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Catalogs and Indexes

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America History and Life Description America: History and Life (EBSCOhost)
Full-text Database
Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library   On & Off Campus
Biography and Genealogy Master Index Description BGMI - Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Index
Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library   On & Off Campus
  Daughters of the American Revolution Online Library Catalog
Catalog
Available free   Unrestricted
Family History Library Catalog Description Family History Library Catalog ‡ (Family Search)
Catalog
Available free   Unrestricted
Historical Abstracts Description Historical Abstracts (EBSCOhost)
Full-text Database
Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library   On & Off Campus
  Historical Newspapers (1690-1980) ‡ (GenealogyBank.com)
Index
Available free   Unrestricted
  New England Historic Genealogical Society Library Catalog ‡ (NewEnglandAncestors.org)
Catalog
Available free   Unrestricted
Oregon Historical Records Index Description Oregon Historical Records Index ‡ (Oregon State Archives)
Index
Available free   Unrestricted
Criminal Justice Periodicals Description PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) ‡ (ProQuest)
Index
Funded by LiLI   On & Off Campus
PRIMO Description PRIMO
Catalog
Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library   Special
WorldCat Description WorldCat ‡ (FirstSearch)
Catalog
Funded by LiLI   On & Off Campus

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Census Records

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ProQuest HeritageQuest OnLine Census Description HeritageQuest OnLine Census (ProQuest)
Full-text Database
Funded by LiLI   On & Off Campus
Nevada Online Census Database Description Nevada Online Census Database (Nevada State Historic Preservation Office)
Full-text Database
Available free   Unrestricted

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Church Records

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Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868 Description Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Full-text Database
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Genealogies

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  Ancestral File (FamilySearch)
Full-text Database
Available free   Unrestricted
  Google Books (Google)
e-book
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HeritageQuest Online Books Description HeritageQuest Online Books (ProQuest)
e-book
Funded by LiLI   On & Off Campus

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Land Records

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General Land Office Records Description General Land Office Records (Bureau of Land Management)
Full-text Database
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Sanborn Maps Description Sanborn Maps (ProQuest)
Full-text Database
Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library   On & Off Campus

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Military Records

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Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files Description Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (ProQuest)
Full-text Database
Funded by Eli M. Oboler Library   On & Off Campus

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Vital Records

Title Type   # Users Access Restrictions
Idaho Death Index (Idaho GenWeb Project)
Web Site
Available free   Unrestricted
Idaho Death Index, State of (BYU-Idaho)
Index
Available free   Unrestricted
International Genealogical Index (IGI) (FamilySearch)
Index
Available free   Unrestricted
Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch)
Index
Available free   Unrestricted
Social Security Death Index (GenealogyBank.com)
Index
Available free   Unrestricted
Social Security Death Index (RootsWeb)
Index
Available free   Unrestricted
Western States Marriage Records Index (BYU-Idaho)
Index
Available free   Unrestricted


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



Phil Homan
Instruction Librarian
(208) 282-3047
homaphil@isu.edu

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