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In her post The Top 5 Books on My Bookshelf on the Marian's Roots and Rambles blog, Marian Pierre-Louis listed the genealogy reference books that she uses the most.
I thought that I would list the Top 10 books that I consult regularly and consider the most important (I have no clue of the order):
* Elizabeth Shown Mills, Evidence! Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace, Baltimore, Md: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2007.
* Elizabeth Shown Mills (editor), Professional Genealogy, Baltimore Md: Genealogical Publishing company, 2001.
* Helen F.M. Leary (editor), North Carolina Research: Genealogy and Local History, Raleigh NC: North Carolina Genealogical Society, 1996.
* Val D. Greenwood, The Researchers Guide to American Genealogy, 3rd Edition, Baltimore Md: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000.
* Christine Rose, Genealogical Proof Standard: Building a Solid Case, San Jose,Calif.: CR Publications, 2009.
* Christine Rose, Courthouse Research for Family Historians: Your Guide to Genealogical Treasures, San Jose Calif.: CR Publications, 2004.
* Kathleen W. Hinckley, Your Guide to the Federal Census for Genealogists, Researchers and Family Historians, Cincinnati Ohio: Betterway Books, 2002.
* E. Wade Hone, Land and Property Research in the United States, Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1997.
* Loretto Dennis Szucs, They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins, Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 1996.
* Meredith B. Colket, Jr., Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe 1607-1657, Cleveland Ohio: General court of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, 1975.
* Martin E. Hollick, New Englanders in the 1600s: A Guide to Genealogical Research Published Between 1980 and 2005, Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006.
* Marcia Wiswall Lindberg, Genealogist's Handbook for New England Research, 3rd Edition, Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1993.
* George K. Schweitzer, Pennsylvania Genealogical Research, Knoxville, Tenn: G.K. Schweitzer, 1986.
* William Dollarhide, Census Substitutes and State Census Records, Volume 1 - Eastern States and Volume 2, Western States, Bountiful, Utah: Family Roots Publishing Company, 2008.
* William Dollarhide, Genealogical Resources of the Civil war Era: Online and Published Military or civilian Name Lists, 1861-1869, and Post-War Veteran Lists, Bountiful, Utah: Family Roots Publishing Company, 2009.
Hmm, that's fifteen, not ten. I have not listed all 100 or so genealogy-oriented books that I have on my bookshelf, on my computer hard drive, or in my Google Books reading list.
I did not list surname books, locality books for specific towns or counties, or books for European research. I have a major interest in colonial New England. The one that may surprise is the North Carolina book by Leary, which includes an excellent summary of general genealogical research in many topics.
I do not have some important books for general or New England genealogical research - for instance, I don't have a general Military Records or Passenger List book on my bookshelf, and I don't have The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1633 and The Great Migration, 1634-1635 series that provide authoritative family sketches of early New England families. I do have access to those books, and many others at my local libraries.
What is on your bookshelf? What books do you suggest that I add to my bookshelf?
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What about: Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
ReplyDeleteOn my website I have posted a Book Wish List of forty five books of what I consider top books for genealogists, eleven of which are still on my wish list. http://gophergenealogy.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI also have Mr. Hollick's book, New Englanders in the 1600s. And I also use TGMB and GMB 2nd in the library.
ReplyDeleteMy additional top books for New England are:
* Clarence A. Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (complete with sources, on CDROM); NEHGS, 2001.
* Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700; Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003.
And for Massachusetts:
* Charles Henry Pope, The Pioneers of Massachusetts...; 1900 (Reprinted by Higginson Book Co.)
* Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Ages from Court Records 1636 to 1700, Volume I...; Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003.
Passenger lists:
* John Camden Hotten, The Original Lists of Persons of Quality..., second edition (1880); reprinted by Higginson Book Co.