The source : a guidebook of American genealogy / edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking.
Includes record types, census records, ethnic origins, tracking ancestors, and more.
Record details
- ISBN: 0916489671
- ISBN: 9780916489670
- Physical Description: vi, 834 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 29 cm
- Edition: Revised edition
- Publisher: Salt Lake City : Ancestry, [1997]
- Copyright: ©1997
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Record types. The foundations of family history research / Sandra Hargreaves Luebking and Loretto Dennis Szucs ; Databases, indexes, and other finding aids / Kory L. Meyerlink ; Research in birth, death, and cemetery records / Johni Cerny ; Researching marriage and divorce records / Johni Cerny and Sandra H. Luebking ; Research in Census records / Loretto Dennis Szucs ; Research in church records / Richard W. Dougherty ; Research in court records / Arlene H. Eakle ; Research in land and tax records / Sandra Hargreaves Luebking ; Research in military records / Johni Cerny, Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, and David T. Thackery ; Research in business, employment, and institutional records / Kory L. Meyerink and Johni Cerny ; Research in directories / Gordon Lewis Remington ; Research in newspapers / James L. Hansen-- Ethnic origins. Immigration : finding immigrant origins / Kory L. Meyerink and Loretto Dennis Szucs ; Tracking Native American family history / Curt B. Witcher and George J. Nixon ; Tracking African American family history / David T. Thackery ; Tracking Hispanic family history / George Ryskamp ; Tracking Jewish-American family history / Gary Mokotoff -- Time and place. Tracking twentieth-century ancestors / Kathleen W. Hinckley ; Tracking urban ancestors / Loretto Dennis Szucs ; Tracking through heredity and lineage organizations / Grahame Thomas Smallwood, Jr. -- Appendixes. A. National Archives and Records Administration regional archives system ; B. State archives ; C. Historical societies ; D. The Family History Library and its centers ; E. Genealogical societies ; F. Where to write for vital records ; G. Selected acronyms and abbreviations.
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Genealogy. - Genre:
- Family histories.
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| Jacksonville Main Library | Ref OCR 929.1 S (Text) | 36015000003117 | Genealogy | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | GR US 929.1072 SOU (Text) | 50503300016062 | Genealogy | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | 929.1 S (Text) | 2000488288 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | LH 929.1072 S999s (Text) | 540191001195311 | Local History Reference | Available | - |
| Camden County Library | 929.1072 SOU (Text) | 39488900180086 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Denton Public Library | R-GEN 929 S 41997 (Text) | 25908005705202 | Genealogy | Available | - |
| Farmville Public Library | 929.107 SOU (Text) | 23900000008041 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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| George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | CR 929.1 Sou (Text) | 30308100458810 | North Carolina Room Adult Reference | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | 929.3 S Genealogy Room (Text) | 33258002739626 | Genealogy | Available | - |
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Includes record types, census records, ethnic origins, tracking ancestors, and more.
