The librarian's genealogy notebook : a guide to resources / Dahrl Elizabeth Moore.

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Presents a resource guide for library professionals to assist patrons with genealogy research and includes information on genealogical computer databases, bibliographies, and records such as passenger lists, wills, and probate.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moore, Dahrl Elizabeth
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Language:English
Published: Chicago : American Library Association, 1998.
Subjects:
Genealogy.
United States > Genealogy > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Electronic books.
Genre:
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Electronic books.
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Physical Description:x, 142 pages : illustrations, map ; 28 cm
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Brief introduction to genealogy and family history
  • Library reference service
  • Checklist of genealogical sources and abbreviations used in genealogy
  • Census records and forms, 1800-1920
  • Other genealogical records: vital records, passenger lists, land records, and wills and probate
  • General books most libraries should own
  • Basic genealogy bibliography
  • Helpful classification schedules: Library of Congress and Dewey
  • State, county, city, town, and area sources
  • Libraries with large genealogical collections
  • National genealogical societies
  • Genealogical book publishers
  • Book dealers and suppliers
  • National archives, branches, and presidential libraries
  • Education, conferences, workshops, and seminars
  • Computer programs and databases and the Internet
  • Genealogical periodicals
  • English genealogy, regnal years, and the change in calendar
  • Military service records and American wars and engagements, 1565-1990
  • Miscellaneous tidbits
  • App. 1. Research calendar
  • App. 2. Correspondence calendar
  • App. 3. Ancestor chart
  • App. 4. Family group record
  • App. 5. 1800-1810 census
  • United States
  • App. 6. 1820 census
  • United States
  • App. 7. 1830-1840 census
  • United States
  • App. 8. 1850 census
  • United States
  • App. 9. 1860 census
  • United States
  • App. 10. 1870 census
  • United States
  • App. 11. 1880 census
  • United States
  • App. 12. 1900 census
  • United States
  • App. 13. 1910 census
  • United States
  • App. 14. 1920 census
  • United States
  • App. 15. Principal meridians and base lines of the federal system of rectangular surveys
  • App. 16. State sources
  • App. 17. County, city, town, and area sources
  • App. 18. Form 80
  • Order for copies of veterans records.