US State Libraries & Archives

US State & County Quick Facts: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/

National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/
Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/; Ask A Librarian: http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/
Smithsonian Institution (National Museums): http://www.si.edu/
National Genealogy Society: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/
Federation of US Genealogical Societies: http://www.fgs.org/

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New England Historic Genealogical Society: http://www.nehgs.org/
Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/mhgs/

Georgia State Archives
http://www.georgiaarchives.org/
http://www.georgiaarchives.org/what_do_we_have/online_indexes/

Michigan: History, Arts and Libraries:
Naturalization Records Indexes
http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18635_20684---,00.html

Oregon State Archives.
http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/banners/genealogy.htm

• Alabama State Archives: http://www.archives.state.al.us/


• Alaska State Archives: http://www.archives.state.ak.us/
  State Library: http://www.library.state.ak.us/
  State Museums: http://www.museums.state.ak.us/
  Historical Collections: http://www.library.state.ak.us/hist/hist.html
  Historical Society: http://www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org/


• Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records: http://www.lib.az.us/
  Family History: http://www.lib.az.us/archives/famhistory.cfm
  Biographical Database: http://www.lib.az.us/Bio/index.cfm


• Arkansas History Commission: http://www.ark-ives.com/
  Heritage: http://www.arkansasheritage.com/
  Library Catalogs on the Web: http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/web_catalogs.htm
  Old State House Museum: http://www.oldstatehouse.com/
  History Museums: http://www.censusfinder.com/arkansas-historical-museums.htm


• California Archives: http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm
  State Library: http://www.library.ca.gov/
  The California Museum: http://www.californiamuseum.org/
  Historical Society: http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/
  History Online: http://www.californiahistory.net/


• Colorado State Archives: http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/
  State Historical Society: http://www.coloradohistory.org/
  Libraries and Museums in Colorado: http://www.state.co.us/lib_dir/libmenu.html


• Connecticut State Library & Archives: http://www.cslib.org/archives.htm
  Museum Of Connecticut History: http://www.cslib.org/museum.htm
  Historical Society: http://www.chs.org/


• Delaware Public Archives: http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/
  Historical Society: http://www.hsd.org/
  Delaware History: http://history.delaware.gov/


• Florida Library & Archives: http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/barm/fsa.html
  State Genealogical Society: http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/
  Historical Society: http://www.florida-historical-soc.org/


• Georgia Archives: http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives/
  Historical Society: http://www.georgiahistory.com


• Hawaii Archives: http://www.hawaii.gov/dags/archives/
  Bishop Museum: http://www.bishopmuseum.org/
  State Public Library System: http://www.librarieshawaii.org/
  Historical Society: http://www.hawaiianhistory.org/
  Hawaiian Genealogical Resources: http://rootsweb.com/~hihcgs/libhours.html


• Idaho State Historical Society: http://www.idahohistory.net
  Archives and Historical Library: http://www.idahohistory.net/library_archives.html
  Historical Museum: http://www.idahohistory.net/museum.html


• Illinois State Archives: http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/archives.html
  Librarians Online: http://www.askawayillinois.info/


• Indiana State Archives: http://www.in.gov/icpr/archives/faq/
  Public Records: http://www.state.in.us/icpr/
  State Library, Genealogy Div.: http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/WWW/ISL/whoweare/genealogy.html
  State Museum: http://www.in.gov/ism/
  Historical Society: http://www.indianahistory.org/
  Genealogical Society: http://www.indgensoc.org/


• State Historical Society of Iowa: http://www.iowahistory.org/
  Iowa U of I Ask a Librarian: http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/contact/ask/index.html
  University of Iowa museums and research collections: http://www.uiowa.edu/homepage/hub/museums.html
  State Library: http://www.statelibraryofiowa.org/
  Iowa Genealogical Society: http://www.iowagenealogy.org/


• Kansas State Historical Society: http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/ - Ask a Research Question
  State Library: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/KSL/
  Genealogical Society: http://www.dodgecity.net/kgs/


• Kentucky Libraries & Archives: http://www.kdla.ky.gov/ - Ask a Librarian
  Historical Society: http://history.ky.gov/
  Genealogy Society: http://www.kygs.org/


• Louisiana State Archives: http://www.sec.state.la.us
  Louisiana Historical Society: http://www.louisianahistoricalsociety.org/
  State Library: http://www.state.lib.la.us/


• Maine State Archives: http://www.state.me.us/sos/arc/
  State Library: http://www.maine.gov/msl/
  State Museum: http://www.state.me.us/museum/
  Historical Society: http://www.mainehistory.org/


• Maryland Archives: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/
  Historical Trust: http://www.marylandhistoricaltrust.net/
  Historical Society: http://www.mdhs.org/
  SAILOR, Public Information Network: http://www.sailor.lib.md.us/


• Massachusetts Archives: http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/sec/arc/arcidx.htm
  Massachusettes Library and Information Network: http://mlin.lib.ma.us/
  Commonwealth Museum: http://www.sec.state.ma.us/mus/museum/
  Historical Society: http://www.masshist.org/library/begin.cfm


• Michigan Archives: http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18635---,00.html - Genealogy: http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18635---,00.html
  Michigan Historical Museum System: http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17445_19273---,00.html
  Historical Society: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~hsm/
  State Library: http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17445_19270---,00.html

