Module 2 Recommended Resources

Recommended Resources

The following resources come highly recommended from the folks at the State Library of North Carolina. Each link takes you to an item's record in WorldCat Links to an external site., where you can locate the nearest holding library. For more, visit the RootsMOOC Research Guide. Links to an external site.

Dollarhide, William. Census Substitutes & State Census Records: An Annotated Bibliography of Published Name Lists for all 50 U.S. States and State Censuses for 37 States Links to an external site.. 2 vols. Bountiful, UT: Family Roots Publishing Co., 2008.

Kemp, Thomas Jay. The American Census Handbook. Links to an external site. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 2001.

Lainhart, Ann S. State Census Records Links to an external site.. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992.

Meyerink, Kory L. U.S. Federal Census Records Links to an external site.. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2012

Register, Alvaretta Kenan. State Census of North Carolina, 1784-1787 Links to an external site.. 2nd ed, rev. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2001, c1973.

Thorndale, William and William Dollarhide. Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 Links to an external site.. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987.

For more resources, including information about the various census schedules, blank census forms, and links to sites you can use to access the census, check out the RootsMOOC Research Guide Links to an external site. from the State Library of North Carolina.