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Genealogical Research and Resources. A Guide for Library Use by Lois C. Gilmer | 1988 | Paperback | ISBN: 0-8389-0482-3 | 70 pages | Dimensions: 6.5 x 0.25 x 9.25 inches | Gilmer provides in five concise chapters basic information that she hopes will help the librarian to narrow the topic, guide the patron to locally available…
Discovering Your African-American Ancestors: How to Find and Record Your Unique Heritage by Franklin Carter Smith & Emily Anne Croom | 2003 | Paperback | 256 pages | ISBN: 1558706054 | Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.75 x 11 inches | This book draws a map to guide researchers, whether novice or experienced, through the genealogical wilderness to…
Black Genealogy by Charles L. Blockson With Ron Fry | 1991 Reprint | Paperback | 232 pages | Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.4 inches | ISBN: 0933121539 | First published in 1977, black genealogy remains a unique guide among standard genealogical references. Blockson, a noted genealogist and African-American historian, traced his family roots back…
How to Trace Your African American Roots by Barbara Thompson Howell | 1998 First Edition | Paperback | 247 pages | Dimensions: 5.46 x 0.78 x 8.2 inches | ISBN: 0806520558 | A hands-on book for African-Americans who want to meet and know their ancestors, this book includes specially designed worksheets and easy-to-read genealogical charts.
How To Find Your Family Roots: A Complete Guide to Searching for Your Ancestors by William Latham | 1994 Revised Edition | Paperback | 224 pages | Dimensions: 0.5 x 5 x 8.5 inches | ISBN: 0963994603 | Shows you how to trace your family history in a simple, easy, and inexpensive manner. He’ll show you…
The Genealogist’s Computer Companion by Rhonda R. McClure | 2001 First Edition | Paperback | 183 pages | ISBN: 1558705910 | Dimensions: 8.35 x 0.5 x 11 inches | Explains how anyone can use a computer, genealogical software, and the Internet to optimize research. Heavily illustrated and replete with tips from fellow experts, the book opens…
Unpuzzling Your Past: The Best-Selling Basic Guide to Genealogy | 1995 Third Edition | Paperback | 182 pages | 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 Ultimate Research Book: Worldwide Adoption and Vital Records by Lori Carangelo | 1998 First Edition | Paperback | 293 pages | ISBN: 09425605004 | Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.32 x 11 inches | From the files of Americans For Open Records (AmFOR) | Each edition reveals how to find anyone, nationwide, dead or alive, for little…
County Courthouse Book by Elizabeth Petty Bentley | 1990 First Edition | Paperback | 386 pages | ISBN: 080631284X | This is a written survey of county courthouses and other jurisdictions, with the names, addresses, phone numbers, and dates of organization of all county courthouses, a concise summary of record holdings, personnel, and services. Can…
County Courthouse Book by Elizabeth Petty Bentley | Second Edition 1996 | Paperback | 397 pages | ISBN: 0806314850| This is a complete overhaul of the 1990 classic, featuring 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…
Public Records Online: The National Guide to Private and Government Online Sources of Public Records, editors Carl R. Ernst and Michael Sankey| 1997, Second Printing | Paperback | 397 pages | ISBN: 1889150029 | A National Directory of government agencies and private that furnish online automated public record information, maintain proprietary public record databases.
Seward and Related Families by George C. Seward | 1987 | Paperback | 230 pages | Includes index.
Family Tree Guide Book by the Editors of Family Tree Magazine. Introduction by Emily Anne Croom | 2002 | Paperback | 335 pages | ISBN: 155879647X | Dimensions: 6.25 x 1 x 9 inches | Everything you need to know to trace your genealogy across North America. Partnering genealogy basics with directories for web sites, family…
The Official Guide to Ancestry.com by George G. Morgan | 2008, 2nd Edition | Paperback | 300 pages | ISBN: 9781593313197 | Dimensions: 7 x 0.88 x 9 inches | Whether you are coming to Ancestry.com for the first time or have used it for years, you need The Official Guide to Ancestry.com. Written by a…
Family History Made Easy by Loretto Dennis Szucs guides the reader through the sometimes confusing world of family history. Family History Made Easy is just that—made easy. Noted author and lecturer Loretto (Lou) Szucs covers the basic tools and provides essential instruction to get you started on your family history adventure. She teaches you in…
By Barbara Briggs Morrow. 2004. Hardcover. 80 pages. Condition: Excellent; unused. The book is divided into 28 sections that are designed to help you document family ancestry and traditions. Written prompts help you determine what kind of information is important to note.
By Bob Greene & D. G. Fulford. Hardcover. 240 pages. Condition: Excellent; unused. ISBN: 0-385-49064-X. A collection of over one thousand evocative questions, the book offers a very personal, human approach to genealogy, awakening readers to the possibility of creating a family history through the simple act of remembering.
Finding Your Italian Ancestors . . . 2nd Edition, by Grant Karcich. This book is designed to help those researching other Italian ancestry. It includes 150 addresses for Italian archival sources. Published by Heritage Productions (Book HC12) in 2007. Soft cover: 85 pages.
By Sandra Lee Jamison. 1999. Paperback. 176 pages. Condition: Excellent; never circulated. ISBN-13 : 978-0399524783. A step-by-step guide to genealogy for African-Americans, this book explains how to unveil the past through public records, alternative sources, and other documents.
By Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak. 2002. Paperback. 220 pages. Condition: Excellent; never circulated. ISBN: 978- 1-9312-7900. The heartwarming stories found within these pages are just what the family historian has always needed. They put life in the names & dates and give us more reasons to continue researching our past.
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