Law & Genealogy » Locality Specific: United States » *General Resources

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873

From the Library of Congress, American Memory.

Avalon Project - The Statutes of the United States

Caselaw Access Project - United States

The Caselaw Access Project (“CAP”) expands public access to U.S. law. The goal is to make all published U.S. court decisions freely available to the public online, in a consistent format, digitized from the collection of the Harvard Law School Library.

Constitutions, Statutes, and Codes | LII / Legal Information Institute

From the Cornell Law School.

FindLaw - Browse United States Courts

Historic Jefferson Territory Law

The Advancing Genealogist's online law library of Historic Jefferson Territory Law.

Historic Northwest Territory Law

The Advancing Genealogist's Online Law Library page of Historic Northwest Territory law links.

Law Library of Congress

Major United States Laws Relating to Immigration and Naturalization: 1790–2005

From the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

Office of the Law Revision Counsel - United States Code

State Legislatures, State Laws, and State Regulations: Websites / Telephone Numbers

From the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.

Statutes and Stories: Collections and Reflections on American Legal History

Statutes at Large | Law Library of Congress

The United States Statutes at Large is the collection of laws passed by the United States Congress, in chronological order.

The Advancing Genealogist - Law: Special Topics

Links to publications on special topics in the law, such as marriage, divorce, property law, and others.

The Federal and State Constitutions, 7 vols. | Online Library of Liberty

Francis Newton Thorpe was commissioned by the U.S. Congress to edit a 7 volume collection of Colonial, Federal and State constitutions in 1906. The volumes are in alphabetical order, with Volume 1 dealing with United States-Alabama-District of Columbia; Vol. 2 Florida-Kansas; Vol. 3 Kentucky-Massachusetts; Vol. 4 Michigan-New Hampshire; Vol. 5 New Jersey-Philippine Islands; Vol. 6 Porto Rico-Vermont; Vol. 7 Virginia-Wyoming.

The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws[...] Vol. I Alabama—District of Columbia (Google Books)

Series by Francis Newton Thorpe.

The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws[...] Vol. II Florida—Kansas (Google Books)

Series by Francis Newton Thorpe.

The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws[...] Vol. III Kentucky—Massachusetts (Google Books)

Series by Francis Newton Thorpe.

The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws[...] Vol. IV Michigan—New Hampshire (Google Books)

Series by Francis Newton Thorpe.

The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws[...] Vol. V New Jersey—Philippine Islands (Google Books)

Series by Francis Newton Thorpe.