USGenweb Archives
File Preparation
Thank you for checking about how to contribute your genealogical materials and data
for use in the USGenWeb Archives. All contributed materials will remain accessible, without
charge.
Using the Forms
Over 45 states now use forms at
genrecords.org
genrecords.net
Both sites send your data to the Archives. These forms do the processing of your files and, in most cases, handle the uploading of the files for us. If you use the forms, you do not need to add the notice mentioned below The form handler does it automatically.
How to assist the archivists:
USGenWeb Archives Notice Examples
Union County SD Archives Obituaries.....Smith, John 2010
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Some types of records to get us started
- Federal Census (free, slave, mortality, agriculture, veterans... schedules)
- State Census
- Vital Records
- Marriage
- Birth
- Death
- Divorce (or under court?)
- Court records (county, federal, civil, circuit, probate....)
- Church records (members lists, baptisms...)
- Bible Records
- Newspapers (obits, marriage & birth announcements, local events...)
- Prison Records
- Military Records (rosters, muster rolls, service records, pension applications...)
- Revolutionary
- Civil War,
- Indian Wars
- Mexican
- Spanish-American
- War of 1812
- WWI
- WWII
- Korean
- Viet Nam
- Persian Gulf
- Land Records (deeds, land transfers, federal land grants, surveyor's records...)
- Tax Records (land, property, state, federal, local....)
- Local Histories
- Local Directories (phone books, old county and city directories....)
- Occupational (?) (Mining inspector's reports, Accident reports, railroad reports,
company newsletters....)
- Educational (?) (school histories, newsletters, KY's school census, yearbooks?)
- Cemeteries
- Deeds/grants
- Miscellaneous
- Newspapers/obits
- Ship Lists
- Tax lists
- Wills