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The genealogist's address book /

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Description

x, 832 pages; 28 cm

Summary

This book is classified by subject, cross-referenced and alphabetized and puts the user in touch with all the key sources of genealogical information. As much as possible, the following information is included on each source: names, addresses, phone numbers, FAX numbers, e-mail addresses, web sites, contact persons, and business hours of more than 25,000 libraries, archives, genealogical societies, historical societies, government agencies, vital records offices, professional bodies, religious organizations and archives, surname registries, research centers, special interest groups, periodicals, newspaper columns, publishers, booksellers, services, databases, and much more.
This edition is divided into the following four parts: (1) National addresses, (2) State addresses and American trust territories, (3) Ethnic and religious organizations and research centers, (4) Special resources.

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Contents

National addresses. National archives. (Regional records services facilities) -- Government departments & agencies (Immigration and Naturalizations Service regional, district and local offices -- Dept. of Veterans Affairs and regional offices -- Federal information centers) -- Vital records offices -- Libraries (major research libraries with national focus) -- Historical societies (national focus) -- Genealogical societies (national focus) -- Independent publications (unrelated to a geographic region) -- State addresses. (State-by-state city, county & regional listings of: archives and libraries with holdings in genealogy, historical societies, LDS family history centers, genealogical societies, and independent publications and miscellany) -- Ethnic and religious organizations and research centers (Ethnic archives, libraries, and societies -- Religious archives and organizations).
Cont.): Special resources (Lineage, hereditary and patriotic societies -- Surname registries -- Adoption registries, search groups and information centers -- Immigration research centers -- Computer interest -- Genealogical computer software -- Professional bodies -- Newspaper columns -- Publishers -- Microform publishers -- Electronic publishers -- Self-publishing -- Booksellers -- Antiquarian book dealers -- Lending libraries -- Radio programs) -- Index to periodicals and newsletters.

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Princeton University Library