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Have you been thinking about constructing your family tree? Would you like to learn more about your ancestors? Are you a seasoned genealogist looking to delve deeper? Check out this guide for useful genealogy resources to help you get started.
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We carry several genealogy magazines and journals:

 

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Books

The following books are great starting points for beginning genealogical research or for those seeking to broaden their search. 

  • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Genealogy - Christine Rose and Kay Germain Ingalls
    Call Number: 929.1 ROS
    Offers readers an opportunity to understand the craft of genealogy, explore their roots, construct family trees, and begin to discover their true identity - all in one user-friendly volume.
  • Encyclopedia of American Family Names - H. Amanda Robb and Andrew Chesler
    Call Number: 929.4 ROB
    For the 5000 most common surnames in the United States, the book provides origin, rank in terms of prevalence, the number of persons with the name in the Social Security Administration database for 1980, and narratives of prominent Americans bearing the surname.
  • Everything Guide to Online Genealogy
    This book will help you create an online search strategy, use search engines and Soundex to find kin, reach out to others with peer-to-peer record swapping, discover useful records from around the world, and more.
  • The Family Tree Guide Book - the editors of Family Tree Magazine
    Call Number: 929.1 FAM
    Combines genealogy basics, online directories and region-specific travel information to create an invaluable reference that's perfect for beginning and experienced genealogists.
  • Family Tree Problem Solver - Marsha Hoffman Rising
    Call Number: 929.1 RIS
    Complications arising from incomplete or missing records, census irregularities, and individuals of the same name occur more often than non-genealogists might think.
  • Finding Anyone, Anywhere, Anywhen - Noel Montgomery Elliot.
    Call Number: 025.04 ELL
    The Internet is the most powerful research tool available today, but there are tricks to using it to its full potential. Noel Montgomery Elliot reveals what he's learned over his 35 years of research experience, including the most common mistakes people make when trying to locate ancestors who lived a century or more ago.
  • Finding Your Roots Online - Nancy Hendrickson
    Call Number: 025.069291 HEN
    Finding Your Roots Online helps you zero in on the information that's both trustworthy and accurate. You'll learn where and how to find valuable genealogical information, ensure its reliability, and use it to take your research in surprising new directions.
  • How to Do Everything Genealogy
    This genealogy guide will help you find what you need from global ancestry records and offers proven strategies for both traditional and electronic research.
  • Scrapbooking Your Family History - Laura Best
    Call Number: 745.593 BES
    Preserve your ancestral memories through scrapbooking, using photos, documents, and family stories. These remarkable volumes honor the past on pages that evoke appropriate time and place using colors, memorabilia, craft techniques, and journaling.
  • The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy - edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs & Sandra Hargreaves Luebking
    Call Number: Adult Reference - 929.1072 SOU
    Intended as a handbook and a guide to selecting, locating, and using appropriate primary and secondary resources, The Source also functions as an instructional tool for novice genealogists and a refresher course for experienced researchers.
  • Tracing Your Family History - Lise Hull
    Call Number: Adult Oversize - 929.1 HUL
    This book is divided into five parts that will walk you through the process of genealogy research, including how to file pertinent information, where to find information and how to read vital documents.
  • Your Guide to Cemetery Research - Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
    Call Number: 929.5 CAR
    Covers everything from cemetery and death-related terminology to clues offered by headstone art, and cemeteries' role in our culture and history.
 

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Looking for a rare book, such as family histories, abstracts of wills, parish registers or cemetery burial maps? Search below to see which libraries hold the item. Then email us to request the item!
 
 

Referrals

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eResources

Get out your library card for this one; you're going to need it!

  • Ancestry.com (Library Edition)  
    Ancestry.com (Library Edition) includes genealogical information gathered from census, birth, marriage, and death records. This database is accessible only while in the library.

  • Genealogy Online for Dummies  
    Genealogy Online For Dummies puts you in touch with all of the tools, resources, methods, and know-how you need to make your research into your family history a total success.

  • HeritageQuest Online  
    HeritageQuest Online provides genealogical information for tracing family lineage beginning with the thirteen original colonies. Includes U.S. Census images from 1790 to 1930, Revolutionary War files, and local histories.

  • NewsBank’s Columbus Dispatch  
    NewsBank’s Columbus Dispatch includes archives from July 1985 to present, including select obituaries.

  • Westerville's Local History Catalog  
    Westerville's Local History Catalog provides discriptions for the Westerville Library's local history holdings, which include obituaries from area publications.
 

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