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* [http://oedb.org/library/features/250-plus-killer-digital-libraries-and-archives Online libraries and archives] that focus mainly on localized, regional, and U.S. history, but it also includes larger collections, eText and eBook repositories, and a short list of directories to help you continue your research efforts.
* The [http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html Global Gateway] - part of the [http://www.loc.gov/ Library of US Congress] - is a multimedia digital library, built with partners from around the world.
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ The Library of US Congress] has one of the world's premier collections of U.S. and foreign genealogical and local historical publications. The Library's genealogy collection began as early as 1815 with the purchase of Thomas Jefferson's library.See also the [http://www.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/index.html National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)]
* [http://www.castlegarden.org/index.php CastleGarden] is a free site offers access to an extraordinary database of information on 11 million immigrants from 1820 through 1892, the year [http://www.ellisisland.org/ Ellis Island] opened.
* [http://www.ellisisland.org/ Ellis Island]: more than 22 million passengers and members of ships' crews entered the United States through Ellis Island and the Port of New York between 1892 and 1924. See also this [http://stevenmorse.com/ellis2/ellis.html form] and the [http://stevenmorse.com/ellis2/ellisgold.html advanced one].

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