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 Thursday, February 28, 2013
Researchers' Favorite Genealogy Books and History-Related Reads
Posted by Diane
Last weekend's Family
Tree University Virtual Genealogy Conference was informative,
inspirational and just plain fun. Over the
next few weeks, I'll share some tips I picked up from the live
chats. (And I'll keep you posted on the next
Virtual Genealogy Conference, scheduled for September.)
The genealogy books chat made me plan a trip to the library and
start surfing Amazon.com: A bunch of conference attendees got
together and talked about their go-to genealogy reference books and
favorite history-related reads, including those below (for books we
carry in ShopFamilyTree.com, I've linked to the listing):
- Evidence
Explained by Elizabeth Shown Mills
- The
Family Tree Sourcebook by the editors of Family Tree
Magazine
- The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy edited by
Loretto Szucs and Sandra Luebking
- How
to Archive Family Keepsakes by Denise May Levenick
- A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Female Ancestors
by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
- Women and the Law of Property in
Early America by Marylynn
Salmon ("helps when looking at
court records and understanding how women were treating in
regards to their rights to own property," said the chatter,
and it covers "1750 to 1830ish")
- Finding Your Father's War by Jonathan Gawne ("for
researching WWII soldiers")
- Everyday Life in the 1800s by Marc McCutcheon
- The
Family Tree Problem Solver by Marsha Hoffman Rising
("the perfect book for when you're stuck on a line and need
inspiration"), which also
comes in a digital version
- Reading Early American
Handwriting by Kip
Sperry ("the first part
explains about the differences in writing styles, while the
last three-quarters of the book has examples of documents with
the transcriptions")
- Genealogists Handbook for New
England Research edited by Michael J. LeClerc
- The
Genealogist's Companion and Sourcebook and The
Sleuthbook for Genealogists by Emily Anne Croom
- Finding Indiana Ancestors by
M. Teresa Baer and Geneil Breeze
- Bringing Your Family History to
Life Through Social History by Katherine Scott
Sturdevant
- Black's Law Dictionary,
4th edition ("the 4th edition is the
most recent one that still has the old terms, as I
understand")
- No Idle Hands: The Social History
of American Knitting by Anne MacDonald, recommended by a
chatter who is into knitting
- Your Digital Afterlife....When
Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter Are Your Estate, What's Your
Legacy? by Evan Carroll and John Romano
- Norwegians on the Prairie by
Odd Lovoll
- Italian Genealogical Records: How
to use Italian Civil, Ecclesiastical and Other Records in
Family History Research by Trafford Cole
- Only a Few Bones by John
Philip Colletta
- Finding
Italian Roots by John Philip Colletta
- The Time Traveler's Guide to
Medieval England ("written like a travel guide for
people traveling from today back in time to the 14th century")
- Annie's Ghosts: A Journey Into a
Family Secret by Steve Luxenberg
- The
Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy by Val D.
Greenwood
Would you add any books to this list?
Click Comments below and let us know!
Family Tree University | Genealogy books | Genealogy Events
Thursday, February 28, 2013 9:29:32 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00) 
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