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Architechture & Construction

• Associated Builders & Contractors : (Member directory) | (National staff directory)
• Building Permits Database (1997-date) (HUD)
• Contractor Search Directory (Associated Builders & Contractors)
• ProFile Database of Architechtural Firms (CMD/AIA)

Business

• County Business Patterns Special Data Extract (1992-1999) (HUD)

Caselaw  administrative / collections / topics

• Administrative
• Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States : General Accounting Office: Last 60 days | Since Jan. 1996 
  
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• FedLaw
• Legal Information Institute
• THOMAS: Legal Information on the Internet : Library of Congress legal information web site.  Makes available a wide array of legislative materials, statutes and statutory history.
  
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• Antitrust and related decisions (DOJ site)
• Freedom of expression and related
• Redistricting decisions

Cemetery

• Arlington National Cemetery 

• Cemetery Junction

• Cemetery Records Online

• CemSearch

• Dead People

• Find-a-Grave : Database of more than 2.5 million cemetery records from over 4,000 cemeteries nationwide (mostly partial listings).  Searchable by name, location, cemetery.  Also includes thousands of famous people.

• Gravestone Studies

• Headstone Hunter : Clearinghouse for those searching for and those willing to seek out and provide photographs of headstones in their areas.

• Political Graveyard : The Web Site That Tells Where the Dead Politicians are Buried.

• Political Graveyard

• Rootsweb Cemetery Records

• Tombstone Transcription Project

• U.S. GenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project

Census

• American FactFinder (Basic census information from the U.S. Census Bureau)
• Census Demographic and Employment Data (1970-2000) (HUD)
• Census Information Search (1990-2000 data): (By street address) | (By place names) | (Geographic) | (Map search) | (Keyword/Subject)
• Census Online Links
• Census Records Online
• Historical Census Browser (Univ. of Virginia)
• U.S. Historical Census Data Browser (Harvard University)

Constitution

• Constitution of the United States of America : Legal Information Institute.

• Constitution of the U.S.: Analysis and Interpretation : Annotations of Cases Decided by the United States Supreme Court.  Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.  (1992 Ed., 1996 & 1998 suppls.)  (Download texts)

• Collections of State Laws : State by state listings of statutes, constitutions, regulations, legislation, judicial opinions and other related legal materials.  Legal Information Institute.

• Constitution for the United States of America (Text; Net by Names)

• The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation : Annotations of Cases Decided by the United States Supreme Court.  (Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service. (1992; 1998 suppl.)

• The Constitution of the United States, with Index and the Declaration of Independence (U.S. Senate; 1997) | (.pdf) | "Pocket Edition" | (.pdf)

• The Constitution of the United States, as Amended; Unratified Amendments; Analytical Index (House of Representatives; 2000) | (.pdf) 

• Constitution of the United States of America (Supreme Court Historical Society)

State Constitutions of the United States

Courts  courts of appeal / district courts

• Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
• Comm'n Structural Alternatives for Fed. Cts. of Appeal
• Federal Court Clerks Association
• Federal Judicial Center
• Justices of the Supreme Court
• Nominees to the Supreme Court : Listings of all nominees, by president, to the Supreme Court, along with data as to dates of nomination and confirmation (if confirmed), years and dates of service, and who's seat nominated to fill.
• Supreme Court Historical Society
• The Third Branch (Federal courts newsletter)
• Understanding the Federal Courts
• United Stated Federal Judiciary
  
  Courts of Appeal
• Recent Federal Appellate Opinions

• Federal Circuit Court of Appeals: Court site | Emory site

• D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals: Court site | Georgetown site

• First Circuit Court of Appeals: Emory site | Second Site

• Second Circuit Court of Appeals: Pace site | Tuoro site

• Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals: Emory site
  
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• Appellate Court Opinions Search (Since 1995; Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals)
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• PACER Login
   

• Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals: Court site | Emory site

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• Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals: Site One | Site Two

• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: Court site | Villanova site | Findlaw site | 9th Circuit - Opinions (1995-present)

• Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals: Court site | Emory site

• Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals: Court site | Emory site

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• Nebraska

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• New Jersey - Local Rules of Procedure

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• New York - Eastern District

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• Utah

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• Wisconsin - Eastern District

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• Wyoming

• Wyoming - Bankruptcy

Death Records

• U.S. Natural Disasters Collection : Lilstings of victims of natural and man-made disasters. (U.S. Internet Genealogical Society)

Department of State

• Background Notes : Basic background information on the world's nations by the State Department.
• Consular Information Sheets : More detailed country political information from the State Department.
• Current Travel Warnings : Travel Warnings are issued when the State Department recommends that Americans avoid a certain country.

