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A-001. THE ADOPTION SEARCHBOOK by Mary Jo Rillera. The product of years of combined efforts within the adoption reform movement; contains three sections: Preparing to Search, How to Search and After the Search; includes what is encountered in information sources, what is found in documents and records, and rules for all searchers.
softbound, 205 pp, Pure, Westminster $19.95

A-002. ANCESTRY'S CONCISE GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY by Maurine and Glen Harris. Definitions of terms from cemetery, probate, court, medical and other records; words like "beamster", "grinigribber", "anascara" and "wainbote".
softbound, 259 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $14.95

A-003. ANCESTRY'S GUIDE TO RESEARCH by Johni Cerny and Arlene Eakle. Step-by-step instruction in genealogical research using the case-study approach. Evaluation of documents and evidence, resolution of discrepancies.
softbound, 364 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $19.95

A-004. BECOMING AN ACCREDITED GENEALOGIST: PLUS 100 TIPS TO ENSURE YOUR SUCCESS by Karen Clifford. Guide to the process of becoming accredited by the Family History Library; outlines the benefits of accreditation, and describes the knowledge and basic skills expected; examines the testing procedures and application process to test for credentials.
softbound, 234 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $19.95

A-005. CELEBRATING THE FAMILY: STEPS TO PLANNING A FAMILY REUNION by Vandella Brown. Practical steps to bring about a family reunion that will live for years in the memory of all those who attend; how to establish a mailing list, set up committees, plan goals and objectives, keep plans on schedule.
softbound, 59 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $9.95

A-006. COMPUTER GENEALOGY: A GUIDE TO RESEARCH THROUGH HIGH TECHNOLOGY by Richard A. Pence. Created for the family historian and genealogist; turns complicated, technical explanations into simple concepts; discusses and illustrates the four most popular genealogy programs to help in choosing one for personal use.
softbound, 258 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $14.95

A-007. CYNDI'S LIST by Cyndi Howells. Written by the award winning producer of the internet site of the same name. Here in print is the organized cross-referenced index to over 40,000 sites of interest to genealogists world wide.
softbound, 880 pp, GPC, Baltimore $49.95

A-008. DIRECTORY OF FAMILY ASSOCIATIONS by Elizabeth Petty Bentley. Puts the researcher in touch with 5,000 family associations, reunion committees, and one-name societies across the U.S., giving addresses, telephone numbers, contact persons, and publications.
softbound, 324 pp, GPC, Baltimore $34.95

A-009. DISCOVERING YOUR HERITAGE by Alice Eichholz. An introduction to family history in a real "how-to" approach.
softbound, 32 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $2.95

A-010. DO PEOPLE GROW ON FAMILY TREES?: GENEALOGY FOR KIDS AND OTHER BEGINNERS by Ira Wolfinan. A genealogical primer for the young person. The official Ellis Island handbook. Includes a dictionary of surnames, census information, and form masters to set up a starting kit.
A-010a. text, softbound, 192 pp, Workman, N.Y.C. $9.95
A-010b. teachers guide, softbound, 24 pp $1.50

A-011. THE GENEALOGICAL RESEARCHER: NEOPHYTE TO GRADUATE by William C. Kleese, Ph.D. Guide intended for the beginning to intermediate researcher in United States family history; compiled from five years of seminar series presented for the Arizona State Genealogical Society; instructs in the use of charts, forms and notebook organization; discusses U.S. vital records, cemeteries, U.S. church records, various data bases of the Family History Library, U.S. census, court records, probates, land records, military records, institutional-business-employment records, newspapers, directories, immigration-naturalization records, and lineage society records.
softbound (comb), 135 pp, FHL, Tucson $29.00

A-012. THE GENEALOGIST'S ADDRESS BOOK by Elizabeth Petty Bentley. A national "yellow pages" for the genealogist; comprehensive source of names, addresses, and telephone numbers for thousands of national , state, and local genealogical resources and institutions.
softbound, 842 pp, GPC, Baltimore $39.95

A-013. GOING TO SALT LAKE CITY TO DO FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH by J. Carlyle Parker. Researcher' s guide to using the Family History Library, world's largest genealogical library; directs preparatory research at local Family History Centers, public libraries, and home sources; instructs in all aspects of use of the famous Salt Lake City facility.
softbound, 262 pp, Marietta, Turlock $15.95

A-014. GUIDE TO SELECTING GENEALOGY SOFTWARE by Donna Przecha and Joan Lowery. A practical guide to selecting from 15 different genealogy programs, including analysis of each, purchase data, and illustrations of print-outs. Also includes analysis of 13 different genealogy utility programs plus 8 other programs useful to the genealogist.
softbound, 154 pp, Przecha and Lowery, San Diego $14.95

A-015. IS THAT LINEAGE RIGHT by Daughters of the American Revolution. Instructions outlining verification procedures necessary for application to the DAR; also useful for documentation methods in general researching.
softbound, 45 pp, DAR, Washington $5.95

A-016. KILLING COUSINS by Gene Stratton. A mystery novel where the tools of the genealogist are employed to unravel myriad clues, proving that murder is a relative thing.
softbound, 210 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $16.50

A-017, MANAGING A GENEALOGICAL PROJECT by William Dollarhide. Guide through a particular method - the Dollarhide System of Genealogical Records - of organizing research materials; covers pedigrees, lineages, descendancies, organization of notes and paperwork, and methods of cross-referencing for retrieval and evaluation; provides instruction in ahnentafel numbering, descendancy numbering, the Register, the Record and the Henry Systems.
softbound, 93 pp, GPC, Baltimore $14.95

