Bibliographies

A Complement to Genealogies in the Library of Congress: A Bibliography.
Baltimore, Md. : Magna Carta Book Co., 1981
REF CS 69 .Z9 K35

Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986... 
Washington, DC : Library of Congress, 1991.
REF CS 25 .L53 1991

Genealogies in the Library of Congress: A Bibliography.  2v. + Supplements
Baltimore, Md., Magna Carta Book Co., 1972.
REF CS 69 .Z9 L52

Printed Sources: A Guide to Published Genealogical Records.
Salt Lake City, UT : Ancestry, Inc., 1998.
REF CS 9 .Z9 .P75 1998

Birth, Marriage, & Death Records

Cemetery Records Online.
http://www.interment.net/
A searchable database of user-contributed cemetery records.

Find A Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/
A searchable database of user-contributed cemetery records.

New York Times Obituaries Index.  2v.
REF CT 213 .N47

Obituaries: A Guide to Sources.
Jarboe, Betty M., Boston : G.K. Hall, 1982.
REF CT 214 .Z9 J37 1982

Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/
A searchable database providing birth and death dates for persons who received Social Security benefits and died after 1961.

The Sourcebook of State Public Records : The Definitive Guide to Searching for Public Record Information at the State Level.
Tempe, Ariz. : BRB Publications, c1994.
REF JK 2445 .P82 S687 1994

Tombstone Transcription Project from USGenWeb.
Provides links by state and county to transcriptions of selected cemeteries.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/

Where To Write For Vital Records.  1999.
United States.
GOV REF DESK HE 20.6210 2:

Where To Write For Vital Records.
United States.  National Center For Health Statistics.  http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm

Census Records

See Genealogy--Census Records

HeritageQuest Online
Available to WCU students, staff and faculty.
A collection of research sources for tracing family history. These include family and local history books, U.S. Federal Census records, the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) - an index to genealogy and local history journals, and Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application files.

Genealogies

The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635.
Anderson, Robert C.
REF F 3 .A532 1999

The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633.  3v.
Anderson, Robert C.
REF F 3 .A53 1995

WorldConnect
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/
A searchable database of user-contributed family trees.

A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry.
Burke, Bernard.
REF CS 425 .B72

Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of America.  1975.
REF CS 69 .B82

Cherokee Blood = (Tsa-la-gi-yi gi-gv): Based on Eastern Cherokee Applications of the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1909.  3v.
Haskins, Shirley.
REF E 99 .C5 H77 1982

Cherokee By Blood: Records of Eastern Cherokee Ancestry in the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1910.  9v.
Jordan, Jerry W.
REF E 99 .C5 J63 1987

Colonial Families of the United States of America...  7v.
Mackenzie, George Norbury, Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1966.
REF CS 61 .M1

Americans of Gentle Birth and Their Ancestors...  1970.
Pittman, Hannah Daviess.
REF CS 55 .P552 1970

Handbooks & Manuals

Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
REF CS 49 .A55 1989

In Search of Your European Roots: A Complete Guide To Tracing Your Ancestors in Every Country in Europe.
Baxter, Angus.
REF CS 403 .B39 1985

Compendium of Historical Sources: The How and Where of American Genealogy.  1983.
Bremer, Ronald A.
REF CS 49 .B74 1983

The Library: A Guide to the LDS Family History Library.
Cerny, Johni and Wendy Elliott, eds., Salt Lake City, UT : Ancestry Pub., 1988.
REF Z 733 .C55 L53 1988

Ethnic Genealogy: A Research Guide.  1983.
REF CS 49 .E83 1983

Genealogy Page.
National Archives and Records Administration.
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/index.html/

Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives.
National Archives and Records Service. 
GOVT GS 4.6/2: G 28/983

American Genealogical Resources in German Archives (AGRICA): A Handbook.
Smith, Clifford N.
REF E 184 .G3 S65

Encyclopedia of German-American Genealogical Research.
Smith, Clifford N.
REF E 184 .G3 S66

The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy.  1984.
REF CS 49 .S65

Tracing Family Trees in Eleven States: Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia, Georgia, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Indiana, Pennsylvania.  1970.
St. Louis Genealogical Society.
REF CS 51 .S2

The Librarian's Guide to Genealogical Research.
Swan, James, Fort Atkinson, WI : Highsmith Press, 1998.
REF Z 675 .G44 S93 1998

Immigration & Emigration

Castle Garden: America's First Immigration Center
http://www.castlegarden.org/
A searchable database of passenger records of people who entered the United States from 1820 to 1913.

