A genealogist's guide to discovering your female ancestors Special strategies for uncovering hard-to-find information about your female lineage

Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, 1956-

Book - 1998

Explains how to uses different sources to trace one's lineage.

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Subjects
Genres
Handbooks and manuals
Published
Cincinnati, Ohio : Betterway Books c1998.
Language
English
Main Author
Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, 1956- (-)
Edition
1st ed
Physical Description
152 p.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781558704725
  • Introduction: The silent woman ; Exploring women's social history ; Writing your female ancestors' stories ; About this book
  • 1. Sources created by women : Letters ; Diaries and journals ; Relatives' and friends' letters and diaries ; Finding letters and diaries ; Letters and diaries written by women like your ancestor ; Family bibles ; Family artifacts and heirlooms ; Oral history ; Legislative petitions
  • 2. Sources created about women : Research strategies ; Researching in original records ; Some typical and atypical sources
  • 3. Additional sources for ethnic women : African American women ; Native American women ; Jewish American women
  • 4. Methods for determining maiden names and parents : Solving identity problems ; Case studies ; Other genealogists' methods for identifying women
  • 5. Writing about women ancestors : Women's social history ; Social history topics ; Blending social and family history: some examples ; Documenting your ancestor's history
  • 6. From start to finish: a case study of Mary Fitzhugh (Stuart) Fitzhugh : Home sources ; Published genealogical sources ; Population schedules ; Probate and court records ; Slave schedules ; Social history research ; Reading Mary Fitzhugh's biography
  • Appendix A : An overview of women's legal rights in America : Property, inheritance and divorce laws ; Naturalization laws ; Widow's pension application acts
  • Appendix B : Matrilineal research and genetics
  • Appendix C : Source checklist for researching female ancestors