A-018. NETTING YOUR ANCESTORS. GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET by Cyndi Howells. Written by the award-winning producer of "Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet." Guide to bringing resources from around the world right into your own home via the internet.
softbound, 182 pp, GPC, Baltimore $19.95

A-019. PERSONAL ANCESTRAL FILE 2.31 USERS GUIDE by Joan Lowrey. Arm-chair help for the beginner, new techniques for the advanced user; MS-DOS version; this is the PAF users Bible.
softbound, 289 pp, Joan Lowrey, La Jolla $29.95

A-020. PERSONAL ANCESTRAL FILE 4.0 USERS GUIDE by The Hope Foundation. The official users manual from The Hope Foundation (creators of the software) to the Windows-based version of PAF; software may be downloaded from the LDS FamilySearch website free of charge; instructions begin with software download and guides the user throughout all functions, including instructions for adding photographs, sound clips, and scrapbooks; the 4.0 PAF users Bible.
softbound, 305 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City, $19.95

A-021. PHOTOGRAPHING YOUR HERITAGE by Wilma Sadler Shull. Guide to photographing documents, gravestones, heirlooms, and methods of copying old photographs.
softbound, 128 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $10.95

A-022. PITFALLS IN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH by Milton Rubincam. Witty and academic discussion of mistakes and. fraud.; what constitutes good genealogy.
softbound, 74 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $7.95

A-023. PRODUCING A QUALITY FAMILY HISTORY by Patricia Law Hatcher. Instructions on how to document facts and express information accurately, how to include illustrations, maps, charts, and photographs; answers all the questions and teaches how to do it right.
softbound, 286 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $19.95

A-024. PSYCHIC ROOTS. SERENDIPITY AND INTUITION IN GENEALOGY by Henry Z. Jones, Jr. Do our ancestors ask to be understood and have their stories told? Share the preternatural experinces, intuition and serendipity of over a hundred respected ancestor hunters.
softbound, 236 pp, GPC, Baltimore $14.95

A-025. MORE PSYCHIC ROOTS. FURTHER ADVENTURES IN SERENDIPITY AND INTUITION IN GENEALOGY by Henry Z. Jones, Jr. Like the original volume, a collection of stories and experiences by genealogists from around the world, hobbyists as well as professionals.
softbound, 274 pp., GPC, Baltimore $16.95

A-026. THE RESEARCHERS GUIDE TO AMERICAN GENEALOGY by Val. D. Greenwood. The textbook of choice in colleges and universities or wherever courses in American genealogy are taught; carefully constructed exposition of principles-, guidebook and field manual; comprehensive reference book.
hardbound, 623 pp, GPC, Baltimore $24.95

A-027. THE SOURCE: A GUIDEBOOK OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking. The most complete book of its kind today. Guide to genealogical records of all types in U.S. research.
hardbound, 834 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $49.95

A-028. THEY CAME IN SHIPS by John P. Colletta. Step-by-step research strategy for locating ship manifests, passenger lists, indexes, books, articles and catalogs concerning immigrants.
softbound, 93 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $9.95

A-029. UNLOCKING THE SECRETS IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS by Karen Frisch-Ripley. Guide to photograph historical analysis, care, preservation and restoration; written for the genealogist by a competent genealogist.
softbound, 190 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $14.95

A-030. VIDEO FAMILY HISTORY by Duane and Pat Sturm. Methods of operating home video equipment, preplanning to final editing.
softbound, 123 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $10.95

A-031. WHAT DID THEY MEAN BY THAT? A DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL TERMS FOR GENEALOGISTS by Paul Drake, J.D. Definitions of terms and phrases from probate, court, land, medical and other records; words like "homologate", "prostatitis", "cassia", and "sniffing bottle".
softbound, 335 pp, Heritage, Bowie $28.00

A-032. WHAT DID THEY MEAN BY THAT? A DICTIONARY OF HISTORICAL TERMS FOR GENEALOGISTS. SOME MORE WORDS, VOLUME 2 by Paul Drake, J.D. Definitions of more than 1500 words and expressions not found in the popular Volume 1.
softbound, 89 pp, Heritage, Bowie $13.95

A-033. WHEN YOUR OX IS IN THE DITCH, GENEALOGICAL HOW-TO LETTERS by Vera McDowell. A series of over 100 letters from the author's column in the Augusta Genealogical Society's "Southern Echoes." An ideal guide for beginners, and some problem solving techniques for seasoned researchers.
softbound, 161 pp, GPC, Baltimore $19.95

A-034. WRITING THE FAMILY NARRATIVE by Lawrence P. Gouldrup. Clear, concise and readable explanation of how to write a family history. Examples from both novices and professionals.
softbound, 157 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $12.95

A-035. WRITING THE FAMILY NARRATIVE WORKBOOK by Lawrence P. Gouldrup. Companion to the best-selling WRITING THE FAMILY NARRATIVE; takes the reader step-by-step through the writing process with examples and work sheets to complete the finished quality family history.
softbound, 168 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $16.95

 

ASSORTED WORLD REFERENCES

B-001. AMERICAN SURNAMES by Elsdon C. Smith. International in scope and not limited to the United States. Discusses development of surnames and essentially all areas of names and their derivation.
softbound, 290 pp, GPC, Baltimore $16.95

B-002. DIRECTORY OF FAMILY ASSOCIATIONS, 3RD EDITION by Elizabeth P. Bentley. A data base directory facilitating contact between people of the same surname, discovering who's out there, and sharing information about the family tree.
softbound, 355 pp., GPC, Baltimore $34.95

