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Where books: Other

Who books: Military records

Who books: United States

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How To books: General

Where books: Bibliographies

Where books: British Isles

Who books: Early New England & Immigrants

Who books: New England & New York

Family Histories & Genealogies

Journals

A Guide to Genealogical Resources at

the Falmouth Public Library

300 Main Street, Falmouth, ma 02540

The book collection can be divided into three main categories: How-To, Where & Who Books

First, there are HOW-TO books. Some are general, and others are specific, for example how to research immigration records, or how to do research in Poland.

Second, there are WHERE books: where to get vital records, or where to find information about a specific family. These books are largely lists.

Third, there are WHO books. These include vital records, family genealogies, etc. These are the books which might have actual information about your family.

Our collection in this category is primarily of a local nature. There is, of course, some overlap in these categories. There is usually some WHERE information in the HOW TO books. There are also a number of journals. They are listed separately.

I. HOW-TO BOOKS, General
The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy  by Val D. Greenwood, Genealogical Publishing Company 1990
How to Find Your Family Roots by William Latham, Santa Monica Press, 1994
Searching for Your Ancestors by Gilbert H. Doane
The Genealogists Companion & Sourcebook by Emily Croom, 1994
Unpuzzling Your Past - A Basic Guide to Genealogy by Emily Croom, 3rd Ed. 1995
Climb It Right - A Hi-teck Genealogy Primer by John & Carolyn Cosgriff, 1986
Ancestors - A Beginning Guide to Family History & Genealogy by Jim and Terry Willard, 1997
The Genealogists Handbook by Raymond S. Wright III, American Library Assoc., 1995
The Library, A Guide to The LDS Family History Library by John Cerny and Wendy Eliot, Ancestry Pub. 1988
The Source - A Guidebook of American Genealogy by Loretta D. Szucs & Sandra H. Luebking, Ancestry, 1997

II. HOW-TO BOOKS, Record Type
They Came in Ships: A Guide to finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Arrival Record, 1993
State Census Records by Ann S. Lainhart, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1992
Genealogy On Line - Researching Your Roots by Elizabeth Powell Crowe, McGraw-Hill, 1995
Your Family Tree Using Your PC by Jim Oldfield, Abacus, 1997

III. HOW-TO BOOKS, Locality
Ancestral Trails; Guide to British Genealogy by Mark D. Herber, 1997
Genealogical Research in England's Public Record Office - A Guide for North Americans 
    by Judith Prowse Reid, 1996
Genealogist'­s Handbook for Atlantic Canada Research edited by Terrence M. Punch, 1989
New Hampshire Genealogical Research Guide, Heritage Books, 1983
Welsh Family History, a Guide to Research, 1993
Irish Records by James G. Ryan, 1988
Guide to Genealogical Resources in the British Isles by Dolores B. Owen, 1989
The Story of the Irish in Boston by James Bernard Cullen, James B. Cullen Co., 1889
In Search of Your German Roots by Angus Baxter, Genealogy Publishing Co., 1987
In Search of Your British and Irish Roots by Angus Baxter
In Search of Your Canadian Roots by Angus Baxter, 1994
In Search of Your European Roots by Angus Baxter, 1994
Polish Roots by Rosemary A. Chorzempa, General Publishing Co., 1993
Italian Genealogical Records by Trafford R. Cole, Ancestry, 1995
A Guide to Quebec Catholic Parishes and Published Parish Marriage Records

IV. WHERE BOOKS
See also L.D.S. catalog on microfiche and PERSI on CD-ROMType your paragraph here.

V. WHO BOOKS - VITAL RECORDS, ETC.​

Vital Records to 1850 for many Massachusetts towns 
New England Marriages Prior to 1700 by Torrey  Supplement to Torrey, 2 vols.
Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, 1630-1699
Boston Births, 1700 - 1800, Gen. Pub. Co., 1978
Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1809 2 Vols. by Edward W. McGlenen, Gen. Pub. Co., 1977
Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 by Frederic W. Bailey, Gen. Pub. Co., 1968
Cemetery Inscriptions of Barnstable 1600 - 1900 by Paul Bunnell, Heritage Books, 1992
Old Cemeteries of Southeastern Massachusetts, Middleboro Pub. Lib. 1995
Provincetown, MA Cemetery Inscriptions, Heritage Books, 1980
The Village Cemetery and the Churchyard of the Church of the Messiah 1788 - 1968, by Col. Oliver Brown, 1969
Cemetery Inscriptions of Dennis, MA by Burton Nathaniel Derick, Heritage Books, 1993
Old Calvary Cemetery, New Yorkers Carved in Stone by Rosemary M. Ardolin, Heritage Books, 1996
Records of the First Church of Wareham 1739 - 1891
Marriage Notices 1785 - 1794 for the Whole United States by Charles Knowles Bolton, Gen. Pub. Co., 1965
Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Vols. 22 & 23:
Plymouth Church Records 1620 - 1859; 1920

microfiche

International Genealogical Index (IGI) created by Latter Day Saints. Contains births and marriages sent in by church members and others. References can be checked with some difficulty.

