Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources, Third Edition
No scholarly reference library is complete without a copy of Ancestry's Red Book.
In it, you will find both general and specific information essential to researchers of American records. This revised 3rd edition provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization.
Ancestry's Red Book has information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide. In short, the Red Book is simply the book that no genealogist can afford not to have. The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail. Unlike the federal census, state and territorial census were taken at different times and different questions were asked. Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how.
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Book details
- Author
- Alice Eichholz
- Imprint
- Ancestry.com, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- Reference › Genealogy & Heraldry
- Topics
- genealogy research · American records · census records · vital records · land records · county resources · military records · archives and libraries
- ISBN-13
- 9781593311667
About the author
ALICE EICHHOLZ, Ph.D., CG, has more than thirty-five years of experience in genealogical research, with board certification maintained since 1987. Her recent books include Black Genesis: A Resource Book for African-American Genealogy, Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources (Third Edition) and Collecting Vermont Ancestors.
Eichholz received the Grahame T. Smallwood Award of Merit from the Association of Professional Genealogists in 1988 and the Homer L. Dodge Award for Excellence in Teaching from Norwich University in 1991.
When not writing, Eichholz has served as Director of Lifelong Learning and Professor of Liberal Studies at Union Institute and University in Montpelier, Vermont, and as contributing faculty at Walden University. Her research focuses on New England and multigenerational patterns in families.
Alice lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.