03. GENEALOGICAL AND LOCAL HISTORY BOOKS IN PRINT, 5TH EdITION, FAMILY HISTORY VOLUME by Marian R. Hoffman. Over 4600 listings of available family histories, whether individual works or compilations; also includes pedigrees, biographies and family newsletters. Names and addresses of all vendors and suppliers are given. Contains a complete surname index.
softbound, 477 pp., GPC, Baltimore $25.00

B-004. GENEALOGICAL AND LOCAL HISTORY BOOKS IN PRINT, 5TH EDITION, GENERAL REFERENCE AND WORLD RESOURCES VOLUME by Marian R. Hoffman. The second volume of the work described in #13-003. Lists books in print arranged under general reference or world resources, covering all countries of the world except the United States. Names and addresses of all vendors and suppliers are given. Contains an index of authors and an index of titles.
softbound, 375 pp,. GPC, Baltimore $25.00

B-005. GENEALOGICAL AND LOCAL HISTORY BOOKS IN PRINT, 5TH EDITION, U.S. SOURCES AND RESOURCES VOLUME, ALABAMA-NEW YORK by Marian R. Hoffman. A continuation of the above two works (B-003, B-004) devoted to U.S. regions, states, counties, towns and small municipalities. Names and addresses of all vendors and suppliers are given. Contains an index of authors and an index of titles.
softbound, 573 pp., GPC, Baltimore $25.00

B-006. GENEALOGICAL AND LOCAL HISTORY BOOKS IN PRINT, 5TH EDITION, U.S. SOURCES AND RESOURCES VOLUME, NORTH CAROLINA-WYOMING by Marian R. Hoffman. The concluding opus of the above works (B-003, B-004, B-005) devoted to U.S. regions, states, counties, towns and small municipalities. Names and addresses of all vendors and suppliers are given. Contains an index of authors and an index of titles.
softbound, 525 pp., GPC, Baltimore $25.00

B-007. INTERNATIONAL VITAL RECORDS HANDBOOK by Thomas Jay Kemp. Complete collection of current vital record application forms from nations throughout the world. User photocopies the form needed, checks the corresponding data page for the name and address of the appropriate office and fees, then sends the fee and completed form to the proper record office. Covers 200 countries from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
softbound, 430 pp, GPC, Baltimore $29.95

 

UNITED STATES REFERENCES

AMERICAN PASSENGER ARRIVAL RECORDS. A GUIDE TO THE RECORDS OF IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING AT AMERICAN PORTS BY SAIL AND STEAM by Michael Tepper. Historical and legal status of passenger arrival records, explaining what they contain, where they can be found, and how they can be used; covers three hundred years of records and archival. materials.
hardbound, 142 pp, GPC, Baltimore $19.95

B-009. AMERICAN WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS IN THE PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY, 1610-1857 by Peter Wilson Coldham. Abstracts of about 6,000 wills and administrations; index contains the 6,000 plus an additional 5,000 persons named in the abstracts; also contains indexes to places and ships; the records of thousands of Englishmen who emigrated to America between 1610 and 1857 leaving estates in England.
hardbound, 416 pp, GPC, Baltimore $30.00

B-010. THE ARCHIVES: A GUIDE TO THE NATIONAL ARCFIIVES FIELD BRANCHES by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking. Descriptions of individual field branches, listings of microfilms, printed descriptions and inventories, histories of agencies and records, cross-references to holdings, suggestions for research topics.
hardbound, 340 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $39.95

B-011. ELLIS ISLAND: GATEWAY TO AMERICA by Loretto Dennis Szucs. Personal accounts of the pain and excitement of immigrating to the U.S., plus an introduction to researching Ellis Island ancestors.
softbound, 32 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $2.95

B-012. A GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES by E. Kay Kirkham. An atlas designed for the genealogical researcher; historical information, historical charts, historical maps, period maps for 1790, 1804, 1810, 1823, 1838, 1855, 1866, 1878, 1883, 1900, and 1909; a locality and place name index for 1886; in black and white, no color plates.
softbound, 328 pp, Everton, Logan $31.95

B-013. THE GENEALOGIST'S ADDRESS BOOK, 4th Edition by Elizabeth Petty Bentley. A "National Yellow Pages" for the genealogist, only comprehensive source for names, addresses and telephone numbers for the thousands of national, state, and local genealogical institutions, as well as ethnic and religious organizations, lineage societies, computer interest groups and booksellers.
softbound, 842 pp, GPC, Baltimore $39.95

B-014. HERALDRY IN AMERICA by Eugene Zieber. A compilation of all that is necessary for the student to interpret and apply the gentle science of Arms; history of heraldry in America as well as present-day practical application.
hardbound, 427 pp, GPC, Baltimore $24.95

B-015. HIDDEN SOURCES: FAMILY HISTORY IN UNLIKELY PLACES by Laura Szucs Pfeiffer. An overview of sources that are often overlooked, such as bankruptcy records, special censuses, employment records and coroners' records; discusses where to find these items.
hardbound, 224 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $29.95

B-016. LAND AND PROPERTY RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES by E. Wade Home. Provides sources and instruction to any and all land and property research, including even the most difficult challenges.
hardbound, 517 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $49.95

B-017. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: A GUIDE TO GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH by James C. Neagles, assisted by Mark C. Neagles. Guide to the library's holdings, including the Local History and Genealogy Reading Room, the European Reading Room, the Asian and Near East Reading Room, the African Reading Room, and the library's computer and catalog systems.
hardbound, 381 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $39.95

