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| − | '''Capital''' Washington DC <br>
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| − | '''Currency''' US dollar<br>
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| − | '''Language''' English <br>
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| − | In 1620, the Mayflower was one of many ships to bring the Pilgrims to the New World, and what we now know as the USA came into being. The country is divided into 50 states (the 48 contiguous states as well as Alaska and Hawaii) and Washington DC is the capital of the whole country. The USA provided significant help to the allies in World War II, after declaring war when the Japanese Empire attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbour. A rich nation, the USA has made great strides into space exploration although it has suffered major devastation in recent years through terrorist attacks.
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| − | ==The States==
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| − | |[[Alabama ]]||[[Alaska ]]||[[Arizona ]]||[[Arkansas ]]
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| − | |[[California]]||[[Colorado]]||[[Connecticut]]||[[Delaware]]
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| − | |[[Florida]]||[[Georgia]]||[[Hawaii]]||[[Idaho]]
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| − | |[[Illinois]]||[[Indiana]]||[[Iowa]]||[[Kansas]]
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| − | |[[Kentucky]]||[[Louisiana]]||[[Maine]]||[[Maryland]]
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| − | |[[Massachusetts]]||[[Michigan]]||[[Minnesota]]||[[Mississippi]]
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| − | |[[Missouri]]|||[[Montana]]||[[Nebraska]]||[[Nevada]]
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| − | |[[New Hampshire]]||[[New Jersey]]||[[New Mexico]]||[[New York]]
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| − | |[[North Carolina]]||[[North Dakota]]||[[Ohio]]||[[Oklahoma]]
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| − | |[[Oregon]]||[[Pennsylvania]]||[[Rhode Island]]||[[South Carolina]]
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| − | |[[South Dakota]]||[[Tennessee]]||[[Texas]]||[[Utah]]
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| − | |[[Vermont]]||[[Virginia]]||[[Washington]]||[[West Virginia]]
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| − | |[[Wisconsin]]||[[Wyoming]]
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| − | ==Nationwide Information==
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| − | ====Archives and Libraries====
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| − | *[http://www.archives.gov/ '''National Archives''']
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| − | *[http://www.searchmyrecords.com/ Nationwide Public Record Databases]
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| − | *[http://jpl.coj.net/coll/gen/index.html Jacksonville Public Library Genealogy. Some Online Databases, Maps and Directories]
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| − | *[http://www.libdex.com/country/USA.html LIBDEX The Library Index]
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| − | *[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Library of Congress Local History and Genealogy Reading Room]
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| − | ====Genealogical Resources====
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| − | *[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/index.htm Access Genealogy]
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| − | *[http://www.ahgp.org/ American History and Genealogy Project]
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| − | *[http://www.byubroadcasting.org/ancestors/ Ancestors. A Guide to Genealogical Research in the USA]
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| − | *[http://genealogytrails.com/ Genealogy Trails]
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| − | *[http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/ U.S.A. History and Genealogy site]
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| − | *[http://www.alhn.org/state/ American Local History Project]
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| − | *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/roots-l/usa.html Resources: United States]
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| − | *[http://www.genealogytoday.com/genealogy/states/index.html StateGenSites]
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| − | *[http://www.kindredtrails.com/links.html Kindred Trails]
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| − | *[http://www.usgenweb.org/projects/index.shtml USGenWeb Projects]
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| − | *[http://resources.rootsweb.com/USA/ U.S.A. County Resources]
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| − | *[http://www.ccrh.org/content.htm The Center for Columbia River History covering land in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming]
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| − | *[http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/ Mid Atlantic Roots Network covering Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia]
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| − | *[http://www.newrivernotes.com/ New River Genealogy and History - Upper New River Valley of Virginia and North Carolina]
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| − | *[http://www.genealogymagazine.com/index.html Genealogy Magazine]
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| − | *[http://www.footnote.com/ Footnote - The Place for Original Documents On Line]
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| − | ====Newspapers====
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| − | *[http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/archives.html U.S. News Archives on the Web]
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| − | ====People====
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| − | *[http://usa.findpeoplesearchonline.com Search People Online]
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| − | *[http://www.everynameindex.com/index.html Every Name Index]
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| − | *[http://peoplesearch.findpeoplesearchonline.com Search and Find U.S.A People]
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| − | *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~usfgs/ US Family Group Sheet Project]
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| − | ==Vital Records==
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| − | *[http://www.vitalrecordsus.com/ Vital Records in the United States]
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| − | ====Birth Records====
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| − | *[http://www.birthrecordsearch.us/ Birth Records Search]
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| − | *[http://www.birthdatabase.net/ Birth Records]
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| − | ====Census Records====
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| − | *[http://www.censusrecordsonline.com/ U.S. Census Record Archives Online]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~xander/census-records.htm Census Records Guide]
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| − | ====Marriage Records====
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| − | *[http://www.marriagerecordsonline.us/ U.S.A Marriage Records]
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| − | *[http://www.marriagedatabase.com/ U.S.A Marriage Records]
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| − | *[http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/aboutWesternStates.cfm The Western States Marriage Record Index]
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| − | *[http://www.divorcerecordssearch.ws U.S.A Divorce Records]
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| − | ====Death Records and Obituaries====
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| − | *[http://genealogy-data.com/ssdi/searchssdi.htm Social Security Death Index]
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| − | *[http://www.deathrecordsearch.net/ U.S.A Death Records]
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| − | *[http://www.deathindexes.com/ U.S.A Death Indexes and Records]
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| − | *[http://death-records.net/ U.S.A Death Records]
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| − | *[http://www.deathrecordsobituarysearch.com/ Death and Obituary Records]
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| − | *[http://www.nhor.org/ The National Hall of Records]
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| − | *[http://www.newspaperobituaries.net/ Newspaper Obituaries]
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| − | *[http://www.obituarydatabase.com/ Obituaries Search]
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| − | *[http://www.obituarieshelp.org/Newspaper Obituaries]
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| − | ====Cemeteries====
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| − | See [[Cemeteries Online]] and pages for individual states.
