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50 Best Solutions
Great article from genealogyintime.com. This is a link to Part I, the first 26 solutions. Scroll down to the end of the first page, click on page 5, scroll to the bottom, and you'll see a link to Part II, the last 24 solutions.
Access Genealogy
Topics include: African American Records, Native American Records, Military Records, Databases and more.
Association of Professional Genealogists
Scroll down look on the right hand side of the page and click on "Find a Genealogist".
Black Heritage Society of Washington State
Founded in 1977, the purpose of the Society is "...to preserve the history and art of Black people of Washington State." Explore this website for information about its collections, events, resources, and much, much more.
BlackPast.org
The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed. From the website: "This 13,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and on the history of the more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world." This is the brainchild of Quintard Taylor, the Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History at The University of Washington, Seattle.
Brick wall resources in the SVGS library
Here's a link to the books in our library that will help you break through that brick wall.
Bureau of Land Management, Government Land Office
This page will take you to land records sold to private individuals by the United States. Click on "Land Patents" or "Survey Plats and Field Notes" to find the individual you're looking for. If you know the state in which the land was purchased, that would help, too.
Castle Garden
Search for immigrants who came through New York prior to 1892 on familysearch.org using your free account.
Census Resources in our SVGS Library
Review more than 100 sources relating to U.S. Census, Territorial Census, and State Census records in our library. Many states are represented, including Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington State.