Ellis Island On-Line.
http://www.ellisisland.org/
A searchable database of passenger records of over 22 million people who entered the United States through Ellis Island from 1892 to 1954.

Passenger and Immigration Lists Bibliography, 1538-1900.
Filby, P. William.
REF CS 68 .Z9 F54 1981

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index: A Guide To Published Arrival Records of About 500,000 Passengers...  3v.
Filby, P. William, ed. 
REF CS 68 .P36 1981

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild.
http://immigrantships.net

Irish Emigration Lists, 1833-1839: Lists of Emigrants Extracted from the Ordnance Survey Memoirs for Counties Londonderry and Antrim.
Mitchell, Brian.
REF CS 497 .L66 M58 1989

Irish Passenger Lists, 1847-1871: Lists of Passengers Sailing From Londonderry to America on Ships of the J.&J. Cooke Line and the McCorkell Line.
Mitchell, Brian.
REF E 184 .I6 I69 1988

Indexes

General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes, and Baronies of Ireland: Based on the Census of Ireland for the Year 1851.
MAPS REF DA 979 .G46 1986

Mayflower Index.
General Society of Mayflower Descendants.
REF F 68 .S5

Virginia Historical Index.
Swem, Earl Gregg.
REF F 221 .S8

Military Records

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System.
A searchable database, provided by the National Park Service, of all soldiers and sailors who served in the Civil War.
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/

American Loyalist Claims Abstracted From the Public Record Office..., 1980.
Coldham, Peter Wilson.
REF CS 42 .N43 no.45

Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution.
Heitman, Francis B.
REF E 255 .H48 1967

Index of Revolutionary War Pension Applications in the National Archives.
National Genealogical Society.
MICROFILM INDEX 515b

The Roster of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865.
Wilmington, NC : Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1995-1996.
REF E 548 .H4 1995 

Subjects in the Library Catalog

Below are some of the subject headings you may wish to look under in the Library Catalog. Clicking on a subject will perform a search in the Library Catalog.

Websites

Below are a few other selected websites which will lead you to many more genealogical sites.

Ancestry.com
A commercial site providing both free and subscription products & services for the genealogical community. Offers access to databases, histories, news, genealogy lessons, indexes, books, chat rooms, and other genealogical information.
http://www.ancestry.com/

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Compiled by Cyndi Howells, this site contains thousands of  links, categorized & cross-referenced, in over 100 categories.
http://www.cyndislist.com/

Family Search 
Provides access to the databases of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, including the Ancestral File, IGI, Family History Library Catalog, and other publications.
http://www.familysearch.org/

National Archives & Records Administration Genealogy Page
Provides information on using the National Archives for genealogical research.
http://www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/index.html/

The North Carolina Collection Biographical Index (UNC Chapel Hill)
A comprehensive index of over 500 volumes, and contains citations to biographical sketches about North Carolinians.
http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ncc_bio/index.html

RootsWeb
"The Internet's oldest and largest genealogy site," which has the mission of making large volumes of data available to the online genealogical community, and maintaining large numbers of mailing and surname lists.
http://www.rootsweb.com/

USGenWeb
A single entry point to genealogical information and data for all states and counties in the United States.
http://www.usgenweb.org/

USGenWeb Census Projects
There are two Census Projects run by USGenWeb Project members.
One can be accessed at http://www.us-census.org/.
The other can be accessed at http://www.rootsweb.com/~census/.

USGenWeb Tombstone Project
Provides links by state and county to tombstone transcriptions of selected cemeteries.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/

World GenWeb
A single entry point to genealogical information and data for all regions and countries of the world.
http://worldgenweb.org/