The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy by Sandra Hargreaves Luebking (Editor), Loretto Dennis Szucs (Editor)

Foreword   Curt B. Witcher, MLS, FUGA, FIGS     vii
Preface   Loretto Dennis Szucs, FUGA   Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, FUGA     ix
Introduction   Raymond S. Wright III, Ph.D., AG, FUGA     xiii
Contributors     xv
The Basics
The Foundations of Family History Research   Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, FUGA   Loretto Dennis Szucs, FUGA     1
Computers and Technology   Juliana Smith     39
General References and Guides   Kory L. Meyerink, MLS, AG, FUGA     71
The Records
Business, Institution, and Organization Records   Kay Haviland Freilich, CG, CGL   Ann Carter Fleming, CG, CGL     99
Census Records   Loretto Dennis Szucs, FUGA   Matthew Wright     157
Church Records   Elizabeth Crabtree Wells, MA, MLS     221
Court Records   Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, FUGA   Loretto Dennis Szucs, FUGA   Arlene Eakle, Ph.D.     257
Directories   Gordon L. Remington, FASG, FUGA     325
Immigration Records   Loretto Dennis Szucs, FUGA   Kory L. Meyerink, MLS, AG, FUGA   Marian L. Smith     355
Land Records   Sandra Hargreaves Luebking,FUGA     431
Military Records   Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck, MA, MS   Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, FUGA     499
Newspapers   Loretto Dennis Szucs, FUGA   James L. Hansen, FASG     561
Vital Records   Johni Cerny, BS, FUGA     603
People and Place
African American Research   Tony Burroughs, FUGA     651
Colonial English Research   Robert Charles Anderson, MA, FASG     679
Colonial Spanish Borderland Research   George R. Ryskamp, JD, AG     699
Hispanic Research   George R. Ryskamp, JD, AG     735
Jewish American Research   Gary Mokotoff     765
Native American Research   Curt B. Witcher, MLS, FUGA, FIGS   George J. Nixon     777
Urban Research   Loretto Dennis Szucs, FUGA   John M. Scroggins, MA     841
Appendixes
Abbreviations and Acronyms     881
Family Associations   Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG     883
Genealogical Societies     887
Hereditary and Lineage Organizations   Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck, MA, MS     897
Historical Societies     919
The LDS Family History Library   Stephen C. Young, MA      925
The National Archives and its Regions     929
State Archives   Linda S. McCleary, MLS     931
Index     937