Guides to Genealogical Research:
Catalogs and Guides to Collections

A Selected List Revised by Anne Toohey
Research Guide No. 22

Handbooks | Catalogs and Guides to Collections | Bibliographies | Directories

Babbel, June Andrew.
Lest We Forget: A Guide to Genealogical Research in the Nation's Capital. Edited by Colleen Stone Neal. Annandale, Va.: Annandale Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1982. 104 p., ill.
Z5313.U5 B32 1982
85-109736

Carlberg, Nancy Ellen.
Researching in Salt Lake City. Anaheim, Calif.: Carlberg Press, 1987. 247 leaves, ill.
CS16 .C366 1987
87-143463

Cavanaugh, Karen B.
A Genealogist's Guide to the Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Public Library. Cover design by James Weaver. Ft. Wayne, Ind.: Cavanaugh, 1980. 92 p.
Z5305 .U5 C38
Lists of resources of the Genealogy Dept. of the Ft. Wayne Public Library.
80-113921

Daughters of the American Revolution. Library.
Library Catalog. Compiled under the supervision of Carolyn Leopold Michaels and Kathryn S. Scott. National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Washington, D.C.: NSDAR, 1982-1992. 3 vols.
Z5313 .U5 D38 1982
Contents: v. 1, Family Histories and Genealogies; v. 2, State and Local Histories and Records; v. 3, Centennial Supplement: Acquisitions, 1985-1991.
82-12461

Kaminkow, Marion J., comp. and editor.
A Complement to Genealogies in the Library of Congress: A Bibliography. Baltimore: Magna Carta Book Co., 1981. x, 1118 p.
Z5319 .K35
This bibliography lists genealogies that are NOT listed in Genealogies in the Library of Congress. These books are in 24 selected libraries throughout the United States other than the Library of Congress. A key, in the front of the volume, identifies a library where the reader may find each genealogy.
80-85390

The Library: A Guide to the LDS Family History Library. Edited by Johni Cerny & Wendy Elliott. Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 1988. xi, 763 p.: ill.
Z733 .C55 L53 1988
Material in the Salt Lake City Library is described by state and by foreign country.
87-70109

Library of Congress.
Genealogies in the Library of Congress; A Bibliography. Edited by Marion J. Kaminkow. Baltimore, Md.: Magna Carta Book Co., 1972. 2 vols.
Z5319 .U53
"This bibliography brings up to date similar printed works published in 1910 and 1919 under the title American and English genealogies in the Library of Congress. . . . The present compilation . . . includes all the entries from the Family Name Index. . . in the Local History and Genealogy Room of the Library of Congress."
74-187078

_____. _____. Supplement, 1972-1976. Edited by Marion J. Kaminkow. Baltimore: Magna Carta Book Co., 1977. -- viii, 285 p.
76-151910
Z5319 .U53

_____. _____. Second supplement, 1976-1986. Edited by Marion J. Kaminkow. Baltimore: Magna Carta Book Co., 1987. vii, 861 p.
Z5319 .U53 Suppl. 2
86-23723

Library of Congress.
United States Local Histories in the Library of Congress: A Bibliography. Edited by Marion J. Kaminkow. Baltimore: Magna Carta Book Co. 1975-1976. 5 vols.
Z1250 .U59 1975 E180
Compiled from a microfilm copy of the Library's shelflist for LC classification Fl-975. Contents: v. 1, Atlantic States, Maine to New York; v. 2, Atlantic States, New Jersey to Florida; v. 3, Middle West, Alaska, Hawaii; v. 4, The West; v. 5, Supplement and Index.
74-25444

Neagles, James C.
The Library of Congress: a guide to genealogical and historical research. Assisted by Mark C. Neagles. Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 1990. xii, 381 p., ill.
Z1250 .N4 1990
89-18594

New York Public Library. Local History and Genealogy Division.
Dictionary Catalog of the Local History and Genealogy Division. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1974. 18 vols.
Z881 .N59 1974
"Contains entries for materials cataloged for the collection through December 1971. Beginning in January 1972, all additions to the collection of the Local History and Genealogy Division have been included in the Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries."
75-307060

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United States Local History Catalog: A Modified Shelf List Arranged Alphabetically by State, and Alphabetically by Locality Within Each State. The New York Public Library, the Research Libraries, Local History and Genealogy Division. 2 vols. Boston G. K. Hall, 1974.
Z881 .N59 1974a
"Supplement to the Dictionary Catalog of the Local History and Genealogy Division."
Contents: v. 1, Alabama-New Mexico; v. 2, New York-Wyoming.
75-313771

United States. National Archives and Records Administration.
Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives. Rev. ed. Washington, D.C.: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1985. xiii, 304 p., ill. (some col.), facsims.
Z5313 .U5 U54 1982
Includes bibliographies and index. Describes federal agency documents such as census records; ship passenger arrival lists; naturalization applications; military service, pension, and bounty land records; federal land records; Confederate claims; federal court records; photographs, maps and charts; records converted to microfilm; and records stored in other locations, namely, branch archives. Only a few colonial-era records are discussed. Useful for tracing ancestors who came into contact with federal agencies.
89-191751