Books
Here are some of the books in our collection that may help you with your genealogy research.
The Genealogist’s Address Book, 6th edition (library use only)
by Elizabeth Petty Bentley
REF 929.1 BEN
The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy, 3rd edition (library use only)
REF 929.107 SOU
Genealogy Online for Dummies, 6th edition
by Matthew and April Leigh Helm
929.102 HEL
Troubleshooter’s Guide to Do-It-Yourself Genealogy
by W. Daniel Quillen
929.107 QUI
Who Do You Think You Are?
by Megan Smolenyak
929.107 SMO
How To Do Everything Genealogy, 2nd edition
by George G. Morgan
929.1 MOR
The Family Tree Sourcebook
929.1 FAM
Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy, 3rd edition
by Val D. Greenwood
929.107 GRE
The Hidden Half of the Family: A Sourcebook for Women’s Genealogy
by Christina Kassabian Schaefer
929.108 SCH
Library Databases for Genealogy Research
America’s Obituaries and Death Notices
America’s Obituaries & Death Notices is a comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices from around the United States. Each obituary or death notice is indexed by the name of the deceased person and the text of every obituary is searchable.
Heritage Quest
HeritageQuest is a comprehensive database of American genealogical sources that includes sources, local and family histories, and finding aids.
Ancestry–Library Edition (available from within the library only)
Ancestry Library Edition is a genealogy research tool with over 4 billion records in census data, vital records, directories, and photos. The collections are continuously expanding, with new content added often.
Free Genealogy Websites
About.com’s Genealogy pages
Genealogy Blog maintained by Kimberly Powell, with tabs for Learn How, Search Online, and Share & Preserve, offering myriad articles about genealogy research.
Cyndi’s List
Cyndi Howell has created a “card catalog” to genealogical data collection on the Internet.
FamilySearch
Free document images, indexes, research guides, and submitted family trees with research guidance by location, maps, guides, and free online resources
Linkpendium
Sorts links by Localities: USA; Localities: United Kingdom and Ireland; and Surnames: Worldwide. Most links are free.
Roots Web
Helps connect searchers with others’ research and share their own. Volunteers submit information such as transcriptions of documents, family trees to the WorldConnect Project, and family surnames to the RootsWeb Surname List.
The USGenWeb Project
Run by groups of volunteers fully committed to free access to genealogy resources by state and county. The coverage is uneven, but there are some wonderful finds.
The WorldGenWeb Project
Organized for the same purposes as the USGenWeb Project with global coverage.
WorldCat: Genealogy
WorldCat is a cooperatively-created catalog of materials held in more than 10,000 libraries worldwide, including public, academic, state and national libraries; archives; and historical societies. These libraries have cataloged their regular collections as well as many special collections—including digitized materials—devoted to local history. This makes WorldCat a unique tool for your research into your heritage.
Specific to the U.S.A.
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
Daughters of the American Revolution
Now includes the DAR Genealogical Research System.
Library of Congress
Useful collections include The Chronicling America newspaper collection, the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, and the American Memory digital collection, which contains historical maps, photos, documents, audio and video.
National Archives and Records Administration
Under Research our Records, you’ll find the Archival Research Catalog (ARC) index to 6.3 million records (which links to 153,000 digital copies) and the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) collection of more than 85 million historical electronic records. The new Online Public Access system searches the ARC, the AAD, and more.
Census Online
The web’s largest directory of links to online census transcriptions!
This directory includes links to federal censuses and indexes, state
and territorial censuses, tax lists, voter lists, military pensioner lists, etc.
Western States Historical Marriage Records Index
Covering 12 states, this website hosted by Brigham Young University Idaho indexes nearly 700,000 early marriages, extending into the 1930s or later for Arizona, Idaho and Nevada. An alternative Enhanced Index Search returns results ready to copy right into Personal Ancestral File software.
Arizona
Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates
Hunt for Arizona ancestors with the help of this stellar vital-records site, where you can search for birth records (1855 to 1934) and death records (1844 to 1959). One click yields a PDF of the original document.
Arizona Memory Project
The Arizona Memory Project provides access to the wealth of primary sources in Arizona libraries, archives, museums and other cultural institutions. Visitors to the site will find some of the best examples of government documents, photographs, maps, and objects that chronicle Arizona’s past and present.
Free Forms
Family Tree Magazine has a page of free forms and cheat sheets to help you organize your genealogy research.
LDS Family History Centers in Pinal County
San Manuel
1002 N McNab Pkwy
San Manuel, Arizona
Phone: 520-385-4855
Hours: T 4pm-8pm; W 9am-12pm; Th 9am-1pm
Closed: 2 weeks over Christmas & New Years.
Casa Grande
1555 N Colorado Dr
Casa Grande, Arizona, United States
Phone: 520-836-7519
Hours: W-Th 9am-1pm, 6pm-9pm; Sat 9am-1pm
Tips and Resources
The Birmingham Public Library has some good tips on starting your genealogical research.
Here’s an article about how to trace your ancestors who served in the U.S. military.
Here is some information about how to find passenger lists and ship manifests from around the world.
Find articles about researching your Hispanic heritage here.
Learn about your Native American ancestry here.
This is a good article about research logs.
Click here for a list of social networking sites for genealogists.
Wondering where to post your family tree on the Web? Try some of the sites on this list.
Don’t forget to try local and state archives, vital records offices, and historical societies.
