GENERAL REFERENCE BOOK -SCPL 09/85) LIB No TITLE COMMENTS ------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------- G 929.1 C94 UNPUZZLING YOUR PAST a beginners "workbook" GR 060 A51 DIRECTORY OF HISTORICAL SOCIETIES & IN THE U.S. AND CANADA (annual) list AGENCIES: historical societies as compared to Meyers's "Directory of Genealogical Societies in the U.S. & Canda" (GS929/M61) (kept at reference desk) GR 929.1A51 GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH: METHODS AND a very good manual. SOURCES GR 929.1B36 HOW TO FIND YOUR FAMILY ROOTS Comprehensive Genealogical source in 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. GR 929.1B47 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. GR 929.1D63 SEARCHING FOR YOUR ANCESTORS good bibliography, siggestions for Blacks and Indians, especially good for searchers with long American lineages. GR 929.1D76 NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGICAL REFERENCE restricted to North Carolina, but very comprehensive. GR929.1S742 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. R 060 E56 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASSOCIATIONS for genealogy and ethnic associations. R 016 E84 DIRECTORY OF DIRECTORIES annotated guide to all kinds of directories, rosters, list and guides -- contains a section on genealogical, veterans and patriotic affairs. R 026.00025 SUBJECT COLLECTIONS: A GUIDE TO SPECIAL BOOK COLLECTION AND SUBJECT EMPHASES includes some special genealogy collections. R 027 A51 AMERICAN LIBRARY DIRECTORY address of libraries in United States and Canada. R 069 Of32 THE OFFICIAL MUSEUM DIRECTORY covers U. S. and Canada. Some "museum" are actuall libraries. R 070 A97 '78 AYER DIRECTORY OF PUBLICATIONS catalog of American newspapers -- dailies, weeklies, monthlies, andquarterlies by states, then cities; also for Canada by province and then cities. R 280 Y39 YEARBOOK OF AMERICAN & CANADIAN CHURCH(annual) directories section includes general officers and addresses. R 301.412J27NOTABLE AMERICAN WOMEN, 1607-1950 excellent biographies of 1,359 women R 305.8H33 HAVARD 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. R 312 U58 1960 CENSUS POPULATION: VOL. I CHARACTERISTICS OF POPULATION; PART A NUMBER OF INHABITANTS, Maps indicating township names. R 317.3 C39 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 R 340 M38 MARTINDALE-HUBBELL LAW DIRECTORY, VO an excellent guide to courts, law, and VII legal procedures. R 340.3B62 BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY for legal terms. R658.809R66 BUY BOOKS WHERE, SELL BOOKS WHERE a directory of out-of-print booksellers and their auther-subject specialties. R 910 C72 THE CALIFORINA LIPPIMCOTT GAZETER OF includes names of some towns WORLD incorporated in to larger cities. R 910.3 C15 CALIFORINA CITY & INCORPORATED PLACE a 1970 publication containing some NAMES obscure place names. R 910.3 W37 WEBSTER'S NEW GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY with 47,000 entries, this can be a useful tool. R 911 A21 ATLAS OF AMERICAN HISTORY concerns exploration, settlements, migrations among many other related subjects. R 911 R18 RAND McNALLY ATLAS OF WORLD HISTORY emphases on North American and European history, especially in 19th and 20th centuries. R 911 S54 HISTORICAL ATLAS easy to use world maps showing changes in political boundaries from 1450 BC to the 1960's. R 911.78F83 MAPS OF THE OREGON TRAIL campsites, Pony Express stations, and even gravesites are indicated. R 912 A51 THE AMERICAN HERITAGE PICTORIAL ATLAS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY, good maps showing trails, roads, trade routes west as well as ethnic setlements. R 912 R18c RAND McNALLY COMMERCIAL ATLAS: AND MARKETING GUIDE. covers U.S. and Canada, gives county seats and includes township names. R 912.73A57 TOWNSHIP ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES a valuable finding aid for place names. Indexes about 22,000 towns, townships and counties. R 912.78 R1RAND McNALLY'S PIONEER ATLAS: OF THE AMERICAN WEST. place, names circa 1976 R917.303K16 THE AMERICAN COUNTIES brief historical data including dates of establisment and origin, and origin of county names. R 920 A64 APPLETON'S CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN includes names of native and adopted BIOGRAPHY citizens of United States from the earliest settlements. R 920 B61 BIOGRAPHY & GENEALOGY MASTER INDEX: SECOND EDITION. covers current and retrospective dictionaries. R 920 B87 DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN BIOGRAPHY VOL. I. 1000; VOL. II. 1701-1740; V.III, 1741-1770 VOL. IX, 1861-1870; VOL. X, 1871-1880 R 920 D55 DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY English biographies and excellent bibliographies on the biographees. R 920 D55a 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. R 920 N53 NEW CENTURY CYCLOPIDA OF NAMES contains more than 1000,000 proper names including persons and places. R 920 N56 THE NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARIES INDEX, one alphabetical listing of deaths -- 1858-1968 entries for news stories only, not for paid notices. R 920 V24 WEBSTER'S AMERICAN BIOGRAPHIES over 3,000 Americans who have made significant contributions to American life and American history. R 920 W17 WEBSTER'S BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY over 40,000 names of noteworthy persons, not restricted by periods, nationality, race, religion or occupation. R 920 W19 MacMILLIAN DICTIONARY OF CANADIAN includes notables who died before 1961. BIOGRAPHY, 1963 R 920.02B61 BIOGRAPHY INDEX: A CUMULATIVE INDEX TO BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS IN BOOKS AND MAGAZINES. 1946 includes historical personages. R920.073W59 WHITE'S CONSPECTUS OF AMERICAN BIOGR subject index to NATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. R 929.6 B95 BURKE'S GENERAL ARMORY OF: ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND AND WALES descriptions of arms, some incorrectly described -- use with R929.6/H92 GENERAL ARMORY TWO. R 929.6 H92 GENERAL ARMORY TWO supplement and corrections to BURKE'S GENERAL ARMORY. R 929.6 M13 THE CLANS AND TARTANS OF SCOTLAND includes color pictures of many tartans as well as clan history, clan and family names, etc. **** ************************************************************************* *** This information has been provided by ROOTS-BBS (415)-584-0697. *** *** For more public domain genealogical software, data, and queries, *** *** set your modem to 8/N/1 300 or 1200 and call ROOTS-BBS! *** ************************************************************************* This information is posted on Dynasty BBS with the permission of Brian Mavrogeorge, the System Operator of Roots Bulletin Board