According to professional genealogist Elizabeth Mills, 'Proof' is a conclusion we reach from a body of evidence. No single source can serve as 'proof....

An astonishing 40 percent of Americans living today are related to immigrants who arrived at Ellis Island between 1892 and 1957. While the records the...

This is a laminated quick guide primer for French-Canadian genealogy research. Notes on Unlocking Family History; Surnames; Qubec; Acadia; Hugenots; C...

This is a laminated quick guide primer for Irish genealogy research. Notes on Irish Emigration, Surnames, Record Sources, Census, Civil & Church Recor...

This is a laminated quick guide primer for Scottish genealogy research. Notes on Scottish Emigration, Surnames, Old Parish Registerz, Marriage, Death ...

Carmack's guide to immigration research deals with a titanic subject, reduced to its basic elements so you can grasp the fundamentals of immigration r...

Designed to cover the basic elements of research in just four pages, Myra Gormley's Cherokee Genealogy Research attempts to give you as much useful in...

Throughout history women have been silent partners. As a rule, they left behind few records of themselves because they had few legal rights. When they...

Like the other guides in our "At a Glance" series, Genealogy at a Glance: Massachusetts Genealogy Research gives you all the tools you need to make su...

Chartered by the English in 1663, the colony of Carolina split into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1710. Its development was gradual, but settle...

With records so sparse and far-flung, Old Southwest genealogy is the ideal subject for a research guide that can cover the basic elements of genealogi...

The Family History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints contains the world's largest collection of genealogical materials, and i...

Tracing descent from a Revolutionary War ancestor is a lofty goal, and this "Genealogy at a Glance" publication will give a much-needed kick-start to ...

In this QuickSheet Elizabeth Mills introduces us to the concept of "Cluster Research" based on the FAN principle, the idea being that to prove identit...

Building on a lifetime of experience, Elizabeth Mills argues that successful research can be achieved by following four specific models: The Research ...

The premise of this QuickSheet is that while databases and indexes are valuable tools for research, they can actually impede the research process. We ...

When the early colonists came to America, they were braving a new world, with new wonders and difficulties. Family historians beginning the search for...

To discover the grandfather he never knew, Jeff Badger began tracking down dozens of World War II veterans from the 978th Engineer Maintenance Company...

The world of genealogical research has changed dramatically in the years since this book debuted. In this revised second edition, Sherry Irvine mixes ...

Whether you are a newbie or experienced researcher, this book will move the search for your ancestors forward. Start now to learn to Research Like a Pro!

Chiefly a tabulation of names, although many dates of birth, marriage, and death are given, this work traces the descendants of Pocahontas and John Ro...

Most Nonconformist denominations are discussed - not just the mainstream Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Quakers and Methodists, but also obscure sects such as the Muggletonians and Glasites.

Official passenger lists for the port of Charleston--be they Customs Passenger Lists or State Department Transcripts--exist only for the years 1820-18...

Offers a clear and practical way into the subject, explaining the scientific discoveries and techniques and illustrating with case studies how it can be used by genealogists to gain an insight into their ancestry.

For this Granville County genealogical miscellany, Ray has assembled the data in a variety of lists, some of the most notable being: Notes from the Re...

Tax lists are one of our most valuable, if often neglected, sources of genealogical information.

The information on each individual in this work consists of the full name, place of residence and date of naturalization, as well as the location of t...

In this skilfully-illustrated, accessible and authoritative book, Jayne Shrimpton demonstrates how fashion and clothes represent the everyday experiences of earlier generations, illuminating the world in which they lived.

When it was created in 1788, Washington County covered nearly half of the present state of Ohio. This volume contains abstracts of wills, estates, and...

This is a collection of genealogical and historical records--land grants, tax records, and birth, death, and marriage records--of early Albemarle Coun...