Personal name
[e.g. Rufus Dryer] (last name first name in the catalog)
Family Name
[e.g. Whiting Family]
Geographical Location(s):
Hanover, New Hampshire (hanover n h in the catalog)
Boston, Massachusetts (boston mass in the catalog)
Orange County, Vermont (orange county vt in the catalog)
| Most geographical locations can be subdivided further by some of the following useful headings: | ||
| Archives | Bibliography | Biography |
| Cemeteries | Census | Church Records |
| Directories | Emigration | |
| Gazetteers | Genealogy | History |
| History--Sources | Manuscripts | Maps |
| Parishes | Peerage | Periodicals |
| Manners and Customs | ||
| United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Registers, Lists, etc. | ||
| Mexican war, 1845-1848--Personal Narratives | ||
| United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental Histories | ||
Other Subjects or Topics of Interest:
Many of the following topics can also be subdivided further by geographical locations:
(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).