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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:
 
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
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*Vital Records
  
Census Records
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*Census Records
  
Internet Resources
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*Internet Resources
  
County Resources
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*County Resources
  
Background Sources
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*Background Sources
  
Land Records
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*Land Records
  
Probate Records
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*Probate Records
  
Court Records
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*Court Records
  
Tax Records
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*Tax Records
  
Cemetery Records
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*Cemetery Records
  
Church Records
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*Church Records
  
Military Records
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*Military Records
  
Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections
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*Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections
  
Archives, Libraries, and Societies
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*Archives, Libraries, and Societies
  
=About the Contributors=
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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.  
 
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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=The Source Online=
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In 2010, [http://www.ancestry.com 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:
 
In 2010, [http://www.ancestry.com 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:

Revision as of 18:34, 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.

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

Red Book 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

Idaho Family History Research

Indiana Family History Research

Iowa Family History Research

Kansas Family History Research

Kentucky Family History Research

Louisiana Family History Research

Maine 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

Ohio 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

Texas Family History Research

Utah 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



List of Appendixes

External Links