External Databases

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FOOTNOTE 

Through Footnote, users can search and browse millions of historic documents, many of them made available through partnerships with the National Archives and the Library of Congress. The documents include military records (including Revolutionary War pension files), naturalizations, vital records, the Pennsylvania Archives historical records, and many other resources.

For a limited time, Footnote is offering NEHGS members a one-of-a-kind discount on annual subscriptions.
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19th Century U.S. Newspapers database!
The 19th Century U.S. Newspapers database provides access to approximately 1.7 million pages of newspaper content from throughout the 19th century. It features full text and images from hundreds of newspapers from every region in the U.S. The collection emphasizes such topics as the American Civil War, Western migration, African-American history, and Antebellum-era life, and contains a wealth of genealogical content, including birth, death, and marriage notices.
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 Early American Newspapers, Series I 1690-1876
Explore your early American ancestors and the America of yesterday. This collection offers a full-text, searchable database of over one million pages, and includes marriage, court, and death notices from early American periodicals such as the Boston Gazette, Gazette of the United States, New-York Evening Post, and many more.
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MARQUIS WHO'S WHO -
(This Database limits access to five simultaneous users.)

Marquis Who’s Who features comprehensive profiles on over 1.4 million individuals from all fields of endeavor. It includes biographies from Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the East, Who’s Who in the Midwest, and many other Who’s Who titles. If you are unable to access the database when the limit has been reached, please try again later.
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