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Genealogy Bibliography & Web Sites

Genealogy books @ Portsmouth Free Public Library

In addition to the following general works on genealogy, the library also has several genealogies that are about a specific family in Portsmouth, R. I. such as the Cornell, Lawton, Oxx, Sisson and Sherman families. Ask for these at the reference desk.

CALL NUMBER	AUTHOR	TITLE
929 SOU		The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy (Ancestry, 1997)
929 WES	Westin, Jeane Eddy	Finding Your Roots: How Every American Can Trace His Ancestors, at Home and Abroad (St. Martin's, 1977)
929.1 ADO	Adolph, Anthony	Collins Tracing Your Family History (Collins, 2004)
929.1 CAR	Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo	A genealogist's guide to discovering you immigrant & ethnic ancestors : how to find and record your unique heritage (Betterway Books, 2000)
929.1 CRO	Croom, Emily Anne	Unpuzzling Your Past : a Basic Guide to Genealogy (Betterway Books, 1983)
929.1 GRE	Greenwood, Val D.	The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy (Genealogical Publishing, 2000)
929.1 HIN	Hinckley, Kathleen W.	Locating lost family members & friends : modern genealogical research techniques for locating the people of your past and present (Betterway Books, 1999)
929.1 MEL	Melnyk, Marcia Yannizze	The weekend genealogist : timesaving techniques for effective research (Betterway Books, 2000)
929.1 ROS	Rose, Christine	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Genealogy (Alpha Books, 1997)
929.1 SHE	Shepherdson, Nancy	Ancestor Hunt : Finding Your Family Online (Franklin Watts, 2003)
929.1 WIL	Willard, Jim	Ancestors (Houghton Mifflin, 1997)
929.1028 CRO	Crowe, Elizabeth Powell	Genealogy Online (McGraw-Hill, 2000)
929.5 CAR	Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo	Your Guide to Cemetery Research (Betterway Books, 2002)

Genealogy Web Sites

Adoption Records http://www.peoplespot.com/records/adoption.htm?newslib	Tons of links to adoption sites.
Archive CD Books Project http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/	The Archive CD Books Project exists to make reproductions of old books, documents and maps available on CD to genealogists and historians. There are census enumerators books for many counties in England & Wales.
Cemetery Records http://www.peoplespot.com/records/cemeteries.htm	Over 2.5 million grave records.
Cyndi's List http://www.cyndislist.com/	More than 240,000 links to genealogical sites
Distant Cousin http://www.distantcousin.com/	Links to passenger ship lists, city directories, and more
Family History Centers http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHC/frameset_fhc.asp	Access to most of the microfilms and microfiche in the Family History Library to help patrons identify their ancestors. Everyone is welcome to come to the centers and use Family History Center resources.
JewishGen http://www.jewishgen.org/	Primary internet source connecting researchers of Jewish genealogy worldwide
Kindred Trails http://www.kindredtrails.com/rhode_island.html	Worldwide genealogy resources - this link goes directly to Rhode Island sites.
Librarians Serving Genealogists http://www.jewishgen.org/	Organization formed to help librarians serve genealogy patrons
National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov/research_room/genealogy/index.html	The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent federal agency that preserves our nation's history and defines us as a people by overseeing the management of all federal records.
Obituaries Online http://www.peoplespot.com/records/obituaries.htm?newslib	Over 1,000 recent obituaries and links to obituaries from Canada, U.S. and the U.K.
Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com/	Rootsweb offers a surname search, a link to the Social Security Death Index and other free record searches.
Vital Records http://www.vitalrec.com/	This page contains information about where to obtain vital records (such as birth, death & marriage certificates and divorce decrees) from each state, territory and county of the United States.
R.I. Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/	The Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Transcription Project was begun by genealogists in 1990 with the goal of entering all known transcriptions of cemeteries in RI into a database (phase 1), then sending volunteers into the field with a printout to see which stones were still there and whether they were correctly transcribed (phase 2). The cemeteries and the listings are primarily 1647-1900.