Donna’s Genealogy Blog

Who Do You Think You Are?

Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:27:29 -0500

Isn’t that why all of us started to explore our family history? Knowing about our past provides the connection between generations. There are lots of reasons why people are drawn to family history and genealogy...some for religious reasons, some to join a lineage society, some to pass on to children and grandchildren, and some for health reasons. There’s not a week that goes by recently when I haven’t seen or heard something about the importance of knowing your family health history.
Alex Haley and Roots was a big influence and many started their research at that time. The Internet has and also been a great (or in some cases a not so great <g>) influence. In the next month, two television series with look at the genealogy of some famous individuals. Genealogists, historians and scholars have always done this, and each election year there are revelations about our politicians and their family trees. Last week’s revelation by the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) was that Barack Obama and the new republican senator from Massachusetts, Scott Brown are tenth cousins. Obama is also related to Warren Buffett, George Bush, Gerald Ford, Dick Cheney, Hillary Clinton and Brad Pitt. But what about us “regular” people. Who knows? That’s one of the draws.
Now I would never suggest that someone should start researching their family history with a specific connection in mind. We have in many of our libraries, books written at the turn of the century by Gustav Anjou, a purported genealogist who provided star studded genealogies to wealthy individuals, giving them exactly what they wanted...famous connections even when none were warranted.
This Wednesday (February 10th) a new series will debut on PBS entitled Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr. According to the website, “the Harvard scholar turns to the latest tools of genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of 12 renowned Americans.” The series will run the week of March 3rd.
But wait...there’s more! Beginning Friday, March 5th at 8 p.m., NBC will finally begin the Who Do You Think You Are series. Modeled after a popular British series begun in 2004, this program has been in the works for the past three years. It appears that this year it will finally be released. The program follows seven well know personalities as they search for their family origins. The show is sponsored by Ancestry and a link on the show page invites individuals to start their family tree.
Those of you who read this blog will find these shows interesting, but don’t forget to pass the information on to those who haven’t yet begun their search. I’m sure they’ll thank you.
Happy Hunting!

Irish Genealogy

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:25:50 -0500

No one said your Irish genealogy research would be easy, but that’s the fun of it. Although I do quite a bit of work for clients in Ireland, I get very little time to work on my own family. My trip to Ireland last summer allowed me to visit some Irish cousins, but I really didn’t spend any time delving into my family. Perhaps when I go this year, I get that chance. I plan to be in Ireland the first two weeks of July, so if you’re interested in any research, let me know. Some people have asked if I plan to take a group to Ireland to research. Although that’s not my plan for this year, if people are interested in being there in early July, I would be happy to set something up.
Most people have heard that “you can’t research in Ireland because of the fire.” Although the fire at the Public Records Office in Dublin in 1922 was devastating, there are still many records to research your 19th century ancestors. The farther you go back, however, the more difficult it becomes.
Over the past year, a number of new resources have become available for Irish family researchers. As I’ve written on a couple of times, the Irish Civil Registration Indexes at FamilySearch.org (pilot site) are one of the most helpful new resources. Instead of having to order films from the LDS to your local Family History Center, you can now search the birth, death and marriage indexes from 1864, and Protestant marriages from 1845. After 1922 only the Republic of Ireland is available. For more information, I’ve linked a copy of the article I wrote for Digital Genealogist to my Calendar page.
The expansion of the Irish Family History Foundation online database of church records is another great resource. Although you can search the index for free to see the actual certificate costs €5 (about $7). Not all counties are available, but it’s a terrific site for the counties that are online.
Finally, IrishGenealogy.ie. This site is hosted by the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism and currently has about 1,334,000 Church records of Baptism, Marriage and Death available to view free of charge. The focus so far has been on Kerry and Dublin. Kerry is important, since their records have long been a problem. Although the microfilms of Roman Catholic church records were available at the National Library, they could not be viewed without permission of the Bishop. Last spring, the National Library opened them for viewing and this database is a huge step forward for genealogists researching in Kerry. One of the interesting features of this website is that it will find a name, whether it appears as a name of a child, parent or sponsor. Hopefully the government will continue to populate this site with new records. In addition, this site also has a “Central Signposting Index” covering over 3 million names in eleven counties. It will point you to resources in the county (usually a Heritage Centre) that will be able to assist you with your search.
Remember, if you’re planning research in Ireland, you need to do your homework before you leave. The websites listed above will help you prepare for a successful research trip to Ireland.
Happy Hunting!

