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Pursuing the Past: Carole Callard Lansing, MI
AFRICAN AMERICANS Black Americans in Congress 1870-1989 by Bruce A. Ragsdale and Joel D. Treese Generations Past: A Selected List of Sources for Afro-American Genealogical Research compiled by Sandra M. Lawson Liberated Africans. Serial Set 1161 (House Executive Document 28). List of Free Black Heads of Families in the First Census of the United States, 1790 compiled by Debra L. Newman The Negro in the United States; A Selected Bibliography compiled by Dorothy B. Porter LC 1.12/2:N31 ANNUAL REPORTS Annual Report of the American Historical Association SI 4.1:
War Department Annual Reports BRITISH ISLES Delightful Places: A Book Tour of English Country Houses and Gardens compiled by Josephus Nelson LC 1.12/2:D37 Sources for Research in English Genealogy compiled by Judith P. Reid CANALS Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, National Historical Park, District of Columbia/ Maryland: General Plan I 29.21:C42/976 CEMETERIES Roll of Honor and Alphabetical Index to Places of Interment W 39.7: and W 39.8: CIVIL WAR Antietam: National Battlefield Site, Maryland by Frederick Tilberg I 29.58:31/2
Appomattox Court House Arlington House: A Guide to Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial Chickamauga and Chattanooga Battlefields by James R. Sullivan Curtis-Lee Mansion: The Robert E. Lee Memorial by Murray H. Nelligan Fort Sumter: National Monument, South Carolina by Frank Barnes I 29.58:12/2 Manassas (Bull Run) National Battlefield Park, Virginia by Francis F. Wilshin The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion W 44.10: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies W 45.5: CLAIMS BEFORE CONGRESS "Claims barred by the statute of limitations but adjusted and allowed, 1810." Serial Set 036. (Revolutionary War Claimants.) House Miscellaneous Document. Serial Set 653-655. House Miscellaneous Document, 109. Serial Set 1574. House Miscellaneous Document, 53. Serial Set 2036. House Miscellaneous Document, 213. Serial Set 3268. Senate Miscellaneous Document, 14. Serial Set 1945-1946. Senate Miscellaneous Document, 266. Serial Set 3175. (3 Volumes). Senate Document, 449. Serial Set 3881. (2 Volumes). Senate Document, 221. Serial Set 4433. Senate Document, 3. Serial Set 4917. Senate Document, 646. Serial Set 6165. Petitions, Memorials and Other Documents Submitted to the Consideration of Congress, March 4, 1789-December 14, 1795. Y 4.En2/3:99-AA. CONGRESS Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1989. Serial Set 13849 (Senate Document 100-34). CONTINENTAL CONGRESS Index to the Journals of the Continental Congress. GS 4.2:C 76/2/1774-89. (This title indexes LC 4.5:). Index to the Papers of the Continental Congress. GS 4.2:C76/3/774-89/(vol.). (Indexes microfilm in the National Archives). Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. LC 4.5:(vol.) and Z 2.7:(vol.). J 10.A5z Secret Journals of the Continental Congress. Z 2.8:(vol.).
