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| − | '' | + | ''Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources'' is a reference book published by [[Ancestry Publishing]]. The first edition, called ''Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources'' was published in 1989 and was edited by [[Alice Eichholz]], Ph.D., [[CG]]. A revised edition was published in 1992. The current edition, the third, was published in 2004 when the title was changed to simply ''Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources''. |
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| + | =About the content= | ||
| + | Red Book is designed to help a family historian learn where to find information about their ancestors by taking an approach focused on localities. It is an expansive guide to the most useful resources in each of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia. Organized by state, the content easily directs the user to information-rich resources in areas including: | ||
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| + | County Resources | ||
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| + | Background Sources | ||
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| + | Land Records | ||
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| + | Probate Records | ||
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| + | Court Records | ||
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| + | Tax Records | ||
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| + | Cemetery Records | ||
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| + | Church Records | ||
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| + | Military Records | ||
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| + | Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections | ||
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| + | Archives, Libraries, and Societies | ||
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| + | =About the Contributors= | ||
| + | With [[Alice Eichholz]], Ph.D., CG at the helm of this massive undertaking as the editor, the Red Book is a result of the collective effort of renoewed professional researchers and state archivists. Their expertise set the standard for resource identification. | ||
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| + | You can find a list of contributors to Red Book here. | ||
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=Critical Reception= | =Critical Reception= | ||
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[[Kansas Family History Research]] | [[Kansas Family History Research]] | ||
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[[Louisiana Family History Research]] | [[Louisiana Family History Research]] | ||
Revision as of 18:32, 25 April 2010
Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources is a reference book published by Ancestry Publishing. The first edition, called Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources was published in 1989 and was edited by Alice Eichholz, Ph.D., CG. A revised edition was published in 1992. The current edition, the third, was published in 2004 when the title was changed to simply Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Contents
About the content
Red Book is designed to help a family historian learn where to find information about their ancestors by taking an approach focused on localities. It is an expansive guide to the most useful resources in each of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia. Organized by state, the content easily directs the user to information-rich resources in areas including:
Vital Records
Census Records
Internet Resources
County Resources
Background Sources
Land Records
Probate Records
Court Records
Tax Records
Cemetery Records
Church Records
Military Records
Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections
Archives, Libraries, and Societies
About the Contributors
With Alice Eichholz, Ph.D., CG at the helm of this massive undertaking as the editor, the Red Book is a result of the collective effort of renoewed professional researchers and state archivists. Their expertise set the standard for resource identification.
You can find a list of contributors to Red Book here.
Critical Reception
The Source Online
In 2010, Ancestry.com digitized the content of Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources along with The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy and made it available in wiki format as one of the foundational sources for the Ancestry.com Wiki. Each chapter has been broken into one or more series of articles, links to which are found below:
Third Edition Table of Contents
Alabama Family History Research
Alaska Family History Research
Arizona Family History Research
Arkansas Family History Research
California Family History Research
Colorado Family History Research
Connecticut Family History Research
Delaware Family History Research
District of Columbia Family History Research
Florida Family History Research
Georgia Family History Research
Hawaii Family History Research
Indiana Family History Research
Kansas Family History Research
Kentucky Family History Research
Louisiana Family History Research
Maryland Family History Research
Massachusetts Family History Research
Michigan Family History Research
Minnesota Family History Research
Mississippi Family History Research
Missouri Family History Research
Montana Family History Research
Nebraska Family History Research
Nevada Family History Research
New Hampshire Family History Research
New Jersey Family History Research
New Mexico Family History Research
New York Family History Research
North Carolina Family History Research
North Dakota Family History Research
Oklahoma Family History Research
Oregon Family History Research
Pennsylvania Family History Research
Rhode Island Family History Research
South Carolina Family History Research
South Dakota Family History Research
Tennessee Family History Research
Vermont Family History Research
Virginia Family History Research
Washington Family History Research
West Virginia Family History Research
Wisconsin Family History Research
Wyoming Family History Research
