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Biographical Information

BibArch — Biblical Archaeology

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress — (1774 - present)

Biography.com — Search 25,000 biographies, past & present

Current Biography — Wilson's biographical essays on important Americans. Coverage from 1940 to the present.

Family Search — The largest collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy records in the world. From Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah

InfoPlease — Provides a free, online encyclopedia, almanac, atlas, dictionary, biographies and more...

Who's Alive and Who's Dead — Best source on the internet for finding out which of the noted personalities of our time are still with us.

World of Scientific Biography by Eric Weisstein — Contains author compiled encyclopedias of astronomy, scientific biography, chemistry, and physics.

Wyoming Biography Database — Index to books that contain biographical profiles of Wyoming people; currently 7,317 entries from 27 books.

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