A welcome resource for genealogists who have exhausted local or state sources. Over 40,000 societies, museums, historical collections and archives listed. This useful reference books contains more than 22,000 genealogical and historical societies, 10,000 public and private libraries, archives and collections, and 15,000 historical, home, schoolhouse, pioneer and depot museums. Every state plus the District of Columbia is represented, along with the ten provinces and territories of Canada. Volume 1 includes Alabama to Rhode Island.