Genealogists spend a lot of time digging around in many different records and repositories but a lot of people forget to check a a state's archive. The state archives is intended to be a repository to preserve records of a state. It tries to maintain collections of all different kinds of records and makes them available to those who visit. In the past, it wasn't always obvious what was available at state archives. Today, the Internet offers you an online glimpse to many of the holdings of these libraries. Some have even begun to put records online.

Types of Records
In most states, the state archive and state library are the official repositories for the records of that state. They will generally include many of the following records: - Vital records
- Newspapers
- Land records
- Military records
- Manuscripts
- Family histories
- Indexes to useful collections
- Directories
- Bible records

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