SHOESTRING GENEALOGY: WPA, part 2

Although there are other records and resources, this focus will be on states found under the following topics:

Federal records and archives surveyed
Vital statistics surveyed
Public records and archives surveyed
State records and archives surveyed
Municipal and town records/archives surveyed
County records and archives surveyed
Directories of churches and religious organizations
Church records and archives surveyed
Microfilmed records and archives surveyed
WPA-related web links

This information includes only the 48 continental United States and Washington, DC. Excluded are the possessions of this country (Alaska, Hawaii, Virgin Islands, etc.) Please recall that the WPA was terminated during WW2 in 1942.

Federal Records and Archives (ship registers and enrollments)
- California (Eureka)
- Louisiana (New Orleans)
- Maine (Machias)
- Massachsetts (Barnstable, Boston, Charleston, New Bedford and Plymouth)
- Oregon (Marshfield and Portland)
- Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
- Rhode Island (Bristol-Warren and Providence)

Vital Statistics
- Alabama
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- Oklahoma
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- New York
- Oregon
- Rhode Island
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Utah
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming

Public Records and Archives
- Mississippi (Adams County)
- New Jersey (Gloucester County)
- New York (Staten Island and Newtown)
- Tennessee (Knox and Shelbt Counties)

State Records and Archives
- California (Northern - Immigration and Housing)
- Illinois (State Council of Defense)
- Maryland (Allegany, Anne Arundel, Carroll, Garrett, Howard, Montgomery, Washington, Wicomico Counties)
- Michigan (State Police)
- New Jersey (Naturalization Records)
- Oklahoma
- Rhode Island (Legislation Concerning Vital Statistics)
- Utah (Census of Weber County and State of Deseret)

Municipal and Town Records/Archives
- Connecticut (Inventories of Fairfield, Hartford, and New Haven Counties)
- Georgia (Inventories of Cook County)
- Indiana (Municipal Government in Indiana)
- Louisiana (Inventories of Municipal Archives for Franklinton and Thibodaux)
- Massachussetts (Inventories of Berksire, Franklin, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Worcester Counties)
- Michigan (Inventories of Wayne County)
- New Hampshire (Inventories of Belknap, Hillsboro, Merrimack, and Rockingham Counties)
- New Jersey (Inventories of Essex, Hudson, Monmouth, and Morris Counties)
- New York City (Inventories of Bronx and Richmond Boroughs)
- Ohio (Inventories of Cuyahoga County)
- Rhode Island (Inventories of Kent and Providence Counties)
- Texas (Inventory of Brazoria County)
- Utah (Inventory of Ogden County)
- Vermont (Inventories of Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Orleans, Rutland, Windham, and Windsor Counties)
- Wisconsin (Inventories of Cudahy, Wauwatosa, and Greendale Counties)

