-Bedford County, Pennsylvania during the American Revolutionary War period.
- New England History
- New England Indians
  - New England Indians
    - New England Indians Site Index
  - Northeast Captivity Stories
- Rhode Island Historical Chronology 1636-1799
- 13 Originals- Founding the American Colonies (Timepage.org)
- The Plymouth Colony Archive Project
- Slave Movements during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
- The American Colonist's Library
  A treasury of primary documents-Primary source documents pertaining to Early American history.
- The History Place - Early Colonial Era Timeline
- The History of the Settlement of Southwest Virginia 1400-1800 - Timeline
- The Horseneck Founders of New Jersey The Legacy of the Early Founders of the New Haven Colony who came to Newark, New Jersey in 1666
- The Lost Roanoke Colony
  The first effort made by the English to establish a colony in America, occurred in the late sixteenth century, at Roanoke Island. Starting in 1584 efforts were made to explore the east coast of North America as far south as Spanish claims. It was in 1587 that a permanent colony was finally created. The colony was discovered abandoned in 1590. Roanoke Island is just off the coast of present day North Carolina.
- The Pilgims and Plymouth Colony: 1620
- The Plymouth Colony Archive Project
  Architectural Form, material culture, research papers, maps and plans, typical articles, cout records, laws, and 17th century texts, probates, wills and biographies.
- Wyoming Valley Massacre of 1757
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Immigration/Passenger Lists
- Ellis Island Database- American Family Immigration History Center
  Between 1892 and 1924 over 24 million passengers and members of ship's crews came through Ellis Island and the Port of New York.
  - Ellis Island One Step Search Tools
- Olive Tree Genealogy.com
- On the Trail of Ancestors
- Passenger Lists
  The Oldenburg University Library has 1586 rolls of Microfilm with passenger lists. This website gives the film roll numbers and some soundex indexes. They will search for you and make photocopies from the original
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Mailing Lists
Maps
- Rare Map Collection - Colonial America
  University of Georgia Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Perry-Casta�eda Library Map Collection
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Mayflower
Military
Newspapers
- Massachusetts Newspapers
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Societies
Surnames - Genealogies
- Steve Condarcure's New England Genealogy
  442,316 Individuals, 147,642 Families,6,480 Surnames
- A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England Before 1692
- GenCircles - New England Ancestors
  Early New England Ancestors submitted by Susan Hill Shannon
- Early Bridgewater Families
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Wills
- Samuel Packard's Will
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Miscellaneous Records
- ABCGenealogy - New England
- Colonial Currency
- Colonial Occupations
- NewEnglandAncestors.org
  Over 102 million names in 2200 databases
- Jane Devlin Website
  Cemetery Records, marriages, births, deaths, baptisms, burials, Civil War Honor Rolls, land grants, tax lists, Freemen, wills, probates, town histories, and biographies for the States of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Michigan
- The Rich Men of Massachusetts
  A Statement of the Reputed Wealth of About Fifteen Hundred Persons, with Brief Sketches of More than One Thousand Characters." Those listed in the book had fortunes in 1851 estimated at $50,000 or more.
- Massachusetts Web Pages
- New England - Cyndi's List
- New England Records-Awesome Genealogy Website
  New England databases and maps. Also miscellaneous records Census records, passenger lists, cemeteries, military, naturalization, church records, Palatines and Moravian records.
- The Old Colony Pages
  Photos of historical buildings in Massachusetts with links to Massachusetts USGenWeb sites
- On The Trail of Ancestors
  Dutch Research, Loyalists Muster Rolls, Cemeteries in NJ/PA, PA and Mennonite Research, Palatines in NY 1710, Ships Passenger Lists, etc.
- The Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony 1620
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GenWeb (Colonial States)