Genealogy Books & Software
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Genealogy Books & Software |
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On this page I will feature books, CDs, and software that I feel may be useful to North Carolina genealogists. If you can suggest other items that have been useful to you, please use my comment page to send me your suggestions. The items described below are linked from the official Amazon.com site and the prices listed are the normal prices generated by their system. My relationship to them is that I get a small percentage of the sale price when you follow one of my links into their site to purchase an item. There is no additional markup for the Amazon.com items which I feature.
| Family Tree Maker Deluxe 10, by Broderbund, is great software for organinizing and assisting your genealogical research. I use FTM software in my own research. Various versions of this product are available through Amazon.com. You can click the linked image at left to purchase this product from Amazon.com right now, or you can follow this link to see all reviews and information about the product in the Amazon.com site. | |
| Last Stand in the Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville, by Mark L. Bradley, covers not only the Battle of Bentonville but other engagements leading up to that final battle of the Civil War in North Carolina. I was born about twenty miles from the Bentonville site. One reviewer of the book says the following about the battles covered,"Bradley takes the reader from the last organized skirmish against Sherman's army in South Carolina(Cheraw) to the climatic battle at Bentonville. In between Bradley also talks in detail of the battle of Averasboro and Monroe's Crossroads." You can click the linked image at left to purchase this book from Amazon.com right now, or you can follow this link to see all reviews and information about the book in the Amazon.com site. | |
| The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas , by John Buchanan, is a very good book about the battles of the Revolutionary War fought in the South. It gives political, cultural, and military perspectives on the period. It is 452 pages long and the average customer review is four and a half stars out of five. You can click the linked image at left to purchase this book from Amazon.com right now, or you can follow this link to see all reviews and information about the book in the Amazon.com site. | |
| 1790 North Carolina Federal Census, by Allcensus Inc., is a CD ROM disc of the 1790 North Carolina federal census data. There are 1,134 pages of data on this disc. You can click the linked image at left to purchase this product from Amazon.com right now, or you can follow this link to see all reviews and information about the product in the Amazon.com site. | |
| North and South Carolina Marriage Records from the Earliest Colonial Days to the Civil War, by William M. Clemens, is a hard cover compilation of all marriage records in the Carolinas up to the Civil War. One reader had the following comments about the book, "...This is book is exactly what the title says it is. It is a listing of all marriage records for these two states for the time period indicated. Names are alphabetical by both husband and wife. The information however, is the couples names, the date, and the location....and nothing more. ..." You can click the linked image at left to purchase this product from Amazon.com right now, or you can follow this link to see all available information about the book in the Amazon.com site. | |
| New Voyage to Carolina by John Lawson was written in 1700. Here are one reviewer's comments on the book: "Young John Lawson describes his adventure canoing and hiking through the Carolina Coastal Plain and Piedmont in the winter of 1700. Lawson's descriptions are detailed, especially of the many generous Native Americans who helped him on his way. His journey started in Charleston, continued through the Charlotte area, then east to Okeneechee Village on the Eno River (now Hillsborogh) and on to the coast near New Bern. This book is an unknown classic." You can click the linked image at left to purchase this book from Amazon.com right now, or you can follow this link to see all reviews and information about the book in the Amazon.com site. | |
| Passports of Southeastern Pioneers, 1770-1823: Indian, Spanish and Other Land Passports for Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia, North and South Carolina by Dorothy Williams Potter is a book about passports issued to citizens traveling into southeast North America when this was Spanish and Indian territory. Potter researched for eight years to gather this complete collection of passports and travel documents for individuals and families going to the Mississippi Valley area from Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. You can click the linked image at left to purchase this book from Amazon.com right now, or you can follow this link to see all reviews and information about the book in the Amazon.com site. | |
| Facing East from Indian Country : A Native History of Early America, by Daniel K. Richter, recounts the various cycles of colonization of North America from the 15th to the 18th centuries as they may have been viewed from the Native American perspective. You can click the linked image at left to purchase this book from Amazon.com right now, or you can follow this link to see all reviews and information about the book in the Amazon.com site. | |
| Colonial Georgia, by Clifford and Eugenia Burney Capps, is currently out of print, but one used copy in good condition is available at this writing. You can click the linked image at left to purchase this book from Amazon.com right now, or you can follow this link to see all reviews and information about the book in the Amazon.com site. | |
