Resources
Other Links
Other links include resources from other countries and links which are not aligned to geographies. Maps used in research for clients, general genealogy, and military are included. Additional links to resources will be added as discovered or as time permits. The photograph was taken at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C.
MAPS:
Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries. (1877) An Illustrated Atlas of Talbot & Dorchester Counties, Maryland. https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/34140 : accessed 7 July 2023. The Neck District 8 is on p. 49 or can be view and zoomed into view, here, https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/bitstream/handle/1774.2/34140/p49%20Neck.jpg or in person at the Library of Congress, see https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=16480&recCount=25&recPointer=0&bibId=5840150.
GENERAL GENEALOGY TOPICS:
WEBSITES:
Library of Congress: The American Folklife Center. Oral History Interviews. https://loc.gov/folklife/familyfolklife/oralhistory.html : accessed 8 June 2022.
Oral History Center, University of California at Berkeley. Interview tips. https://www.lib.berkeley.edu/visit/bancroft/oral-history-center/teachers-students?section=interview-tips : accessed 8 June 2022. This website includes tips for interviewing and recording via Zoom, if needed.
Ancestry. Questions for Interviewing Family Members. https://support.ancestry.com/s/article/Questions-for-Interviewing-Family-Members : accessed 8 June 2022. This resource helps you define your specific topic and goal in the interview. Keep it short and simple!
Powell, Kimberly. Fifty questions for family history interviews: what to ask the relatives. New York: About.com. http://genealogy.about.com/cs/oralhistory/a/interview.htm : 30 June 2020.
EDUCATION:
Oral History Society. Introduction to Oral History. https://www.ohs.org.uk/training/intro-course/ : accessed 8 June 2022. This course is delivered by British Library in London. Online and in-person courses are both available.
BOOKS:
Annal, Dave and Collins, Audrey. (2013) Birth, marriage and death records: a guide for family historians. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Books. ISBN: 978-1848845725.
Durie, Bruce. (2013) Understanding documents for genealogy & local history. Stroud: The History Press. ISBN: 978-0752464640.
Herber, Mark. (2005) Ancestral trails. 2nd ed. Stroud: History Press. Check Chapter 2 about personal recollections.
Jolly, Emma. (2020) A guide to tracing your family history using the census. Barnsley: Pen and Sword. ISBN: 978-1526755223.
McClure, Rhonda R. (2004) Digitizing Your Family History. Cincinnati, Ohio: Family Tree Books. ISBN:1-55870-708-5.
Osborn, Helen. (2012) Genealogy: essential research methods. London: Robert Hale. ISBN: 978-0709091974. Excellent resource for general genealogy (with specific information regarding genealogy in the United Kingdom).
Images. Photograph. The U.S.S. Arizona Memorial. August 2007. Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States. Phyllis Zumwalt, photographer. Private collection.
MILITARY RESOURCES:
WEBSITES:
The Aviation Magazine highlights: excellent collection of aviation history, photographs, selected magazines (for download), articles and other resources.
NASA’s Johnson Space Center History highlights: Oral History Project, audio and data, photographs and other materials.
BOOKS:
Raiford, Neil Hunter. (2006) Shadow: A Cottontail Bomber Crew in World War II. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-07864-6622-1.
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