Includes the following locations:

Denmark, England, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Nova Scotia, Poland, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Wales

MICROFILMS

• GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF CAPE COD FAMILIES - 8 ROLLS

• 1850 CENSUS FOR CAPE COD - 2 ROLLS

• BURIAL IN WOODS HOLE: 1788 - 1968

• FALMOUTH VITAL RECORDS: 1668 - 1892

Microfiche

How To books: Locality

Where books: United States

Vital Records

Who books: MA Local History

Who Books: Other

Miscellaneous

Genealogy magazines

new england and new york

The Cape Cod Library of Local History, 2 Vols. assembled by Leonard H. Smith, Jr., Gen. Pub. Co. 1992
Records of the Proprietors of the Common Lands in the Town of Barnstable, Heritage Books, 1996
Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families by Amos Otis, Revised by C. F. Swift, 1888
Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families by William T. Davis, Gen. Pub. Company, 1975
The Town of Roxbury, MA, by Francis S. Drake, 1878, Heritage Reprint 1994
The History of the Town of Hingham, MA by George Lincoln, New England History Press, 1982
History of Plymouth, Norfolk, and Barnstable Counties, 3 Vols., by Elroy S. Thompson, Lewis History Publishing Company, 1928
History of Bristol County, MA by D. Hamilton Hurd, J. W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, 1885
The Narragansett Historical Register by James N. Arnold Heritage Reprint, 1994
History of Martha's Vineyard, 3 Vols. by Charles E. Banks, Dukes County Historical Society, 1966
Our Portuguese Heritage - 3,000 Families on Martha'­s Vineyard, 2 Vols. by Marianne Holmes Thomas, Edgartown, MA, 1996
Saints and Strangers by George F. Willison, 1945
Diary of King Philip'­s War, 1675-76 by Col. Benjamin Church

American & British Genealogy & Heraldry - list of books compiled by William Filby,
    American Library Assoc., 1970
The 1995 Genealogy Annual, a Bibliography by Thomas J. Kemp, Scholarly Resources, 1996
Genealogical & Local History Books in Print, edited by Marian Hoffman, 1996
Genealogies in the Library of Congress, 3 Vols. 1972, 1981
Index to American Genealogies, 1900

bibliographies

Books

P.O. Box 2107, East Falmouth, MA 02536 - Barnstable County 

Newspaper Genealogical Column Directory by Anita Check Milner, Heritage Books, 1979
Virtual Roots - A Guide to Genealogy & Local History on the World Wide Web
    by Thomas Jay Kemp, Scholarly Resources, 1997
The Genealogists Address Book, 3rd edition by Elizabeth Petty Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997?
Researcher'­s Guide to Archives and Regional History Sources, 1988
U. S. Military Records, A Guide to Federal and State Sources by Janes C. Neagles, 1994
Directory of Family Associations, 1991
Ancestry's Redbook - American County & State Sources
County Courthouse Book by Bentley, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996
The Hereditary Register of the United States of America (list of hereditary societies) 1972, 1997-1998

APG Directory of Professional Genealogists Assoc. of Prof. Gen., 1997

new england & New york

Women Patriots of the American Revolution by Charles E. Claghorn, The Scarecrow Press, 1991
Ancestors of American Presidents  by Gary Boyd Roberts, 1989
Original Lists of Emigrants in Bondage from London to the American Colonies, 1719 - 1744, Magna Carta Book Company, 1967
Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 7 Vols.
Ship Passenger Lists, National and New England, 1800 - 1825 by Carl Boyer 3rd, 1977
Ship Passenger Lists - The South, 1538 - 1825, 1979
Surnames in the United States Census of 1790, Gen. Pub. Co., 1971
Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 2 Vols. by Bishop William Meade, Gen. Pub. Co. 1966

united states

Generations Past - Sources for Afro-American Genealogical Research
  by Sandra M. Lawson, Library of Congress, 1988
Sourcebook for Jewish Genealogies and Family Histories
  by David S. Zubatsky and Irwin M. Berent, 1996
American Origins: A Handbook of Genealogical Sources Throughout Europe
  by L. G. Pine, Doubleday, 1960

