Genealogy Resources

*Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County & Town Resources, rev. ed. by Alice Eicholz. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1992. Has a chapter on each state; tells what records are where.

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Beginner’s Guide to Family History Research by Desmond Walls Allen and Carolyn Earle Billingsley. Conway, Arkansas: Research Associates

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*Cyndi’s List by Cyndi Howells. http://www.cyndislist.com

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Genealogy by Christine Rose and Kay Germain Ingalls. Macmillan General Reference, 1997.

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The Genealogist’s Companion & Sourcebook by Emily Anne Croom. Cincinnati: Betterway Books, 1994.

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Genealogy as Pastime and Profession, 2^nd ed. rev. by Donald Lines Jacobus. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1986.

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Unpuzzling Your Past: A Basic Guide to American Genealogy by Emily Anne Croom. Cincinnati: Betterway Books, 1994.

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Gen 929.1 C948, 1989

Note:The Florida Collection owns federal Census microfilm for Florida counties from 1830-1920. Other Census material including some Florida Census is available in the Archives.

*State Census Records by Ann S. Lainhart. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992.

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The Soundex Daitch-Mokotoff Reference Guide, 2 vols., rev. ed. by Bradley W. Steuart. Bountiful, Utah: Precision Indexing, 1994. The 1880 Soundex is different from other years. You must have a child 10 years old or younger, or your name doesn’t appear.

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Use for an index to the census: http://www.ancestry.com

Subscription service available in Archives

National Archives Web site; can click on Soundex and look up a name: http://www.archives.gov

Army Official Records: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies [computer file] Wilmington, North Carolina; Broadfoot Publishing, 1995.

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Note:This CD can be used as an index to the Civil War

Official Records, located in the Reference Room.

How to Locate Anyone Who Is or Has Been in the Military: Armed Forces Locator Directory by Richard S. Johnson. Ft. Sam Houston, TX: Military Information Enterprises, 1990.

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Tracing Your Civil War Ancestor by Bertram Hawthrone Groene. Winston-Salem: John F. Blair.

Circ 929.1072073 Gro 1995

Archives 929.1 G874 1973

U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources, Colonial America to the Present by James C. Neagles. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1995.

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The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Printing Office, 1880-1901.

Reference Room

Genealogy Online: Researching Your Roots by Elizabeth Powell Crowe. New York: McGraw Hill, 1996.

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Genealogy Software Guide by Marthe Arends. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1998.

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Netting Your Ancestors: Genealogical Research on the Internet by Cyndi Howells. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1997.

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Turbo Genealogy: An Introduction to Family History Research in the Information Age by John and Carolyn Cosgriff. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1997.

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Virtual Roots: A Guide to Genealogy and Local History on the World Wide Web compiled by Thomas Jay Kemp. Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1997.

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*Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 by William Thorndale and William Dollarhide. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1987. This resource should be used with each census year due to boundary changes.

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Land & Property Research in the United States by E. Wade Hone. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1997.

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Note: Pre 1908 land records are on the Internet at the Bureau of Land Management Web site: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov

Internet atlas with 1895 county maps: http://www.livgenmi.com/1895/

The Handy Book for Genealogists, 8^th ed. by George B. and Louise Mathews Everton. Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1991. For each county, the date of origin is given, along with the previous county. It also has a map of each state, including county lines, and notes county histories.

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Circ 929.1 Eve 1971

Omni Gazetteer of the United States of America. Eleven volumes, including national index and appendices. Editor: Frank R. Abate. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 1991. This gazetteer can be used for lakes, streams, buildings, cemeteries, churches, etc. Keeping in mind that this is a current gazetteer, it can also be used for places that no longer exist and the name is being used by another entity.

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Family Pride: The Complete Guide to Tracing African-American Genealogy by Donna Beasley. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.

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Slave Genealogy: A Research Guide with Case Studies by David H. Streets. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986.

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Cherokee Connections by Myra Vanderpool Gormley. Tacoma, Washington: Family Historian Books, 1995. A small book but good at explaining research difficulties and available records.

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Indian Census Rolls, 1898-1948.

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Note: Native American records are private. The Pensacola Public Library specializes in Native American Genealogy. Pensacola Public Library, 200 W. Gregory St., Pensacola, FL 32501-4878; (850)435-1760

A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Female Ancestors by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack. Cincinnati: Betterway Books, 1998.

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A to ZAX: A Comprehensive Dictionary for Genealogists and Historians by Barbara Jean Evans. Alexandria, Virginia: Hearthside Press, 1995.

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American Genealogical-Biographical Index by Fremont Rider. The Godfrey Memorial Library, 134 Newfield St., Middletown, Connecticut 06457 Indexes 1790 census, Boston Transcripts, New England family histories.

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Black’s Law Dictionary, 4^th ed. by Henry Campbell Black. St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing, 1968.

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Cemeteries of the U.S.: A Guide to Contact Information for U.S. Cemeteries and Their Records. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994.

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County Courthouse Book, 2^nd ed. by Elizabeth Petty Bentley. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1995.

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A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988.

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Directory of Professional Genealogists, ed. by Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens and Kathleen W. Hinckley. Denver: Association of Professional Genealogists, 1997.

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Evidence! Citation and Analysis for the Family Historian by Elizabeth Shown Mills. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1997.

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FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service. This is the Mormon Church genealogy site: http://www.familysearch.org

Florida Combined Indexes of Marriages, Divorces and Deaths, 1877-1991. Florida Office of Vital Statistics. Marriages 1927-1997; divorces June 1927-1997; deaths 1877-1997. Microfiche. The combined index in Archives includes marriages 1927-1969; divorces 1927-1942; and deaths 1877-1968. Microfiche.

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Genealogical & Local History Books in Print, 5^th ed. compiled by Marian Hoffman. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1996. This is a four volume set; one volume is devoted to family histories.

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Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress since 1986: With a List of Established Forms of Family Names and a List of Genealogies Converted to Microform Since 1983. Washington, D.C.: Cataloging Distribution Service, Library of Congress, 1992.

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The Genealogist’s Address Book, 4^th ed. by Elizabeth Petty Bentley. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1998.

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Historical and Genealogical Holdings in the State of Florida. Florida Library Association, 1992.

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International Vital Records Handbook, 3^rd ed. by Thomas Jay Kemp. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1994.

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National Yellow Book of Funeral Directors. Youngstown, Ohio: Nomis Pub., 1996.

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Newspapers in Microform: United States, 1948-1972. 2 vols. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1972

Federal Documents Collection

LC 30.20/3 1948/1972

Printed Sources: A Guide to Published Genealogical Records, ed. by Kory L. Meyerink. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1998. Includes military sources and indexes.

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The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy, 2^nd ed. by Val Greenwood. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1990.

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Ships of Our Ancestors by Michael J. Anuta. Menominee, Mich.: Ships of Our Ancestors, Inc., 1983.

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Note: Passenger lists can be found at the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild web site: http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/passenger/

*The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, rev. ed. by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1997. Information about census records, immigration records, and court records.

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*US Census Project. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~census/

The American Genealogist

Genealogy Collection

Everton’s Genealogical Helper.

Genealogy Collection

The Florida Genealogist

Genealogy Collection

Periodical Source Index. Allen County Public Library Foundation, Fort Wayne, Indiana. PERSI is the largest and most widely used index of genealogical and historical periodicals in the world. It references more than 5,000 U.S. and Canadian periodicals and includes over one million indexed entries of articles for which copies can be obtained from the Allen County Public Library.

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