Starting Points: Guide to Genealogy

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Reference – 1^st Floor  

The American Census Handbook - R 929.1 Ame

A general guide to the thousands of published census indexes currently available in print and online.  

The Genealogy Sourcebook - R 929.1 Car

Helps the researcher understand how to begin and maintain family history.                 
 
Your Guide to Cemetery Research - R 929.1 Car

Determine where a person died, find cemeteries, decipher headstones and even track living family members.                     
 
Dated Index to Marriages – Orange County, Florida - R 929.1 D

Covers April 1869 through December.                 
 
Cyndi’s List - R 929.1 How

Seventy-thousand genealogy websites divided into logical categories.        

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Genealogy - R 929.1 McC

Quick and easy guide on using the Internet to explore your roots.              
 
The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy - R 929.1 Sou

Explains how to use available sources to trace one's lineage.                

The Librarian’s Guide to Genealogical Services and Research - R 929.1 Swa

For librarians, genealogists, and others this book addresses how to find sources and to do with them once you have them.  Includes contact information, worksheets, checklists and more.                      

International Vital Records Handbook - R 929.2 Kem

Contains updated forms and information for ordering vital records for each of the 50 states, as well as other countries of the world. Kept at the Reference Desk. 

Finding Additional Material

Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 929
In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library catalog from the Library or from your home computer by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog.  A good subject heading for this topic is genealogy.

eBooks
Visit EBSCOhost to search the collection of thousands of eBooks the Library has to offer. Library card required. Contact a reference librarian for additional details.

Articles
The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

·            The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference  R 050 R
       Search for articles on a subject within any given year.

       Heritage Quest, EBSCOhost and Infotrac Onefile - Access from the Library or at home using your library card
       number at www.wppl.org.  Search for full-text articles in these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit
       the search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.

Web Sites

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites: More than 260,000 cross-referenced links in more than 180 categories, and some 9,000 new and uncategorized  links.                                                     
 

     
FamilySearch-Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: The world’s most extensive genealogy resource. Hundreds of million names in simple searchable indexes. Includes Get Started With Family History, forms and much more.   A free registration is required.                  
  

Genealogy Home Page: Hundreds of genealogy links, organized into guides, libraries, maps, newsgroups and genealogy societies and more.     
    

RootsWeb: Includes Getting Started, Search Engines and Databases, Mailing lists, Message Boards, Templates, and other categories.           
   

USGenWeb Project: A volunteer-run center for genealogical research for every county in the United States.                                                                         
      

**The Library also offers a collection of genealogy-related sites on its website.  Go to (www.wppl.org), then to Reference Resources, then Good Web Sites, then click on Genealogy.**

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