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=== List of Sources === | === List of Sources === | ||
* [http://worldcat.org/ 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. Some of the types of documents you can find on WorldCat can be considered primary data sources. Others, such as compiled surname books, are definitely compiled. | *[http://worldcat.org/ 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. Some of the types of documents you can find on WorldCat can be considered primary data sources. Others, such as compiled surname books, are definitely compiled. | ||
* $ [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/persi/search/people Periodical Source Index (PERSI) 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. | *$ [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/persi/search/people Periodical Source Index (PERSI)] 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. | ||
*$ and Free: Google books at http://books.google.com - type in the surname and another key word such as the locality, i.e. town, or county or state/province | *$ and Free: Google books at http://books.google.com - type in the surname and another key word such as the locality, i.e. town, or county or state/province | ||