Directories

• American Osteopathic Association - Yearbook & Directory (Find an osteopathic physician)
• Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Search
• Online Doctor Finder (American Medical Association)
• Zip +4 Directories : National Address and Zip+4 Browser

Elections  historical / statutes

• Federal Elections Commission Electronic Filing
• Federal / State Disclosure and Election Directory 2002
• Campaign Finance Reports and Data (Data since 1996)
   
• Historical
• Electoral Count for the Election of 1789
   
• Statutes
• Campaign Finance Law of 1998
• Federal Election Commission Advisory Opinions ( .pdf)
• Federal Election Commission Regulations
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• State Campaign Finance Law

E-mail Directories

• Bigfoot E-mail Search
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Employment

• Current Labor Force Data (1990-date) (HUD)

Ethics Codes

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Executive Office

• Ethics
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• Office of Government Ethics Advisory Opinions (1979-Present)
   
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• Documents
• U.S. Budget: F.Y. 2002 | F.Y. 2001 | F.Y. 2000 | F.Y. 1999 | F.Y. 1998 | F.Y. 1997 | F.Y. 1996 

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• Bureau of Prisons Program Statements
• FBI Crime Data (1992-1999)
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• Most Wanted
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• Interpol Wanted : (search) | (recent wanted)
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• The World's Most Wanted

Legislation  congress / congressional agencies / historical documents / house of representatives / senate

• FedLaw

• THOMAS: Legal Information on the Internet : Library of Congress legal information web site.  Makes available a wide array of legislative materials, statutes and statutory history

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (1774-date)
   

• Congress

• Bill Summary and Status: 106th Congress (1999-2000) | 105th Congress (1997-1998) | 104th Congress (1995-1996) | 103rd Congress (1993-1994) | 102nd Congress (1991-1992) | 101st Congress (1989-1990) | 100th Congress (1987-1988) | 99th Congress (1985-1986) | 98th Congress (1983-1984) | 97th Congress (1981-1982) | 96th Congress (1979-1980) | 95th Congress (1977-1978) | 94th Congress (1975-1976) | 93rd Congress (1973-1974)

• Bill Text : 106th Congress (1999-2000) | 105th Congress (1997-1998) | 104th Congress (1995-1996) |      103rd Congress (1993-1994) | 102nd Congress (1991-1992) | 101st Congress (1989-1990) 

• Congressional Bills : All published versions of House and Senate Bills (Since 103rd Congress, 1993-present).

• Congressional Committee Reports: Congressional Reports ( Senate, House and Executive Reports--Since 104th Congress) | 106th Congress  (1999-2000) | 105th Congress (1997-1998) | 104th Congress (1995-1996) 

• Congressional Documents : Senate, House and Treaty Documents (Since 104th Congress).

• Congressional Hearings on the Web (Univ. of Michigan)

• Congressional Record: Recent Issues | 106th Congress (1999-2000) | 105th Congress (1997-1998) | 104th Congress (1995-1996) | 103rd Congress (1993-1994) | 102nd Congress (1991-1992) | 101st Congress (1989-1990) | Searchable (1995-1998) 

• Congressional Record : Since 1989.  [Via GPO : Since 1995]

• Congressional Record Index: 107th Congress (2001) | 106th Congress (2000) | 106th Congress (1999) | 105th Congress (1998) | 105th Congress (1997) | 104th Congress (1996) | 104th Congress (1995)

• Congressional Votes Library : Vote tallies for the House and Senate from the 104th, 105th & 106th Congresses.

• Deschler's Precedents of the United States House of Representatives : By Lewis Deschler, Parlimentarian of the House, 1928-1974.

• Federal Register : 1995-present | Search (1995-Present) | F.R. Document Drafting Handbook, 1998 

• History of Bills and Resolutions : Information on all Bills and Resolutions passed since 1983.

• Legislation Text, Summaries & Public Laws : Search congressional legislation: Bill Text (since 1989), Bill Summary (since1973), Major Legislation (since 1995), and Public Law (since 1973).

