Organizing Your Home Base, Genealogical Supplies - International Institute

Organizing Your Home Base

Finding Supplies

The local Family History or Genealogy Society usually has a Bookstall with items of general and local interest. They are the best sources for indexes of censuses, parish registers, etc.

The local Archives or Record Office would know of, and often sells, local histories, maps and research guides.

Thrift stores are a great source of inexpensive office supplies such as binders, paper, hanging file folders, bookshelves and lamps.

A wonderful convenience on the Internet for British and other researchers is Family History Books which now incorporates GENFAIR, the online family history fair with a secure credit card facility. Here you will find a huge number of family history societies and commercial suppliers of books, microfiches, software, CDs, FHS memberships, search services etc. Service is fast, 3-10 days from England to B.C., Canada, and it is so convenient for renewing memberships and buying all kinds of genealogical supplies.

See Cyndi's List webpage for her Organizing Your Research section for links to sites providing charts and forms. There is also an article on finding charts and forms online by Cavell. I hope that the list of suppliers in the chart below will be useful in finding other supplies. Send for their free catalogues.

Some Genealogical Suppliers

Name and Address	Phone, Website and Email	Notes
BURY MEDIA AND SUPPLIES 7363 Wilson Ave. Delta, BC Canada V4G 1E5	604-431-1964 Email info@rbury.com Website: [http://www.rbury.com/ Bury Media and Supplie\| Distributor for archival and Canadian government supplies
FAMILYSEARCH CENTERS everywhere!	See Family Search to find an FSC near you	See the Wiki for Research Guidance
FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE 61 Great Whyte Ramsey, Huntingdon Cambridgeshire, England PE26 1HJ	Website: Family Tree Email: into@family-tree.co.uk	Good bookstore, British emphasis
FEDERATION OF FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES (FFHS)	See FFHS Also see [http://www.genfair.co.uk/ GenFai\| Own publications plus good bookstore, British emphasis
FUTURE PACKAGING AND PRESERVATION 544 East Edna Place Covina, CA 91723, USA	1-800-786-6627 See Future Packaging and Preservation website.	Archival and preservation products
GENEALOGY STORE	416-861-0165 1-800-580-0615 (in North America) Genealogy Store website	Various resource materials, books, maps, forms, charts, archival supplies
GLOBAL GENEALOGY Milton, Ontario, Canada	905-875-1887 1-800-361-5268 (in North America) See Global Genealogy's website	Books, maps, archival supplies, CDs; Canadian and US emphasis
HERITAGE PRODUCTIONS Toronto, Ontario, Canada	416-861-0165 1-800-580-0165 (in North America) See Genealogy Store website	Various resource materials, books, maps, forms, charts, archival supplies
ITMP (INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL MAPS AND BOOKS) 12300 Bridgeport Road Richmond, BC, Canada V6V 1J5	604-273-1400 Website: ITMB	Hugh map stock
FAMILYSEARCH-FAMILY HISTORY PRODUCTS	Website: [https://www.familysearch.org/products Family Searc\| Products and services that help with family history
LIGHT IMPRESSIONS	1-800-975-6429 Website: [http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com Ligt Impression\| Archival and preservation products
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR GENEALOGICAL STUDIES Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CWandS PARKINSON GENEALOGICAL STORAGE 16 Foxhills Close Ashurst, Southampton, Hampshire England SO40 7ER	023-8029-3608 Email enquiries@cwsparkinson.co.uk Website:[https://www.cwsparkinson.co.uk/ CWandS Parkinso\| Archival products and containers
PHILATELIC BUREAU, ROYAL MAIL Tallents House, 21 South Gyle Cres. Edinburgh, Scotland EH12 9PB	Website: [http://wwwroyalmail.com/stamps Royal Mai\| British postage stamps
PHILLIMORE AND CO LTD	Website: Phillimore and Co.	Publisher and retailer of huge choice selection of British genealogy and local history books
PRESERVATION SOURCE 7802 Allen St Midvale, Utah 84047	801-233-9118 Website: [http://preservationsource.com/ Preservation Sourc\|
SECOL LTD. Howlett Way Thetford, Norfolk, England IP24 1HZ	01842-752341 Email sales@secol.co.uk Website: Secol Ltd.	Storage containers for photographs and printed materials
SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS 14 Charterhouse Bldgs, Goswell Rd. London, England EC1M 7BA	(020) 7251 8799 Website: [http://www.sog.org.uk/ Society of Genealogist\| Now only sell their own publications.
STEVENSON'S GENEALOGISTS CENTER 230 West Bulldog Blvd. Provo, Utah 84604	801-374-9600 Website: [http://www.sgenealogy.com/ Stevenson's Genealogy Cente\| Inexpensive 8-, 12- and 15- generation Pedigree charts
BILL COLE ENTERPRISES P.O. Box 60 Randolph, MA 02368-0060	1-781-986-2653 Website: [http://www.archivalsupplies.com/ Bill Cole Enterprise\| Archival and preservation products

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The original content for this article was contributed by The International Institute of Genealogical Studies in June 2012. It is an excerpt from their course Methodology - Part 1: Getting Started, Methodology - Part 2: Organizing and Skillbuilding], Methodology - Part 3: More Strategies], Methodology - Part 4: Effective Searching and Recording, Methodology - Part 5: How To Prove It, and Methodology - Part 6: Professional Preparation and Practice by Louise St Denis, Brenda Dougall Merriman and Dr. Penelope Christensen. The Institute offers over 200 comprehensive genealogy courses for a fee ($).