DUTCH Hidden Research Resources in the Dutch-Language Collections of the Library of Congress: A Selective Bibliography of Reference Works by Margrit B. Krewson FARMS Living Historical Farms Handbook by John T. Schlebecker and Gale E. Peterson GAZETTEER Decisions on Geographic Names in the United States by the United States Board on Geographic Names I 33.5/2: The National Gazetteer of the United States of America. South Dakota, 1989 I 19.16:1200-SD GENEALOGY RESEARCH Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress since 1986: With a List of Established Forms of Family Names and a List of Genealogies Converted to Microform since 1983 LC 30.27:G28 Genealogical Research at the Library of Congress LC 1.2:G28/997 Other Library of Congress genealogy bibliographies are available at http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/
GERMANY Exhibit Catalogs of the German-Speaking Countries of Europe, 1958-1988: A Selective Bibliography by Margrit B. Krewson LC 1.12/2:G31/5 Hidden Research Resources in the German Collections of the Library of Congress: A Selective Bibliography of Reference Works by Margrit B. Krewson LC 1.12/2:G31/7
The German-Speaking Countries of Europe: A Selective Bibliography by Margrit B. Krewson LC 1.12/2:G31/2/989 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES A Guide to Research Collections of Former Members of the United States House of Representatives, 1789-1987 http://www.clerkweb.house.gov/histrecs/archives/institutions/collintro.htm Annual Report of the U.S. Attorney General, 1873. J 1.1:1873. (Lists deputy marshals). Department of Justice Register, 1908. J 1.7:1908. Foreign Service List. S 1.7:1923-1975. Diplomatic List S 1.8: http://www.state.gov/www/dept.html Guide to Research Collections of Former United States Senators, 1789-1982 edited by Kathryn Allamong Jacob and Elizabeth Ann Hornyak Y 1.1/3:97-41 (Serial Set Y 1.1/2:13444) The U.S. Senate Historical Office is at http://www.senate.gov/history/ Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/contacts/ "List of mail carriers after 1855, in Official Register (C 3.10:) thru 1921." Serial Set 304, Document 185. Official Register (Blue Book). C 3.10:1855-1932; CS 1.31:1933-1959. (1921 is the last comprehensive edition). Recognizing Services of Civilian Panama Canal Builders. 1939. Y 4.M53:P 19/4. (List of workers and their Congressional Districts, page 80). Register of the Department of State. S 1.6:1916-1949; 1950-1974, S 1.69:(no.). The Biographic Register S 1.69 (earlier at S 1.6) Partial name indexing for the 1969, 1973, and 1977 editions are available at Public Information Research’s NameBase Source List at http://www.pir.org/nbslist.html HISPANIC Library of Congress Hispanic and Portuguese Collections: An Illustrated Guide LC 1.6/4:H62/3 The Hispanic Room in the Library of Congress LC 1.2:H62/6 http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/ HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY Bibliography of Research Projects, Reports, Checklist of Historical Records Survey Publications, 1943. W 4.23:7. LAND Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States, General Land Office Federal Land Patent Database J 25.2:M35 Land Ownership Maps, a Checklist of Nineteenth Century United States County Maps in the Library of Congress compiled by Richard W. Stephenson LC 5.2:L22 Research in the Land Entry Files of the General Land Office : Record Group 49 compiled by Kenneth Hawkins. AE 1.102:R 31 LAND CLAIMS Annual Report of the Commission of the General Land Office for Fiscal Year 1880. I 1.1:1880 (Vol. 1, pp. 790-924). LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Library of Congress Information Bulletin Recent issues are available at http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/ and tables of contents for issues back to 1994 are available at http://www.bubl.ac.uk/journals/lis/kn/locib/ Library of Congress Selected Publications Special Collections in the Library of Congress: A Selective Guide compiled by Annette Melville LC 1.6/4:C68 MANUSCRIPTS A Guide to Manuscripts Relating to American History In British Depositories LC 4.2:Am3 Library of Congress Manuscripts: An Illustrated Guide LC 4.8:M 31 http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/guide/ National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections MAPS A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress LC 5.2:G29 Civil War Maps: An Annotated List of Maps and Atlases in the Library of Congress LC 1.12/2:C 49 http://memory.loc.gov/ in 1999. Fire Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress: Plans of North American Cities and Towns Produced by the Sanborn Map Company: A Checklist Historical Map and Guide to the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor I 29.8:C16/2 Library of Congress Geography and Maps: An Illustrated Guide compiled by Ralph E. Ehrenberg et al. LC 1.6/4:G29 Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789: A Guide to the Collections in the Library of Congress compiled by John R. Sellers and Patricia Molen Van Ee LC 1.6/4:M32/2/750-789 New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey I 19.14/4 http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/ Panoramic Maps of Cities in the United States and Canada: A Checklist of Maps in the Collections of the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division compiled by John R. Hebert LC 5.2:P19 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/pmhtml/panhome.html Railroad Maps of the United States: A Selective Annotated Bibliography of Original 19th-Century Maps in the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress compiled by Andrew M. Modelski LC 5.2:R13 Ward Maps of United States Cities MARSHALL United States Marshals Service Then... And Now MICHIGAN Detroit and Vicinity Before 1900; an Annotated List of Maps compiled by Alberta G. Auringer Koerner LC 5.2:D48 Michigan: From Wilderness to Center of Industry LC 1.2:M58/2 MIGRATIONS Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail by Stanley B. Kimball I 29.58/3:M82 http://www.nps.gov/mopi/Pony Express National Historic Trail by Anthony Godfrey I 29.58/3:P77 The Overland Migrations: Settlers to Oregon, California, and Utah MILITARY RECORDS Air Force Register D 303.7: Air Force Chaplains, 1971-1980 by John E. Groh D 301.2:C36/3/ Air Force Combat Units of World War II edited by Maurer Maurer D 301.2:C73/3/983 Annual Register of the United States Naval Academy D 208.107: (earlier at N 12.5:) Area Handbooks/Country Studies Army List and Directory W 3.10: Chaplains with Marines in Vietnam, 1962-1971 by Herbert L. Bergsma D 214.13:V67/962-71 East Germany, a Country Study Guam, Operations of the 77th Division, 21 July - 10 August 1944 D 114.9:G93 Guide to Federal Archives Relating to the Civil War by Kenneth W. Munden and Henry Putney Beers and Guide to the Archives of the Government of the Confederate States of America by Henry Putney Beers GS 4.6/2:C49 and GS 4.6/2:C76 http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/civilwar.html History of Hill Air Force Base History of the Air Corps Tactical School, 1920-1940 by Robert T. Finney History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense edited by Alfred Goldberg King of Battle: A Branch History of the U.S. Army’s Field Artillery by Boyd L. Dastrup D 101.108/2:K55 List of Mothers and Widows of American Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Entitled to Make a Pilgrimage to the War Cemeteries in Europe. 1930. W 1.12:P64. (List by state and county, person’s name and name of deceased, rank, unit, cemetery; shows relationship to deceased). Medal of Honor Recipients, 1863-1978. Y 4.V 64/4:M46/3/863-978. Medical Support of the Army Air Forces in World War II by Mae Mills Link and Hubert A. Coleman D 304.2:M46/991 Military Service Records: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications by the National Archives Trust Fund Board Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France N 16.2:Q2/ Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars With the Barbary Powers Official Army Register Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York W 12.5: Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific D 214.2:OK3 State-level Lists of Casualties from the Korean Conflict (1951-1957) and The Army Air Forces in World War II edited by Wesley Frank Craven and James Lea Cate D 301.82: The Best and Worst of Times: The United States Army Chaplaincy, 1920-1945 by Robert L. Gushwa D 101.2:C36/5/v.4 The Chosin Reservoir Campaign by Lynn Montross and Captain Nicholas A. Canzona The Guadalcanal Campaign by Major John L. Zimmerman D 214.2:G93 They Fought With What They Had: The Story of the Army Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific, 1941-1942 by Walter D. Edmonds D 301.26/6:F 82 The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History edited by William S. Dudley and Michael J. Crawford D 207.10/2:H62/ The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950-1953 by Robert F. Futrell D 301.2:K84/2 United States Army in the World War, 1917-1919 D 114.8: U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II: Combat Chronology, 1941-1945 compiled by Kit C. Carter and Robert Mueller United States Army Unit Histories: A Military History Institute Bibliography by George S. Pappas D 114.14:4/2/ United States Marine Corps Lineal List of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Marine Corps Reserve D 214.2:OF3/3 U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The Bitter End, 1973-1975 by George R. Dunham and David A. Quinland D 214.13:V67/973-75 United States Navy Chaplains, 1972-1981 edited by H. Lawrence Martin D 208.2:C36/v.8 World War II Poster Database MILITARY RECORDS, AIR FORCE Air Force Register. D 303.7:1949-.
