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Recommended Genealogical Books: General 'How To'

     NOTE: all of these books can be found on www.Amazon.com

  • Bentley, Elizabeth Petty, The Genealogist's All-in-One Address Book, 4th edition, 1998, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, $40 [also a version on CD is available for $20], includes addresses, hours open, and available materials for: national archives and other government agencies, all U.S. county court houses, family associations, ethnic archives, libraries and societies, religious archives and organizations, special resources (eg. book dealers, lending libraries, publishers, computer resources, etc.), listing of periodicals and newsletters
     
  • Carmack Sharon DeBartolo, Organizing Your Family History Search, 1999, Betterway Publications, Virginia, $17
     
  • Christian, Peter, Web Publishing for Genealogists, second edition, 2000, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, $11
     
  • Crandall, Ralph, Shaking Your Family Tree, 2nd edition, 1986, Yankee Press, $20
     
  • Croom, Emily Anne, The Genealogist's Companion and Sourcebook: A Beyond-the-Basics, Hands-On Guide to Unpuzzling Your Past, 1994, Betterway Publications, Virginia, $17
     
  • Dollarhide, William, Managing a Genealogical Project Updated Edition, 1991, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, $18
     
  • Eakle, Arlene and Cerny, Johni, The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, 1984, Ancestry Publishing Co, Salt Lake City, $50 (book was revised in 1997 by Kory L. Meyerink and, Loretto D. Szucs)
     
  • Eichholz, Alice and William Dollarhide, Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 1997, Ancestry Publishing Ancestry Publishing Co, Salt Lake City, UT, $50
     
  • Everton, George, The Handybook for Genealogists, 10th edition, 2002, Everton Publishers of Logan, UT, $30
     
  • Greenwood, Val D., The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy, 3rd edition, [I have 1990 2nd ed.], 2000, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, $30 (if a college offers a genealogy course, this book is often the text book for that class)
     
  • Helmbold, F. Wilbur, Tracing Your Ancestry: A Step by Step Guide, 1990, Oxmoor House, Birmingham, AL, $10
     
  • Jacobus, Donald Lines [he’s considered the father of modern genealogical research], Genealogy As Pastime and Profession, 2nd edition, 1999, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, $10
     
  • Lackey, Richard S., Cite Your Sources, 1980, University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, MS,$15
     
  • Lainhart, Ann S., State Census Records, 1994, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, $20
     
  • McDowell, Vera, When Your Ox is in the Ditch: Genealogical How-To Letters, 1992, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, $12
     
  • Mills, Elizabeth Shown, Evidence! Citation and Analysis for the Family Historian, 1997, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, $17
     
  • Sperry, Kip, Reading Early American Handwriting, 2001, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, $30
     
  • Taylor, Maureen, Uncovering Your Ancestry through Family Photographs, 2000, Betterway Books, Cincinnati, $20
     
  • Thorndale, William and Dollarhide, William, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses of 1790 – 1920, 1992, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, $40
     

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