Local History and Genealogical Research in the University Libraries: P. Pre-American Ancestry

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• Baxter, In Search of Your European Roots Call No.: CS402 B39 1985 Newman 2nd floor
• Pine, American Origins (handbook of European genealogical sources) Call No.: CS16 P55 Newman 2nd floor
• Beard, How to Find Your Family Roots Call No.: CS16 B35 Newman 2nd floor
• Smith, Ethnic Genealogy: A Research Guide Call No.: CS49 E83 1983 Newman 2nd floor

• Baxter, In Search of Your British and Irish Roots Call No.: CS414 B38 1986 Newman 2nd floor
• Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland 2 v. Call No.: CS425 B8 Newman 2nd floor
• Burke’s Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage Call No.: CS420 B85 Remote Storage (requires notice for retrieval)
• Fox-Davies, Amorial Families Call No.: CR1618 F6 1897 Special Collections
• Hamilton-Edwards, In Search of British Ancestry Call No.: CS9 H27 1974 Newman 2nd floor; CS9 H27 1983 Special Collections
• Walford, County Families of the United Kingdom Call No.: CS419 W3 1871 Newman 2nd flood

• Victoria History on the Counties of England. Titles for individual counties can be found by searching this in the library's catalog.
• MacLysaght, Irish Families Call No.: CS498 M3 1972 & CS2415 M235 1985 Newman 2nd floor
• Anderson, The Scottish Nation or The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honors and Biographical History of the People of Scotland 3 v. Call No.: CT813 A6 Newman 2nd floor
• Falley, Irish and Scotch-Irish Ancestral Research 2 v. Call No.: CS483 F32 1981 Newman 2nd floor
• Grimble, Scottish Clans and Tartans Call No.: DA880 H6 G74 1973b Newman 3rd floor
• Stuart, Scottish Family History Call No.: Z5313 S4 S9 1978 Newman 5th floor

• Baxter, In Search of Your German Roots Call No.: CS614 B39 1994 Newman 2nd floor
• Cerny, Guide to German Parish Registers v. 1-2 Call No.: CS613 C47 1988 Newman 2nd floor
• Hall, The Atlantic Bridge to Germany Call No.: CS614 H34 V 1-5 Newman 2nd floor
• Smelser, Preliminary Survey of the German Collection (Utah) Call No.: CS613 S63 Newman 2nd floor
• Smith, American Genealogical Resources in German Archives Call No.: CS611 S5 Newman 2nd floor
• Smith, Encyclopedia of German-American Genealogical Research Call No.: E184 G3 S66 Special Collections and Newman 3rd floor
• Thode, Address Book for Germanic Genealogy Call No.: CS611 T48 1991 Newman 2nd floor

• Rose, Black Genesis Call No.: CS21 R57 2003 Newman 2nd floor