                   GENERAL REFERENCE BOOK -SCPL   09/85)

    LIB No                   TITLE                                COMMENTS
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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.


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