A SAMPLING OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT THE MANCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOOKS listed below may be checked out using a current library card.
To search the library's catalog: Enter a keyword search "genealogy handbooks" or enter a family name if appropriate. For more information, and for assistance in locating more materials, please visit the Mary Cheney Library Reference Department.
HOW TO LOCATE ANYONE WHO IS OR HAS BEEN IN THE MILITARY : ARMED FORCES LOCATOR GUIDE
Richard S. Johnson .........355.0025 Johnson
THE ART OF FAMILY : GENEALOGICAL ARTIFACTS IN NEW ENGLAND
D. Brenton Simons et. al ......704.9 Q Art
PRESERVING YOUR FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS
Maureen A. Taylor ..........771 Q Taylor
SCRAPBOOKING YOUR FAMLY HISTORY
Maureen Taylor ........771.46 Taylor
GENEALOGICAL WRITING IN THE 21st CENTURY
ed. by Henry B. Hoff........808.0669 Genealogical
AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGICAL SOURCEBOOK
Paula K. Byers ........929.1 Q African
A GENEALOGIST'S GUIDE TO DISCOVERING YOUR GERMANIC ANCESTORS
S. Chris Anderson and Ernest Thode .....929.1 Q Anderson
GENEALOGY SOFTWARE GUIDE
Martha Arends.....929.1 Q Arends
IN SEARCH OF YOUR GERMAN ROOTS
Angus Baxter.....929.1 Baxter
THE GENEALOGIST'S ADDRESS BOOK
Provides national and state addresses, and many other resources
Elizabeth Petty Bentley..... 929.1 Q Bentley
GENEALOGY FOR THE FIRST TIME : RESEARCH YOUR FAMILY HISTORY
Laura Best .....929.1 Best
CRAFTING YOUR OWN HERITAGE ALBUM
Bev Kirschner Braun ........929.1 Q Braun
BLACK ROOTS : A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO TRACING THE AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY TREE
Tony Burroughs .......929.1 Burroughs
A GENEALOGIST'S GUIDE TO DISCOVERING YOUR IMMIGRANT AND ETHNIC ANCESTORS
Sharon DeBartolo Carmack..........929.1 Q Carmack
GENEALOGY SOURCEBOOK
Sharon Debartolo Carmack..... 929.1 Carmack
ITALIAN-AMERICAN FAMILY HISTORY : A GUIDE TO RESEARCHING AND WRITING ABOUT YOUR HERITAGE
Sharon Debartolo Carmack..... 929.1 Carmack
POLISH ROOTS
Rosemary Chorzempa..... 929.1 Chorzempa
SHAKING YOUR FAMILY TREE
Ralph J. Crandall .......929.1 Q Crandall
THE FAMILY TREE RESOURCE BOOK FOR GENEALOGISTS: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO AMERICAN COUNTY AND TOWN SOURCES
Family Tree Magazine R 929.1 Q Family
HUGUENOT GENEALOGIES
Arthur Louis Finnell ....929.1 Finnell
FRENCH CANADIAN SOURCES : A GUIDE FOR GENEALOGISTS
Patricia Keeney Gey ..[et. al] .... 929.1 Q French
TRACING YOUR CIVIL WAR ANCESTOR
Bertram Hawthhorne Groene .....929.1 Groene
THE HANDYBOOK FOR GENEALOGISTS (10th edition)
929.1 Q Handybook
LOCATING YOUR ROOTS : DISCOVER YOUR ANCESTORS USING LAND RECORDS
Patricia Hatcher .........929.1 Q Hatcher
GENEALOGY ONLINE FOR DUMMIES
Matthew Helm......... 929.1 Helm (at Whiton Branch Library)
FINDING YOUR ROOTS ONLINE
Nancy Hendrickson .....929.1 Q Hendrickson
ANCESTRAL TRAILS : THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO BRITISH GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY
Mark D. Herber ......929.1 Herber