MILITARY RECORDS, ARMY A Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army from its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903. W 3.11:789-903 v. 1& 2. Army List and Directory. W 3.10:1923-1941. General Orders and Bulletins, 1909-1921, W 3.22:1909-1921. (Lists officers). Official Army Register, 1863-1947, W 3.11:(year); 1948-1974, D 102.9:(year). Library has 1878-1880, 1895-96, 1908-1915, 1925-1942, 1944, 1947-1948. Official Bulletin, March 1919. Y 3.P96/3:3. (Has lists of various sorts relating to Pershing’s troops, medal winners, deaths, etc.). War of the Rebellion. (Army). W 45.5:(vol.);index is Gene E. MILITARY RECORDS, CONFEDERACY "Confederates receiving Presidential pardons, 1865-1867." Serial Set 1263; Serial Set 1289 (House Document 31); Serial Set 1311 (House Executive Document 32); Serial Set 1314 (House Report 7); Serial Set 1330 (House Executive Document 16). "Cotton Sold to Confederate States." Serial Set 6348 (Senate Document 987). Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865. Serial Set 4610-4616 (Senate Document 234). (Lists Confederate Officers). MILITARY RECORDS, MARINES – (See also MILITARY RECORDS, NAVY) Combined Lineal List of Officers on Active Duty in the Marine Corps. D 214.11:1957-1963. For later years see D 208.12:(year). Only officers on active duty in the Marine corps 1982- Lineal List of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the Marine Corps Reserve. D 214.2:Of 3/3 (1956 only); 1959-1964, D 214.11/2:(year). For later years see D 208.12:(year). Officers in the marine corps reserves, 1989- MILITARY RECORDS, NAVY 1 and 2 Combat Connected Naval Casualties, World War II by States, 1946. N 1.34/2:(vol.). American State Papers. 02-196 (Lists of impressed American seamen). Rare Z 3.1 03-212 04-282 "John Paul Jones – prize money for service under him." Serial Set 1121 (Senate Executive Document 11). Naval Documents of the American Revolution. (Nine Volumes); D 207.12:(vol.). (Name indexes; some lists cover more than officers). D 207.12:No. 10 Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. N 16.6:(vol.). Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Naval Reserve Force, 1921-1944, N25.6:(year); 1949-, D 208.12/2:(year). Register of Retired Commissioned and Warrant Officers Regular and Reserve of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 1960-, D 208.12/3:(year). Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, 1860-1947, N 1.10:(year); 1949 -, D 208.12:(year). For 1896, 1897 and 1905 see W 3.11:(year). Rare 11U6 U65 1835, 1837-39, 1852-1853 NATIONAL ARCHIVES GUIDES In addition to these comprehensive guides, there are many pamphlet guides to National Archives services in the Government Documents Department. The Archives; A Guide to the National Archives Field Branches. 1988. Gene CD 3023.59 1988 A Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives. 1983. Gene Z 5313.U5U54 1985 Guide to Records in the National Archives Great Lakes Region. 1989. AE 1.108:R 24/3/Great. National Archives Microfilm Resources for Research. 1986. AE 1.100:M 58/2. NATIVE AMERICANS Bibliography of the Algonquin Languages by James Constantine Pilling Central States: A Select List of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Custer Battlefield: A History and Guide to the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Robert M. Utley I 29.9/5:132/corr. http://www.nps.gov/libi/ Durant Roll Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs [microform]: Durant census roll of the Ottawas and Chippewas of Michigan and the 1908 supplemental census roll. E 98.C3 U5 1969 Genealogical and Biographical Research: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications by the National Archives Trust Fund Board http://www.nara.gov/publications/microfilm/biographical/genbio.html Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States compiled by Robert B. Matchette with Anne B. Eales et al. AE 1.108:G94/ Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives by the National Archives and Records Administration
AE 1.108:R24/3/great Guide to Records in the National Archives: Mid Atlantic Region AE 1.108:R24/3/mid.
