Genealogy Resources

Beginner's Guides
Intermediate Genealogy
General Sourcebooks
Genealogy by Heritage
Beginner's Guides
Genealogy
by George G. Morgan

An introductory-level guide profiles different available record types while providing comprehensive tips for using both traditional and electronic research strategies, counseling readers on how to evaluate source materials while offering in the second edition new chapters on DNA-based records.
Genealogy Online
by Elizabeth Powell Crowe

The potential for finding clues, data, and other researchers looking for your same family names has increased exponentially in the last decade. Push technology, streaming video, blogs, podcasts, social networking, and indexed document scans have radically changed what can be found on the Internet and how we search for it. If you feel you need formal instruction in researching family history, online courses, from basic self-paced text to college-level instruction, can now make that happen. In short, online genealogy has never been better.
Finding Your Roots: The Official Companion to the PBS Series
by Henry Louis Gates

Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots, the companion book to the PBS documentary series. As Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows us, the tools of cutting-edge genomics and deep genealogical research now allow us to learn more about our roots, looking further back in time than ever before. Gates's investigations take on the personal and genealogical histories of more than twenty famous Americans. Interwoven with their moving stories of immigration, assimilation, strife, and success, Gates provides practical information for amateur genealogists just beginning archival research on their own families' roots, and he details the advances in genetic research now available to the public. 
Genealogy Quicksteps
by Martin S. Matthews

Presents detailed instructions for genealogy research, describing basic concepts, software tools, Internet resources, available databases, blogs, archives, and steps for creating a family tree.
Organizing Your Family History Search: Efficient & Effective Ways to Gather and Protect Your Genealogical Research
by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack

Tells how to create a family history filing system, prepare for research trips, set up a home office for genealogical work, and preserve one's findings.
Unpuzzling Your Past: The Best-Selling Basic Guide to Genealogy
by Emily Anne Croom

Describes methods for conducting genealogical research and explains how to trace the history of a family through the use of living sources and public records.
The Genealogist's Companion and Sourcebook: Guide to the Resources You Need for Unpuzzling Your Past
by Emily Anne Croom

Describes the types of collections available in libraries throughout the country, discusses such sources as newspapers, city directories, and cemetery records, and includes sections on African American and Native American genealogy.
The Genealogist's Question & Answer Book: Solutions and Advice for Maximizing Your Research Results
by Marcia Yannizze Melnyk

Offers answers to 260 frequently asked questions on genealogical research, including information on oral histories, computer databases, and cemetery records.
Intermediate Genealogy
You Can Write Your Family History
by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack

There's no reason a fully documented family history can't read like a page-turning novel. Sharon DeBartolo Carmack shows genealogists, history buffs, and writers at all levels exactly how to record the fascinating tales of their ancestors. Based on her own extensive experience writing family histories, the author shares her best methods for: - Conducting historical and thematic research - Organizing materials - Outlining and plotting a story - Illustrating with pictures and charts - Making money writing the histories of other families The advice, inspiration and instruction in You Can Write Your Family History makes it possible for anyone - even those who've never written a single page - to successfully chronicle the lives of near or distant relatives.
Mastering Online Genealogy
by W. Daniel Quillen

Mastering Online Genealogy covers the use of computers and the Internet to successfully do your own genealogical research. The book includes information on: genealogy databases—what they are, where they are, and how to use them; free genealogy websites: who they are, strengths and weaknesses; subscription services: who they are, what they cost; pitfalls to watch out for, pratfalls to avoid the value of message boards, blogs, etc.; and what kind of computer and software to buy. The author also includes genealogy software reviews and a glossary of terms.
Family Tree Problem Solver: Proven Methods for Scaling the Inevitable Brick Wall
by Marsha Hoffman Rising

An award-winning genealogist helps beginning family tree researchers overcome such challenges as incomplete or missing records, census irregularities, and same-name obstacles, providing straightforward advice and case studies that demonstrate the strategies employed by experienced researchers.
The Family Tree Problem Solver: Tried-and-True Tactics for Tracing Elusive Ancestors
by Marsha Hoffman Rising

Presents ideas and tips for overcoming common obstacles researching genealogies, including advice on how to find records before civil registration, using censuses, and advanced court records.
Family History: Digging Deeper
by Simon Fowler

This guide will take your research to the next level with clear advice and explanation of the processes involved. It provides information about the way in which our ancestors used to live and how this knowledge can help the researcher. Topics include genealogical traditions around the world, from North America to West Africa; the abuse of genealogy by the Nazis; and the uses of new science such as DNA testing and new technology such as online research; while a problem-solving section sees experts tackle common difficulties.
General Sourcebooks
The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy
by Loretto Dennis Szucs

Intended as a handbook and a guide to selecting, locating, and using appropriate primary and secondary resources, The Source also functions as an instructional tool for novice genealogists and a refresher course for experienced researchers. More than 30 experts in this field--genealogists, historians, librarians, and archivists--prepared the 20 signed chapters, which are well written, easy to read, and include many helpful hints for getting the most out of whatever information is acquired. Each chapter ends with an extensive bibliography and is further enriched by tables, black-and-white illustrations, and examples of documents. Eight appendixes include the expected contact information for groups and institutions that persons studying genealogy and history need to find.
The Family Tree Guide to Finding Your Ellis Island Ancestors
by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack

A comprehensive resource explains how to research one's early ancestors using the popular Ellis Island online database, revealing how to overcome common search challenges while providing insight into how passenger lists were created and how they can reveal key genealogy clues.
County Courthouse Book
by Elizabeth Petty Bentley

Features updated coverage of 3,125 county jurisdictions and 1,577 New England towns and independent Virginia cities, details of the 18 Vermont probate districts, 9 Massachusetts districts, and 12 Connecticut judicial districts, plus informative state profiles and cross-references to name changes and extinct towns and counties. Based on her written survey of county courthouses and other jurisdictions, Mrs. Bentley here presents the names, addresses, phone numbers, and dates of organization of all county courthouses, and for those that responded (65 percent), a concise summary of record holdings, personnel, and services.
The Genealogist's Address Book: State and Local Resources
by Elizabeth Petty Bentley

Gives access to all the key sources of genealogical information, providing names, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, websites, names of contact persons, and other pertinent information for more than 27,000 organizations, including libraries, archives, societies, government agencies, vital records offices, professional bodies, publications, research centers and special interest groups.
Genealogy Online
by Elizabeth Powell Crowe

The potential for finding clues, data, and other researchers looking for your same family names has increased exponentially in the last decade. Push technology, streaming video, blogs, podcasts, social networking, and indexed document scans have radically changed what can be found on the Internet and how we search for it. If you feel you need formal instruction in researching family history, online courses, from basic self-paced text to college-level instruction, can now make that happen. In short, online genealogy has never been better.
The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America
by Everton Publishers

Provides information for locating county histories, certificates, records, and migration trails throughout the United States for family historians and general researchers
Printed Sources: A Guide to Published Genealogical Records
by Kory L. Meyerink

While most genealogy books focus on original records and primary sources, this title focuses on secondary sources that have proliferated because of the growth of genealogy. It identifies and explains the vast number of published genealogical sources, acting both as a guidebook and a bibliography to the printed material in the field. The introduction alone is a treasure trove of information, and should be called Genealogy Sources 101. Coverage includes encyclopedias, gazetteers, indexes, abstracts, histories, biographies, military sources, periodicals, and much more. Appendixes include CD-ROMs for family historians, major genealogical libraries in the United States, and a list of genealogical publishers and booksellers.
Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources
by Alice Eichholz

Provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization. Includes information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide. The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail.
The Hidden Half of the Family: A Sourcebook for Women's Genealogy
by Christina K. Schaefer

The first part of the book--a lengthy and informative introduction--deals with the special ways women are dealt with in federal records such as immigration records, passports, naturalization records, census enumerations, land records, military records, and records dealing with minorities. All such records are discussed with reference to their impact on women, as are a group of miscellaneous, non-governmental records, including newspapers, cemetery records, city directories, church records, and state laws covering common law marriages and marriage and divorce registration. The bulk of this reference work, however, deals with the individual states, showing how their laws, records, and resources can be used in determining female identity. 
Genealogy by Heritage
Finding a Place Called Home: A Guide to African-American Genealogy and Historical Identity
by Dee Woodtor

A comprehensive guide to African-American history and genealogy shares up-to-date advice on tracing a family's African roots, explaining how to find information on the Internet, in census reports, and other records to trace a family tree.
Asian American Genealogical Sourcebook
by Paula K. Byers

A guide to sources in Asian American genealogy.
Hispanic American Genealogical Sourcebook
by Paula K. Byers

This text provides historical genealogical information on Hispanic Americans. The book looks specifically at emigration history and genealogical records, and features a directory of genealogical information.
In Search of Your European Roots: A Complete Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors in Every Country in Europe
by Angus Baxter

Offers information on locating birth, marriage, and death certificates, emigration registers, guild records, vaccination lists, census returns, church records, orphan lists, and other documentation necessary to trace an ancestor's European roots.
Tracing your Irish Family History
by Anthony Adolph

Enhanced by hundred of archival photographs and documents, a guide to researching and unraveling family histories offers advice on locating Irish resources, documents, and archives; explains the origins of Ireland's people and how they lived; and includes links and contact information
Tracing Your Irish & British Roots
by W. Daniel Quillen

Explains where to find Irish and British records, how to access these records, preparations for a trip abroad to do research in these countries, pitfalls and issues in obtaining such records, research tips specifically geared for England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales and more. Original.
Polish Roots
by Rosemary A. Chorzempa

The second edition of this pioneering work on Polish family history provides the American researcher with the most up-to-date tools to succeed in genealogical research. Since the publication of the original Polish Roots, there have been many advances in Polish genealogy research. The Internet has made the task of locating Polish ancestors much easier, as more information and images are made available online. In addition, there has been a marked rise in interest in genealogy in Poland, resulting in a great increase in the number of Polish genealogical societies available and the amount of helpful information disseminated. This second edition of Polish Roots addresses these exciting developments.
Tracing your Scottish Family History
by Anthony Adolph

Enhanced by hundred of archival photographs and documents, a guide to researching and unraveling family histories offers advice on locating Scottish resources, documents, and archives; explains the origins of Scotland's people and how they lived; and includes links and contact information
Scottish Genealogy: With New Material on Heraldry, Land and Maps, DNA, Catholic Records, Migration, and More
by Bruce Durie

Offers advice for tracing Scottish ancestry, covering the print and electronic resources available, DNA, paleography, heraldry, and the confusion surrounding Scottish clans.
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