LOCATING LOST FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS : MODERN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH TECHNIQUES FOR LOCATING THE PEOPLE OF YOUR PAST AND PRESENT
Kathleen Hinckley...... 929.1 Hinckley
HOW TO TRACE YOUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN ROOTS : DISCOVERING YOUR UNIQUE HISTORY
Barbara Thompson Howell..... 929.1 Howell
A GENEALOGIST'S GUIDE TO DISCOVERING YOUR SCOTTISH ANCESTORS
Linda Jonas and Paul Milner ......929.1 Q Jonas
NORDEN : A GUIDE TO SCANDINAVIAN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
Art Jura ............. 929.1 Jura
DISCOVERING YOUR JEWISH ANCESTORS
Barbara Krasner-Khait ....929.1 Q Krasner-Khait
FINDING YOUR FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS ANCESTORS
Rhonda R. McClure ...............919.1 W McClure
THE WEEKEND GENEALOGIST : TIMESAVING TECHNIQUES FOR EFFECTIVE RESEARCH
Marcia Yannizze Melnyk .....929.1 Melnyk
A GENEALOGIST'S GUIDE TO DISCOVERING YOUR ENGLISH ANCESTORS
Paul Milner and Linda Jones ...... 929.1 Q Milner
LOCATING UNION AND CONFEDERATE RECORDS
Nancy Justus Morebeck ........929.1 Morebeck
CONNECTING TO CONNECTICUT
Source for contacts in each town
Betty Jean Morrison..... 929.1 Morrison (also available in Reference Room)
NATIVE AMERICAN GENEALOGICAL SOURCEBOOK
Ed. by Paula K. Byers .......929.1 Q Native
GENEALOGY IN THE COMPUTER AGE: UNDERSTANDING FAMILY ANCESTRAL FILE, INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX, AND SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX
Elizabeth L. Nichols..... 929.1 Q Nichols
A GENEALOGIST'S GUIDE TO DISCOVERING YOUR IRISH ANCESTORS
Dwight A. Radford and Kyle J. Betit .......929.1 Q Radford
BLACK GENESIS : A RESOURCE BOOK FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENEALOGY
James M. Rose .......929.1 Rose
IRISH RECORDS : SOURCES FOR FAMILY AND LOCAL HISTORY
James G. Ryan..... 929.1 Q Ryan
A STUDENT'S GUIDE TO CHINESE AMERICAN GENEALOGY
Collen She..... 929.1 She
A GENEALOGIST's GUIDE TO DISCOVERING YOUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN ANCESTORS : HOW TO FIND AND RECORD YOUR UNIQUE HERITAGE
Franklin Carter Smith and Emily Anne Croon ......929.1 Smith
THE SOURCE : A GUIDEBOOK OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY
ed. by Loretto Dennis Szucs .......... 929.1 Q Source
READING EARLY AMERICAN HANDWRITING
Kip Sperry .....929.1 Sperry
ORGANIZING AND PRESERVING YOUR HEIRLOOM DOCUMENTS
Katherine Scott Sturdevant .............929.1 Q Sturdevant
UNCOVERING YOUR ANCESTRY THROUGH FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS
Maureen Taylor ........929.1 Taylor
ROMANIANS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA : A GUIDE TO ANCESTRY AND HERITAGE RESEARCH
Vladimir F. Wertsman ........929.1 Wertsman
FINDING YOUR ROOTS : HOW ALL AMERICANS CAN TRACE THEIR ANCESTORS AT HOME AND ABROAD
Jeane Eddy Westin..... 929.1 Westin
ANCESTORS : A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO FAMILY HISTORY
Jim Willard..... 929.1 Willard
FINDING A PLACE CALLED HOME: A GUIDE TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENEALOGY AND HISTORICAL IDENTITY
Dee Parmer Woodtor..... 929.1 Woodtor
ADDRESS BOOK FOR GERMANIC GENEALOGY
Ernest Thode..... 929.1025 Q Thode