B-018. PRINTED SOURCES: A GUIDE TO PUBLISHED GENEALOGICAL RECORDS by Kory Meyerink. Detailed instruction on the growing body of printed material - the background information, finding aids, published original records, and compiled records - that can promote success in family history research; identifys, defines, and explains how to use vital records, county histories, published indexes, and many other types of printed sources.
hardbound, 839 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $49.95

B-019. SEVENTEENTH CENTURY COLONIAL ANCESTORS OF MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF TTIE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA by Mary Louise M. Hutton. Three volumes in one; contains the base work of 8,000 seventeenth-century ancestors compiled and documented from 1915 to 1975, plus Supplement I of 2,500 additional ancestors compiled and documented from 1975 to 1979, plus Supplement 11 of another 2,500 compiled and documented from 1979 to 1988; provides name, date of birth, date of death, spouse's name, colony of residence and occupation or service for a total 13,000 individuals.
hardbound, 468 pp, GPC, Baltimore $30.00

B-020. SUMMER SOLDIERS: A SURVEY & INDEX OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR COURTS-MARTIAL by James C. Neagles. Accounts of 3315 court martial cases with source documentation; description of the court-martial process, details of crimes and their historical backgrounds.
hardbound, 294 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $19.95

B-021. THEY BECAME AMERICANS: FINDING NATURALIZATION RECORDS AND ETHNIC ORIGINS by Loretto Dennis Szucs. An accurate, readable and interesting discussion of the citizenship process, with instructions for finding the records.
softbound, 260 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $19.95

B-022. U.S. CATHOLIC SOURCES, A DIOCESAN RESEARCH GUIDE by Virginia Humling. This guide identifies the records available and a contact person for every archdiocese and diocese in the United States.
softbound, 112 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $14.95

 

U.S. STATE AND COUNTY REFERENCES

C-001. ANCESTRYS RED BOOK: AMERICAN STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN SOURCES by Alice Elchholz. Thousands of county and town listings in an overall state-by-state organization; historical summaries of states and their records; state county maps.
hardbound, 858 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $49.95

C-002. ARIZONA PLACE NAMES by Will C. Barnes. Indispensable for anyone doing Arizona research; lists every place that ever had a name, discusses the source of the name, and gives a precise location.
softbound, 503 pp, UA Press, Tucson $17.95

C-003. CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY: A GUIDE TO RESEARCH by Loretto Dennis Szucs. Comprehensive guide to all conceivable genealogical sources from Cook County.
softbound, 517 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $24.95

C-004. GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES IN THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA by Estelle M. Guzik. Comprehensive guide to the New York Metropolitan area, New York City~s five counties, Long Island, Westchester, northern New Jersey counties, Albany and. Trenton; lists 52 government agencies, 32 libraries and 20 archives, with name, address, telephone number, travel directions, hours of operation, holdings and access data.
hardbound, 404 pp, Jewish Gen. Soc., New York $32.95

C-005. THE HANDY BOOK FOR GENEALOGISTS, 9th Edition by George B. Everton, Jr. and Louise Mathews Everton. Surveys of the holdings of about 3500 county clerks; addresses and telephone numbers for county officials; state-county maps. Addresses of U.S. historical and genealogical societies. Research guides for nineteen foreign countries.
hardbound, 546 pp + 56 maps, Everton, Logan $34.95

C-006. KENTUCKY ANCESTRY: A GUIDE TO GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH by Roseann Reinemuth Hogan. The most extensive guide available to Kentucky research; outlines the holdings of the Kentucky Historical Society, the University of Kentucky, and the Filson Club, among other important collections.
softbound, 388 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $24.95

C-007. LOCATING YOUR IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR: A GUIDE TO NATURALIZATION RECORDS by James C. Neagles and Lila Lee Neagles. Reference book and guide to the location of records relating to the naturalization of aliens prior to 1906.
softbound, 153 pp, Everton, Logan $12.95

C-008. MAP GUIDE TO THE U.S. FEDERAL CENSUSES, 1790-1920 by William Thorndale and William Dollarhide. Nearly 400 maps which illustrate county boundary changes at 10-year intervals for the complete United States; includes discussion of census history, technical facts, accuracy, available sources; comprehensively detailed.
softbound, 420 pp, GPC, Baltimore $49.95

C-009. PLYMOUTH COLONY: ITS HISTORY AND PEOPLE, 1620-1691 by Eugene Aubrey Stratton. Complete treatment of the history and genealogy of Plymouth Colony; documentation, maps, photographs; verbatim transcripts of contemporary documents.
softbound, 481 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $19.95

 

EUROPEAN REFERENCES

D-001. IN SEARCH OF YOUR EUROPEAN ROOTS: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO TRACING YOUR ANCESTORS IN EVERY COUNTRY IN EUROPE by Angus Baxter. Guide to the complexities of European genealogical research, whether done in person or by correspondence; current information on church., state and provincial archives; discusses census, civil registration, court records, emigration registers, guild records and more.
softbound, 289 pp, GPC, Baltimore $16.95

D-003. FINDING ITALIAN ROOTS, THE COMPLETE GUIDE FOR AMERICANS by John Philip Colletta. Basic instructions on how to trace an immigrant ancestor using U.S. records, then how to correspond with town archives, churches and libraries in Italy; also addresses the methods of on-site research in Europe.
softbound, 128 pp, GPC, Baltimore $11.95