Salt Lake City

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:52:12 -0500

I’ve just spent six days in Salt Lake City and am sitting at the airport, waiting for my flight home. I wish I had another week! For those of you who have visited the mecca of genealogical research I’m sure you know what I mean...for the rest of you, it’s a trip you need to make.
This week is typically a “winter retreat” week for professional genealogists so there are plenty of friends here with whom to share that wonderful find. Today I found a will from 1678 that I didn’t think existed! I was doing the happy dance big time.
One of the discussions that we’ve had this week is how to get new family researchers to move from the Internet to original records and to use repositories for research in conjunction with their Internet research. The truth is, although many records are being made available on the Internet, the majority of original documents will not make it to the Internet in my lifetime. So many new researchers will try out a few sites and believe that all their ancestors are online...what else do they need to do? Experienced researchers know to treat family trees on the Internet only as hints to your family story. If there are no sources cited you need to question everything. I’m not saying that the trees aren’t interesting. I use them frequently to get hints on where to look for original records. I pulled up one the other day on a collateral line for a client. The individual I chose had an unusual first name, and I came up with six hits. All six hits had the same information, including children born 20 years before the parents marriage and with a range of close to 60 years between the youngest and oldest “sibling.” That would make the mother 10 when the first child was born and close to 70 when the last child was born...not likely. They were all submitted with different family tree names, so either one individual uploaded information multiple times, or more likely, one person uploaded the file, and the other five copied it into their files and uploaded them. Everyone needs to be responsible for making sure whatever they upload to the Internet is well researched and cited.
Much of the work I accomplished this week I could have done at the Family History Center in Sarasota by ordering films, however it would have taken me much longer. At the Family History Library (FHL), I can pull a Grantee index for Allegany County, New York deeds, and make a copy of it, or write down the volume and page number of the deeds I want to view. In this case there were about 30 of them. I then check the volume numbers in the Family History Catalog and create a list of microfilms. I pull the microfilms out of the cabinet and go to the page noted in the index and make a copy of the deed. At home, I would have to order the microfilms and wait a few weeks for them to arrive. At the library I can move from film to film quickly. Cost is also a factor. If I were to order these films it would cost $5.50 each. The FHL has installed new scanner/printers which allow you to either print a paper copy (.10 ea.) or save the document to a USB drive (free). I elected to save all of the documents to my drive so I could transcribe them at home. Besides the deeds, I obtained wills, inventories and vital records for New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut, all in one place. In all cases these were original records that are not available on the Internet. (If you don’t know why deeds are so important to your research, read this.)
When I visit the FHL I schedule my trip from mid-week through the weekend. The library is open from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday; until 5:00 p.m. on Monday and is closed on Sunday. I tend to arrive at 8 a.m. and work until mid-afternoon when I have a late lunch/early dinner, return to the library and work until closing. Sunday is my day to (1) visit the Tabernacle to hear the Choir, and (2) to reorganize my work, check what I’ve done, and write reports, which helps me understand what I need to do during my last few days. There’s nothing worse than arriving home to realize the one record you needed you forgot to get (been there, done that).
If you would like more information about researching at the FHL, or if your Society is interested in a trip, please contact me.
Happy Hunting!

