Library

My Genealogy Library

 

Europe and Canada

• Ancestral Trails by Mark D. Herber
• Atlas Historyczny Polski
• Bernese Anabaptists by Delbert Gratz
• British Origins of American Colonist 1629-1775 by William Dollarhide
• Complete Book of Emigrants 1607-1660 by Peter Wilson Coldham
• Discover Anabaptism in Switzerland by Markus Rediger/Erwin Rothlisberger
• Family Tree German Genealogy Guide by James Beidler
• Family Tree Guidebook to Europe by Allison Dolan
• Family Tree Historical Maps: Europe by Allison Dolan
• Family Tree Polish, Czech and Slovak Genealogy Guide by Lisa A. Alzo
• Family Tree Scottish Genealogy Guide by Amanda Epperson
• Finding Italian Roots by John P. Colletta
• Finding your Ancestors in Kerry by Kay Caball
• French Canadian Roots by Lawrence Compagna
• Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your English Ancestors by Milner and Jonas
• Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Germanic Ancestors by Anderson and Thode
• Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Irish Ancestors by Radford and Betitt
• Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your Scottish Ancestors by Jonas and Milner
• Genealogy in Ontario: Searching the Records by Brenda Dougall Merriman
• German Census Records, 1816-1916 by Roger P. Minert
• German English Genealogical Dictionary by Ernest Thode
• German Genealogy Research Online by Leland K. Meitzler
• German Maps and Facts for Genealogy by Wendy K. Uncapher and Linda M. Herrick
• German Names, A Practical Guide by Kenneth L. Smith
• German Phrase Book and Dictionary for Travelers by Charles A Hughes
• German Research Companion by Shirley J. Reimer, Roger P. Minert, Jennifer A. Anderson
• Handy Guide to Swiss Genealogical Records by Jared H. Suess
• Heimat An Netze Brahe Weichsel by Eine Bilderschau von Arnold Glander und Alfred Schalau Mit  einem Beleitwort von Willi Finger
• Hippocrene’s Dutch-English Dictionary
• In Search of Your German Roots by Angus Baxter
• Lands of the German Empire and Before by Wendy K. Uncapher
• LaRousse’s German Dictionary
• Legacy Quick Guide: German Genealogy (PDF) by James Beidler
• Magic of German Church Records: Finding the Key to Your Ancestor’s Past by Katherine Schober
• Map Guide to German Parish Registers:  Kingdom of Prussia-Province of Posen I- Regierungsbezirk Bromberg
• Map Guide to German Parish Registers:  Kingdom of Prussia-Province of Rhineland III and Kingdom of Bavaria Palatinate (Pfalz)
• Mennonites in Transition from Switzerland to America by Andrea Boldt, Werner Enninger and Delbert L. Gratz
• Migration Records A Guide for Family historians by Roger Kershaw
• Our Daily Bread: German Village Life, 1500-1850 by Teva J. Scheer
• People of Fife, 1600-1799 by Davide Dobson
• Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers by Cecil R. Humphery-Smith
• Saxons, Vikings and Celts: The Genetic Roots of Britain and Ireland by Bryan Sykes
• Scots in Michigan by Alan T Forester
• Scottish Customs by Sheila Livingstone
• Scottish Genealogy by Bruce Durie
• Scottish Tartans by Johnston and Bacon
• They Came in Ships by John P. Colletta
• Tips and Tricks of Deciphering German Handwriting by Katherine Schober
• Trace Your German Roots Online by James Beidler
• Tracing Scottish Local History –Scottish Record Office by Cecil Sinclair
• Tracing Your Ancestors from 1066 to 1837 by Jonathan Oakes
• Tracing Your Ancestors in the National Archives (KEW) by Amanda Bevan
• Tracing Your English and Scottish Ancestors-Moreshead Magazine
• Tracing Your Germanic Ancestors by Leland K. Meitzler
• Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors by Christine Woodruff Moreshead Magazine
• Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors by Ian Maxwell
• Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry by Kathleen B. Cory
• Tracing Your Textile Ancestors by Vivien Teasdale
• Understanding Meyers Orts by Fay S. Dearden

