Yankee Research Quick Guide

Resources at the William J. Hoffman Library and Research Center (LRC)

at the Minnesota Genealogy Center (MGC)

Are you new to New England research, or would you like a refresher? The books and websites listed below focus on New England as a whole, and are a great place to jump-start your research. For more detail on individual states, browse the shelves (by state or category) or search the Library catalog.

Call Numbers: the Library is in the process of converting to the Dewey Decimal system. As cataloging continues, the call numbers below are subject to change.

As books are re-labeled with Dewey numbers they are re-shelved at the end of the same section on the shelf, marked with a red "Dewey" flag.

If you cannot find an item, check the online catalog or ask the library volunteer for help.

For a good overview, we recommend that you start with this book in the New England section of the stacks:

US 974.072 Hat
Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors
by Patricia Law Hatcher, published 2006 by Ancestry

Subscription Websites

Library computer workstations provide free access to the following websites. You may also use these sites on your laptop or mobile device (free wi-fi available), at no charge, while at the Library. Note that the links below may not be active for you unless you are in the Library.

ancestrylibrary.com - Ancestry Library Edition, free access on site at the LRC and many public libraries
Original New England town vital records, New York Reformed Dutch Church records, Canadian vital records
americanancestors.org - New England Historic Genealogical Society
New England town record transcriptions, Barbour Collection of Connecticut town records, early newspapers, NEHG Register, Mayflower Descendant, New England periodicals
findmypast.com
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, British and Irish records, PERiodical Source Index (PERSI)
familysearch.org - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Original New England town vital and church records, land, probate, and court records. MGC is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library, allowing you to view many “locked” databases that would not be accessible from home.
fold3library.com - Fold3 Library Edition
Revolutionary and War of 1812 pensions, military service records from all wars.

New England and Military Research

"old" LRC call number	new LRC Dewey number	Reference
Reference section
REF 182		Grundset, American Genealogical Research at the DAR, Washington, D.C. (2^nd ed. 2004)
	REF 929.1072	Greenwood, The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy (3^rd ed., 2000)
US General shelves
US Gen 119.1 SAV		Myers, Female Index to Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by Savage (2008)
US Gen 235 AND		Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 (1995, 3 volumes)
US Gen 235.1		Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 (1999, 7 volumes)
US Dewey shelves
	US 929.10974	Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (1884, 4 volumes)
	US 929.20973 NSMD	Mayflower Families through 5 Generations (21 volumes), the “silver books.”
	US 929.374	Anderson, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England 1620-1640 (2015)
	US 974	Torrey, New England Marriages prior to 1700
US Military History shelves
US MH 024		Rose, Military Bounty Land, 1776-1855 (2011)
US MH 210 Whi		White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files (1990, 4 volumes)
US MH 219 Hat		Hatcher, Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots (1987, 4 volumes)
US MH 221 Whi		White, Index to Revolutionary War Service Records (1995, 4 volumes)
New England shelves
US NE Yan 004		Yankee Research Aids; Yankee Pathfinder (3-ring binder)
	US 929.1072074 MCC	McClure, Genealogist’s Handbook for New England Research, 6^th ed. (2021)
US NEng 023 Lai		Lainhart, Digging for Genealogical Treasure in New England Town Records (1996)
US NEng 038 Rap		Rapaport, New England Court Records (2006)
US NEng 045		Taylor and Hoff, A Guide to the Library of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (2004)
US NEng 049		Anderson, The Winthrop Fleet: Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England, 1629-1630 (2012)
Connecticut shelves
	CT 974.603	Mullen, Connecticut town meeting records during the American Revolution (2011, 2 volumes)
Maine shelves
	ME 929.374	Pope, Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660
Massachusetts shelves
US MA 205 And		The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633 (2004)
	MA 929.209744	Ullmann, Western Massachusetts Families of 1790, 2 volumes (2012-2017)
	MA 929.509744	Lambert, A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries, 2^nd ed. (2009)
New York shelves
	NY 929.10720747	NYG&BS, New York Family History Research Guide and Gazetteer (2014)
US NY 078		Roberts and Mather, New York in the Revolution as Colony and State (1897, reprint)
US NY 241		Grundset, New York in the American Revolution: A Source Guide for Genealogists and Historians (2012)
	NY 929.10720747	Remington, New York state Probate Records: a Genealogist’s Guide to Testate and Intestate Records, 2nd ed. (2011)
	NY 974.733	Doherty, Settlers of the Beekman Patent (1990-2017), volumes 1, 10, 11, 12, 13 Note: volumes 2-9 are available from the New England Historic Geneal. Soc. at americanancestors.org
Pennsylvania shelves
US PA 144		McCrea, Pennsylvania Land Applications, 1765-1773, 2 volumes (2002-3)
	PA 929.3748	Egle, Early Pennsylvania Land Records (1976)
	PA 929.3748 EGL 1900	Egle, Notes and Queries, chiefly relating to interior Pennsylvania; 12 volumes (reprint 1970)
	PA 974.8	Aurand, Index to Egle’s Notes and Queries (1934; reprint 1970)
Rhode Island shelves
US RI 015		MacGunnigle, Rhode Island Freemen, 1747-1755; a census of registered voters (1982)
US RI 020		Chapin, Rhode Island in the Colonial Wars: 1740-1748 and 1755-1762 (1994)
US RI 032		Chamberlain, Rhode Island 1777 Military Census (1985)
Vermont shelves
US VT 017		Bartley, Vermont Families in 1791, 2 volumes (1992)
US VT 030		Rollins, Vermont Religious Certificates (2003)
US VT 032		Rollins, Vermont Warnings Out, 2 volumes (1995)