County Records and Archives
- Alabama (Clay, Colbert, Cinecuh, Cullman, Green, Hale, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Madison, Marengo, Sumpter, Talladega, Wilcox, and Winston Counties)
- Arizona (Maricopa, Pima, Santa Cruz Counties)
- Arkansas (Baxter, Benton, Carroll, Cleburne, Cleveland, Cross, Faulkner, Hot Springs, Izard, Jackson, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Polk, Saline, Scott, Searcy)
- California (Alameda, Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Marin, Mono, Napa, San Benito, San Bernadino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, and Ventura Counties)
- Colorado (Alamosa, Arapahoe, Bent, Conejos, Castilla, Fremont, Garfield, Hinsdale, Larimer, Logan, MOrgan, Phillips, Prowers, San Miguel, Washington, and Yuma Counties)
- Delaware (New Castle County)
- Florida (Charlotte, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Hardee, Hendry, Leon, Okaloosa, Pinellas, Sarasota, and Wakulla Counties)
- Georgia (Chatham, Clinch, Cook, Dougherty, Echols, Jefferson, Lee, Muscogee, and Richmond Counties)
- Idaho (Bingham, Boundary, Clark, Kostenai, Lemhi, Minidoka, Nez Perce, Power, and Teton Counties)
- Illinois (Adams, Brown, Carroll, Champaign, Clark, Cumberland, Dewitt, Douglas, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Jo Daviess, Knox, Livingston, Logan, Macopin, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Piatt, Pike, Rock Island, Salina, Sangamon, Scott, Shelby, St. Clair, Stephenson, and Vermilion Counties.
- Indiana (Allen, Blackford, Boone, Clay, Delaware, Fulton, Greene, Howard, Jay, LaPorte, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Morgan, Posey, St. Joseph, Shelby, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Vanderburgh, Warrick, and Wells Counties)
- Iowa (Carroll, Cherokee, Dallas, Dubuque, Ada, Jasper, Montgomery, Polk, Sac, Taylor, and Woodbury Counties)
- Kansas (Bourbon, Cherokee, Franklin, Gove, Graham, Gray, Greenwood, Johnson, Montgomery, Morris, Osage, Phillips, Seward, and Shawnee Counties)
- Louisiana (Allen, Assumption, Beauregard, Bossier, Caleasien, Grant, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lafourche, Morehouse, Natchitoches, and Orleans Counties)
- Massachusetts (Essex County)
- Michigan (Alger, Alpena, Baraga, Bay, Calhoun, Cheboygan, Genesee, Iosco, Iron, Jackson, Marquette, and Muskegon Counties)
- Minnesota (Aiken, Anoka, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Cass, Chippewa, Dakota, Dodge, Douglas, Fairbault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Houston, Hubbard, Jackson, Kanabac, Lincoln, Marshall, Martin, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, Scott, Sherburne, Stearns, Traverse, Wabasha, Washington, Wright, and Yellow Medicine Counties)
- Mississippi (Amite, Forrest, Grenada, Humphreys, Lamar, Pearl River, Tippah, Tunica, and Walthall Counties)
- Missouri (Cass, Cole, Dallas, Henry, Johnson, Linn, McDonald, Marion, Jasper, Pettis, Pike, Reynolds, Ripley, and Shelby Counties)
- Montana (Beverhead, Carbon, Flathead, Gallatin, Lincoln, Madison, Mineral Lake, Missoula, Park, Ravalli, Sanders, Silver Bow, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, and Toole Counties)
- Nebraska (Gosper, Greeley, Howard, Loup, Merrick, Seward, and Webster Counties)
- Nevada (Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Mineral, Nye, Ormsby, and Washoe Counties)
- New Hampshire (Belknap, Carroll, Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, and Merrimack Counties)
- New Jersey (Bergen, Morris, Ocean, and Passaic Counties)
- New Mexico (Bernalillo, Colfax, Dona Ana, Eddy, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Mora, Otero, Sandoval, San Miguel, Sierra, Torrance, Union, and Valencia Counties)
- New York City (Bronx, Kings and Richmond Borough and Counties)
- New York State (Albany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Chemung, and Ulster Counties)
- North Carolina (All counties - 3 volumes)
- North Dakota (Golden Valley, Mercer, and Williams Counties)
- Ohio (Adams, Allen, Ashland, Athens, Brown, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Fayette, Franklin, Geauga, Hamilton, Hancock, Jackson, Knox, Lake, Lorain, Lucas, Madison, Montgomery, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Seneca, Stark, Summit, Trunbull, and Washington Counties)
- Oklahoma (Atoka, Beckham, Cherokee, Cimarron, Haskell, Lincoln, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee, Pittsburg, and Pushmataha County)
- Oregon (Benton, Clatsop, Coos, Hood River, Josephine, Klamath, Linn, Morrow, Multnomah, Tillamook, Umatilla, Wasco, and Washington Counties)
- Pennsylvania (Adams, Beaver, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Delaware, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Lancaster, Lawrence, Luzerne, Warren, Washington, Wayne, and Westmoreland Counties)
- South Carolina (Bennett, Buffalo, Clark, Faulk, Haakon, Jackson, Millette, Miner, and Washabaugh Counties)
- Tennessee (Anderson, Bedford, Blount, Bradley, Cheatham, Crockett, Hamilton, Haywood, Loudon, Rutherford, Sullivan, Tipton, and Wilson Counties)
- Texas (Bandera, Bastrop, Brown, Caldwell, Calhoun, Denton, DeWItt, Fayettte, Gillespie, Gregg, Guadalupe, Hays, Hood, Jackson, Marion, Milam, Mills, Orange, Robertson, Rockwall, Sabine, Somervell, Uvalde, and Wilson Counties)
- Utah (Box Elder, Carbon, Daggett, Emery, Grand, Morgan, Sanpete, Tooele, Uintah, Utah, Wasatch, and Weber Counties)
- Vermont (Lamoille County)
- Virginia (Amelia, Brunswick, CHesterfield, Dinwiddie, Isle of Wight, Middlesex, Powhatan, Prince George, and Southampton Counties)
- Washington (Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Cowlitz, Garfield, Lewis, Lincoln, Pond Oreille, Skagit, Spokane, Stevens, and Yakima Counties)
- West Virginia (Gilmer, Grant, Lincoln, Marion, Mineral, MOnroe, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Putnam, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, and Taylor Counties)
- Wisconsin (Barron, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Grant, Jackson, LaCross, Marathon, Monroe, Oneida, Pepin, and Polk Counties)
- Wyoming (Goshen, Laramie, Lincoln, Park, Platte, and Sweetwater Counties)