D-004. ITALIAN GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, HOW TO USE ITALIAN CIVIL, ECCLESIASTICAL, & OTHER RECORDS IN FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH by Trafford R. Cole. Today's definitive text on Italian genealogical research; treats history and development of Italian record keeping, description of all records found throughout Italy, translation helps, and sample letters.
hardbound, 251 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $34.95

D-005. POLISH ROOTS, KORZENIE POLSKIE by Rosemary A. Chorzempa. Discusses Polish history, society, religion, geography, place names and topographical features. Guides the reader step-by-step to the use of church and civil records, libraries and archives; teaches naming and language practices in Polish, German, Russian, Latin and Ukrainian. Contains a letter-writing guide.
softbound, 262 pp, GPC, Baltimore $17.95

 

BRITISH ISLES REFERENCES

E-001. THE A-Z GUIDE TO TRACING ANCESTORS IN BRITAIN by F. C. Markwell and Pauline Saul. Guide to books, journals, archives and libraries, combined with a genealogical dictionary; many useful addresses, hundreds of references, many concise brief discussions.
softbound, 256 pp, GPC, Baltimore $17.95

E-002. BISHOP'S TRANSCRIPTS AND MARRIAGE LICENSES, BONDS AND ALLEGATIONS: A GUIDE TO THEIR LOCATION AND INDEXES by Jeremy Gibson. Pertains to England, Ireland and Wales; does not include Scotland.
softbound, 40 pp, GPC, Baltimore $7.50

E-003. ELECTORAL REGISTERS SINCE 1832; AND BURGESS ROLLS by Jeremy Gibson and Colin Rogers. A county by county listing for England, Scotland and Wales; does not include Ireland.
softbound, 59 pp, GPC, Baltimore $7.50

E-004. A GENEALOGICAL GAZETTEER OF ENGLAND by Frank Smith. An alphabetical dictionary of places with their location, ecclesiastical jurisdiction, population, and date of entry in the registers of every parish in England prior to 1831.
hardbound, 599 pp, GPC, Baltimore $30.00

E-005. GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE BRITISH ISLES by William C. Kleese, Ph.D. Guide to the use of civil registration, cemeteries, church records, census, court records, probates, military records, and various records found in the Family History Library of Salt Lake City; compiled from numerous seminars presented in community college classes.
softbound (comb), FHL, Tucson. $19.00

E-006. THE HANDY BOOK TO ENGLISH GENEALOGY by Rachael Mellen. Guide written for the American genealogist doing research on English ancestors; discusses major resources in the United States; treats county, city and diocesan record offices of England with a where-to guide to their records; discusses maps, gazetteers, migration and emigration; includes American/English vocabulary list and a medieval Latin word list.
softbound, 218 pp, Heritage, Bowie $17.50

E-007. THE HEARTH TAX, OTHER LATER STUART TAX LISTS, AND THE ASSOCIATION OATH ROLLS by Jeremy Gibson. Pertains to all of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
softbound, 62 pp, GPC, Baltimore $7.50

E-008. IN SEARCH OF YOUR BRITISH AND IRISH ROOTS: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO TRACING YOUR ENGLISH, WELSH, SCOTTISH AND IRISH ANCESTORS by Angus Baxter. Guide to all of the British countries written for the American researcher; discusses sources in the United States; treats correspondence with British family history societies, record offices, and other organizations.
softbound, 304 pp, GPC, Baltimore $14.95

E-009. IRISH FAMILY HISTORY by Marilyn Yurdan. One of the best books on Irish family history available; covers necessary historical material; includes a worldwide study of Irish genealogical trails throughout the world; provides a detailed examination of all categories of Irish records and discusses contents, coverage and use.
hardbound, 207 pp, GPC, Baltimore $19.95

E-010. IRISH RECORDS: SOURCES FOR FAMILY AND LOCAL HISTORY by James G. Ryan. Organization of records and county-by-county systems of parish registers, commercial and social directories, newspapers, land records, marriages and probates.
hardbound, 668 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $49.95

E-011. MARRIAGE, CENSUS, AND OTHER INDEXES FOR FAMILY HISTORIANS by Jeremy Gibson. Amazingly useful little guide to unpublished indexes to various types of records in the British Isles; includes content, name and address of compiler, and tips on requesting a search.
softbound, 44 pp, GPC, Baltimore $7.50

E-012. A NEW GENEALOGICAL ATLAS OF IRELAND by Brian Mitchell. Provides a minimum of at least three maps for every county so as to depict civil parishes, baronies, dioceses, poor law unions and probate districts; provides for both late nineteenth century Griffiffs Evaluation boundaries and early nineteenth century diocese and probate districts.
softbound, 123 pp, GPC, Baltimore $18.95

E-013. PROBATE JURISDICTIONS: WHERE TO LOOK FOR WILLS by Jeremy Gibson. Pertains to all of England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man.
softbound, 69 pp, GPC, Baltimore $8.50

E-014. RECORD OFFICES: HOW TO FIND THEM by Jeremy Gibson and Pamela Peskett. Guide book of 97 maps showing locations of county record offices, national archive departments, consolidated and reconstituted diocesan record offices, addresses, telephone numbers, and other relevant information for England, Scotland and Wales; does not include Ireland.
softbound, 64 pp, GPC, Baltimore $8.50

E-015. TRACING YOUR IRISH ANCESTORS by John Grenharn. Explains elements of Irish research; provides body of source materials for immediate use; includes checklist of sources for wills and testaments, passenger and immigration lists, county-by-county sources, and family histories in the National Library of Ireland.
softbound, 320 pp, GPC, Baltimore $18.95