My Favorite Document

Mon, 4 Jan 2010 11:04:11 -0500

In the early 1990s, my oldest daughter Sarah was in 9th grade and had an independent study project to complete. She wanted to know more about the Moughty family and so began my involvement in family history. Just to set the record straight, she got an “A” on the project and I got hooked. As I’ve often mentioned, my family has no interest in family history and frequently refers to me as the “crazy lady who chases dead people.”
We were discussing the project at our Sunday night dinner at my sister-in-laws and she excused herself and returned with a shoebox with papers that had belonged to her grandfather. Nestled among the papers was a card that clearly had something to do with his immigration. It said “From Queenstown, October 18th, 1907, Manifest Sheet No. Q12, Moughty, Patrick.”
A few weeks later the family was headed out on a skiing vacation to Park City, Utah, and I stuck the card in my purse. One day, my daughter and I headed to Salt Lake City to visit the famous Family History Library. As it was our first trip and we really didn’t know anything about genealogy, we approached the desk and I pulled the card from my purse asking the person working there if he thought we might be able to find a ship manifest based on the information on the card. He looked at me and said “I’ve never seen an original before!” What did I know...an original what? After checking a few books we were directed to a microfilm reader and shortly thereafter we were looking at the manifest of Patrick “Pop” Moughty age 20, arriving in New York on the Baltic from Moyvore in Westmeath, Ireland. His father, Bernard was his closest relative in Ireland and he had $15. I was hooked!
As you can see from the picture above of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, this was his Inspection Card that was attached to each arriving immigrant. And yes, it was the original, and no, I don’t carry it around in my purse any longer. It, along with the manifest are the documents that started me on my journey of family discovery.
Perhaps someone in your family has a shoebox, or a strongbox (found under my grandmother’s bed with my grandfather’s change of name petition), or other box containing family papers. Don’t forget to ask. Check with all of your cousins, because you know, they always got the good stuff! You never know what might turn up that will start you, or perhaps even one of your children on a great journey.
I’m off on Wednesday to Salt Lake City for a week of research at the Family History Library...five full days of cranking microfilm (no you can’t do it all on the Internet). Who knew back in 1990, that this would become one of my favorite trips.
Happy Hunting!

Genealogy Resolutions for 2010

Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:38:20 -0500

I hope you had a wonderful holiday and offer best wishes for a happy, productive and healthy New Year. It seems like only yesterday that we were contemplating Y2K and hoping that our computers would continue working (I didn’t really worry too much about that since I had a Mac). Now, here we are entering a new decade and our lives are definitely not the same. I was working full time, and trying to squeeze my genealogy into the limited free time I had (usually late at night). Today, though I still frequently work late into the night, I rarely have time to focus on my own family.
Perhaps you were not researching your family ten years ago, and don’t realize that most of us spent more time in repositories cranking microfilm or pulling dusty books off shelves than on the Internet. Yes, it’s true, there was research before the Internet <g>. With so many records and books being digitized it’s easy to think that everything you need is going to be as close as your keyboard, but that’s not true.
I’m starting off 2010 with a research trip to Salt Lake City next week (I hope it’s not too cold as I’ve become accustomed to the warm weather here in Florida). Although I am a frequent user of the Family History Center here in Sarasota, an intensive week at the Family History Library allows me to access records faster and accomplish more in a shorter time. That’s for all those records (especially land and probate) that are on microfilm, but not digitized. Spending two weeks in Ireland this past summer was also a great learning experience and I’ll be returning to Ireland the beginning of July of 2010 for another two weeks.
So where are you on your genealogy resolutions for the new year and the new decade? I’ve learned a tremendous amount over the past few years and I plan to continue my education by taking classes, attending conferences and researching not only the hatches, matches and dispatches, but also history and records. A better understanding of history may help you break through a brick wall. For example, through research I’ve been doing for a client, I’ve become interested in the Anglican (Church of England) experience in Connecticut prior to the Revolution. It helps to put into perspective why records for this family have not been available. I also hope to do more writing this year, not only on my blog, but also for other publications. I’m also working on delivering some online classes, so stay tuned.
Finally, I hope to give back by continuing to work on Family Search Indexing. I was active in indexing the Irish Civil Registration Indexes in 2008, but did not do much in 2009. I plan to schedule at least a few hours a month as a volunteer on this very worthwhile project.
I hope you have given some though to your New Year’s Genealogy Resolutions as well. Happy Hunting!

Happy Holidays

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:25:35 -0500

Just 10 days left until Christmas. I wonder if Santa will bring me the answers to all of the brick walls on my family? Probably not. However, it will be great to see all of our family and friends. I did get an early Christmas present...a new MacBook Pro. I’m trying to be careful about moving things from my old computer as I need them rather than load it up with all of the “stuff,” but that means that whatever I’m looking for is not where it needs to be (hence no blog last week).
I’m heading north tomorrow with a side trip to Colonial Williamsburg and since we’re driving, I’m taking both computers, three hard drives and various cables, jump drives and of course my iPhone. Hopefully I’ll have everything sync’d up by the time I get back.
I’ll be making a research trip to Salt Lake City, leaving of January 5th, so if you are in need of any research at the Family History Library, please contact me.
May you have a joyous holiday season, and a happy and healthy new year.

