The county has always been used as the basic Federal census unit. Genealogical research in the census, therefore, begins with identifying the correct county jurisdictions. This work shows all U.S. county boundaries from 1790 to 1920. On each of the nearly 400 maps the old county lines are superimposed over the modern ones to highlight the boundary changes at ten-year intervals. Also ...

Manufacturer: Genealogical Publishing Company
Written By: William Thorndale, William Dollarhide

There's no shortage of materials available on how to search for your family's genealogical records--deciding whether the search is worth your time, however, is another matter. In Search of Our Ancestors, a printed companion to the PBS series Ancestors, is filled with stories, more than 100 of them, each supplying a different answer to the question, "Why search?" No story ...

Manufacturer: Adams Media Corporation

The beginning of Queen Victoria's reign coincided with the advent of photography. Before her children had left the nursery, the first photographs of the royal family were andthe public saw a new dimension of the monarchy. This album includes more than 300 pictures and illuminates the lives, personalities, and tastes of the Queen's family.

Manufacturer: Sutton Publishing
Written By: Charlotte Zeepvat

Helen Epstein's compassionate tribute to her family, Where She Came From, combines a moving ancestral history with the scrupulously researched fate of Eastern European Jews. The daughter of a Holocaust survivor, Epstein began her project after her mother's death, with only the stories of her family to guide her. For a period of over twelve years, the author traveled to Czechoslovakia, Austria, and ...

Manufacturer: Plume
Written By: Helen Epstein

Evidence Explained is the definitive guide to the citation and analysis of historical sources. It begins with a simple question: Why do we invest so much of our energy into the citation of sources? Followed by the intriguing answer: Because all sources are not created equal. As a citation guide, Evidence Explained is built on this simple question and answer. According to the author, ...

Manufacturer: Genealogical Pub Co
Written By: Elizabeth Shown Mills

Complete with its original N.C. Wyeth illustrations is this outstanding first-person chronicle of life on the American frontier.

Manufacturer: Bison Books
Written By: Elinore Pruitt Stewart

For three centuries--beginning with the accession of Mikhail Feodorovich Romanov in 1613--the Romanov Dynasty ruled Russia.  Its reign ended with the execution of Nicholas II and Alexandra in the early 20th century.  Noted Russian scholar W. Bruce Lincoln has brilliantly portrayed the achievement, significance and high drama of the Dynasty as no previous book has done.  His use of rare ...

Manufacturer: Anchor
Written By: W. Bruce Lincoln

The Krupps armed the forces of the Kaiser and of Hitler and financed Hitler's "Terror Election" of 1933. During the Nazi era the Krupps ruled one hundred and thirty eight privately owned concentration camps.

Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
Written By: William Manchester

Absolutely the "Bible" of Cherokee Genealogy. New, 336 page 2nd Edition, partially in four color. If the information in this remarkable new book doesn't lead a person to proof of their Cherokee roots, nothing can!

Manufacturer: Chu-Nan-Nee Books
Written By: Tony Mack McClure

This comprehensive pictorial history tells the story of Black women in eight parts: Family Life, Work, Hair, Resistance, Class, Education, Religion and Community, and Inner Life. In addition to 302 carefully chosen images, the editors provide descriptive captions and quotations from letters, diaries, journals, and other sources.

Manufacturer: Indiana University Press