Minnesota: http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/records/index.html
http://www.mnhs.org/ (Minnesota historical society)

Mississippi Archives & History: http://www.mdah.state.ms.us/
Historical Society: http://www.mdah.state.ms.us/admin/mhistsoc.html

Missouri: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/Default.asp
http://mosl.sos.state.mo (Missouri archives)
http://www.system.missouri.edu/shs/ (Missouri historical society)

Montana: http://www.his.state.mt.us/

Nebraska: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/index.htm

Nevada State Library & Archives: http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/
Historical Society: http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/museums/reno/his-soc.htm

New Hampshire Archives: http://www.state.nh.us/state/
Historical Society: http://www.nhhistory.org/

New Jersey: http://www.state.nj.us/state/darm/
http://www.state.nj.us/statelibrary/libgene.htm (New Jersey library)
New Jersey State Archives Imaged Collections: http://www.njarchives.org/links/imgcollections.html
New Jersey State Archives Genealogical Holdings: http://www.njarchives.org/links/webcat/genealogy.html


New Mexico State Records Center and Archives: http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/archives/ancestors.htm
State Library: http://www.stlib.state.nm.us/
Museum of New Mexico: http://www.museumofnewmexico.org/
NM Genealogical Society: http://www.nmgs.org/
Historical Society: http://www.hsnm.org/

New York State Library: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/
New York State Archives: http://www.archives.nysed.gov/aindex.shtml
New York State Museum: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/
New York State Vital Records: http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/consumer/vr.htm

North Carolina: http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/ (North Carolina archives)
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NCSLHOME>HTM#information (NC library)

North Dakota: http://www.state.nd.us/hist/sal.htm


Ohio Historical Society: http://www.ohiohistory.org/ or http://historyworksohio.org/resource/statearc/
Ohio Online Death Certificate Search: http://www.ohiohistory.org/dindex/

Oklahoma: http://www.odl.state.ok.us/oar/
http://www.ok-history.mus.ok.us/ (Oklahoma museum of history)

Oregon: http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/


Pennsylvania State Archives: http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/overview.htm
Philadelphia City Archives, Pennsylvania: http://www.phila.gov/phils/carchive.htm
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: http://www.hsp.org/
The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: http://www.genpa.org/
Commonwealth Libraries: http://www.statelibrary.state.pa.us/libraries/ - Email your Reference Question (if this link does not work, click the link on the main page)
State Museum of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg): http://www.statemuseumpa.org/


Rhode Island: http://www.state.ri.us/archives/

South Carolina: http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/homepage.htm
http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/respol.htm (South Carolina archives)
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/escn_database_reports/ (old SC papers)
http://www.historic.com/schs/ (South Carolina historical society)
http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/mnscrpts/index.html (USC's South Carolina library)

South Dakota: http://www.sdhistory.org/

Tennessee: http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/tslahome.htm
Tennessee State Library & Archives: http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/

Texas: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/

Utah: http://www.archives.state.ut.us/

Vermont: http://vermont-archives.org/

Virginia: http://www.lva.lib.va.us/

Washington: http://www.secstate.wa.gov/archives/

West Virginia: http://www.wvculture.org/history/wvsamenu.html
http://www.westvirginia.org/ (West Virginia online)

Wisconsin: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/
http://www.wisc.edu/shs-archives/ (Wisconsin historical society)
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/www/wis_lib.html (online Wisconsin libraries)

Wyoming: http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/
Wyoming State Archives: http://wyoarchives.state.wy.us/
Wyoming State Library: http://www-wsl.state.wy.us/

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Julie Hesson provided some of these links; thanks, darlin'!

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Every state's US GenWeb Project can be reached by using http://usgenweb.org/XX, where XX is the two-letter US Postal Service abbreviation for that state:

Alabama = AL, Alaska = AK, Arizona = AZ, Arkansas = AR, California = CA, Colorado = CO, Connecticut = CT, Delaware = DE, Dist. of Columbia = DC, Florida = FL, Georgia = GA, Guam = GU, Hawaii = HI, Idaho = ID, Illinois = IL, Indiana = IN, Iowa = IA, Oklahoma/Indian Territory = IT, Kansas = KS, Kentucky = KY, Louisiana = LA, Maine = ME, Maryland = MD, Massachusetts = MA, Michigan = MI, Minnesota = MN, Mississippi = MS, Missouri = MO, Montana = MT, Nebraska = NE, Nevada = NV, New Hampshire = NH, New Jersey = NJ, New Mexico = NM, New York = NY, North Carolina = NC, North Dakota = ND, Ohio = OH, Oklahoma = OK, Oregon = OR, Pennsylvania = PA, Rhode Island = RI, South Carolina = SC, South Dakota = SD, Tennessee = TN, Texas = TX, Utah = UT, Vermont = VT, Virginia = VA, Washington = WA, West Virginia = WV, Wisconsin = WI, Wyoming = WY

Similarly, the state resources at Rootsweb can be reached by this formula: http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/XX.html
Linkpendium, too: http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/XX
Cyndi's List uses: http://www.cyndislist.com/xx.htm (not caps)

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less. - Susan B. Anthony