-------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL REFERENCE BOOKS TITLE COMMENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNPUZZLING YOUR PAST a beginners "workbook" DIRECTORY OF HISTORICAL SOCIETIES & AGENCIES IN THE U.S. AND CANADA Annual list of historical societies as compared to Meyers's "Directory of Genealogical Societies in the U.S. & Canada"(GS929/M61) GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH: METHODS AND a very good manual. SOURCES HOW TO FIND YOUR FAMILY ROOTS Comprehensive Genealogical every state and most countries, sections on adoptees, black Americans, American Indians, Jewish Ancestry bibliographies in all areas. Glossary and abbreviations found in Genealogical research. A GUIDE TO GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH foreign Genealogical terms, section on interpreting dates and "double- dating" FINDING YOUR FOREFATHERS IN AMERICA emphasis on southern New England and middles Atlantic States. SEARCHING FOR YOUR ANCESTORS good bibliography, siggestions for Blacks and Indians, especially good for searchers with long American lineages. NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGICAL REFERENCE restricted to North Carolina, but very comprehensive. THE SOURCE: A GUIDEBOOK OF AMERICAN The newest and most complete reference GENEALOGY book for Genealogy. It has been compiled by 16 of the Nations's leading Genealogist, and covers not only source such as church records, court, land, and tax records, but also business and employment records, and source for urban ancestors. It also encludes chapters on American Indian, Black, Asian, Jewish research. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASSOCIATIONS for genealogy and ethnic associations. DIRECTORY OF DIRECTORIES annotated guide to all kinds of directories, rosters, list and guides -- contains a section on genealogical, veterans and patriotic affairs. SUBJECT COLLECTIONS: A GUIDE TO SPECIAL BOOK COLLECTION AND SUBJECT EMPHASES includes some special genealogy collections. AMERICAN LIBRARY DIRECTORY address of libraries in United States and Canada. THE OFFICIAL MUSEUM DIRECTORY covers U. S. and Canada. Some "museum" are actuall libraries. AYER DIRECTORY OF PUBLICATIONS catalog of American newspapers -- dailies, weeklies, monthlies, and quarterlies by states, then cities; also for Canada by province and then cities. YEARBOOK OF AMERICAN & CANADIAN CHURCH(annual) directories section includes general officers and addresses. NOTABLE AMERICAN WOMEN, 1607-1950 excellent biographies of 1,359 women HARVARD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN ETHN each of the more than 100 ethnic groups GROUPS who live in the U.S., is described in detail including origin and history. A CENTURY OF POPULATION GROWTH, Table 90 - names of master of families 1790-1900 in New York City, by wards... 1703. Table 111 - table of names represented by at least 100 white persons... at the first census: 1790 MARTINDALE-HUBBELL LAW DIRECTORY, VO an excellent guide to courts, law, and VII legal procedures. BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY for legal terms. BUY BOOKS WHERE, SELL BOOKS WHERE a directory of out-of-print booksellers and their auther-subject specialties. WEBSTER'S NEW GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY with 47,000 entries, this can be a useful tool. ATLAS OF AMERICAN HISTORY concerns exploration, settlements, migrations among many other related subjects. RAND McNALLY ATLAS OF WORLD HISTORY emphases on North American and European history, especially in 19th and 20th centuries. HISTORICAL ATLAS easy to use world maps showing changes in political boundaries from 1450 BC to the 1960's. MAPS OF THE OREGON TRAIL campsites, Pony Express stations, and even gravesites are indicated. THE AMERICAN HERITAGE PICTORIAL ATLAS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY, good maps showing trails, roads, trade routes west as well as ethnic setlements. RAND McNALLY COMMERCIAL ATLAS: AND MARKETING GUIDE. covers U.S. and Canada, gives county seats and includes township names. TOWNSHIP ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES a valuable finding aid for place names. Indexes about 22,000 towns, townships and counties. RAND McNALLY'S PIONEER ATLAS: OF THE AMERICAN WEST. place, names circa 1976 THE AMERICAN COUNTIES brief historical data including dates of establisment and origin, and origin of county names. APPLETON'S CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN includes names of native and adopted BIOGRAPHY citizens of United States from the earliest settlements. BIOGRAPHY & GENEALOGY MASTER INDEX: SECOND EDITION. covers current and retrospective dictionaries. DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY VOL. I. 1000; VOL. II. 1701-1740; V.III, 1741-1770 VOL. IX, 1861-1870; VOL. X, 1871-1880 DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY English biographies and excellent bibliographies on the biographees. DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY includes noteworthy persons of all periods who lived in the territory now known as the United States. Does not include living persons. NEW CENTURY CYCLOPIDA OF NAMES contains more than 1000,000 proper names including persons and places. THE NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES INDEX, one alphabetical listing of deaths -- 1858-1968 entries for news stories only, not for paid notices. WEBSTER'S AMERICAN BIOGRAPHIES over 3,000 Americans who have made significant contributions to American life and American history. WEBSTER'S BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY over 40,000 names of noteworthy persons, not restricted by periods, nationality, race, religion or occupation. MacMILLIAN DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN includes notables who died before 1961. BIOGRAPHY, 1963 WHITE'S CONSPECTUS OF AMERICAN BIOGR subject index to NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. BURKE'S GENERAL ARMORY OF: ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND AND WALES descriptions of arms, some incorrectly described -- use with GENERAL ARMORY TWO. GENERAL ARMORY TWO supplement and corrections to BURKE'S GENERAL ARMORY. THE CLANS AND TARTANS OF SCOTLAND includes color pictures of many tartans as well as clan history, clan and family names, etc. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � This file is from The Source of Magic, Ridgefield CT � � 203-431-4687, source for genealogy, radio, & Windows � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴�