The Irish Genealogy Society International

The Irish Genealogy Society International (IGSI)
www.irishgenealogical.org
publishes the award winning journal The Septs

Free PDF copies of past issues are available:
http://www.irishgenealogical.org/irish_genealogical_res_septs.asp

Some recent articles:

• Irish Civil Registration Indexes on FamilySearch.org
• How Do I Start? Where Do I Look?
• Deducing a Townland with Little Evidence: The Origin of James Joseph Sullivan
• Use of DNA in Irish Genealogical Research
• Accessing the IGSI Library Periodical Collection
• Following Clues Across the Water
• Your Key to the Irish on the Internet
• Websites for Military Records

The IGSI library catalog is online. www.irishgenealogical.org/irish_genealogical_res_catalog.asp

IGSI outline of Irish genealogy research. http://www.irishgenealogical.org/irish_genealogical_res_sources.asp

Society of Indiana Pioneers

Society of Indiana Pioneers
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Telephone: 317-233-6588
Web site: http://www.indianapioneers.com/
e-mail: societyof indianapioneers@yahoo.com

Purpose:
"To honor the memory and the work of the pioneers of Indiana"

Visit the Society of Indiana Pioneers site to access their new searchable database of approved ancestors.

Contact the Society of Indiana Pioneers if you are interested in a 20 to 45 minute presentation on the Society , its purpose and accomplishments.

From the membership brochure:

Membership is open to men and women,
over the age of eighteen, who prove one or more of their ancestors meets the
qualifications of an Indiana pioneer. An Indiana Pioneer is one who lived
within the present boundary of an Indiana county on or before December 31, 1840
in any Indiana county except for the following, which have qualifying years as
indicated:

Howard
1845

Lake
1845

Newton
1855

Starke
1850

Tipton
1845

Chicago Genealogical Information

Newsletter of the Chicago Genealogical Society
November 2009
Volume 42, Number 4
Available in the Lake County Public Library's Indiana Room

Upcoming Events
Saturday, December 5th
Autumn Mather, Newberry Reference Librarian
Ms. Mather will discuss the importance of "Special Collections" in genealogical research and talk about tools that are available for locating Special Collections Material.

The program will be held at the Newberry Library at 60 West Walton, Chicago at 1:30.

The Genealogist's Reference Shelf

The Genealogist’s Reference Shelf[1]

GENERAL REFERENCE
The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy, Third Edition, Loretto Dennis Szucs & Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, editors, Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Incorporated, 2006. ***

Professional Genealogy: A Manual for Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers, and Librarians, Elizabeth Shown Mills, editor, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2001. ***

Unpuzzling Your Past, Emily Croom, Cincinnati: Betterway Publishing, 2001. ***


U.S. PLACE REFERENCES
The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th edition, George Everton, Draper, Utah: Everton Publishers, 200. ***

Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, 3rd edition, Alice Eichholz, editor, Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004. ***


DOCUMENTATION AND PROCEDURES
Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian, Elizabeth Shown Mills, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997. ***

Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace, Elizabeth Shown Mills, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007. ***

BCG Genealogical Standards Manual, Board for Certification of Genealogists, Washington, D.C.: Board for Certification of Genealogists, 2000. ***

The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. rev., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Software program user’s guide or online help.


GENEALOGICAL TERMINOLOGY
A to Zax: A Comprehensive Dictionary for Genealogists & Historians, Barbara Jean Evans, Alexandria, Virginia: Hearthside Press, 1995. ***

Unabridged dictionary
Medical reference book (e.g., Gray’s Anatomy, Mosby’s Medical, Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary) ***
Legal reference book (e.g., Black’s Law)


ORGANIZATION
Organizing Your Family History Search, Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books, 1999. ***

The Organized Family Historian, Ann Carter Fleming, Nashville, Tennessee: Rutledge Hill Press, 2004.


SPECIFIC REPOSITORIES
A Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United States, 3rd edition, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2001.

Citing Records in the National Archives of the United States, http://www.archives.gov/publications/general_information_leaflets/17.html (free)

The Family History Library Catalog resource and help guides, search online at http://www.familysearch.org.

American Genealogical Research at the DAR, Washington, DC, 2nd Edition, Eric G. Grundset and Steven B. Rhodes, Washington, DC: National Society Daughters or the American Revolution, 2008.


LAND & PROPERTY RESEARCH
Land & Property Research in the United States, E. Wade Hone, Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Incorporated, 1997. ***


CENSUS RESEARCH
The Census Book: A Genealogist’s Guide to Federal Census Facts, Schedules, and Indexes, William Dollarhide, Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1999. ***

Your Guide to the Federal Census for Genealogists, Researchers, and Family Historians, Kathleen W. Hinckley, Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books, 2002. ***

State Censuses: An Annotated Bibliography of Censuses of Population Taken After the Year 1790 by States and Territories of the United States, Henry J. Dubester, Chief, Census Library Project, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1948 (Reprint Knightstown, Indiana: The Bookmark, 1990). ***

The Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920, William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1987. ***


IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION
American Naturalization Records 1790-1990: What They Are and How to Use Them, John J. Newman, Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1999. ***

They Came in Ships: A Guide to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor’s Arrival Record, rev. ed., John P. Colletta, Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry, 2002. ***


MILITARY RECORDS
U.S. Military Records: A Guide to Federal and State Sources, Colonial America to the Present, James C. Neagles, Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, 1994. ***



*** Available at the Lake County Public Library
[1] “The Genealogist’s Reference Shelf,” Gary Smith and Diana Smith, NGS NewsMagazine, January/February/March 2005, pp. 36-39.

