Overviews of “500 Brickwall Solutions to Genealogy Problems, How to DNA Test Our Family Relationships?”, “Online Roots: How to Discover Your Family’s History and Heritage with the Power of the Internet”,”Genealogy 101: How to Trace Your Family’s History and Heritage,” Genealogical Resources in New York.”
500 Brickwall Solutions to Genealogy Problems
From the publishers of Family Chronicle Magazine.
Reviews of some of the most recently published genealogy books.
French-Canadian Sources: A Guide for Genealogists
by Patricia Keeney Geyh, Joyce Soltis Banachowski, Linda K. Boyea, Patricia Sarasin Ustine, Marilyn Holt Bourbonais, Beverly Ploenske LaBelle, Francele Sherburne, Karen Vincent Humiston. Ancestry Publishing, 2002. 340 pages. Hardcover. $39.95. Order at <www.ancestry.com>.
The author views the New York State Probate Records, Our Quaker Ancestors: Finding Them in Quaker Records, and The Amateur Historian's Guide to Medieval & Tudor London.
New York State Probate Records: A Genealogist’s Guide to Testate and Intestate Records
By Gordon L. Remington. New England Historic Genealogical Society. 2002. 161 pages. Softcover. $19.95 plus s/h.
Passage to America 1851-1869: The Records of Richard Elliott, Passenger Agent, Detroit, Michigan
By Mary Lou Straith Duncan. The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, Inc., 1999. 194 pages. Softcover. Order at www.dsgr.org.
Passenger Agent, Richard R. Elliott (1832-1908), ran a foreign exchange and ticketing office in Detroit, Michigan, from 1848 to 1891.
The Oxford Atlas of World History: Concise Edition
By Patrick K. O’Brien, General Editor. Oxford University Press, 2002. Hardcover. $45 plus s/h. Order at www.oup-usa.org/atlas.
The Oxford Atlas won’t reveal an ancestor, but it is sure to expose the times in which your ancestors lived. Not only is this atlas new, it’s also ambitious.
Celebrating the Family: The MyFamily.com Guide to Understanding Your Family History
By the editors of MyFamily.com. Friedman/Fairfax, 2002. 256 pages. Softcover. $19.95 s/h.
Nicknames Past and Present Fourth edition, expanded
By Christine Rose. Rose Family Association, 2002. Softcover, 5 x 8. $8.95 plus s/h. Order from publisher, 1474 Montelegre Drive, San Jose, California 95120-4831.
Questioning the given name “Dicey” on a dower release to property near Vincennes, Indiana, led me to this book. It was easy to use.
Caring for Your Family Treasures
By Richard W. Long, et al. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 2000. 164 pages. $24.95 plus s/h. To order, use any online provider.
Who doesn’t have family treasures–if not from the distant past, perhaps from the recent past? We all have artifacts that, if properly preserved, will bring as much pleasure to future generations as they do to the present.
Locating Union & Confederate Records
By Nancy Justus Morebeck. Heritage Quest, 2001. 152 pages. $14.95. To order, call (800) 760—2455.
Sources for Irish Family History: A Listing of Books and Articles on the History of Irish Families
Compiled by James G. Ryan. Flyleaf Press, 2001. 180 pages. Softcover. $33. To order, visit www.flyleaf.ie
When the subject of genealogy comes up, I’m one of the few who cannot produce an Irish line. In the past, this has not troubled me because I know how difficult Irish research can be.