E-016. TRACING YOUR SCOTTISH ANCESTRY by Kathleen B. Cory. Practical and up-to-date guide to Scottish research; contains information on basic techniques, focuses on the holdings of the major Scottish repositories.
softbound, 195 pp, GPC, Baltimore $16.95

E-017. YOUR ENGLISH ANCESTRY: A GUIDE FOR NORTH AMERICANS by Sherry Irvine. A logical research routine for researchers living in North America; includes the use of the internet; current on all changes in local government and storage of records in England.
softbound, 263 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $19.95

E-018. YOUR SCOTTISH ANCESTRY: A GUIDE FOR NORTH AMERICANS by Sherry Irvine. A logical research routine for researchers living in North America; presents the many facilities and sources available for Scottish research in North America and explains how to access records in Scotland; covers all records back to 1600.
softbound, 253 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $19.95

 

CANADIAN REFERENCES

F-001. GENEALOGISTS HANDBOOK FOR ATLANTIC CANADA RESEARCH by Terrence M. Punch. Major genealogical primer for the Atlantic provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador; contains historical overviews plus sections on major repositories, vital records, census records, land records, probate records, church registers, cemetery records, immigration records, newspapers, societies, libraries, periodicals, and bibliographies.
hardbound, 142 pp, NEHGS, Boston $14.95

F-002. IN SEARCH OF YOUR CANADIAN ROOTS by Angus Baxter. A combination how-to where-to guide to records and record repositories for each of the eleven provinces plus the Yukon and the Northwest Territories; includes a discussion of the National Archives in Ottowa and a discussion of the services of the LDS Family History Library.
softbound, 368 pp, GPC, Baltimore $16.95

 

GERMAN REFERENCES

G-001. ADDRESS BOOK FOR GERMANIC GENEALOGY by Ernest Thode. Provides maps with German postal codes, lists of hundreds of Germanic societies world-wide, lists archives, organizations, town. and village archives, church archives, publishers, museums and genealogists. The most complete reference of its kind.
softbound, 218 pp, GPC, Baltimore $24.95

G-002. FINDING YOUR GERMAN ANCESTORS by Ronald M. Smelser. An introduction to German genealogical research with advice, maps and illustrations.
softbound, 40 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $2.95

G-003. A GENEALOGICAL HANDBOOK OF GERMAN RESEARCH, VOL. I by Larry D. Jensen. Discussion of the various references, problems and procedures which affect the success of German research; provides the foundation needed to do German family history research successfully.
softbound (comb), 208 pp, Jensen, Pleasant Grove $19.00

G-004. GERMAN-ENGLISH GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY By Ernest Thode. Covers thousands of German terms and defines them in single words or brief phrases. Includes all words, symbols, and abbreviations used in civil registration, church records, passenger lists and emigration lists; gives family relationships, days of the week, map terms, legal terms, cardinal and ordinary numbers, Roman numerals, signs of the zodiac, coins, weights and dry measures, measures of length, place names, historical territories, geographical terms, occupations, titles, military ranks, types of taxes, illnesses, calendar days, male and female given names, heraldry, abbreviations, books of the Bible, and common genealogical terms from Danish, Dutch, French, Latin and Polish. In conjunction with a standard German-English dictionary, the user of this work can make a word-by-word translation of any German document.
softbound, 318 pp, GPC, Baltimore $29.95

G-005. IN SEARCH OF YOUR GERMAN ROOTS by Angus Baxter. Complete guide to tracing ancestors in any of the Germanic areas of Europe, whether Germany, Austria, or any European country with a Germanic settlement.
softbound, 116 pp, GPC, Baltimore $11.95

G-006. MAPS OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE OF 1871 by Larry D. Jensen. Brief and concise history of each kingdom, province and duchy, along with 22 maps illustrating much detail.
softbound (comb), 56 pp, Jensen, Pleasant Grove $17.00

G-007. THE WUERTTEMBERG EMIGRATION INDEX, VOLUMES I, II, III, IV, V AND VI by Trudy Schenk and Ruth Froelke. The first Six of a prospective eight-volume set, each listing approximately 12,000 individuals who made application to emigrate from Wuerttemberg between 1750 and 1900, showing age/date of birth, place of birth, month and year of application, and destination.
vol. 1, hardbound, 240 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $19.95
vol. 2, hardbound, 248 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $19.95
vol. 3, hardbound, 248 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $19.95
vol. 4, hardbound, 248 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $19.95
vol. 5, hardbound, 248 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $19.95
vol. 6, hardbound, 496 pp, Ancestry, Salt Lake City $29.95
The Set $99.95

 

ASSORTED ETHNIC REFERENCES

I-001. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BLACKFOOT by Hugh A. Dempsey and Lindsay Moir. Comprehensive listing of books, monographs, reports, articles and periodicals which have in any way treated information on the Blackfoot, Blood or Peigan Indians; researcher's guide to where to find it.
hardbound, 255 pp, Scarecrow, Metuchen $35.00

I-002. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE CATAWBA by Thomas J. Blumer. Comprehensive listing of books, monographs, reports, etc. which have in any way treated information on the Catawba Indians; researcher's guide to where to find it.
hardbound, 575 pp, Scarecrow, Metuchen $75.00

I-003. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE CHICKASAW by Anne Kelley Hoyt. Comprehensive listing of books, monographs, reports, etc. which have in any way treated information on the Chickasaw Indians; researcher's guide to where to find it.
hardbound, 230 pp, Scarecrow, Metuchen $32.00

