American Genealogical Research Services

12/02/2025

Period Clothing

"The Museum is aggressively building its permanent collection, focusing on "directional" fashion, i.e., the kind of fashion that makes fashion history. The permanent collection of The Museum at FIT currently includes more than 50,000 garments and accessories, dating from the 18th century to the present, with particular strength in modern and contemporary women's fashion."

Acquired collections at the Museum at FIT.

12/01/2025

Charts and Forms

Want to be the most popular person at your next family gathering? Be the person who can explain the difference between “second cousins, once removed”

11/13/2025

Census Records

For most small cities, the 1940 ED numbers (as well as the 1930 ED numbers) can be found directly with this utility. In that case, after you select the state you would select the city, and a set of ED numbers for that city will be displayed. If it really is a small city, there won't be many EDs and you can easily search through each one looking for the address that you want.

For larger cities, this utility will let you obtain the 1940 ED number of an address if you already know the ED number of that address in the 1930 census. The 1930 ED number can be obtained using the One-Step tool at http://stevemorse.org/census. Once you obtain the 1930 ED number with that tool, you will be presented with a button that links you back to this utility to do the conversion.

https://www.stevemorse.org/census/ed2040.php

11/12/2025

State Highlight - California - Libraries and Archives

Background image: Handwritten journal including a sketch of the South Fork of Kings River in Kings Canyon, California. LeConte Family Papers / UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

11/11/2025

Surname Highlight - Brodnax

ARVAS is an aggregator of archival resources. ARVAS does not have control of the descriptive language used in our members’ finding aids. Finding aids may contain historical terms and phrases, reflecting the shared attitudes and values of the community from which they were collected, but are offens...

11/10/2025

British Records

Recommended Reference - Grantees of arms named in docquets and patents between the years 1687 and 1898,
preserved in various manuscripts, collected and alphabetically arranged / by the late Joseph Foster... and contained in the Additional ms.no. 37,149, in the British museum. Ed. by W. Harry Rylands, F.S.A. 67 Volumes

Foster, Joseph, 1844-1905.

Published
London, 1916-17.

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001652750

Grantees of arms named in docquets and patents between the years 1687 and 1898, preserved in various manuscripts, collected and alphabetically arranged / by the late Joseph Foster... and contained in the Additional ms.no. 37,149, in the British museum. Ed. by W. Harry Rylands, F.S.A. Description Too...

11/06/2025

Libraries

"The Power of Story
The ACPL Genealogy Center welcomes you to explore our unique and state-of-the-art resource for family history research. We have the largest publicly-available research collection in the country and make available, at no cost, records from around the world to aid in your discovery. Our staff specializes in genealogy and is ready to help. Everyone has a story. Let’s find yours! "

The ACPL Genealogy Center is a unique and valuable resource for the Northeastern Indiana community and the entire genealogical community at large. We have one of the largest research collections available, incorporating records from around the world. Our staff specializes in genealogy and is always....

11/05/2025

Miscellaneous Books

Recommended Reference -
A history of matrimonial institutions chiefly in England and the United States : with an introductory analysis of the literature and the theories of primitive marriage and the family. 3 Volumes

Howard, George Elliott, 1849-1928.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, Callaghan & Co. ; 1904.

A history of matrimonial institutions chiefly in England and the United States : with an introductory analysis of the literature and the theories of primitive marriage and the family. Description Tools Cite this Export citation file Main Author Howard, George Elliott, 1849-1928. Language(s) English....

11/04/2025

Blogs and Podcasts

Your FREE genealogy starting point with more than 317,000 genealogy links, categorized & cross-referenced, in more than 200 categories.

11/03/2025

Biographies

Recommended Reference - American Biography: a New Cyclopedia. New York: Pub. under the direction of the American historical society. Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, and Inc. American historical company. 1916 - 57 Volumes

American biography; a new cyclopedia. Compiled under the editorial supervision of a notable advisory board. Description Tools Cite this Export citation file Related Names Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918 American historical company, inc., New York. Language(s) English Published New York, Pub. unde...

10/31/2025

Biographies - American Revolution

Recommended Reading - Biographical sketches of loyalists of the American Revolution: with an historical essay. 2 Volumes. Boston Sabine, L., Sabine, L., H.O. Houghton & Company., Little, B. and Company. (1864).

Biographical sketches of loyalists of the American Revolution with an historical essay / by Lorenzo Sabine. Description Tools Cite this Export citation file Main Author Sabine, Lorenzo, 1803-1877 Related Names Sabine, Lorenzo, 1803-1877. H.O. Houghton & Company Little, Brown and Company Language(s)....

10/30/2025

Historical Artist Highlight

Conceived in the age of neoclassicism, the Rotunda was intended to recall the Pantheon, the ancient Roman temple. Bulfinch created in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda an ambitious orchestration of architecture, sculpture and painting.