I need to find handbooks & guides
These are general reference sources that provide helpful hints for doing family history/genealogical research.
- Ethnic genealogy: a research guide byCall Number: Baker-Berry CS 49 .E83 1983ISBN: 9780313225932This reference guide enumerate the necessary steps to take when exploring genealogical research among Native, Asian, Black and Hispanic Americans. The foreward is written by the late Alex Haley.
The source: a guidebook to American genealogy by Call Number: Baker-Berry Ref. CS 49 .S65 2006ISBN: 9781593312770Publication Date: 3rd ed.Genealogists and other historical researchers have valued the first two editions of this work, often referred to as the genealogist's bible. The new edition continues that tradition. Intended as a handbook and a guide to selecting, locating, and using appropriate primary and secondary resources, The Source also functions as an instructional tool for novice genealogists and a refresher course for experienced researchers. ...- Searching for your ancestors: the how and why of genealogy byCall Number: Baker-Berry CS 16 .D6 1992ISBN: 9780816619900Publication Date: 6th ed.Gilbert Doane published the first edition of this helpful and engaging handbook over fifty years ago. The guide has become a standard manual for all amateur genealogists. The current edition is edited by James Bell, a former director of the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston and the New York Historical Society.
Acknowledgement
(Text and resources taken from the print edition of: Jaccaud, Robert D, comp. Passages to Family History: A Guide to Genealogical Research in the Dartmouth College Library. Rev. ed. Hanover: Dartmouth College Library, 1994).