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Here’s a great place to start for a "list" of resources of where to begin to find online, or published and manuscript (compiled) sources on family surnames and lineages: Online family genealogy sites, pedigrees, family history, etc. sites: | Here’s a great place to start for a "list" of resources of where to begin to find online, or published and manuscript (compiled) sources on family surnames and lineages: Online family genealogy sites, pedigrees, family history, etc. sites: | ||
*World catalog at http://worldcat.org/. In the 'Subject field enter the surname | *World catalog at http://worldcat.org/. In the 'Subject' field enter the surname plus the word “family” e.g., Prescott Family. This searches the catalogs and displays the results from thousands of especially U.S. libraries at once. | ||
*Periodical Source Index (PERSI) at http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/persi/search/people People Search] allows searches for a family name in over a million article titles in genealogical periodicals. If the Article “Results List” is too long, redo the search but in the Keyword field add the two-letter postal abbreviation for the state where they lived. | *Periodical Source Index (PERSI) at http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/persi/search/people People Search] allows searches for a family name in over a million article titles in genealogical periodicals. If the Article “Results List” is too long, redo the search but in the Keyword field add the two-letter postal abbreviation for the state where they lived. | ||