british isles

united states

massachusetts local history

Mass. Officers in the French and Indian Wars 1748 - 1763 Editor Nancy S. Voye, Society of Colonial Wars, 1975
Mass. Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution, many Vols.
Mass. Soldiers and Sailers of the Civil War, many Vols.
Mass. Minute Men of 61 by George W. Nason
Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army by Francis B. Heitman, Gen. Pub. Co., 1967
Pension Roll of 1935, 4 Vols. Gen. Pub. Co., 1968
History of the Forty-eighth Regiment M.V.M. During the Civil War by Albert Plummer, 1907
History of the 57th Massachusetts, Vols. by John Anderson, 1896
Mass. Minute Men of 61, by George W. Nason, 1910

military records

EARLY NEW ENGLAND IMMIGRANTS

other

Little Compton Families by Benjamin Franklin Wilbur, Little Compton Historical Society, 1967
New Hampshire Marriage Licenses and Intentions 1709 - 1961 by Pauline Johnson Oesterlin, Heritage Books, 1991
Some Connecticut Nutmeggers Who Migrated by Grace Louise Knox and Barbara B. Ferris, Heritage Books, 1988
Portrait and Biographical Record of Orange County, NY , 3 Vols., Chapman Pub. Co. 1893, Heritage Reprint, 1994
Centennial History of Erie County, NY  by Crisfield Johnson, 1876, Heritage Reprint, 1995
New France and New England by John Fiske, 1902; Heritage 1997

A Surname Guide to Massachusetts Town Histories by Phyllis O. Logner and Pauline J. Oesterlin, Heritage Press, 1993
Massachusetts Sources: Boston, New Bedford, Springfield, Worcester. Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, 1985
Genealogical and Local History Resources Available in Plymouth; Plymouth Public Library, 1995
New England Historical Resources Catalog, New England Heritage Center, 1996
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island Atlas of Historical County Boundaries edited by John H. Long, Simon & Schuster, 1994
Directory to Collections of New York Vital Records 1726-1989 by Fred. Q. Bowman & Thomas J. Lynch; Heritage, 1995
Massachusetts, a Bibliography of its History, 1976
New England, A Bibliography of its History, 2 Vols., 1989

Falmouth Genealogical Society

Ashley of the Old Colony, Vol. 1, by Rogert H. Ashley, 1981
Recollections of Lewis Bonnet, Jr. (1778-1850), 1991
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. I, John R. Billington Bishop and Burroughs
Families in Early Massachusetts by Evelyn C. Lane, 1991 (paper)
History of Richard Bourn and some of his Descendants by Hannah S. Dykes

family histories & genealogy

other

Guide to Genealogical Resources in the British Isles by Dolores B. Owen, 1989
Key to the Ancient Parish Registers of England and Wales
    by Arthur Meredyth Burks, Gen. Pub. Co., 1962
Genealogical Gazetteer of England by Frank Smith, Gen. Pub. Co., 1968
The Handy Book for Genealogists, 7th Edition Everton Pub., 1981

First Settlers of New England  by James Savage, 4 Vols.
Pioneers of Massachusetts by Pope
Records of Plymouth Colony 1633 - 1689 by Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Gen. Pub. Co., 1976
The Mayflower Planters of Plymouth, MA 1620 by Leon Clark Hills, Hills Pub. Co. 1936
The Great Migration Begins by Robert Charles Anderson, 3 Vols. New England Historical Genealogical Society 1996
Passengers on the Lion from England to Boston, 1632, 2 Vols. by Sandra Sutphin Olney, Heritage Books, 1992
Lists of Emigrants to America 1600 - 1700 by John Camden Hotten, Gen. Pub. Co., 1962
English Adventurers and Emigrants 1609 - 1660, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1984
The Planters of the Commonwealth 1620 - 1640 by Charles Edward Banks, Gen. Pub. Co., 1967
Cape Cod Series, Vol. 1: The Mayflower Planters by Leon Clark Hills, 1936

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Ancient Scottish Surnames by William Buchanan, 1820, Heritage Reprint, 1994
The General Armory of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales by Sir Bernard Burke, 1878, Heritage Reprint, 1996
Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625 - 1825 by David Dobson, Gen. Pub. Co., 1985
History of Barrington Township, Nova Scotia by Edwin Crowell, Mika Pub. Co., Belleville, Ontario, 1981
Dictionnaire Genealogique des Families du Quebec by Rene Jette, University of Montreal, 1983
Scottish Local History by David Moody, Gen. Pub. Co. 1986
Swedish American Landmarks by Alan H. Winquist, 1995
Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867 by Col. Leonard H. Smith, Jr. and Norma H. Smith, Gen. Pub. Co., 1992