1. https://www.ancestry.com/ free
State Resource Guides: Go to Help, then Support Center, type in “state resource
guides”, select US State Resource Guides, then select your state. Gives history and resources.
2. Try http://usgenweb.org/ . This site is all-volunteer. There are volunteers for most counties who
are knowledgeable about the area. Each
county site is different based on the area and the interests of the
genealogists. On the usgenweb map,
select your state for info about projects and social media. Then click on the county. The records will not be complete. In many categories people have posted
information they have about their families.
I have found rural cemetery transcriptions, churches, yearbooks, bibles,
etc. I contacted the county coordinator
and was put in touch with local people researching my family. Look for info about the country government
and records office.
3. https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States_Genealogy: Again you can go to the county level. You will see dates for
birth/marriage/death/land/probate. Also
a link to the county records office where you will find the hours, rules and
available online records.
4. On http://cyndislist.com/ go to the Categories
on left, then United States, select your state, select Counties. This website is a catalog of links of all
kinds. There will be links to official
county offices.
5. https://findagrave.com/: sometimes you will
be lucky and find obits.
6. Find the
state archives and digital archives.
7.
Read books about county history and your local family
history.
8.
Look for a “mug book”. One
series is called Heritage Book. For
example: Heritage Book of Onslow County, NC.
Salesmen went from county to county to find someone who would coordinate
the writing of a substantial book which included family genealogies, historical
pictures, churches, social clubs, and whatever they wanted to put into it. Some are available by interlibrary loan. Search http://www.worldcat.org/or
https://openlibrary.org/ for the county.
9. Digging
Deeper? National Genealogical Society
publishes
State Research Guides. Go to: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/
and use the Store tab. The PDF
versions are $10-12 and the print versions are $17-19. The print version for my state NC is 44
pages.
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