Manuals, Handbooks, Guides, Bibliographies

Barrow, Geoffrey Battiscombe. The Genealogists Guide: An Index to Printed British Pedigrees and Family Histories, 1950-1975. London: Research Publishing Co., 1977.

Location: Wilson 016.929 B279

Baxter, Angus. In Search of Your British and Irish Roots: A Complete Guide to Tracing Your English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish Ancestors. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1999.

Location: Wilson Reference CS414 .B381x 1999

Camp, Anthony J. Everyone Has Roots: An Introduction to English Genealogy. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1978.

Location: Wilson 929.1 C15

Colwell, Stella. The Family History Book: A Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors. Oxford: Phaidon, 1980.

Location: Wilson quarto CS16 .C64 1980

Cox, Jane and Stella Colwell. Never Been Here Before? $#133; A Genealogists' Guide to the Family Records Centre. Kew: Surrey: PRO Publications, 1997.

Location: Wilson CS415 .C69 1997

Drake, Michael and Ruth Finnegan. Sources and Methods for Family and Community Historians: A Handbook. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Location: Wilson CS415 .S63 1994

Finnegan, Ruth and Michael Drake, ed. From Family Tree to Family History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Location: Wilson HQ613 .F765x 1994

Harrison, Howard Guy. A Select Bibliography of English Genealogy, with Brief Lists for Wales, Scotland and Ireland. London: Phillimore and Co., Ltd., 1937.

Location: Wilson Reference CS414 .H37x 1937

Herber, Mark D. Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1998.

Location: Wilson CS414 .H38x 1998

Hey, David. Family History and Local History in England. London: Longman, 1987.

Location: Wilson CS414 .H49 1987

Irvine, Sherry. Your English Ancestry: A Guide for North Americans. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993.

Location: Wilson Reference CS415 .I78 1993

Kaminkow, Marion J. A New Bibliography of British Genealogy with Notes. Baltimore: Magna Charta Book Co., 1965.

Location: Wilson Reference CS414 .K36x 1965

Library of Congress. American and English Genealogies in the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1919.

Location: Wilson quarto 016.92 Un3a

Norton, Jane E. Guide to the National and Provincial Directories of England and Wales, Excluding London, Published Before 1856. London, Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1950.

Location: Wilson Reference DA605 .N6x

The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History. David Hey, ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

Location: Wilson Reference CS9 O94 1996

Owen, Dolores B. Guide to Genealogical Resources in the British Isles. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1989.

Location: Wilson Reference CS434 .O94x 1989

Reid, Judith P., comp. Family Ties in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland: Sources for genealogical research. Washington: Library of Congress, 1998.

Location: Wilson Gov Pub (US Docs) LC 1.2:F 21

Rogers, Colin Darlington. Local Family History in England, 1538-1914. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991.

Location: CS414 .R634 1991

Rogers, Colin Darlington. Tracing Your English Ancestors: A Manual for Analyzing and Solving Genealogical Problems, 1538 to the Present. 1st USA ed. New York: Manchester University Press, 1989.

Location: Wilson Reference CS414 .R64 1989

Saul, Pauline, and F.C. Markwell. The A-Z Guide to Tracing Ancestors in Britain. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992.

Location: Wilson Reference CS414 .M37 1991

Wagner, Anthony Richard. English Genealogy. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972.

Location: Wilson 929.1 W125e

Whitmore, John Beach. A Genealogical Guide. London, 1947-53.

Location: Wilson quarto CS410 .H3 v.99 [series: Publications of the Harleian Society]

Personal Names

Barber, Henry. British Family Names, Their Origin and Meaning. London, Elliot Stock, 1903.

Location: Wilson 423 B2297

Bardsley, Charles Wareing Endell. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances. London, New York, H. Frowde, 1901.

Location: Wilson Reference CS2505 .B3

Hitching, F. K., comp. References to English Surnames in 1601; An Index Giving About 6,650 References to Surnames Containing in the Printed Registers of 778 English Parishes During the First Year of XVII. century. Walton-on-Thames: C. A. Bernau, 1910.

Location: Wilson 422.5 H637

Reaney, Percy H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge and K. Paul, 1991.

