The Source: A Guidebook to American GenealogyLoretto Dennis Szucs, Sandra Hargreaves Luebking Genealogists and other historical researchers have valued the first two editions of this work, often referred to as the genealogist's bible."" The new edition continues that tradition. 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. "" |
Contents
The Basics | 1 |
Computers and Technology | 39 |
General References and Guides | 71 |
Business Institution and Organization Records | 99 |
Census Records | 157 |
Church Records | 221 |
Court Records | 257 |
Directories | 325 |
Vital Records | 603 |
African American Research | 651 |
Colonial English Research | 679 |
Colonial Spanish Borderland Research | 699 |
Hispanic Research | 735 |
Jewish American Research | 765 |
Urban Research | 841 |
A Abbreviations and Acronyms | 881 |
Immigration Records | 355 |
Land Records | 431 |
Military Records | 499 |
Newspapers | 561 |
Hereditary and Lineage Organizations | 897 |
E Historical Societies | 919 |
Common terms and phrases
African American American Expeditionary Forces American Revolution ancestor Ancestry Ancestry.com application Baltimore biographical birth catalog census records census schedules Church city directories Civil collection Colonial compiled Confederate Congress copies County court records database death deed documents Ellis Island Emigration England entries ethnic Family History Centers Family History Library Family Tree federal files Genealogical Publishing Genealogical Research genealogists grants Guide Historical Society identify Illinois immigrant Index Indian individuals Internet John Land Office locate maps marriage Maryland microfilm Military National Archives National Genealogical Society newspapers North Carolina Nuckols NUCMC Ohio original passenger lists patents Pennsylvania Pension person Philadelphia port Press printed Public Register reprint residence Revolutionary Revolutionary War rolls Salt Lake City Service Records Soldiers Soundex sources South surname Texas town tract books United University Veterans Virginia vital records vols volumes warrants Washington William York
References to this book
God in the Classroom: Religion and America's Public Schools R. Murray Thomas No preview available - 2007 |