October 2003 New Arrivals

This is a list of new arrivals in the Genealogy section at the Santa Clara Public Library.  If the book you are looking for is not on the New Book Shelf, check the carts and then check the open shelves at the appropriate number.

BOOKS

1. Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. 5 New Vols. 929.3746 B239

2. Biographical Review: Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and the Vicinity (1897) 929.3748 B61

3. Black Genesis,: A Resource Book for African-American Genealogy, by Rose 2nd ed. 929.1 R796

4. County Longford, from the Irish Genealogical Foundation. 929.3418 Ir65

5. Delaware Genealogical Research Guide, ed. by Doherty. 3rd ed. 929.3751 D343

6. Earliest Tennessee Land Records & Earliest Tennessee Land History, by Griffey. 929.3768 G84

7. 1850 Census of Jackson County, West Virginia, A-G, by the Jackson County Historical Society, 929.3754 E347

8. Free Black Heads of Households in the New York State Federal Census, 1790- 1830, by Eichholz & Rose. 929.3747 E34

9. Genealogy Online, by Crowe. 7th ed. 929.1 C95

10. History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-5, comp. by Reamy. 929 .3752 R28

11. Listing of San Jose City Directories and Santa Clara County Directories Held at the Martin Luther King Library in San Jose, California. 917.947 L77

12. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620, by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Vol. 11, Pt. 3 and Vol. 18, Pt. 3. 929.2 K29

13. Online Roots: How to Discover your Family’s History and Heritage with the Power of the Internet, by Porter and Crow. 929.1 P84

14. You Can Write Your Family History, by Carmack. 929.1 C28

NEW IN THE CALIFORNIA COLLECTION

1. Autobiography of Noboru Endow-Kishimoto, by Endow-Kishimoto. 3 Vols. 979.473 E56 Case

2. Buchser Junior High School, Santa Clara, California (yearbook). Vol. 1-Vol. 5, 1982-1986. 373 B92 Case

3. In Loving Memory of the Hirsch Family. 979.473 In35 Case

4. Sunnyvale Past & Present: A Selection of Resources from the Sunnyvale Collection, by Beasley and Sloan. 979.473 S95 Case

5. Santa Clara High School Kodiak Tocsin (yearbook). Additional volumes: 1984, 1985, 1986. 373 K76 Case

Change of Location

In our continuing effort to move the microfilm that is uncataloged and filed alphabetically to the drawers holding microfilm that is cataloged and filed by the Dewey number, these titles have recently been cataloged and filed at their new numbers:

1. The Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine, Vols. 46-65, Fall 1982- Summer 2002. 12 Reels. 929.3774 D48 Microfilm

2. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vols. 1-136, Jan. 1846-Vol. 136, Oct. 1982. 25 reels. 929.374 N534 Microfilm

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CD-Roms

1. Corrections and additions to Tanquay Dictionary. CD-ROM 929.371 C82

2. Western Europe Vital Records Index: Alpine, Benelux, French, German, Italian and Spanish Regions, issued by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 22 CD-ROMS. CD-ROM 929.34 W52

Main Circulating Collection

1. San Jose State University: An Interpretive History, 1950-2000, by Walsh. 378.794 W22

2. Travels in the Great Western Prairies: The Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory, by Farnham. (1839 Wagon Train Journal) 917.8 F23