Location: Wilson Reference CS2502 .R39 1991

Parish Registers, Public Records, Manorial Records, Wills, Obituaries

Arkell, Tom, Nesta Evans, and Nigel Goose, eds. When Death Do Us Part: Understanding and interpreting the probate records of early modern England. Oxford; Leopard's Head Press, 2000

Location: Wilson Library

Bevan, Amanda and Andrea Duncan. Tracing Your Ancestors in the Public Record Office. London: HMSO, 1990.

Location: Wilson Reference CD1043.3 .G74x no. 19 1990

Burke, Arthur Meredyth. Key to the Ancient Parish Registers of England and Wales. London: Sackville Press, 1908.

Location: Wilson quarto 929.342 B917

Colwell, Stella. Dictionary of Genealogical Sources in the Public Record Office. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1992.

Location: Wilson Reference CS434 .C65x 1992

Cox, Jane. Tracing Your Ancestors in the Public Record Office. London: H.M.S.O., 1990

Location: Wilson Reference CD1043.3 .G74x no. 19 1990

Cox, Jane. New to Kew?: A First Time Guide for Family Historians at the Public Records Office. Kew, England: PRO Publications, 1997.

Location: Wilson Reference CD1043.3 .C69x 1997

Ellis, Mary. Using Manorial Records. London: PRO Publications, 1994.

Location: Wilson Reference quarto Z114 .E45x 1994

Goss, Charles William Frederick. The London Directories, 1677-1855: A Bibliography with Notes on Their Origin and Development. London: D. Archer, 1932.

Location: Wilson 016.9142 G694

Great Britain. Public Record Office. Guide to the Contents of the Public Record Office. London: H.M. Stationery Off., 1963-68.

Location: Wilson CD1043 .A553 v.1-2

Great Britain. Public Record Office. Never Been Here Before? A First-time Guide for Family Historians at the Public Record Office. London: PRO Publications, 1993

Location: Wilson Reference quarto CD1043.3 .G74x 1993

Guildhall Library (London, England). Parish Registers: A Handlist. London: Corporation of London Library Committee, 1964-66.

Location: Wilson Reference DA689 .C5 L62

Index Society. London. An Index to the Biographical and Obituary Notices in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1780. London: British Record Society, 1891 <1889-91> 3 v. (Publications of the British record society ... Index Society, ; v.XV)

Location: Wilson Annex--Sub Basement 906 In2p V.15 v.1-3

Musgrave, William, Sir, comp. Obituary Prior to 1800 (as far as relates to England, Scotland, and Ireland). London: 1899-1901.

Location: Wilson quarto CS410 .H3 v.44-49

Nangle, Benjamine Christine. The Gentleman's Magazine Biographical and Obituary Notices, 1781-1819: An Index. New York: Garland Publ., 1980.

Location: Wilson Reference AP4 .G312 N36

Pratt, David H. Researching British Probates, 1354-1858: A Guide to the Microfilm Collection of the Family History Library. Wilmington, Del.: Scholarly Resources, Inc., 1992.

Location: Wilson Reference quarto CS434 .P82x 1992

Somerville, Robert. Handlist of Record Publication. London: British Records Association, 1951.

Location: Wilson 016.942 B778

Spufford, Peter, ed. Index to the Probate Account of England and Wales. London: British Record Society, 1999. 2 vol.

Location: Wilson quarto CS434 .B7 112-113

Steel, Donald J. and A.E.F. Steel, ed.. National Index of Parish Registers. London: Society of Genealogists, 1966.

Location: Wilson CD1068 .A2 S8

Pedigrees and Family Histories

Barrow, Geoffrey Battiscombe. The Genealogist's Guide: An Index to Printed British Pedigrees and Family Histories, 1950-1975. London: Research Publishing Co.; Chicago: American Library Association, 1977.

Location: Wilson 016.929 B279

Bridger, Charles. An Index to Printed Pedigrees, Contained in County and Local Histories, the Herald's Visitations, and in the More Important Genealogical Collections. London: J.R. Smith, 1867

Location: Wilson Annex--Sub Basement 016.929 B764

Library of Congress. American and English Genealogies in the Library of Congress. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1919.