• Roll Call (Newspaper of Capitol Hill)
   

• Congressional Agencies

• Architect of the Capitol

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• Guide to the U.S. Congress

• Library of Congress

• Office of Technology Assessment
   

• Historical Documents

• American State Papers
• Annals of Congress, 1789-1824
• Bills and Resolutions
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• Elliot's Debates, 1787-1788
• Farrand's Records, 1787

• Federal Legislative Documents

• House Journal
• Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
• Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789
• Maclay's Journal

• Records of the First Sixteen Federal Congresses

• Register of Debates, 1824-1837
• Senate Executive Journal
• Senate Journal

• Statutory Laws and Judicial Precedents in Early America

• Statutes at Large
• U.S. Serial Set
   

• House of Representatives

• U.S. House of Representatives : Official web site.

• House Committees : Links to information about the House's committees.

• House Journal : Record of the daily legislative proceedings in the House, from 1991-1995.

• House Majority Whip

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• House Committee Hearing Transcripts : Since 105th Congress.

• House Rules Manual:  104th  105th  106th 

• Legislative Calendar: 2001

• Miscellaneous House Publications (GPO Access)

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• House Membership Listing and Information | (Previous memberships, 101st - 105th Congresses)

• House of Representatives Web Site

• Floor Actions in the House - Current

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• House Calendar (104th Congress-present)

• House Committee Home Pages

• House of Representatives Directories

• House Roll Call Votes: 106th - 1st Session - 1999 | 105th - 2nd Session - 1998 | 105th - 1st Session - 1997 | 101st to 104th - 1990-1996

• Senate

• U.S. Senate : Official web site.

• Miscellaneous Senate Publications (GPO Access)

• Senate Committees : Links to information about the Senate's committees.
    

• Senate membership Listing and Information

• Senate Web Site

• Senate Calendar (104th Congress-present)

• Senate Committee Home Pages

• Senate Directories

• Senate Roll Call Votes: 106th - 1st Session - 1999 | 105th - 2nd Session - 1998 | 105th - 1st Session - 1997 | 101st to 104th - 1989-1996

Libraries

• Bureau of Prisons Online Library Catalog
• Department of Commerce Online Library Catalog

Licensure

• FAA Aircraft Registration Inquiry (FAA)
• Physician Assistant Certification Verification (PA-C) (Nat'l Comm'n on Certification of Physician Assistants)

Military Records

• General
• POW/MIA Search Engine
   
• Civil War
• 1883 Index of Civil War Pensioners
• 1890 Veterens and Widows Special Census
• 1890 Veterens and Widows Special Census : 14th Kentucky Infantry 
• Index of Civil War Information Available on the Internet
   
• Spanish-American War
• Rough Riders : Descriptions of 1235 compiled military service records for the "Rough Riders" from the Carded Records, Volunteer Organizations: Spanish-American War, 1898 series (all 1235 item level descriptions have digitized copies attached to them) (NARA Archival Information Locator)
   
• World War I

• World War I : Database of 30,921 dead buried at American military cemeteries.

• 186th Aero Squadron Roster : American Expeditionary Forces, U.S. Aero Squadron, France. (1918)  (U.S. Internet Genealogical Society)
• Members of the 805th Aero Squadron : Originally 244th Squadron, American Expeditionary Forces, Somewhere in France. (1918)  (U.S. Internet Genealogical Society) 
   
• World War II

• World War II : Database of 93,242 dead buried at American military cemeteries.

• Final Roster of the Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 596 : WWII Navy SeaBee Unit.  (U.S. Internet Genealogical Society) 
• State Summaries of War Casualties for the United States Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast
  Guard during World War II, 1946 and World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel, 1946. All 101 volumes of these two documents have been digitized. The documents list name, serial number, grade and cause of death of World War II casualties for each State, including U.S. Territories and Possessions. Navy volumes list residence of next-of-kin; Army volumes do not list residence.  (NARA Archival Information Locator)
   

• Korean War

• Korean War : Database of 37,333 of the 54,246 Americans who died in the Korean War.
   

• Vietnam War

• Casualty listings from Korean and Vietnam conflicts : Complete listings of casualties (including MIA) from the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam Conflict, provided through the National Archives and Records Administration.   Searchable by name and by "home of record" (which may or may not be the person's residence or birth place).

