In addition to the largest collection of worldwide military records, Fold3 has an extensive collection of non-military records to assist with historical, military, and genealogical research. These records date back to the 1600s and include state and town records, historical maps, passport applications, photo collections, and more.

Here’s a few examples of what you might find in non-military records:

· Black History records including documents related to enslaved individuals and the fight for Civil Rights.

· Native American records including Ratified Treaties, Dawes Packets, Indian Census Rolls, the Guion Miller Roll, Native American photos, and more.

· Homestead records for Nebraska including the nation’s first homestead claim filed by Daniel Freeman along with nearly 77,000 other Nebraska homestead records.

· The Boston Library collection including photographs of the city from the 1800s.

· Naturalization Records like this one for Nikola Tesla.

· City Directories.

· Project Blue Book contains the government’s UFO Investigation files.

· Massachusetts Vital Records (also called the Tan Books) with birth records dating back to the 1600s.

· Records from the Pennsylvania Archives including this plat map of Philadelphia dated 1681.

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