Genealogy Resources

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Web Resources

These web pages have significant resources on researching family and local history.

Library of Michigan's Abrams Foundation Historical Collection (Genealogy and Local History)

Detroit Public Library's Burton Historical Collection

Michigan County Clerks Genealogy Directory

Allen County [Indiana] Public Library's Fred J. Reynolds Historical Genealogy Department)

HeritageQuest Online (available on to the MSU community)

American Family Immigration History Center (Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation)

National Archives and Records Administration Online Personnel Databases
(click on "people")

Genealogical Resources in U.S. Federal Depository Libraries
(pdf document)

USGenWeb Project

Croom, Emily Anne. Unpuzzling your past : a basic guide to genealogy. 3rd ed. Cincinnati, Ohio : Betterway Books, c1995. REF CS47 .C76 1995

Doane, Gilbert Harry. Searching for your ancestors : the how and why of genealogy 6th ed. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1992. MAIN CS16 .D6 1992

Handy book for genealogists : United States of America. 9th ed. Logan, Utah : Everton Publishers, c1999. REF CS16 .E88 1999

Lichtman, Allan J. Your family history : how to use oral history, personal family archives, and public documents to discover your heritage 1st ed. New York : Vintage Books, 1978.MAIN CS16 .L53

The Source : a guidebook of American genealogy. Salt Lake City, Utah : Ancestry Pub. Co., 1984. REF CS49 .S65 1984

Schaefer, Christina K. The hidden half of the family : a sourcebook for women's genealogy. Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub., c1999. REF CS14 .S33 1999

Stryker-Rodda, Harriet. How to climb your family tree : genealogy for beginners. 1st ed. Philadelphia : Lippincott, c1977. MAIN CS16 .S858

United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Guide to genealogical research in the National Archives of the United States. 3rd. Ed. . Washington, D.C. : Published for the National Archives and Records Administration by the National Archives Trust Fund Board, 2000. REF CS47.U5 U55 2000

Westin, Jeane Eddy. Finding your roots : how every American can trace his ancestors, at home and abroad. Westin. Los Angeles : J. P. Tarcher ; New York : distributed by St. Martin's Press, c1977. MAIN CS16 .W46 1977

Genealogy
Genealogy [Ethnic group] Handbooks Manuals Etc., e.g., Genealogy African Americans Handbooks Manuals Etc.
Genealogy [Location] Handbooks Manuals Etc., e.g., Genealogy United States Handbooks Manuals Etc.

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