Genealogy Odds and Ends

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:38:30 -0500

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving holiday. Did you work on your health history? I hope so. I also heard about another family memory project for the Thanksgiving weekend called StoryCorps...check it out. Even though this is a little late for Thanksgiving, hopefully you’ll be getting together again for Christmas and can use some of these ideas.
Last year I created a book for Christmas for my sisters using Ancestry’s MyCanvas that was a great hit. I planned to do the same this year, but the time just got away from me and I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s too late. What I really need to do is start it in January and work on it throughout the year. Maybe I’ll set that as one of my New Year’s Resolutions. I realize that’s coming up soon and I snuck a look back at what I said last year and guess what...I haven’t gotten that done either. What happened to this year!
This weekend while I was flying back and forth to Connecticut I cleaned out most of the 250 or so emails that were still sitting in my inbox. When I’m busy, I tend to leave things there, thinking I’ll get back to them when things slow down, but of course, they never do. I found some video links that I want to pass on.
I always enjoy RootsTelevision.com. They’ve posted some videos from the National Archive on the 1940 census (yes it’s coming but not until April of 2012) that are interesting. Take a look. You can see what’s happening on RootsWebTelevision by subscribing to the Og Blog.
The other video was one put out by the National Genealogical Society. Titled “Paths to Your Past,” this is a 12 minute presentation done by noted genealogists and family researchers.
Happy Hunting!

Happy Health History Day

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:31:53 -0500

Did you know that the Surgeon General has declared Thanksgiving Day to be Family Health History Day? If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you probably already know this as I’ve written on it for the past few years. It is a topic that is near and dear to my heart and I hope you will consider collecting and sharing this information with your family.
I’m visiting Connecticut for the holiday and heard just this morning of a young woman (a cousin of my husband) who was diagnosed with breast cancer and just had a double mastectomy. She lives across the country and when she was diagnosed she had no idea that her great aunt had been diagnosed with breast cancer in her early forties. With the announcements of this past week changing the recommendations for mammograms it is more important than ever to know about your family history. And remember, men can get breast cancer as well.
I hope you’ll take the opportunity to discuss health issues with your family on Thursday.
Happy Health History Day, and Thanksgiving, too!

Irish Resources

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:52:41 -0500

The Florida State Genealogical Conference was a great success this past weekend...kudos to those who were involved, especially Cindy Davis who chaired the event. I gave two lectures at the conference. The first was on Irish Resources and I focused on three resources that are new or expanded in the past year.
First, as I’ve written on a couple of times, is the LDS Civil Registration Indexes 1845-1958. A couple of the issues I had originally have been solved, but I’m still frustrated that you can only search by county when these indexes were created by registration district. Feel free to provide similar feedback by clicking on the upper right hand “Feedback” button.
The second major resource to become available this year was the complete 1911 census at the National Archives of Ireland site. According to their website, the 1901 census is scheduled to be released in early 2010. Keep your fingers crossed! Don’t forget to look at all the schedules and not just Form A. They will tell you about the house in which your ancestors lived and how many outbuildings were on their land. All this information helps to put your ancestors into context.
I also spoke about the Irish Family History Foundation online database of church and civil records. These are the records that were indexed by the Heritage Centres in the early 1990’s and although not all counties are yet available they can provide some additional information. The search is free, however it costs €5 (about $7.50) to view the transcription of the record. Like the civil registration indexes, you don’t know until after you’ve paid whether or not you have the correct one, but this does give you immediate feedback. Today I was lucky enough to find an 1825 baptism on an individual in Dublin. Once I paid my €5, the transcription gave me the parents’ names and confirmed I had the correct record.
Shortly after I finished giving my lecture on Saturday, I checked my email only to find another resource. The National Library of Ireland has launched a new digital directory called Sources to pinpoint where information is held. This includes the digitizing of the original “Hayes Sources” according to their website. I haven’t had a chance to use it much yet, but a search on Moughty (which normally turns up nothing) produced a reference to a manuscript in the National Library collection that I don’t think I could have found without this database.
Finally, today I picked up a website that says that the Kerry church records (not available from the IFHF) and only recently made available at the National Library are being turned over to the Department of Tourism for free access at the Irish Genealogy website. A visit to this website has the message that the website will be relaunched in the next few weeks (dated 2 Nov 2009). Stay tuned!
The other lecture I gave was one of my favorites on Family Health History. It’s an important topic that I’ve discussed before, and remember...the Surgeon General has declared Thanksgiving Day at National Health History Day. More on that next week.
Happy Hunting!