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| − | ==Emigration, Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists==
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| − | * See [[Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration/Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists]]
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| − | ==Family and Social History==
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| − | *[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/ Making America]
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| − | *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~asylums/index.html#or America's Historic Asylums and Other Institutions]
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| − | *[http://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/19thcentury1800.htm American Cultural History]
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| − | *[http://www.smith.edu/libraries/libs/ssc/atg/index.html Exploring the US through Family Papers - The Sophia Smith Collection]
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| − | *[http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sam/occupation.html Glossary of Colonial Occupations]
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| − | *[http://www.poorhousestory.com/index.htm The Poorhouse Story]
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| − | *[http://quarriesandbeyond.org/ Stone Quarries and Beyond]
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| − | *[http://www.mariner.org/ The Mariners' Museum]
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| − | ====African American Genealogy ====
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| − | *Also see the section on [[General_History#Slavery|Slavery]]
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| − | *[http://africanamericancemeteries.com/ African American Cemeteries]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blackcoalminers/ African American Coal Miners]
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| − | *[http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/african-american.html African American History]
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| − | *[http://www.afrigeneas.com/ African American Genealogy]
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| − | *[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/texts.html#A North American Slave Narratives]
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| − | *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/ The Large Slaveholder Project]
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| − | *[http://www.africanaheritage.com/ Africana Heritage Project]
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| − | ====Native American Genealogy====
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| − | *[http://www.genealogybranches.com/nativeamericans.html Native American Indian Genealogy Records and Databases]
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| − | *[http://www.amerindgen.com/index.html American Indian Genealogy]
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| − | *[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~yanusdi/ Cherokee Genealogy]
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| − | *[http://cherokeeregistry.com/ Cherokee Heritage Documentation Centre]
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| − | *[http://www.hanksville.org/sand/contacts/tribal/index.html Contact Information for the Tribes of the USA and Canada]
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| − | *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/gatewayToPamunkey.html Gateway to the Pamunkeys]
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| − | *[http://marilee.us/nativeamericans.html Marilee's Native Americans Resource]
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| − | *[http://www.nanations.com/ Native American Nations]
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| − | *[http://www.angelfire.com/on3/oneida/page2.html Oneida Indian Genealogy]
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| − | *[http://www.native-languages.org/genealogy.htm Native American Genealogy]
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| − | *[http://www.angelfire.com/la/brantley/index.html Red Wolf's Native American Indian Genealogy]
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| − | *[http://neptune3.galib.uga.edu/ssp/cgi-bin/ftaccess.cgi?galileo_server=www.galileo.usg.edu&galileo_server_port=80&galileo_server_id=2&instcode=publ&instname=Guest&helpuserid=galileo&style=default&_id=182c5b82-1171785385-6233&dbs=ZLNA South Eastern Native American Documents 1730-1842]
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| − | == Maps and Photographs==
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| − | *[http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/ 1895 USA Atlas]
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| − | *[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/ Map Collections from the Library of Congress]
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| − | *[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/histus.html Map Collection of the Perry-Castañeda Library]
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| − | *[http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html Prints & Photographs Online Catalog]
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| − | == Military History ==
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| − | *[[:Category:Military and Maritime History|'''Military and Maritime History''']]
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| − | *[http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~xander/index_military.htm Military Records Guide]
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| − | *[http://military.searchmyrecords.com U.S.A Official Military Records Provider]
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| − | *[http://www.militaryrecords.ws U.S.A Military and War Records]
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| − | *[http://www.emersonkent.com/wars_and_battles_in_history/american_war_of_independence.htm American Revolutionary War]
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| − | *[http://www.myrevolutionarywar.com/ The American Revolution]
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| − | *[http://homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/civilwar/civilwar.htm The Civil War]
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| − | *[http://www.geocities.com/r_leddy/cw/cw.html Civil War Rosters]
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| − | *[http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets2.html Women in the American Civil War]
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| − | *[http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/ Bits of Blue and Gray: An American Civil War Notebook]
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| − | *[http://www.teacheroz.com/wwi.htm America in World War One]
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| − | *[http://www.gjenvick.com/ WW1, WW2, U.S.A. Army and Navy]
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| − | *[http://www.densho.org/ Densho - Pearl Harbour and testimonies of Japanese Americans]
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| − | *[http://memories.384thbombgroup.com/ Memories of the 384th Bombardment Group (USA)]
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| − | *[http://www.vvmf.org/index.cfm?SectionID=1 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund]
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| − | *[http://www.militarymuseum.org/Links.html U.S.A. Military History Links]
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| − | *See also [[War_Memorials#USA|War Memorials: USA]]
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| − | == Religion ==
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| − | *[http://www.350th.org/ American Jewish History]
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| − | *[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/usastates.htm Local Catholic Church and Family History and Genealogy Guide]
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| − | *[http://www.jesuits-mis.org/AbouttheProvince/MidwestJesuitArchives.aspx The Mid-West Jesuit Archives: Chicago, Detroit, Missouri and Wisconsin]
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| − | *[http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/djw/lutheranheritage.html The Lutheran Heritage Foundation]
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| − | *[http://www.swarthmore.edu/fhl.xml The Society of Friends Historical Society]
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| − | *[http://www.earlham.edu/library/content/friends/index.html Arthur and Kathleen Postle Archives and Friends Collection]
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