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Catalogs and Indexes
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America: History and Life (EBSCOhost) |  |
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BGMI - Biography and Genealogy Master Index ‡ |  |
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| Daughters of the American Revolution Online Library Catalog ‡ |  |
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Family History Library Catalog ‡ (Family Search) | |
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Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost) | |
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| Historical Newspapers (1690-1980) ‡ (GenealogyBank.com) | |
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| New England Historic Genealogical Society Library Catalog ‡ (NewEnglandAncestors.org) | |
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Oregon Historical Records Index ‡ (Oregon State Archives) | |
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PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) ‡ (ProQuest) | |
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PRIMO | |
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WorldCat ‡ (FirstSearch) | |
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Census Records
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Nevada Online Census Database (Nevada State Historic Preservation Office) | |
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Church Records
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Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) | |
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Genealogies
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| Ancestral File (FamilySearch) | |
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| Google Books (Google) |  |
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Land Records
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General Land Office Records (Bureau of Land Management) | |
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Sanborn Maps (ProQuest) | |
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Military Records
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Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (ProQuest) | |
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Vital Records
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| Idaho Death Index, State of (BYU-Idaho) | |
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| International Genealogical Index (IGI) (FamilySearch) | |
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| Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch) | |
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| Social Security Death Index (GenealogyBank.com) | |
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| Social Security Death Index (RootsWeb) | |
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| Western States Marriage Records Index (BYU-Idaho) | |
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Books
The following are selected resources on genealogy and family history. For more books on this subject, use the Library Catalog.
To find books in other libraries, use WorldCat, a collective catalog for thousands of libraries in the United States, Canada, and around the world. This catalog should not be used as a substitute for this library's catalog but as another avenue of searching for books.
Dictionaries
The Dictionary of Genealogy (Reference Collection: CS6 .F58 1985)
Directories
Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657 (Main Book Collection: CS61.C64): Directory and bibliography of published genealogies.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of German-American Genealogical Research (Main Book Collection: E184.G3 S66)
Handbooks and Guides
Evidence!: Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian (Reference Collection: CS16 .M63 1997)
Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United States, 3rd ed. (Reference Collection: CS68 .U54 2000)
Land & Property Research in the United States (Main Book Collection: CS49 .H66 1997)
The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy, 3rd ed. (Reference Collection: CS49 .S65 2006)
Web Sites
RootsWeb: RootsWeb.com is the oldest and largest free genealogy Web site.
USGenWeb Project: The USGenWeb Project consists of a group of volunteers working together to provide Internet Web sites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States. The Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free access for everyone. Organization is by county and state, and this Web site provides you with links to all the state Web sites which, in turn, provide gateways to the counties.
Librarians
| Bibliographer for Genealogy and Family History | Reference Librarian for Genealogy and Family History | |
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Phil Homan
Instruction Librarian (208) 282-3047 homaphil@isu.edu |
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