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Florida State Genealogical Conference

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 22:32:18 -0500

I’m off the end of this week to Melbourne, Florida for the Florida State Genealogical Society’s 33rd Annual Conference. I’ve written about conferences many times, and I think the are a great investment. Not only do you have the opportunity to hear lectures of multiple topics, but you get to visit and exchange information with like-minded people.
Back in September Dick Eastman conducted a survey and included questions on conference attendance. 63% said the had never attended a national conference, however of those that had, 81% said that it was worth the money. I understand the difficulty of attending national conferences...they can be expensive, especially if you had to travel a distance to attend. I try to attend at least one of the two major conferences each year. This year your choice is Salt Lake City (that’s not bad!) for the National Genealogical Society Conference beginning April 28, 2010 and Knoxville for the Federation of Genealogical Societies beginning August 18, 2010. On the question of “do you plan to attend a national conference in 2010, 62% said no...about the same number that said they had never attended a national conference. I hope some of those people will change their mind...if they do, they’ll probably join the 81% who said that national conferences are well worth the money.
If traveling costs are a hindrance to attending a conference, what about the state, regional or large ethnic conferences? Still, 45% said they had never attended one with 85% of those who had saying they were worth the money. These conferences tend to be a lot less expensive. For one thing, they’re shorter, usually one or two days. You typically can drive to them and the quality (though not the quantity) is as high as the national conferences. There is usually a nationally known keynote speaker...for the Florida conference this week it is Craig R. Scott, CG, an expert on military records and owner of Heritage Books in Maryland. Yet, 43% of those surveyed said they did not plan to attend a state, regional or ethnic conference this year. What a shame.
Note that the respondents to Eastman’s survey are those who subscribe to his newsletter, so they are already hooked on this hobby. Why then, do so many pass up the opportunity to learn more about the subject of which they are already invested?
I hope if you’re in Florida that I will see you in Melbourne this weekend, and if not, you’ll consider attending a state, regional or ethnic conference close to where you live.
Happy Hunting!

Deeds

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:42:39 -0500

Over the past few weeks I’ve discussed the differences in land descriptions between the State Land States and the Federal (or Public Domain) Land States. Since as genealogists we are normally working backwards you’re likely to be working on individual land transfers before you get back to the original transfer from the government.
Transferring land from one individual to another is accomplished by a Deed and this is the record you’ll be collecting on your ancestors. Remember the majority of males over 21 owned land prior to the 20th century. Some of the important information you will collect from a deed is:
Name of the Grantor (person selling land)
Name of the Grantee (person buying land)
Consideration (payment for the land -- not always money)
Dates (both written and recorded - may be years apart)
Description of land (either metes and bounds or rectangular survey)
Witnesses (are they related to either the Grantor or Grantee?)
Bordering Neighbors (do any have the same name)
Watercourses or other landmarks
Dower Release (the wife’s agreement to the sale)
Indexes are an important resource, although you should be aware, that not all names in deeds are indexed. Deed books are kept chronologically by the date recorded (not the date written) and the index system might be as simple as running index by the first letter of the surname. Sometimes the indexes are split by years, and the index is restarted for each group of years (you might find these indexes in the front or back of each volume). The Cott Index is a more complex indexing system which provides individual pages for common surnames and groups other names together in alphabetical groups. Other indexing systems include the Russell and Campbell systems. If one of the more complex indexing systems is used, you’ll usually find instructions at the front of the index. If you don’t understand the system, ask the clerk for help. Always look for notations that indexes are continued on other pages. It is not uncommon for popular letters to be continued on the “Q,” “X,” or “Z” pages.
Once you find a deed you should make a complete copy of it. Like census records, check the deeds before and after to see if they might connect to the property. Remember that a deed might be recorded many years after the sale, sometimes when the next sale was made. Before you leave the courthouse or clerk’s office make sure you can read the copy and fill in as necessary from the original. Don’t forget that the LDS has microfilmed many of the US Land records, so check the Family History Catalog under the jurisdiction for the state (town or county) to see if copies are available.Begin by ordering the Grantor and Grantee Indexes. Create a list of all of the deeds for your ancestors (sometimes you’ll need everyone by the surname in the area) and then order the appropriate film. The best way to become comfortable with deeds is to transcribe them completely. That means you are making an exact copy of the original, line for line, including misspelled words, capitalization, punctuation and abbreviations (done exactly as they appear in the original).
Next week we’ll look at the process of transcribing and abstracting.
Happy Hunting!