Directories of Churches and Religious Organizations

Arizona	Iowa	Oregon
Arkansas	Louisiana	Rhode Island
California	Maine	Tennessee
Delaware	Michigan	Utah
District of Columbia	Minnesota	Vermont
Florida	Montana	Wisconsin
Idaho	New Jersey	Wyoming
Illinois	New Mexico
Indiana	Oklahoma

Church Records and Archives

Alabama	Massachusetts	North Dakota
Arizona	Michigan	Ohio
Arkansas	Minnesota	Oklahoma
California -Northern	Mississippi	Pennsylvania
Colorado	Missouri	Rhode Island
Connecticut	Montana	Tennessee
Delaware	Nevada	Utah
District of Columbia	Nebraska	Vermont
Florida	New Hampshire	Washington
Georgia	New Jersey	West Virginia
Illinois	New York City	Wisconsin
Louisiana	New York State	Wyoming
Maryland	North Carolina

Microfilmed Records and Archives

A = Apprentice Records		M = Marriages
B = Births		S = Slave Registers
I = Immigration		T = Tax Lists
L = Land or Deeds		W = Wills or Probates

Indiana	Allen County	Rolls 61 - 64	BLMW
	Clark County	Rolls 17 - 19, 58	BIW
	Dearborn County	Rolls 54 - 57	BLM
	Floyd County	Rolls 13 - 16	BM
	Franklin County	Rolls 48 - 53	ALMW
	Gibson County	Rolls 34 - 37	BMW
	Harrison County	Rolls 7 - 12	BMW
	Jefferson County	Rolls 20 - 24	BLMTW
	Jennings County	Rolls 25 - 27	BLMW
	Knox County	Rolls 28 - 33, 65	BLMSW
	Perry County	Rolls 59 - 60	LM
	Posey County	Rolls 38 - 40	BLMW
	Scott County	Rolls 1 & 2	BLMW
	Spencer County	Rolls 46 - 47	MW
	Warrick County	Rolls 41 - 46	BLMW
	Washington County	Rolls 3 - 6	LMW

Louisiana State		1911 - 1941		B
New Orleans		1847 - 1901		B

New Jersey	Feb 1852	I
	1666 - 1786	L
	1851 - 1873	I

Again, this is not a complete list of WPA holdings, but I think the above should give you some areas that are ripe for research. As you can see, some states have a bonanza of information while others a mere trickle.

In conclusion, I've added some websites where you can find WPA information.