I-004. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SIOUX by Jack W. Marken and Herbert T. Hoover. Comprehensive listing of books, monographs, reports, articles and periodicals which have in any way treated information on the Sioux Indians; researcher's guide to where to find it.
hardbound, 338 pp, Scarecrow, Metuchen $35.00

I-005. FINDING OUR FATHERS: A GUIDEBOOK TO JEWISH GENEALOGY by Dan Rottenberg. Instructions on how to do a successful search by probing the memories of living relatives, by examining marriage licenses, gravestones, ship passenger lists, naturalization records, birth and death records, and by looking for clues in family traditions and customs; includes a guide to about 8,000 Jewish family names with origin and history; includes a country-by-country guide to tracing Jewish family ancestors, a list of Jewish family history books, and a guide to searching records held in the LDS Family History Library and in Israel.
softbound, 420 pp, GPC, Baltimore $19.95

I-006. A GUIDE TO JEWISH GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN ISRAEL by Sallyann Amdur Sack, Ph.D. Guide to archival resources of Israel, from Hall of Names in Yad Vashem to Central Archives of the Holocaust, from Search Bureau for Missing Relatives to Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People; yiskor books, landsmanschaften, records, "pages of testimony," chevrot kadisha (burial society) records, libraries, private collections andresearch institutes.
hardbound, I 10 pp, GPC, Baltimore $20.00

I-007. HOW TO DOCUMENT VICTIMS AND LOCATE SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST by Gary Mokotoff. Step-by-step guide to the basics of Holocaust research. Discusses major repositories, and sources such as yizkor books, Pages of Testimony and the International Tracing service. Contains 24 documents of Holocaust-related documentation such as Auschwitz registration forms, French deportation lists, Bergen Belsen death lists and Jewish Agency survivor lists.
softbound, 194 pp, Avotaynu, Teaneck $29.95

I-008. HOW TO RESEARCH AMERICAN INDIAN BLOODLINES by Cecilia Svinth Carpenter. Guide to the path to follow; preventing pitfalls; names and addresses of bureaus and tribes; great help to the beginning Native American researcher.
softbound, 108 pp, AGLL, Bountiful $9.00

I-009. INDIAN GENEALOGY by J. Grant stevenson. A list of Family History Library call nurnbers of films containing information on American Indians. Also includes Indian Census Rolls found in records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in National Archives, and other information that is available.
stapled leaflet, 14 pp, Stevenson, Provo $.75

I-010. OUR QUAKER ANCESTORS: FINDING THEM IN QUAKER RECORDS by Ellen Thomas Berry and David Allen Berry. Guide through the special research procedures of Quaker genealogy; covers history, migrations, record types, repositories, maps, bibliography and glossary.
hardbound, 136 pp, GPC, Baltimore $17.50

I-011. SLAVE GENEALOGY: A RESEARCH GUIDE WITH CASE STUDIES by David H. Streets. Excellent guide providing clear discussion of the subject, with three case studies demonstrating research methods and types of analysis to be employed.
softbound, 90 pp, Heritage, Bowie $15.95

I-012. WHERE ONCE WE WALKED: A GUIDE TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES DESTROYED IN THE HOLOCAUST by Gary Mokotoff and Sallyann Amdur Sack, Ph.D. Unique gazetteer documenting over 22,000 towns and 15,000 alternate town names in Central and Eastern Europe where Jews lived before the Holocaust, plus the sources wherein the names may be researched; includes Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia, Byeolrussia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia and the Ukraine; gives exact latitude and longitude plus direction and distance from the closest major city; includes population figures from before the Holocaust.
hardbound, 544 pp, Avotaynu, Teaneck $89.95

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES

J-001. BERLITZ'S POCKET DANISH DICTIONARY edited by the Berlitz editorial staff. The most well-known name in foreign language materials; over 12,500 entries; contains full pronunciation of foreign entries, parts of speech, translations of irregular forms; Danish-English and English-Danish sections; tough long lasting fabric cover binding.
softbound, 336 pp, Berlitz, Lausanne $7.95

J-002. BERLITZ'S POCKET DUTCH DICTIONARY edited by the Berlitz editorial staff. The most well-known name in foreign language materials; over 1.2,500 entries; contains full pronunciation of foreign entries, parts of speech, translations of irregular forms; Dutch-English and English-Dutch sections; tough long lasting fabric cover binding.
softbound, 352 pp, Berlitz, Lausanne $7.95

J-003. BERLITZ'S POCKET FINNISH DICTIONARY edited by the Berlitz editorial staff. The most well-known name in foreign language materials; over 12,500 entries; contains full pronunciation of foreign entries, parts of speech, translations of irregular forms; Finnish-Eng-lish and English-Finnish sections; tough long lasting fabric cover binding.
softbound, 336 pp, Berlitz, Lausanne $7.95

J-004. BERLITZ'S POCKET NORWEGIAN DICTIONARY edited by the Berlitz editorial staff. The most well-known name in foreign language materials; over 12,500 entries, contains full pronunciation of foreign entries; parts of speech, translations of irregular forms; Norwegian-Englisb and English-Norwegian sections; tough long lasting fabric cover binding.
softbound, 321 pp, Berlitz, Lausanne $7.95

J-005. BERLITZ'S POCKET SWEDISH DICTIONARY edited by the Berlitz. editorial staff. The most well-known name in foreign language materials; over 12,500 entries; contains full pronunciation of foreign entries, parts of speech, translations of irregular forms; Swedish-English and English-Swedish sections; tough long lasting fabric cover binding.
softbound, 336 pp, Berlitz, Lausanne $7.95