Federal Land States

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:52:12 -0400

Last week I wrote about State Land States, those states where the original transfer of land was done by the states. After the Revolution, the federal government owed all the open land (the Public Domain) previously claimed by England. Because the Continental Congress ran out of money during the War, they promised to compensate servicemen by providing land in lieu of cash. After the War, because they had land, but little money, the government sold land to raise cash (Federal Lands States also called Public Domain States). Since land was to be auctioned off, it needed to be surveyed and a new system was devised called the Rectangular Survey.
When new lands were opened for sale, a meridian was designated along with an intersecting baseline for the survey. The meridians run north/south and the baselines run east/west. Every six miles running east/west parallel to the base line are township lines and every six miles running north/south parallel to the meridian are range lines. Each of the six square mile townships is then sub-divided into one square mile sections. Sections can then be divided into fractional or Aliquot parts. For a complete description of platting rectangular survey descriptions go to the Bureau of Land Management.
A land description in a Public Domain State might read like this...
the North West quarter of the North West fractional quarter, and the South West quarter of the
North West fractional quarter of Section fifteen, in Township six South, of Range five East in
the District of lands subject to sale at Lima, Ohio, containing seventy-five acres and ninety two
hundredths of an acre,

and be written like this...

So what does it mean? As you can see above, the description is written from left to right from the smallest part to the largest (i.e., the meridian). The plat of this property, however, is done from the meridian, or from right to left. From the intersection of the meridian and base line, you would count five to the right (east) and six down (south) to find the location of the township.

The next step would be to find the section and Aliquot parts. Each township is divided into thirty-six sections, each one mile square. They are numbered from the northeast corner (number one) west, then south, then east. Since most of our ancestors couldn’t afford to purchase a complete section (one square mile or 640 acres) a further division of the section was made in the same manner, dividing each section into quarters, then fractional parts. To complete the plat of the two pieces of land described above, we’re looking for the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the northwest corner. The two pieces of land are adjacent in the section and are located as shown.
Hopefully the diagrams help walk you through the process. Whether it be metes and bounds or rectangular survey, it takes a few deeds to become comfortable with the process. It’s worth the time to learn as land records can help solve many brick walls. Some additional resources that you can likely find at your genealogical library are:

• Eichholz, Alice (Ed.), Ancestry’s Red Book, 3rd Edition American State, Country & Town Sources, Ancestry, Salt Lake City, 2004.
• Garner, Bryan A. (Ed.), Black’s Law Dictionary, West Group, St. Paul, MN. (Many editions are available both in hard cover and paperback.)
• Hone, E. Wade, Land & Property Research in the United States,” Ancestry, Salt Lake City, 1997.
• Rose, Christine, Courthouse Research for Family Historians, Your Guide to Genealogical Treasures, CR Publications, San Jose, 2004.
• Sperry, Kip, Reading Early American Handwriting, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1998.
• Szucs, Loretto Dennis and Luebking, Sandra Hargreaves, (Ed.), The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, Revised Edition, Ancestry, Salt Lake City, 1997. (Chapter 10)

Happy Hunting!