Yankee Research Quick Guide

 

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. 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:

 

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

 

 

Free Access to Subscription Websites at MGC
 

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.

 

 

"old" LRC call number	new LRC Dewey number	Reference
Reference section
	REF 929.1072 GRE	Greenwood, The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy (3rd ed., 2000)
REF 182 GRU		Grundset, American Genealogical Research at the DAR, Washington, D.C. (2nd ed. 2004)
US General shelves
US NENG 049 AND		Anderson, The Winthrop Fleet: Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England, 1629-1630
US Dewey shelves
	US 929.374 AND	Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 (1995, 3 volumes)
	US 929.374 ANDE	Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 (1999, 7 volumes)
	US 929.374482 AND	Anderson, The Mayflower Migration: immigrants to Plymouth, 1620 (2020)
	US 929.10974	Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (1884, 4 volumes)
	FH 929.2 HOWLAND	White, John Howland of the Mayflower (4 volumes)
	US 929.10974 SAV	Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (1884, 4 volumes)
	US 974 SAV INDEX	Myers, Female Index to Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by Savage (2008)
	US 929.20973 NSMD	Mayflower Families through 5 Generations  (21 volumes), the “silver books.”
	US 929.374 TOR	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, 6th 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 Tay		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 MUL	Mullen, Connecticut town meeting records during the American Revolution (2011, 2 volumes)
Maine, New Hampshire 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 LAM	Ullmann, Western Massachusetts Families of 1790, 2 volumes (2012-2017)
	MA 929.509744 ULL	Lambert, A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries, 2nd ed. (2009)
New York shelves
	NY 929.10720747 NYGBS	NYG&BS, New York Family History Research Guide and Gazetteer (2014)
US NY 078 Rob		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 REM	Remington, New York state Probate Records: a Genealogist’s Guide to Testate and Intestate Records, 2nd ed. (2011)
	NY 974.733 DOH	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)
US PA 186 MUN		Munger, Pennsylvania Land Records; a History and Guide for Research (1993)
	PA 929.3748 EGL	Egle, Early Pennsylvania Land Records (1976)
	PA 929.3748 EGL Ser. 1&2	Egle, Notes and Queries, chiefly relating to interior Pennsylvania; 12 volumes (reprint 1970)
	PA  AUR974.8	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)
	RI 973.3445 CHA	Chamberlain, Rhode Island 1777 Military Census (1985)
Vermont shelves
US VT 017		Bartley, Vermont Families in 1791, 2 volumes (1992)
US VT 030 ROL		Rollins, Vermont Religious Certificates (2003)
US VT 032		Rollins, Vermont Warnings Out, 2 volumes (1995)
US VT 019 RIS		Rising, Vermont Newspaper Extracts, 1783-1816