J-006. LANGENSCHEIDT'S STANDARD FRENCH DICTIONARY by Kenneth Urwin. Leading classroom reference, favorite with students and teachers, comprehensive, over 73,000 entries, full pronunciation of French and English entries, neologisms and colloquialisms; French-English and English-French sections; thumb-indexed.
hardbound, 1278 pp, Langenscheidt, New York $20.95

J-007. LANGSESCHEIDT'S POCKET FRENCH DICTIONARY edited by the Langenscheidt editorial staff. The best value in foreign language dictionaries; over 38,000 entries; contains precise grammar, foreign abbreviations, proper names; French-English and English-French sections; long lasting vinyl cover binding.
softbound, 640 pp, Langenscheidt, New York $11.95

J-008. LANGENSCHEIDT'S STANDARD GERMAN DICTIONARY by Prof E. Klatt, Dr. D. Roy, G. Klatt and H. Messinger. Leading classroom reference, favorite with students and teachers, comprehensive, over 83,000 entries, full pronunciation of German and English entries, neologisms and colloquialisms; German-English and English-German sections; thumb-indexed.
hardbound, 1344 pp, Langenscheidt, New York $20.95

J-009. LANGENSCHEIDT'S POCKET GERMAN DICTIONARY edited by the Langenscheidt editorial staff. The best value in foreign language dictionaries, over 48,000 entries; contains precise grammar, foreign abbreviations, proper names; German-English and English-German sections; long lasting vinyl cover binding.
softbound, 752 pp, Langenscheidt, New York $11.95

J-010. LANGENSCHEIDT'S STANDARD GREEK DICTIONARY by George A. Magazis. Leading classroom reference, favorite with students and teachers, comprehensive, over 50,000 entries, full pronunciation of Greek and English entries, neologisms and colloquialisms; Greek-English and English-Greek sections; thumb-indexed.
hardbound, 864 pp, Langenscheidt, New York $20.95

J-011. LANGENSCHEIDT'S POCKET GREEK DICTIONARY by Dr. Karl Feyerabend. The best value in foreign language dictionaries; over 20,000 entries; classical Greek-English; long lasting vinyl cover binding.
softbourid, 428 pp, Langenscheldt, Berlin $11.95

J-012. LANGENSCHEIDT'S POCKET HEBREW DICTIONARY by Dr. Karl Feyerabend. The best value in foreign language dictionaries-, over 8,000 entries; classical Hebrew-English; long lasting vinyl cover binding.
softbound, 400 pp, Langenscheidt, Berlin $11.95

J-013. LANGENSCHEIDT'S STANDARD ITALIAN DICTIONARY by R. C. Mew. Leading classroom reference, favorite with students and teachers, comprehensive, over 70,000 entries, full pronunciation of Italian and English entries, neologisms and colloquialisms-, Italian-English. and English-Italian sections; thumb-Indexed.
hardbound, 736 pp, Langenscheidt, New York $19.95

J-014. LANGENSCHEIDT'S POCKET LATIN DICTIONARY by S. A. Handford and Mary Herberg. The best value in foreign language dictionaries; over 35,000 entries; contains precise grammar, foreign abbreviations, proper names; Latin-English and English-Latin sections; long lasting vinyl cover binding.
softbound, 479 pp, Langenscheidt, Berlin $12.95

J-015. LANGENSCHEIDT'S POCKET POLISH DICTIONARY by Tadeusz Grzebieniowski. The best value in foreign language dictionaries; over 50,000 entries; contains precise grammar, foreign abbreviations, proper names; Polish-English and English-Polish sections; long lasting vinyl cover binding.
softbound, 752 pp, Langenscheidt, New York $12.95

J-016. LANGENSCHEIDT'S POCKET PORTUGUESE DICTIONARY edited by the Edicoes Melhoramentos editorial staff. The best value in foreign language dictionaries; over 36,000 entries; contains precise grammar, foreign abbreviations, proper names; Portuguese-English and English-Portuguese sections; long lasting vinyl cover binding.
softbound, 812 pp, Langenscheidt, New York $12.95

J-017. LANGENSCHEIDT'S STANDARD SPANISH DICTIONARY by C. C. Smith, G. A. Davies and H. B. Hall. Leading classroom reference, favorite with students and teachers, comprehensive, over 75,000 entries, full pronunciation of Spanish and English entries, neologisms and colloquialisms; Spanish-English and Englisb-Spanish sections; thumb-indexed.
hardbound, 1103 pp, Langenscheidt, New York $19.95

J-018. LANGENSCHEIDT'S POCKET SPANISH DICTIONARY edited by the Langenscheidt editorial staff. The best value in foreign language dictionaries; over 58,000 entries; contains precise grammar, foreign abbreviations, proper names; Spanish-English and English-Spanish sections; long lasting vinyl cover binding.
softbound, 656 pp, Langenscheldt, New York $11.95

J-019. LANGENSCHEDIT'S POCKET RUSSIAN DICTIONARY by E. Wedel, Ph.D. and A. Romanov. The best value in foreign language dictionaries; over 35,000 entries; contains precise grammar, foreign abbreviations, proper names; Russian-English and English-Russian sections; long lasting vinyl cover binding.
softbound, 512 pp, Langenscheldt, Berlin $11.95

J-020. LANGENSCHEIDT'S STANDARD TURKISH DICTIONARY by Resubi Akdikmen. Leading classroom reference, favorite with students and teachers, comprehensive, over 80,000 entries, full pronounciation of English entries, neologisms and colloquialisms-, Turkish-English and English-Turkish sections; thumb-indexed.
hardbound, 1046 pp, Langenscheidt, New York $20.95