Naturalization Records

• Alien Registration Affidavits : 179 Affidavits created by the United States District Court. Phoenix  Division, Feb. 6, 1918-June 28, 1918 (all 179 have digitized documents attached to them)  (NARA Archival Information Locator)
• Enemy Alien Registration Affidavits : 5929 Affidavits created by the United States Marshals, Kansas Judicial District, 1917-1921. 120 of the affidavits have digitized copies attached to them.  (NARA Archival Information Locator)

Newspapers

• New York Times (New York City)

• USA Today

• Washington Post (Washington, D.C.)

Obituaries

• Astronomers 

• Dead People Server : Listings of more than 2,100 famous dead people.
• Find a Death : Celebrity obituaries.
• Goodbye: The Journal of Contemporary Obituaries
• Obit Finder
• Obituary Central
• The Obituary Links Page : State-by-state guide to online obituary resources.
• Obituary Lookups
• The Obituary Page

• Search Obituaries from over 1,500 national publications : Classifieds search engine from Adquest.  Choose "Death Notices" for search.

• U.S. Newspaper Links : Links to obituary listings in hundreds of newspapers.

Real Property

• Home Price Check by Location (Domania.com)

Resources

• Directory of Electronic Public Access Services
• Electronic Public Access PACER Service Center
• FedLaw
• United States Sentencing Commission 
    
• 9th Circuit - Office of the Circuit Executive
• 9th Circuit - History & Guide to the Courts 

Ship Records

• Distant Cousin
• Emigration/ship lists
• Emigration Ships
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
• Maritime Heritage Project
• NYDT Lists
• Passenger Lists on the Internet
• Ship Search

Statutes

• Federal Statutes and Regulations (By Topic) (FedLaw)
• National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
• Popular Names Table (U.S.Code) (Cornell LII)
• U.S. Code : Search by citation and by title. (Cornell LII)
• U.S. Code : Search of entire code (boolean search available).
• U.S. Code (G.P.O. access)
• Public Laws: 107th Congress (2001-2002) | 106th Congress (1999-2000) | 105th Congress (1997-1998) | 104th Congress (1995-1996) | Search 104th-present

United States Supreme Court

• United States Supreme Court (Home page)

• Recent Opinions

• 2001 Slip Opinions

• 2000 Slip Opinions

• Summaries of Key Cases (2000-present; USAtoday)

• Oyez Project : Audio records of many Supreme Court arguments.

• Case Citation Finder (Find case citation from case name; 1790-present)

• Dockets (Current and prior terms)

• Rules of the Supreme Court | Cornell site
   

• Supreme Court, official web site, 1999-present  (.pdf format) [ orders & journal ] 
• Supreme Court's 2000-2001 Docket : Includes summaries of each case, filings of briefs and documents by the parties and any amicus, and transcripts and opinions as available for each case on the current term's docket. (Northwestern University) | 1999-2000 cases | 1998-1999 cases
• Supreme Court Oral Argument Transcripts : Current term (1999-2000)
• 1990-present (Legal Information Institute, Cornell)
• 1990- present (Project HERMES-Cornell site)
• 1893 to present (Findlaw) (Vols. 150 U.S.-on)
• 1937 to 1975 (Vols. 300-422 U.S.): FedWorld | GPO | GPO search | Case name search | Keyword search | Index by volume number & search (Cases from the FLITE U.S. Air Force database-Federal Legal Information Through Electronics, containing over 7,400 cases)
• 1967 to present (USSC Plus)
• 1937-1975 & 1995-present (Villanova site)
• Case Western site
• Current term opinions
• Historic opinions (Collection of about 600 historic opinions): Topic | Party Name | Opinion Author 
• Recent orders of the Supreme Court
• Significant Oral Arguments of the Supreme Court (1955-1993) : Transcripts of oral arguments of 411 cases.
• The Oyez Project : United States Supreme Court Multimedia Database - Since 1955 the Supreme Court has made audio recordings of its oral arguments.  RealAudio recordings of many of the Court's arguments may be played.

U.S. Supreme Court Search
(Use these forms to search for Supreme Court opinions through FindLaw)

U.S Supreme Court - Find by Citation (FindLaw)
(Supreme Court coverage from 150 U.S. - on; 1893 - on)

U.S. Supreme Court - Search by Title (FindLaw)

U.S. Federal Courts - Full Text Searches (FindLaw)