 

 

Genealogies and Family History

• 1737 Immigrant Jacob Mast by Eli Lloyd Mast
• Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies by Hugh Gingerich
• Glover Memorials and Genealogies by Anna Glover
• Hochstetler Story by Ervin R. Stutzman
• Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume Four: Edward Fuller
• Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Volume Six:  Stephen Hopkins
• Peter Leibundgutt Journal by Lois Ann Mast

 

General Research Help

• A to Zax Comprehensive Dictionary for Genealogists and Historians by Barbara Jean Evans
• BCG Genealogical Standards Manual
• Concise Genealogical Dictionary by Maurine and Glen Harris
• Courthouse Indexes Illustrated by Christine Rose
• Courthouse Research for the Family Historian by Christine Rose
• Dating Old Photographs 1840-1929 by Family Chronicle
• Digging Deeper: Using Essential Pre-1850 Records by Karen Clifford
• Elements of Genealogical Analysis by Robert Charles Anderson
• Evidence Explained Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace 3^rd Edition by Elizabeth Shown Mills
• Evidence! Citation and Analysis for the Family Historian by Elizabeth Shown Mills
• Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy by Blaine T. Bettinger
• Family Tree Historical Newspapers Guide by James M. Beidler
• Family Tree Problem Solver-Proven Methods for Scaling the Inevitable Brick Wall by Marsha Hoffman Rising
• Family Tree Problem Solver-Tried and True Tactics for Tracing Elusive Ancestors-by Marsha Hoffman Rising
• From the Family Kitchen by Gena Philibert Ortega
• Genealogical Proof Standard-Building a Solid Case by Christine Rose
• Genealogy and the Law by Kay Haviland Freilich and William B. Freilich
• Genetic Genealogy in Practice by Blaine T. Bettinger and Debbie Parker Wayne
• Hidden Sources Family History in Unlikely Places by Laura Szucs Pfeiffer
• History for Genealogists: Understanding Chronological Time Lines to Find and Understand Your Ancestors by     Judy Jacobson
• Land and Property Research in the United States by E. Wade Hone
• Library of Congress: A Guide to Genealogical and Historical Research by James C. Neagles
• Mastering Genealogical Documentation by Thomas W. Jones
• Mastering Genealogical Proof by Thomas W. Jones
• Military Bounty Land 1776-1885 by Christine Rose
• More Dating Old Photographs 1840-1929 by Family Chronicle
• More What Did They Mean by That? by Paul Drake
• Organizing Your Family History by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
• Pitfalls in Genealogical Research by Milton Rubincam
• Planning a Future for Your Family’s Past by Marian Burk Wood
• Printed Sources A Guide to Published Genealogical Records by Kory L. Meyerink
• Professional Genealogy by Elizabeth Shown Mills, Editor
• Quick Guide:  The Historical Biographer’s Guide to Cluster Research (the FAN Principle) by E. Shown Mills
• Red Book edited by Alice Eichholz
• Resource Book for Genealogists edited by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack and Erin Nevius
• Source edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking
• They Became Americans Finding Naturalization and Records and Ethnic Origins by Loretto Dennis Szucs
• Tombstones of Your Ancestors by Louis S. Schafer
• Trace Your Roots with DNA by Megan Smolenyak Smoleyak and Ann Turner
• Tracing Your Ancestors DNA and Your Genealogy by Dr. Maurice Gleeson (Moreshead Magazine)
• Understanding and Using Baptismal Records by John T. Humphrey
• Unpuzzling Your Past by Emily Anne Croom
• Unpuzzling Your Past Workbook by Emily Anne Croom
• Ultimate Genealogist’s Google Toolbox by Lisa Louise Cooke
• Your Guide to the Federal Census by Kathleen W. Hinckley

 

Images of America

• Chicago’s Historic Pullman District
• Erie Canal
• Lost Benzie County (MI)
• Manistee (MI) County
• Marquette (MI)
• Remembering Michigan’s Civil War Soldiers

