One of the most comprehensive and categorized portals to the world of genealogy

Maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints, records span billions of names across hundreds of collections—including birth, marriage, death, probate, land, military, IGI extracted, and more.

Available only through libraries and institutions it offers images of US censuses through 1930, 28,000 family and local histories, the Periodical Source Index to 2.3 million genealogy articles, Revolutionary War pension and bounty applications, Freedmen’s Bank records and the US Serial Set.

Archival Databases collection of more than 85 million historic electronic records—among them more than 9 million WWII enlistment files—and the Archival Research Catalog index to 6.3 million records (with 153,000 digital copies).

PA Ancestors: Pennsylvania Newspaper Collections: A Rich Source of Local History "Pennsylvania has a long and rich history of newspaper publishing, with nearly 10,000 different newspapers published over the past 340 years. These newspapers provide a unique and invaluable window into Pennsylvania's past, chronicling the events, people, and issues that shaped the state's history. In this article, we will explore how to use digitized Pennsylvania historical newspapers to uncover the stories of the past."