Text Box: Searching for Your Ancestors Genealogy Resources at the Wadsworth Library and Beyond Genealogy is one of the most popular hobbies in America. Public libraries are great places to start and continue your family history research. The Wadsworth Library welcomes both beginner and experienced genealogists to use the library’s collection. Use the online library catalog to search for titles, authors or keywords. Some books may be borrowed, others must be used in the library. Materials in the local history cabinets and reference section must be used at the library. A file cabinet of local history materials is located in the Chanler Reading Room. Public access computers are available for Internet genealogy. Copies may be made for 20¢ per page. Wadsworth Library. Compiled by Barbara Henry, Librarian. Updated 12/03/2001   General Information These books will get you started and help you improve your research methods. Printed Sources: A Guide to Published Genealogical Records Edited by Kory L. Meyerink. Guide to 150 years of genealogy materials in print and electronic format. REF 929.3 PRI  The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy by Val D. Greenwood. New 3rd edition of a classic How-to book. 929.1 GRE 3rd ed. Searching for your Ancestors: The How and Why of Genealogy by Gilbert H. Doane and James B. Bell. Introduction to methods of genealogical research. 929.1 DOA The Sleuth Book for Genealogists: Strategies for More Successful Family History Research by Emily Anne Croom.  929.107 CRO  The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking. Comprehensive survey of genealogy record types, ethnic sources, and tracking ancestors in time and place. REF 929.1 SOU The Genesee Country  History of the Genesee Country by Lockwood R. Doty. (1925) Four-volume set covers 16 counties of western New York including Livingston (Vol. 2: 861-1031). Vols. 3 and 4 are biographical. LHC 974.78 DNG History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham’s Purchase and the Morris Reserve by O. Turner. (1851) Reprinted 1976 with index. Covers ten counties including Livingston. LHC 947.7 T85p   Livingston County American Agriculturist Farm Directory & Reference Book Livingston Co, NY 1917 Database to more than 3,000 individuals. Atlas of Livingston County, New York by F. W. Beers. (1872) Town maps showing locations of residents and businesses. LHC 912 (in REF)  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Livingston and Wyoming County (1895) Biographies of prominent Livingston county men. LHC 974.78 B52 Celebrating Our Past: Livingston County in the Twentieth Century by Bill Cook. (2000) A more recent history with many photographs. 974.785 COO  LHC 974.785 History of Livingston County, New York by Lockwood L. Doty. (1876) Reprinted in 1979 with index. Also, on-line. Includes earliest settlers and prominent men.  LHC 974.78 History of Livingston County, New York by Lockwood R. Doty. (1905) The son of Lockwood L. Doty expanded on his father’s 1876 history. LHC 974.78 History of Livingston County, New York by James H. Smith. (1881) Biographical sketches and histories of towns with detailed table of contents. LHC  974.78 New Century Atlas of Livingston County, New York by Century Map Co. (1902) Town maps show locations of residents and businesses. LHC 912 (in REF)   New Gazetteer and Business Directory for Livingston County, 1868 by G. Emmet Stetson. Brief histories of county and towns plus list of residents and business ads with index.  LHC 917.47 New York Atlas of Historical County Boundaries by John H. Long. Shows changes in county boundaries for Livingston County (pp. 104-106) and other counties. Useful tool for Livingston County which has been formed from four different counties. LHC 911.747 ATL  Orientation to Livingston County Genealogy Get quick information on history and resources in this notebook compiled by the Wadsworth Library. LHC    << Home   Next >>