 

Miscellaneous

• Copper Empire: A Novel About the Copper Country (MI) Labor Strike in 1913 by Donna Searight Simons
• Downsizing with Family History in Mind by Devon Noel Lee and Andrew Lee
• Getting the Most Out of Roots Magic 7 by Bruce Buzbee
• Home in a Wilderness Fort Copper Harbor (MI) 1844 by Charlotte Otten (Fiction)
• How German Ingenuity Inspired America: More Fun, More Beauty, More Freedom by Lynne Breen
• I’ll See You Again, Lady Liberty by Ernst Floeter
• Memos of Betsie Bay: A History of Frankfort (MI) by Charles Anderson
• Michigan Civil War Landmarks by David Ingall and Karin Risko
• Michigan POW Camps in World War II by Gregory D. Sumner
• National Geographic Kids Guide to Genealogy by T.J. Resler
• Oral History Workshop by Cynthia Hart with Lisa Samson
• Revolutionary Outlaws: Ethan Allen and the Struggle for Independence of the Early American Frontier by Michael A. Bellesiles
• Social Networking for Genealogists by Drew Smith

 

United States Research

• 1692 Witch Hunt The Layman’s Guide to the Salem Witchcraft Trials by George Malcolm Yool
• Abandoning America: Life Stories from Early New England by Susan Hardman Moore
• Among the Enemy by Mark Hoffman (William Horton Kimall’s Civil War Journal)
• Beyond These Gates-Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Michigan by James Jackson
• Bibliography for Vermont Genealogy by John A. Leppman
• Blood on the Water: The Great Lakes During the Civil War by Frederick Stonehouse
• Colonial America by Edward G. Gray
• Connecticut Historical Collections by Jahn Warner Barber
• Ethan Allen and the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga by Richard B. Smith
• Expanded Index to Caverly’s History of Pittsford, VT. by Peg Armitage
• Expansion of New England by L.K. Mathews
• Family Maps of Washtenaw County (MI) by Gregory A. Boyd
• Family Tree Historical Maps by Allison Dolan
• Finding Early Connecticut Vital Records: The Barbour Index and Beyond by Linda MacLachlan
• Finding Your Chicago Ancestors by Grace DuMelle
• First Generations Women in Colonial America by Carol Berkin
• Gazetteer of the State of New Hampshire by Merrill Eliphalet
• Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire by Noyes, Libby and Davis
• Genealogical Dictionary of New England (4 Volumes) by James Savage
• Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas by Christina K. Schaefer
• Genealogical Resources in the New York Metropolitan Area by Estelle M. Guzik
• Genealogical Resources of the Civil War Era by William Dollarhide
• Genealogist’s Handbook for New England Research, 6^th Edition Edited by Rhonda R. McClure
• Genealogy Tool Kit: Getting Started on Your Family History at the National Archives (U.S.) by John P. Deeben
• Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 (Vol. I-III) by Robert Charles Anderson
• Great Migration Directory by Robert Charles Anderson
• Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 (Vol I-VII) by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn Jr., Melinde Lutz Sanborn
• Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives by
• Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries by David Allan Lambert
• Guide to Massachusetts Pubic Records by Carroll D. Wright
• Guide to the Michigan Genealogical and Historical Collection at the Library of Michigan & Archives of Michigan
• Handbook of Denominations in the United States by Roger E. Olson
• Handwriting of American Records for a Period of 300 Years by E. Kay Kirkhan
• Handy Vermont Genealogy Handbook by Gary L. Morris
• History and Antiquities of Every Town in Massachusetts by John Warner Barber
• History and Antiquities of Every Town in the State of New York by John W. Barber and Henry Howe
• How to Find Your Family History in U.S. Church Records: A Genealogy Guide by Sunny Jane Morton and Harold A. Henderson, CG
• In a State of Nature: Reading in Vermont History by H. Nicholas Muller, III and Samuel B. Hand
• In the Shadow of Salem: The Andover Witch Hunt of 1692 by Richard Hite
• Index to the 1800 Census of Massachusetts by Elizabeth Petty Bentley