| American Colonies (The Penguin History of the United States), by Alan Taylor, is the first in a new Peguin Books five volume series on the history of the United States. It is a rather large paperback at 544 pages, but it is very reasonably priced. A portion of the editorial review states the following. "Even the serious student of history will find a great deal of previously obscure information, for instance that in the 18th century the Russian fur traders went much farther on North America's Pacific Coast than the explorers sent by the Russian crown. The book offers a balanced understanding of the diverse peoples and forces that converged on this continent early on and influenced the course of American history." You can click the linked image at left to purchase this book from Amazon.com right now, or you can follow this link to see all reviews and information about the book in the Amazon.com site. | |
| The Portuguese Making of America : Melungeons and Early Settlers of America, by Manuel Mira, is a paperback book that is 424 pages in length. Part of the editorial comments read as follows. "The author has painstakingly done a lengthy research on the attempts of one particular group to settle in North America since the early 15th century. The Portuguese people are one the oldest European group of settlers, probably the first to arrive in this continent and permanently settle among the natives in a peaceful manner. This book follows their quest for a better life in the New World and of other groups who consider themselves Portuguese, such as the Melungeons of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia." You can click the linked image at left to purchase this book from Amazon.com right now, or you can follow this link to see all reviews and information about the book in the Amazon.com site. | |
| The Highland Scots of North Carolina, 1732-1776, by Duane Meyer, is an inexpensive paperback book that is 218 pages in length. I own a personal copy of this book, and I found it to be a well-written and thorough introduction to the history of why the highlanders came to North Carolina. It describes what they faced in Scotland and what they did when they came to the Carolinas. It has an abundance of maps and tables about the flow of highlanders into North Carolina and the proportion of land grants that were given to probable highland scots. The book also has some discussion of the relations of the highlanders to other emigrant groups (including the Scoth-Irish or Ulster Scots) and to the native tribes in North Carolina. You can click the linked image at left to purchase this book from Amazon.com right now, or you can follow this link to see all reviews and information about the book in the Amazon.com site. | |
| Scottish Surnames, by Donald Whyte, is a paperback book that is 272 pages in length. If you wish to have an inexpensive introduction to the lore of Scottish surnames, then this book might be just the ticket you need. There are no reviews posted for this book, and I have not read it myself. You can click the linked image at left to purchase this book from Amazon.com right now, or you can follow this link to see all available information about the book in the Amazon.com site. | |
| Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning, and History, by George F. Black, is a hard bound volume of lore on Scottish surnames. There was one review of this book in Amazon.com, and it states the following. "George Fraser Black, Ph.D., compiled this listing of Scottish surnames from public and other records of Scotland throughout the centuries. An impressive and detailed bibliography lists his sources. The listing includes all the variations of spelling for each name, the date when it appeared and the location, and some insights or explanation, where appropriate. The 838 page volume includes a Glossary of Obsolete or Uncommon Scots Words. This is an invaluable reference for anyone interested in Scottish genealogy. It can quickly aid the person who is unsure whether his or her ancestry is Irish or Scottish." You can click the linked image at left to purchase this book from Amazon.com right now, or you can follow this link to see all reviews and information about the book in the Amazon.com site. | |
| A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Female Ancestors: Special Strategies for Uncovering Hard-To-Find Information About Your Female Lineage, by Sharon Debartolo Carmack, deals with an area of special difficulty and of general interest to most genealogists. This is the most recently published book (March 1998) I have seen that focuses on this issue. You can click the linked image at left to purchase this book from Amazon.com right now, or you can follow this link to see all reviews and information about the book in the Amazon.com site. | |
| As a genealogist whose roots lie in North Carolina, I have found Delorme's North Carolina Atlas and Gazeteer to be a very valuable tool for investigating the deeper patterns in the North Carolina landscape. Among many other features, it lists camping and recreational resources available in the state. If you are looking for anything in North Carolina, this book could be a big help. You can click the linked image at left to purchase this book from Amazon.com right now, or you can follow this link to see all reviews and information about the book in the Amazon.com site. | |
| Sticks and Stones: Three Centuries of North Carolina Grave Markers, by M. Ruth Little, deals with an area of technical interest to North Carolina genealogical researchers. This volume has 352 pages, 4 maps, and over 230 illustrations. You can click the linked image at left to purchase this book from Amazon.com right now, or you can follow this link to see all reviews and information about the book in the Amazon.com site. |
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