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The source : a guidebook of American genealogy Cover Image Book

The source : a guidebook of American genealogy / edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking.

Szucs, Loretto Dennis (editor.). Luebking, Sandra Hargreaves (editor.).

Summary:

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]

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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