Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 2nd Edition (Red Book: American State, Country & Town Sources) (Hardcover)

by William Dollarhide (Author), Alice Eichholz (Editor)

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Product Description
American State, County, and Town Sources Here's the book that will quickly guide you to the most useful genealogical resources in each of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia.

Discover where to go to locate the information you need to fill in the gaps in your family tree and avoid the disappointments of endless dead ends.

The Red Book lists repositories of information in counties and towns across America. Organized by state, the book easily directs you to information-rich resources in each area including:

- Vital Records
- Census Records
- Background Sources
- Maps by William Dollarhide
- Land Records
- Probate Records
- Court Records
- Tax Records
- Cemetery Records
- Church Records
- Military Records
- Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections
- Archives, Libraries, and Societies

The result of the collective effort of renowned professional researchers and state archivists, this book sets the standard for resource identification and is a must for anyone serious about tracing their roots.

858 pages, 8 3/4 by 11, hardbound

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Organized by state, Ancestry's Red Book helps you find information-rich resources for all kinds of records all across America.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 858 pages
• Publisher: Ancestry.com; 2nd rev. edition (1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916489477
• ISBN-13: 978-0916489472
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #416,194 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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111 of 112 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The RED BOOK has the answers when searching a new locality!, September 9, 1998

By	DearMYRTLE (Bellevue, WA USA) - See all my reviews

So you're making a little progress in your family history research, having interviewed most of your older relatives. NOW you need to begin looking at the records created in the localities where your ancestors once lived! For US researchers, the RED BOOK is an essential reference book!

NEED TO KNOW -- WHEN a county was created? WHERE the probate records are kept? WHAT the migration patterns were? IF there are surviving church records of christening, marriage and burial? HOW the county boundaries changed over the years?

The RED BOOK has the answers! I always turn to it when helping someone at our local LDS Family History Center. The RED BOOK gets you quickly up to speed on what to expect when researching a particular state.

This one is on my "A" list!!! Myrt

55 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Essential Genealogy Reference, December 17, 2001

By	K J Bedford (Deer Park, TX United States) - See all my reviews

I purchased this book by accident, actually. I already had the Handybook for Genealogists and considered the two to be too close in content to justify the expenditure. I received an offer for the purchase of the Red Book at a discount and jumped on it, only to realize later what I had done. I thought about returning it, once it arrived.

However, after sitting down and doing a side-by-side comparison of the two books, I realized that there is some very different information between the two. Both are quite useful, and if I ever question information in one (come on, that's what we DO) I have a second source to confirm the first. I find myself reaching for this book time after time, and not just to confirm info from the Handybook. There are certain things I find easier to understand in the Red Book, not to mention the different perspective offered.

This book is, simply put, indispensible!

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The RED BOOK Bible, November 19, 2001

By A Customer

Genealogists receive initial contact addresses for records in all 50 states and an idea of what information is kept where! I have used mine to pieces. However it's due for an update to include emails and websites.