Genealogy Resources
Biography
Biographical Dictionaries & Resources
- American National Biography. New York: Oxford
University Press, 1999. Successor to the Dictionary of
American Biography.
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress,
1774-Present
- Cyndi's
List - Biographies.
- Dictionary of American Biography. New York: C.
Scribner, 1928-96. Scholarly biographical dictionary includes
3600+ biographies with bibliographies.
- Dictionary of National Biography. London: Oxford
University Press, 1959. English biographical resource.
- Handbook of North American Indians. Washington:
Smithsonian, 1978-98. Volume 4 is a good starting point.
Biography and History Index of American Indians may also be
useful.
- Lee, Bill. The Baseball Necrology--The Post-Baseball
Lives and Deaths of Over 7,600 Major League Players and Others.
La Feria, Texas: The author, 2003.
- National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Clifton,
New Jersey: White, 1984. Comprehensive American biographical
dictionary covers 1892-1984. Not alphabetical, use volume
indexes and the general index.
- Notable American Women. Cambridge: Harvard University
Press, 1971. Biographical sketches of 1800+ women 1607-1950,
majority of whom are not included in Dictionary of American
Biography.
- Notable Black American Women. Detroit: Gale, 1996.
500 biographies includes bibliographies and information on
archival collections. Detailed subject index.
- Notable Women
Ancestors - Some are famous - some are not. Provides
information on women who have been overlooked or ignored in
other publications.
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Ohio Biographies Project. In May of 1997, this project was
organized by Jeff Murphy, using the established KY Biographies
Project as a model.
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U.S. Biographies Project. In May of 1997, the U.S.
Biographies project was organized by Jeff Murphy, using the
established KY Biographies Project as a model. State
coordinators were sought to set up their own state project. They
were offered the system design and tools created for the KY
project, but were free to set up their project in any way they
chose. Provides links to state projects.
- White's Conspectus of American Biography. Michigan:
Scholarly Press, 1972.
Biographical Indexes
- American Biographical Index. New York: Saur, 1993.
Index to 368 biographical reference works published between
1702-1956.
- Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Detroit: Gale,
1980-90. Index to millions of biographical sketches in 2700+
periodicals, and 2000+ current books of individual and
collective biography.
- Biography Index. New York: H. W. Wilson. Cites
biographical material appearing in 3000+ periodicals, and 2000+
current books of individual and collective biography.
- Black Biography, 1790-1950. Alexandria, Virginia:
Chadwyck-Healey, 1991.
- British Biographical Index. New York: Saur, 1990.
Index to 334 biographical reference works published between
1601-1629.
- Index Biographique Francais. London: Saur, 1993.
Index to 180 biographical reference works published between
1647-1986.
- Indice biografico de Espana, Portugal e Iberoamericana.
New York: Saur, 1990. Index to 306 biographical reference works
published between the 17th and 20th centuries.
- Indice Biografico Italiano. New York: Saur, 1993.
Index to 321 biographical reference works published between the
17th and 20th centuries.
- New York Times Obituaries Index. New York: New York
Times, 1970-1980. Alphabetical listing of "Deaths" from The
New York Times, 1858-1978.
- Personal Name Index to "The New York Times Index,"
1851-1996. Succasunna, New Jersey: RDI, 1976-1996. Citations
refer to the New York Times Index, not newspaper itself.
- PERSI. Utah: Ancestry, 1997. Comprehensive index to
genealogical and historical periodicals.
- Women in Particular. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1984. Index
to American women from 54 works of collective biography.