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The source : a guidebook to American genealogy

2006

Format:	Book
Title:	The source : a guidebook to American genealogy / edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs & Sandra Hargreaves Luebking.
Edition:	3rd ed.
Publisher, Date:	Provo, UT : Ancestry, 2006.
Description:	xxiii, 965 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Subjects:	United States -- Genealogy -- Archival resources. United States -- Genealogy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Other Author:	Szucs, Loretto Dennis. Luebking, Sandra Hargreaves.
Contents:	The foundations of family history research / Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, and Loretto Dennis Szucs -- Computers and technology / Juliana Smith -- General references and guides / Kory L. Meyerink -- Business, institution, and organization records / Kay Haviland Freilich and Ann Carter Fleming -- Census records / Loretto Dennis Szucs and Matthew Wright -- Church records / Elizabeth Crabtree Wells -- Court records / Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, Loretto Dennis Szucs and Arlene Eakle -- Directories / Gordon L. Remington -- Immigration records / Loretto Dennis Szucs, Kory L. Meyerink and Marian L. Smith -- Land records / Sandra Hargreaves Luebking -- Military records / Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking -- Newspapers / Loretto Dennis Szucs and James L. Hansen -- Vital records / Johni Cerny -- African American research / Tony Burroughs -- Colonial English research / Robert Charles Anderson -- Colonial Spanish borderland research / George R. Ryskamp -- Hispanic research / George R. Ryskamp -- Hispanic research / George R. Ryskamp -- Jewish American research / Gary Mokotoff -- Native American research / Curt B. Witcher -- Urban research / Loretto Dennis Szucs and John M. Scroggins.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. AIGS collection items can be found on the GENEALOGY - RESERVE shelves at Fernandina Beach Branch. 1 2
ISBN:	1593312776 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9781593312770 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Other Number:	64084569
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Table of Contents

	Foreword Curt B. Witcher, MLS, FUGA, FIGS	p. vii
	Preface Loretto Dennis Szucs, FUGA and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, FUGA	p. ix
	Introduction Raymond S. Wright III, Ph.D., AG, FUGA	p. xiii
	Contributors	p. xv
	The Basics
1	The Foundations of Family History Research Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, FUGA and Loretto Dennis Szucs, FUGA	p. 1
2	Computers and Technology Juliana Smith	p. 39
3	General References and Guides Kory L. Meyerink, MLS, AG, FUGA	p. 71
	The Records
4	Business, Institution, and Organization Records Kay Haviland Freilich, CG, CGL and Ann Carter Fleming, CG, CGL	p. 99
5	Census Records Loretto Dennis Szucs, FUGA and Matthew Wright	p. 157
6	Church Records Elizabeth Crabtree Wells, MA, MLS	p. 221
7	Court Records Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, FUGA and Loretto Dennis Szucs, FUGA and Arlene Eakle, Ph.D.	p. 257
8	Directories Gordon L. Remington, FASG, FUGA	p. 325
9	Immigration Records Loretto Dennis Szucs, FUGA and Kory L. Meyerink, MLS, AG, FUGA and Marian L. Smith	p. 355
10	Land Records Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, FUGA	p. 431
11	Military Records Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck, MA, MS and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, FUGA	p. 499
12	Newspapers Loretto Dennis Szucs, FUGA and James L. Hansen, FASG	p. 561
13	Vital Records Johni Cerny, BS, FUGA	p. 603
	People and Place
14	African American Research Tony Burroughs, FUGA	p. 651
15	Colonial English Research Robert Charles Anderson, MA, FASG	p. 679
16	Colonial Spanish Borderland Research George R. Ryskamp, JD, AG	p. 699
17	Hispanic Research George R. Ryskamp, JD, AG	p. 735
18	Jewish American Research Gary Mokotoff	p. 765
19	Native American Research Curt B. Witcher, MLS, FUGA, FIGS and George J. Nixon	p. 777
20	Urban Research Loretto Dennis Szucs, FUGA and John M. Scroggins, MA	p. 841
	Appendixes
A	Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. 881
B	Family Associations Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG	p. 883
C	Genealogical Societies	p. 887
D	Hereditary and Lineage Organizations Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck, MA, MS	p. 897
E	Historical Societies	p. 919
F	The LDS Family History Library Stephen C. Young, MA	p. 925
G	The National Archives and its Regions	p. 929
H	State Archives Linda S. McCleary, MLS	p. 931
	Index	p. 937

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