Ulster Surnames

GEN 929.4209416 BELL
The Book of Ulster Surnames
by Robert Bell

From the Book Cover
The Book of Ulster Surnames has enteries for over five hundred of the most common family names of the province, with references to thousands more. It gives a history of each name, its original form, where it came from--Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, France--and why it changed to its present form. It also includes notes on famous bearers of the name and where in Ulster the name is now most common.

Introduction:

• Hereditary surnames came into being in the Irish provinces in the tenth century and became widespread in the eleventh century.
• Many Irish surnames were derived from Viking personal first names.
• From the twelfth century the Anglo-Normans brought their surnames to Ulster
• The English also brought their surnames at this time.
• Scottish mercenary families (galloglasses) brought names such as MacCabe, MacDonnell, MacSweeney.
• Many Scottish clans claim descent from the same historical and legendary figures as their Irish equivalents, and from the time of the creation of the Irish Dalriadic kingdom in Scotland, the two regions and their surnames have been closely related through language, alliance, war, marriage, migration and trade.
• The Plantation of the early seventeenth century was the most significant influx of names of all. Ulster Plantation from the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Irish Surnames

Scottish Surnames

Welsh Surnames

Irish Church Records

GEN 941 IRIS
Irish Church Records: Their History, Availability, and Use in Family and Local History Research
Edited by James G. Ryan

From the book cover:
Irish Church Records
The records of the Irish churches are among the earliest and most comprehensive sources available to researchers of Irish family, social, and church history. The extensive indexing projects currently in progress will make these sources more accessible. It is therefore important to know the full range of records available; and to understand how and why they were compiled, and the information they can reveal.

Irish Church Records comprises chapters by experts on the records of eight major Irish denominations. It provides details of the types of records maintained by each church, and the relevance of each to family and local history. The locations of the records of each church, and guidelines for their access, are also included. The types of records described are illustrated throughout.

Irish Church Records is aimed at local, family, and church historians.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Irish Quaker Records
3. Records of the Church of Ireland
4. Presbyterian Church Records
5. Catholic Church Records
6. Methodist Records as a Genealogical Source
7. Irish Jewish Records as a Genealogical Source
8. Huguenot Church Registers in Ireland
9. Irish Bapists Church Records

Family Search Information -- Irish Church Records
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Ireland_Church_Records

Irish Genealogical Society International
http://www.irishgenealogical.org/irish_genealogical_res_sources.asp

Irish Genealogy Toolkit
http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/trace-family-history.html

The Prominent Families of the United States

GEN 973 PROM
The Prominent Families of the United States of America
by A. M. Burke

Early Prominent Families of Virginia:
Washington, Carter, Randolph, Lee, Byrd, Page, Fairfax, Harrison, Bolling, Claiborne, Diggers, Conway, Cabell, Ashton, Fitzhugh, Fowke, Gordon, Henry, Pendleton, Slaughter, Tyler, and Chichester.

Early Prominent Families of Maryland:
The Calverts, Carrolls, Ridgelys, Tilghmans, Burwells, Brents, Briscoes, Lloyds, Lowndes, Tildens, Brookes, and Chews.

Early Prominent Families of The Carolinas:
Middleton, Pinckney, Lowndes, Izard, Blake, and Rutledge.

The Pilgrim Fathers
John Carver
William Bradford
Edward Winslow
William Brewster
Isaac Allerton
Miles Standish
John Alden
Samuel Fuller
Christopher Martin
William White
Richard Warren
John Howland
Stephen Hopkins
Edward Tilley
John Tilley
Francis Cooke
Thomas Rogers
Thomas Tinker
John Rigdale
Edward Fuller
John Turner
Francis Eaton
James Chilton
John Billington
Moses Fletcher
John Goodman
Degory Priest
Thomas Williams
Gilbert Winslow
Edmund Margeson
Peter Browne
Richard Britteridge
George Soule
Richard Clarke
Richard Gardiner
John Allerton
Thomas English
Edward Dotey
Edward Leister

Some Prominent Puritan Surnames:
Higginson, Hooker, Cotton, Mathers, Winthrops, Bulkeleys, Faunces, Pynchons, and Chaunceys.

Some Prominent Quaker Surnames:
Penn, Gilpins, Biddles, Morrises, Thomases, Whartons, and Shoemakers.

Some Prominent Dutch Surnames:
Van Cortlandts, Schermerhorns, Van Rensselaers, Stuyvesants, Kips, Beekmans, de Peysters, Vanderbilts, Van Burens, and Schuylers.

Some Prominent Huguenots Surnames:
Revenel, Mazyck, Porcher, Cordes, Bayard, Rhinelander, Huger, and de Lancey.

These were the principal European settlements of America, and most of the historic families of the United States are descended from these founding families.