Location: Wilson quarto 016.92 Un3a

Heraldry and Visitations

Burke, Bernard, Sir. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Including American Families with British Ancestry. London: Burke's Peerage, Limited, 1939.

Location: Wilson Reference quarto CS425 .B8 1939 v.1-3

Gatfield, George. Guide to Printed Books and Manuscripts Relating to English and Foreign Heraldry and Genealogy, Being a Classified Catalogue of Works of Those Branches of Literature. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1966.

Location: Wilson Reference CS9 .G38x 1966

Filby, P. William. American and British Genealogy and Heraldry: A Selected List of Books. Chicago: American Library Association, 1983-1987.

Location: Wilson Reference CS47 .F52x 1983

Howard, Joseph Jackson. Visitation of England and Wales. London, 1893-19.

Location: Wilson Annex--Sub Basement folio 929.72 H834

Tonge, Thomas. Heraldic Visitation of the Northern Counties in 1530. Durham: The Surtees Society, 1863. (Surtees Society, Durham. Publications, v. 41)

Location: Wilson DC20 .P83x v.41

Whitmore, John Beach. London Visitation Pedigrees, 1664. London, 1940.

Location: Wilson quarto 906 H22 V.92

Emigration and Emigrants

Banks, Charles Edward. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1957.

Location: Wilson 929.1 B226

Coldham, Peter Wilson. The Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1988.

Location: Wilson Reference CS61 .C62 1988

Hotten, John Camden, ed. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality, Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others Who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1962.

Location: Wilson E187.5 .H7945

Johnson, Stanley Currie. A History of Emigration from the United Kingdom to North America, 1763-1912. New York: A.M. Kelley, 1966.

Location: Wilson 325.42 J63a

Kaminkow, Jack. A List of Emigrants from England to America, 1718-1759. Baltimore: Magna Charta Book Co., 1964.

Location: Wilson 973.2 K128

Miscellaneous

Foot, William. Maps for Family History: A Guide to the Records of the Tithe, Valuation Office, and National Farms Survey of England and Wales, 1836-1943. London: PRO Publications, 1994.

Location: Wilson Reference CD1043.3 .F66x 1994

Fowler, Simon. Army Records for Family Historians. London: PRO Publications, 1992.

Location: Wilson Reference CD1054 .A85 F69 1992

Grieve, Hilda E.P. Examples of English Handwriting, 1150-1750. Essex, Eng.: Essex Education Committee, 1954, 1974.

Location: Wilson quarto 942.1Es7 Es764 No.21

Holmes, Frank R., Comp. Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families, 1620-1700. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1964.

Location: Wilson 929.1 H735

Martin, Charles Trice, comp. The Record Interpreter: A Collection of Abbreviations, Latin Words and Names Used in English Historical Manuscripts and Records. 2d ed. Dorking, Eng.: Kohler and Coombes, 1976.

Location: Wilson Reference Z111 .M37x 1976

Pine, L. G. American Origins. Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 1960.

Location: Wilson Reference CS16 .P55

Rodger, N.A.M. Naval Records for Genealogists. London: H.M.S.O., 1988.

Location: Wilson Reference CS415 .R63x 1988

Spencer, William. Air Force Records for Family Historians. Kew: Public Records Office, 2000

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Location: Wilson Reference CS432 .A57 S64 2000

Searching LUMINA

You can use LUMINA, the University Libraries' computerized catalog, to search for specific subjects. The following are some examples of useful subject terms for genealogists; other examples are found in the Library of Congress Subject Headings books located in Wilson Reference.

archives--great britain--directories
british american--genealogy
church records and registers--england
england--genealogy
england--history, local
england--maps--[county]
english diaries
family--great britain--history
genealogy--england
genealogy--great britain
great britain--church history--sources
great britain--history, local--sources
great britain--emigration and immigration
great britain--genealogy
great britain--history, local
great britain--maps
heraldry--great britain
names geographical--england--[county]
names geographical--great britain
names, personal--english
nobility--great britain
obituaries--great britain
probate records--great britain
probate records--england--[county]
registers of births, etc.--england--[county]
registers of births, etc.--great britain
visitations, heraldic--england--[county]
visitations, heraldic--great britain
wills--england
wills-great britain