• Legacy Quick Guide: Indiana Genealogy (PDF) by Jennifer Holik
• Legacy Quick Guide: Michigan Genealogy (PDF) by Jennifer Holik
• Legacy Quick Guide: Vermont Genealogy (PDF) by Catherine Becker Wiest Desmarais
• Map Guide to American Migration Routes, 1735-1815 by William Dollarhide
• Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Census, 1790-1920 by William Thorndale and William Dollarhide
• Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Census: Michigan, 1810-1920 by William Thorndale and William Dollarhide
• Map Guide to U.S. Federal Census: Connecticut/Massachusetts/Rhode Island 1790-1920
• Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
• Mayflower Increasings by Susan E. Roser
• Mayflower Quarterly Diamond Jubilee Edition
• Michigan Genealogy by Carol McGinnis
• Michigan Historic Cemeteries Preservation Guide by Gregg King, Susan Kosky, Kathleen Glynn, and Gladys Saborio.
• Michigan Soldier in the Civil War by Frederick D. Williams
• Michigan’s Early Military Forces by LeRoy Barnett and Roger Rosentreter
• My Brave Mechanics the First Michigan Engineers and Their Civil War by Mark Hoffman
• Naked Quaker True Crimes and Controversies from the Courts of Colonial New England by Diane Rappaport
• New England Annals History and Genealogy Volume I by Laird C. Towle
• New England Court Records by Diane Rapaport
• New England in the Life of the World by Howard A. Bridgman
• New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Clarence Almon Torrey
• New Englander’s in the 1600’s (Expanded Edition) by Martin Hollick
• New York Family History Research Guide and Gazetteer by New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
• NGS Research in the States: Massachusetts by David Lambert
• NGS Research in the States: Michigan by Shirley M. DeBoer
• NGS Research in the States: Michigan Updated and Revised by Brenda Leyndyke
• NGS Research in the States: Pennsylvania by Kay Haviland Freilich
• NGS Research in the States: Rhode Island by Diane MacLean Boumenot and Maureen Alice Taylor
• Of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647 by William Bradford
• Old Roads of the Midwest by George Cantor
• Original Lists of Person of Quality 1600-1700 by John Camden Hotten
• Pennsylvania Genealogical Research by George K. Schweitzer
• Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633 by Robert Charles Anderson
• Pioneering Michigan by Eric Freedman
• Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire by Charles Henry Pope
• Pioneers of Massachusetts by Charles Henry Pope
• Planters of the Commonwealth by Charles Edward Banks
• Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691 by Eugen Aubrey Stratton
• Puritan Pedigrees by Robert Charles Anderson
• Remembering Michigan’s Civil War Soldiers by David D. Finney Jr. and Judith Stermer McIntosh
• Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy by Val D. Greenwood
• Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors by Patricia Law Hatcher
• Rum Running and the Roaring Twenties: Prohibition on the Michigan-Ontario Waterway by Philip P. Mason
• Saints and Strangers by George F. Willison
• Salem Witch Hunt, A Brief History with Documents by Richard Godbeer
• Surname Guide to Massachusetts Town Histories by Phyllis O. Longver and Pauline J. Oesterlin
• Surnames Listed in the 1790 United States Census
• Tracing Your Civil War Ancestors by David A. Norris (magazine)
• Tracing Your Colonial American Ancestors by David A. Norris (magazine)
• Tracing Your Revolutionary War Ancestors by David A. Norris (magazine)
• Tracing Your War of 1812 Ancestors by David A. Norris (magazine)
• Tracing Your WWI Ancestors by Moreshead Magazine
• U.S. Migration Patterns by Wendy L. Elliot
• U.S. Military Records by James C. Neagles
• Understanding Colonial Handwriting Harriet Stryker-Rodda
• Vermont An Illustrated History by John Duffy and Vincent Feeney
• Women and Temperance by Ruth Bordin
• Yankees in Michigan by Brian C. Wilson
• Yesterdays of Grand Rapids by Charles E. Belknap

 

Updated  22 January 2022