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NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA LAW PAGE
Site debut: 11/14/97

IMPORTANT & HISTORIC DOCUMENTS ONLINE:    Next Tour Stop    (HOME)   

1704 MAP, Chesapeake Bay Area and more: "zoomable," from the collection of King George III
9/11 COMMISSION REPORT: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
ARCHIVES OF MARYLAND ONLINE: searchable
AVALON PROJECT at Yale Law School: Papers of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe 
BAY, PLAIN AND PIEDMONT: A Landscape History of the Chesapeake Heartland from 1.3 Billion Years Ago to 2000
BELL,ALEXANDER GRAHAM,FAMILY PAPERS AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 1862-1939 (search for Colonial Beach references)
BIBLE: searchable online,  different languages 
CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH'S MAP OF VIRGINIA
CENTURY OF LAWMAKING FOR A NEW NATION: U.S.Congressional Documents & Debates 1774-1875
CIA Announces Declassification of 1970s 'Skeletons' File, Archive Posts Justice Department Summary from 1975, w/ White House Memcons on Damage Control
CIGARETTE PAPERS: Who knew what and when in the tobacco industry
CIVIL WAR:  A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861-1865, Electronic Edition 
CIVIL WAR: from U.S.Civil War Center at LSU (over 2400 links to related sites)
CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS SYSTEM - research over 6,000,000 Union/Confederate participants
CIVIL WAR WOMEN: Primary sources on the 'net 
CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY INTO 9-11: Congressional Reports Joint Inqury into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 (Official site); Documents from Memory Hole; Firefighters' Tape  
CONSTITUTION FINDER from University of Richmond Law School
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 1774-1789: Documents online from Library of Congress
CONSTITUTION: Founders' Constitution - Table of Contents, searchable
DEBATES IN THE FEDERAL CONVENTION OF 1787: James Madison's journal, annotated 
EARLY ARCHITECTURE OF TIDEWATER VIRGINIA
EARLY VIRGINIA RELIGIOUS PETITIONS: Essex - Lancaster - Northumberland -  Richmond Co. - Westmoreland
EHISTORY'S OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE CIVIL WAR:Westmoreland County, Lower Machodoc Creek, 1863 -  Page 1, Page 2
ENRON TRIAL EXHIBITS & Releases: US Dept of Justice
FACES OF THE FALLEN: Washington Post online exhibit with photographs of those killed in Iraq, Afghanistan
FACES OF VIRGINIA'S WAR DEAD FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN from GatewayVa.com
GEORGE WASHINGTON: WRITINGS,from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799
GILMER CIVIL WAR MAPS Collection - browseable by state
GUTENBERG BIBLE ONLINE: high resolution scans from British Lib./Keio Univ.,Japan 
HEARTH: Home Economics Archive 1850-1950, Cornell University
HENING'S STATUTES AT LARGE with a supplemental index to the persons named in the text
HENRY'S 1775 SPEECH: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death (U.Okla. Law Center)
HISTORICAL MAPS from James Ford Bell Library at University of Minnesota
HISTORICAL SOUNDS in MP3 Format: Churchill, Coolidge, Frost, Hitler, Earhart, Steinem, Nixon, Kennedy, more
INTERACTIVE CONSTITUTION 
JAMESTOWNE: STORIES OF A NATION: SURVIVING JAMESTOWN - interesting and informative site
JEFFERSON PAPERS at the Library of Congress: 27,000 documents 
JEFFERSON, THOMAS, DIGITAL ARCHIVE: University of Virginia
JFK Assassination Reports and Records from AARC 
KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, MAY 4 1970 - Special Collection archives killing of 4 students by National Guard
LEEDSTOWN RESOLVES (Westmoreland Resolves) on this site: historic 1766 document, with names of signers
LEGAL HISTORY: choose Ancient or Medieval full text documents, Fordham Historical Maps from Bell Library at Univ. of Minnesota 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: Primary Documents in American History: American Revolution & the New Nation 1763-1815 * National Expansion & Reform 1815-1860 * Civil War and Reconstruction 1860-1877
LIVING AND DYING ON THE 17TH CENTURY PATUXENT FRONTIER
MADISON, JAMES: life and writings from James Madison University's James Madison Center
MADISON, JAMES, PAPERS: Library of Congress American Memory Collection 
MADISON'S TREASURES: Library of Congress
MAGNA CARTA - Magna Carta, Yale Law; Magna Charta Barons at Runnymede 
MEDIEVAL LEGAL HISTORY from the Internet Medieval Sourcebook
MY LAI: The My Lai Courts-Martial 1970, from Famous American Trials
NARA on GOOGLE: Historic videos from NASA, 1940s news reels and Department of the Interior
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE UNITED STATES: Official web site with archives and schedule
ONLINE MOVIES: "Declaring Independence," "The Real Face of Washington," "The Life of Washington" from Archiving Early America
OXFORD UNIVERSITY: Early Manuscripts Collections
ROOTSWEB: Fort on the Yeocomico River 1667
SPY LETTERS of the American Revolution from the Clements Library
US DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: Stone engraving; Transcript - from National Archives
US CONSTITUTION: High resolution images; Transcript - from National Archives
US BILL OF RIGHTS: High resolution image; Transcript -  from National Archives 
US Supreme Court - Kelo v. New London - Eminent Domain Case June 2005
WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR, GRANDMA? Rhode Island Women, WWII 
WILLS OF NOTABLES(Court TV): wills of the famous from Diana to Jacqueline Onassis 
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH TIMELINE: 1848-1994 from InfoPlease
WOMEN'S LEGAL HISTORY BIOGRAPHY PROJECT from Stanford 
WOODWARD & BERNSTEIN WATERGATE PAPERS from University of Texas at Austin
WORLD WAR II - HISTORIC GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS: from Southern Methodist University

COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA:  (HOME)
DMV Online - Virginia's Division of Motor Vehicles  
Find It Virginia (use your local library card number and access large numbers of databases online)
VA Open Government Guide - VA 
VA Agencies:  Executive Branch; Judicial Branch; Legislative Branch; Independent Agencies; 
VA Courts System Prepayable Offenses Online
VA Free Citizen Legislative Tracking Service
VA General Assembly: House of Delegates & Senate 
VA Governor - Official Site
VA Health Professions Public Information System  
VA Notaries Public: Handbook and Application 
VA Professional & Occupational Regulation (searchable by zip code) 
VA Restaurant Inspections Online
VA Senior Navigator
VA State Corporation Commission: Clerk's Information System
VA State Police Sex Offender Registry Search 
VA Taxation Department / Download individual forms 
State Tax Rates and Structures from the Fed. of Tax Administrators
VA Vital Records

STATE OF MARYLAND: (HOME)
MD Appellate Court Opinions & Search Page 
MD Code & Rules
MD Courts Overview: Description, State & Federal
MD Fishing License Application Downloadable Online
MD Manual online: A Guide to Maryland Government
MD State Bar Association's Legal Information Brochures: 23 topics
People's Law Library of Maryland
MD Open Government Guide  

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT:
Abbreviations & Acronyms of US Gov't Agencies and Programs 
Access America for Seniors – government services centralized
Americans with Disabilities Act Home Page
Briefing Room: Social Statistics (current Federal), Economic Statistics (current Federal)
C-Span Congress Guide - C-Span Congreesional Directory
Cap Web: Internet Guide to the U.S.Congress
Consumer Action Center from the US Gen. Services Admin. Consumer Information 
Congress: Thomas Search for Bill Text of the 110th Session
Congress' Economic Indicators
Congressional Campaign Finance Profiles - search by name, or get a complete listing 
Congressional Record
Congressional Research Tutorials: UC Berkeley Library
Dahlgren: US Naval Surface Warfare Center
E-mail for Congress:
   (1) E-mail resource for Congress (Visi.com)
   (2) Write Your Representative by zip code
Federal Register, Online via GPO Access
Federal Toll-Free Telephone Numbers commonly requested at the Federal Citizen Information Center
FirstGov (now USA Gov) - US Government's main web portal
Frequently Used Government Sites 
GovBenefits.gov: provides list of programs in response to questionnaire
IRS Tax Forms and Publications 
LegalBitstream.com: search databases of US federal income tax/estate tax law
Library of Congress site map
Marines Manual: Counterinsurgency Operations - in pdf form
Medicare: Official US Gov't Site for Medicare Info (including Nursing Home Compare)
Meta-Index for U.S. Legal Research
National Debt Graph - gross national debt as a percent of nation's annual income - 1950 to current
OMB Watch: Regulatory Resource Center: Policy Library and Advocacy Center; find rules in Federal Register 
Presidential Documents, Weekly Compilation of, from NARA
Project Vote-Smart's Congress Track  
Regulations.gov: locate, review and comment on current regulations published in the Federal Register
Roll Call Online
Selective Service System lets you register on-line
Social Security Handbook 
Social Security Online: Official Website of Soc. Sec. Admin. and Top Ten Services from SSA
State & County QuickFacts: national, state, county, from the US Census  
US Government Manual 2006/2007, National Archives and Records Administration 
US Government Policy & Supporting Positions, commonly known as the Plum Book (2004=most recent available online)
US Government Reference Center: Abbreviations, Data & Statistics, Laws & Regulations, Libraries, Maps, News, etc.
US National Debt Clock - how much? From Dept of Treasury and US Bureau of the Census info
US Senate Virtual Reference Desk
Web Patent Databases,US Patent & Trademark Office, from 1976, searchable online 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:   
Bar Association of the District of Columbia online
District of Columbia Government web site  
DC Open Government Guide

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION:   (HOME)

"All You Can Eat" Page - what's in it?
Bombs In Your Backyard? Bases & Facilities: Significant US Nuclear Weapons/Naval Nuclear Propulsion Missions
"Chemical Scorecard" - zip code searchable
Clean Air Act: US EPA  
EPA Glossary - beat the jargon at its own game
EPA Superfund Search Site - Query, Archives, Maps
EPA Advanced Search of US EPA Web 
EPA Lower Potomac Watershed Profile  
Recent Additions/New Materials Available on EPA Website
VA Superfund Sites; additional info 
Warnings from the Ice: Companion site to the PBS program

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