A GENEALOGIST'S GUIDE TO DISCOVERING YOUR ITALIAN ANCESTORS
Lynn Nelson..... 929.107 Q Nelson
THE FAMILY AND LOCAL HISTORY HANDBOOK
Robert Blatchford .......929.1072 Blatchford
500 BRICKWALL SOLUTIONS TO GENEALOGY PROBLEMS
929.1072 Five
GENEALOGIST'S HANDBOOK FOR NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH
Marcia Wiswall Lindberg..... 929.1072 Q Lindberg
FINDING YOUR HISPANIC ROOTS
George R. Ryskamp..... 929.1072 Ryskamp
A GENEALOGIST'S GUIDE TO DISCOVERING YOUR FEMALE ANCESTORS
Sharon DeBartolo Carmack ......929.1082 Q Carmack
IN SEARCH OF YOUR BRITISH AND IRISH ROOTS : A COMPLETE GUIDE TO TRACING YOUR ENGLISH, WELSH, SCOTTISH, AND IRISH ANCESTORS
Angus Baxter..... 929.1089
TWENTY FAMILIES OF COLOR IN MASSACHUSETTS 1742-1998
Franklin A. Dorman ........929.2 Dorman
THE GENEALOGIST'S COMPUTER COMPANION
Rhonda McClure .......929.2 Q McClure
A NEW GENEALOGICAL ATLAS OF IRELAND
Brian Mitchell .......... 929.3 Mitchell
GENEALOGY FOR ARMENIANS
Nephi K. Kezerian and LaPreal J. Kezerian ..... 929.30899 Q Kezerian
MAP GUIDE TO THE U. S. FEDERAL CENSUSES 1790-1920
William Thorndale ........929.373 Q Thorndale
HISPANIC SURNAMES AND FAMILY HISTORY
Lyman D. Platt........ 929.4094 Platt
YOUR GUIDE TO CEMETERY RESEARCH
Sharon DeBartolo Carmack .............. 929.5 Q Carmack
CLANS AND FAMILIES OF IRELAND
John Grenham ........929.72 Q Grenham
WORLD WAR II MILITARY RECORDS : A FAMILY HISTORIAN'S GUIDE
Debra Johnson Knox ........940.54 Knox
DESCENDANTS OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
VOL I, NEW ENGLAND - ed. by Frederick Wallace Pyne R-GEN 929.2097 ROBERTS
MAYFLOWER BIRTHS AND DEATHS : FROM the FILES OF ERNEST BOWMAN - 2 VOLUMES
Susan E. Roser R-GEN 929.3744 V.1 & V.2 ROSEN
THE ROYAL DESCENTS OF 600 IMMIGRANTS TO THE AMERICAN COLONIES OF THE UNITED STATES - Gary Boyd Roberts R-GEN 929.2097 ROBERTS
COUNTY COURTHOUSE BOOK
Elizabeth Petty Bentley..... R 347.7302 Q Bentley
THE LIBRARIAN'S GUIDE TO PUBLIC RECORDS
(from the database of the Public Records Research Library)
R 350.714 Q Librarian's
THE RESEARCHER'S GUIDE TO AMERICAN GENEALOGY
Val D. Greenwood ..........R 929.1 Greenwood
LAND AND PROPERTY RESEARCH IN THE UNITED STATES
E. Wade Hone .........R 929.1 Q Hone
PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGY : A MANUAL FOR RESEARCHERS, WRITERS, EDITORS, LECTURERS and LIBRARIANS
ed. by Elizabeth Shown Mills ............R 929.1 Professional
PRINTED SOURCES: A GUIDE TO PUBLISHED GENEALOGICAL RECORDS
R 929.373 Printed
RECORD OF SERVICE OF CONNECTICUT MEN IN THE ARMY AND NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE WAR OF THE REBELLION compiled by authority of the General Assembly under direction of the adjutants-general ...
R 974.6 Record (ask for assistance; this is located in the Reference Case)
CIVIL WAR VETERAN BURIALS IN MANCHESTER CONNECTICUT
compiled by John J. Spaulding
R 974.621 Q SPAULDING (at Mary Cheney Library and Whiton Memorial Branch Library)
MANCHESTER CITY DIRECTORIES..... Beginning with 1891, many years are available. These are located in the reference case; please ask for assistance.
Please visit the Mary Cheney Library Reference Department for assistance and to locate more materials.