General Resources: History Resources

Atlas of the Historical Geography of the US
The digital edition of all of the nearly 700 maps published in the 1932 version of Atlas of the Historical ...

Calculating Birthdates from Ages on Censuses
Explains how to calculate birthdates from age data taken from multiple census records; the actual calculator is here.

Calendar Labs
Generate a calendar for any month and year (especially helpful for use with historical newspapers when trying to determine a date ...

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (LOC)
The Chronicling America project has digitized many of America’s historic newspapers from 1836-1922. The images are free online and are ...

Common Female Nicknames in Genealogy
Nicknames for more than 200 given names to figure out the various ways your female ancestor might appear in census, ...

Common Historical Nicknames
This large list of male and female names with their historical nicknames is helpful when determining identities if a listed ...

Dictionary of Old Occupations
Database of old occupations, jobs, archaic trades and similar historical terms

Documenting the South Photos
(Includes more than just southern states) “Documenting the American South (DocSouth) is a digital publishing initiative that provides Internet access ...

FamilySearch.org
FamilySearch is the premiere free source for genealogy documents. With millions of records from around the world, its collections cover ...

David Rumsey Map Collection
DavidRumsey.com contains over 59,000 maps and images including rare 16th-20th century maps of North & South America. A new app called ...
Location-Specific Resources: History Resources

Michigan: Monroe County Library Newspaper Holdings
A list of the titles and dates of the historical newspapers held at the Ellis Library & Reference Center of ...

Michigan Digital Newspaper Portal
Listing of historical newspapers in Michigan that have been digitized with information about access; includes both free and fee-based repositories

Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection
45 Illinois newspaper titles dating from 1831-2011 that have been digitized and are available for free on the site

Arkansas Ties
Extensive website with geographical and historical information about Arkansas

Virginia: Library of Virginia Newspaper Holdings
For some reason, the Library of Virginia website makes it almost impossible to find a list of their newspaper holdings. ...

Georgia: Athens Historic Newspaper Archive (GA)
Historical newspapers archive for Athens, Georgia (courtesy of Georgia’s Galileo system)

Georgia: Athens/Clarke County Library Heritage Room
Genealogy research room in the Athens, Georgia, library system

Georgia: Athens/Clarke County History (UGA)
A profile of Athens and Clarke County with photos, information about landmarks and historic places, cemetery links, historical maps, and ...

Georgia: Augusta Chronicle Archives
Subscription-based availability of archives from 1790-2003 (with a few exceptions)

Georgia County Maps (Changes)
Animated map of Georgia showing county boundary changes over time