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Government records — where to find them free
Federal and state records beyond the census: naturalisations, court files, agency records.
Public archives Provara searches for government records
live National Archives Catalog (NARA)
U.S. National Archives · US
Passenger lists, naturalizations, military service and pension files, homestead/land files, census images, federal records
Licence: Public domain (US federal government work) · terms read 2026-09-06
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In Provara, ask Provara what government records exist for an ancestor. With web search on, it searches this archive in one call, reads the best hits, and proposes only what the record it read supports — with the record beside the claim.
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Every licence on these pages was read from the archive's own terms on the date shown. Provara proposes only what a record it has read supports, shows the record beside the claim, and marks anything unsourced as a hypothesis. Nothing on this page states a fact about any person.