Guide to Records in the National Archives: New England Region AE 1.108:R24/3/new Guide to Records in the National Archives: Northeast Region AE 1.108:R24/3/north Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians compiled by Edward E. Hill GS 1.6/6:Am3 Immigrant and Passenger Arrivals: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications by the National Archives and Records Service Indian Affairs, Progress Report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs I 20.1 The Indian Tribes of North America by John Reed Swanton SI 2.3:145 Indian Tribes: A Continuing Quest for Survival CR 1.2:In2/7 Many Nations: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Indian and Alaska Native Peoples of the United States edited by Patrick Frazier and the Publishing Office. LC 1.6/4:N21 Proof-Sheets of a Bibliography of the Languages of the North American Indians by James Constantine Pilling
NEWSPAPERS Newspapers Received Currently in the Library of Congress compiled by the Serial and Government Publications Division http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/ncp/full.html PASSENGER LISTS Immigrant Arrivals; A Guide to Published Sources. 1988. LC 1.6/4:Im 6. PATENTS Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent and Trademark Office PENSIONS A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841. I 7.5:3. (Indexed in REF E255.G45 HIST). Gene E 255.U42 1841 Also, Gene E255.U42 1954 Gene E263.P4 C58 1986 Gene E255 U42 1967 House Executive Document, 119. 1857. Serial Set 959. Senate Executive Document, 37. (Rejected Applicants). Serial Set 618. Senate Executive Document, 84. (List of 270,000 pensioners, 1883). Serial Set 2078-2082. Senate Document, 77. (French participants). Serial Set 4595. Senate Executive Document, 1 pt. 2 (1848 list). (Serial Set 550.) I 1.1:1849 pt.1. House Executive Document, 5 pt. 2 (1848 list). (Serial Set 570.) I 1.1:1849 pt. 1. House Executive Document, 5 pt. 3 (1848 list). (Serial Set 571.) I 1.1:1849 pt. 2. Index to War of 1812 Pension Application Files [microform] Letter From the Secretary of War, Transmitting a Report of the Names, Rank, and Line, of Every Person Placed on the Pension List, in Pursuance of the Act of 18th March, 1818 etc. January 20, 1820. Selected Records from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application Files [microform] PHOTOGRAPHY Image of America: Early Photography 1839-1900 LC 1.2:P56/3 Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters during World War II LC 1.2:W84 http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0001.html POLISH Polish Genealogy and Heraldry: An Introduction to Research by Janina W. Hoskins LC 35.9:P75 POST OFFICE National Five Digit Zip Code and Post Office Directory P 1.10/8: United States Official Postal Guide PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States AE 2.114: (earlier at Y 4.P 93/1:3/ and GS 4.113:) Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents AE 2.109: (earlier at GS 4.114:) RAILROADS Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads I 25.1: REVOLUTIONARY WAR Casemates and Cannonballs: Archeological Investigations at Fort Stanwix, Rome, New York by Lee Hanson and Dick Ping Hsu I 29.59:14 Revolutionary America, 1763-1789: A Bibliography compiled by Ronald M. Gephart LC 1.12/2:R32/4/763-789 Yorktown: Climax of the Revolution edited by Charles E. Hatch, Jr. and Thomas M. Pitkin I 29.50:1 http://www.nps.gov/colo/index.html Yorktown and the Siege of 1781 by Charles E. Hatch, Jr. I 29.58:14/2 SCOTLAND Sources for Research in Scottish Genealogy compiled by Judith P. Reid gopher://marvel.loc.gov/00/research/reading.rooms/genealogy/bibs.guides/scotland STATE Monthly Checklist of State Publications
STREET DIRECTORY Street Directory of the Principal Cities of the United States (5th edition) P 7.6:5 TERRITORIES Territorial Papers of the United States. S 1.36:(vol.) GS 4.13:(vol). Law E173.T4 1934z V.1-27 TRAVEL Pocket Guide to the United Kingdom D 2.14:PG-4C Gazetteer of Israel D 5.319:IS7>http://164.214.2.59/gns/html/ VITAL RECORDS Where to Write for Vital Records WEST VIRGINIA West Virginia: The Centennial of Statehood 1863-1963 LC 1.2:W52v WOMEN United States Women in Aviation, 1940-1985 by Deborah G. Douglas SI 1.42:7 Women in Congress, 1917-1990
WORLD WAR Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War W 55.2:3 WORLD WAR II The Largest Event: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of World War II by Peter T. Rohrbach
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