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Immigration

• Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS)
• INS Statistics
  Statistical data from the INS, including an Immigration Fact Sheet
• Statue of Liberty Facts
  History, measurements, inscriptions and other facts
• Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island
  The National Park Service guide, including history, visitor and educational information, and also "Park in a Pack" an activities kit available for classroom use
• Immigrant Arrivals: A Guide To Published Sources
  Library of Congress guide to research on immigration
• The American Immigration Home Page
• This page was created as a high school class project to document immigration patterns in American history.
• Jobs, better life draw immigrants to Detroit
  A three-part online article (with great file photos) by the Detroit News on the role of immigration in the history of Detroit
• Immigration History Research Center

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Dominican Republic

• Island Connoisseur - The Dominican Republic
  A tourism site with information on history, culture, festivals and wildlife
• Hispanet
  Spanish learning center
  
• Dominicana.com
  Culture, travel, and history.
  
• Latin World: Republica Dominicana
  Cultural and country information

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Lebanon

• Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (CMENAS)
  Department of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Michigan
• UT - MENIC: Resources: K-12 Educational Resources
  Links to numerous educational resources for middle eastern studies, including interactive sites for children (University of Texas at Austin)
• Lebanon Embassy, Washington DC
  The home page of the Lebanese Embassy, also a links page (http://www.embofleb.org/lebanon.htm).
• The Middle Eastern Cookbook
  Recipes, ingredients and information on the food of the Middle East.
• Lebanon Family Genealogy Forum
  Discussion list and resources concerning genealogical searches in Lebanon.

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Russia

• Russia
  Historical resource; an Annenberg/CPB exhibit
• Riddle of the Russian Lights
  National Geographic Family Xpedition
• Russia: Plan a Trip
  From the Travel Channel and Discovery.com
• Kremlin to the Caspian: A Bicycle Journey Across the Russian Heartland
  The Discovery Channel
  
• Virtual Shtetl -- Yiddish Language and Culture
• JewishGen: The Official Home of Jewish Genealogy
• Jewish Genealogical Society of Michigan (JGSMI)
• Avotaynu
  The leading publisher of products on Jewish genealogy and ancestry
• The Holocaust History Project Homepage
• Cybrary of the Holocaust
• Holocaust Memorial Center
  America's first Holocaust museum, in West Bloomfield, Michigan
• US Holocaust Memorial Museum
  In Washington, DC

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Vietnam

• Infoplease Almanac - Vietnam
• Library of Congress, Federal Research Division, Country Studies - Vietnam
  The Vietnam page of the Area Handbook Series
• An Introduction to Vietnam
• Vietnamese Culture - by Tony Nguyen
  Music, literature, legends and customs of Vietnam
• Destination Vietnam
  A travel guidebook to Vietnam
• Explore Vietnam
  The culture of Vietnam, including politics, religion and arts
• Vietnamese Folktales
  Folktales remembered by Vietnamese boatpeople

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Genealogy

Michigan Resources:

• State Archives of Michigan, Michigan Historical Center
  What you need to know to do genealogy research in Michigan
• Michigan Vital Records Information
  You can order State of Michigan vital records from this site
  
• Burton Historical Collection
  Part of the Detroit Public Library
• Bentley Historical Library
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  Please note: plan your visit before you arrive, as this library gives limited access to the public. They have good historical and genealogical resources.
• Ann Arbor District Library - Genealogy Resources
• Genealogical Society of Washtenaw County

General Sources and Places to do Research:

• USGenWeb Project
• National Archives - Genealogical Resources
• Genealogical Research at the New York Public Library
• Ancestry -- The Genealogy Research HomeTown
• Family Tree Maker Internet FamilyFinder
• Search the Social Security Death Index
  Using the Social Security number of deceased relatives, you can more easily locate and request birth, death, and other vital records for your ancestors (and maybe find some surprises along the way!)
• World History Compass
• Cyndi's List
  The largest collection of genealogy links in the world
• Ancestors
  The website for the PBS special
• TREASURE MAPS - the How-To Genealogy Site

Maps:

• Historical Maps of Europe
  from The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (University of Texas at Austin)
• Finding Places -- Geography Net Link

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