VI.  Selected Bibliography for beginning family historians

Some of these may be found at the Pickens High School Library and/or the Pickens County Library.

1. Allen, Desmond Walls and Carolyn Earle Billingsley. Beginner's Guide to Family History Research. 2d ed. Conway, AR: Research Associates, 1994.
2. Blockson, Charles L. and Ron Fry. Black Genealogy. Englewood cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1977.
3. Brooke, Ted O and Robert Scott Davis Jr. Georgia Genealogical Workbook. Atlanta: Georgia Genealogical Society, 1987.
4. Cerny, Johni and Arlene Eakle. Ancestry's Guide to Research: Case Studies in Ameircan Genealogy. Salt Lake City: Ancestry Incorporated, 1985.
5. Croom, Emily Anne. The Genealogist's Companion & Sourcebook. Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books, 1994.
6. Croom, Emily Anne. Unpuzzling Your Past, A Basic Guide to Genealogy. 2d ed. White Hall, VA: Betterway Publications, Inc., 1989.
   [This volume has a comprehensive appendix including: glossary; bibliography of additional sources; selected libraries and archives; National and Regional Archives; Territorial and State Census Records; various charts and forms.]
7. Davis, Robert Scott, Jr. Research in Georgia With Special Emphasis on the Georgia Department of Archives and History. Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1981.
8. Dieterle, Diane. Successful Genealogy. Atlanta: Privately Printed, 1986.
9. Doane, Gilbert H. and James B. Bell. Searching for Your Ancestors: The How and Why of Genealogy. 6th ed. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1992.
10. Eakle, Arlene and Johni Cerny. The Source: a Guidebook of American Genealogy. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, Inc., 1985.
    [This volume covers most types of records available to genealogists and how to locate and use them.]
11. Eichholz, Alice, Ph.D., C.G., ed. Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources. Revised ed. Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, 1992.
12. Genealogy. Irving, Tex.: Boy Scouts of America, 1988.
13. Greenwood, Val D. The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy. 2d ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
14. Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record Service, 1982.
15. The Handy Book for Genealogists. 8th ed. Logan, UT: The Everton Publishers, Inc., 1994.
16. Hilton, Suzanne. Who Do You Think You Are? Digging for Your Family Roots. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1976.
17. Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997.
18. Stryker-Rodda, Harriet. How to Climb Your Family Tree, Genealogy for Beginners. 1977. Reprint ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1993.
19. Tate, Luke E. History of Pickens County. 1935 reprinted. Spartanburg, S.C.: The Reprint Company, 1987.
20. Teague, Gene E. and Meranda E. Reece. Cemeteries of Pickens County, Georgia. Talking Rock, Ga.: Prvately printed, 1995.
21. Terrell, Charlene. Wolfscratch Wilderness: A Backward Walk in Time in an Old North Georgia Settlement. Jasper, Ga.: Privately printed, 1994.
22. Warnock, Robert Holcomb. Georgia Sources for Family History. Atlanta: The Georgia Genealogical Society, 1995.
23. Where to Write for Vital Records: Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces (Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1993.

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