Reply #5: Don't forget your local library and genealogical societies [View All]

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of the various locations. Another good but not free source, if you find anyone who was in the Civil War, NARA will send you their civil war pension files which sometimes have things like marriage certificates, listing of survivors, signatures of them and their relatives.

Added. Also courthouses. There's also the bureau of land management which lists people who owned land online. You can find it through www.cyndislist.com.