Government Websites

International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS)

This is a list of websites for United States state and federal governments and the Canadian federal and provincial governments. Members of Jewish Genealogical Societies can use this list to watch for legislation affecting access to records and make their voices heard regarding their value to genealogists.   compiled by Jan Meisels Allen

Canadian Government Website

http://canada.gc.ca/  Canadian government website

To find out names of Ministers and Members of Parliament and to find out what is happening that day in Senate and House of Commons use:

http://www.parl.gc.ca/common/index.asp?Language=E

http://canada.gc.ca/directories/direct_e.html

 

Canadian Provincial Websites

Alberta http://www.gov.ab.ca/ 

British Columbia http://www.gov.bc.ca/

Manitoba http://www.gov.mb.ca/cgi-bin/choose_home.pl

New Brunswick http://www.gnb.ca/

Newfoundland/Labrador http://www.gov.nf.ca/

Northwest Territories http://www.gov.nt.ca/

Nova Scotia http://www.gov.ns.ca/index.htm 

Nunavut http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/nu/index_e.html

Ontario http://www.gov.on.ca/

Prince Edward Island http://www.gov.pe.ca/

Québec http://www.gouv.qc.ca/

Saskatchewan http://www.gov.sk.ca/

Yukon http://www.gov.yk.ca/

 

United States Congress Websites

http://www.senate.gov/  US Senate website

http://www.house.gov/   US House of Representatives website

http://thomas.loc.gov/    to find a specific bill in Congress

 

U.S. State Legislatures Websites

Note: Some legislatures meet every other year, some every year, some for several months while others meet year long. Get to know the schedule for your state.

Alabama http://www.legislature.state.al.us/

Alaska http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/home.htm

Arizona http://www.azleg.state.az.us/

Arkansas http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/

California http://www.sen.ca.gov/ ; http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/defaulttext.asp

Colorado http://www.leg.state.co.us/ ; http://www.coloradosenate.com/

Connecticut http://www.cga.ct.gov/ 

Delaware http://www.legis.state.de.us/Legislature.nsf/?Opendatabase  ;

http://www.legis.state.de.us/Legislature.nsf/Lookup/SenateHome?open&nav=senate

District of Columbia http://www.dccouncil.washington.dc.us/

Florida http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Welcome/index.cfm

Georgia http://www.legis.state.ga.us/

Hawaii http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/

Idaho http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/

Illinois http://www.illinois.gov/government/gov_legislature.cfm

Indiana http://www.in.gov/legislative/

Iowa http://www.legis.state.ia.us/

Kansas http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-legisportal/index.do

Kentucky http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/home.htm

Louisiana http://www.legis.state.la.us/

Maine http://janus.state.me.us/legis/

Maryland http://mlis.state.md.us/

Massachusetts http://www.mass.gov/legis/legis.htm

Michigan http://www.legislature.mi.gov/

Minnesota http://www.leg.state.mn.us/

Mississippi http://www.ls.state.ms.us/

Missouri http://www.moga.state.mo.us/

Montana http://leg.state.mt.us/css/default.asp

Nebraska http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/  (unicameral)

Nevada http://www.leg.state.nv.us/

New Hampshire http://gencourt.state.nh.us/ie/

New Jersey http://gencourt.state.nh.us/ie/

New Mexico http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/default.asp

New York http://unix2.nysed.gov/ils/legislature/legis.html

North Carolina http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/homePage.pl

North Dakota http://www.state.nd.us/lr/

Ohio http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/

Oklahoma http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/

Oregon http://www.leg.state.or.us/

Pennsylvania http://www.legis.state.pa.us/

Rhode Island http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/

South Carolina http://www.scstatehouse.net/

South Dakota http://legis.state.sd.us/index.cfm

Tennessee http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/

Texas http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/

Utah http://le.utah.gov/

Vermont http://www.leg.state.vt.us/

Virginia http://legis.state.va.us/

Washington http://www1.leg.wa.gov/legislature

West Virginia http://www.legis.state.wv.us/

Wisconsin http://www.legis.state.wi.us/

Wyoming http://legisweb.state.wy.us/

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