Yankee Research - Quick Guide
Resources at the William J. Hoffman Library and Research Center (LRC) at the Minnesota Genealogy Center (MGC)
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Are you new to New England research, or would you like a refresher? The resources below are authoritative sources. For more detail on individual states, browse the shelves or search the LRC catalog. You can find the catalog on the home page of all Library workstations, as well as on the Minnesota Genealogical Society website (mngs.org).
Call Numbers: the LRC collection is being converted to the Dewey Decimal system, so the call numbers below are subject to updating. The Dewey coded titles are shelved in the same section but at the end of the section with a RED Dewey flag. If you cannot find an item during a visit to the Library, check the online catalog or ask a library volunteer for help.
For a good general overview of New England research, begin here:
US 974.072 HAT
Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors (2006) by Patricia Law Hatcher
Subscription Websites available to patrons in the Library
Library workstations provide free access to the following websites. You may also use most of these sites on your laptop or mobile device (free wi-fi available), at no charge, while you are at the Library. For each site, major New England, New York, and colonial sources are listed.
- ancestrylibrary.com - Ancestry Library Edition
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
- familysearch.org - Family Search
Original New England town, vital, and church records; land, probate, and court records.
LRC is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library, allowing you to view many locked databases.
- fold3library.com - Fold3 Library Edition
Revolutionary and War of 1812 pensions, military service records from all wars.
- MyHeritage.com MyHeritage.com – MyHeritage Library Edition
New England and Military Research
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| American Reference Works |
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REF 182 GRU |
Grundset, American Genealogical Research at the DAR, Washington, D.C. (2nd ed. 2004) |
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REF 929.1072 GRE |
Greenwood, The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy (3rd ed., 2000) |
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| New England Settlement |
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FH 929.2 HOWLAND |
White, John Howland of the Mayflower (4 volumes) |
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US 929.374 AND |
Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 (1995, 3 volumes) |
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US 929.374 ANDE |
Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 (1999, 7 volumes) |
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US 929.374 AND |
Anderson, The Winthrop Fleet: Massachusetts Bay Company Immigrants to New England, 1629-1630 |
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US 929.10974 SAV |
Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England (1884, 4 volumes) |
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US 974 SAV INDEX |
Myers, Female Index to Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by Savage (2008) |
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US 929.20973 NSMD |
Mayflower Families through 5 Generations (21 volumes), the “silver books.” |
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US 929.374 TOR |
Anderson, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England 1620-1640 (2015) |
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US 929.374 TOR
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Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 |
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US 929.374482 AND |
Anderson, The Mayflower Migration: immigrants to Plymouth, 1620 (2020) |
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| US Military History shelves |
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US 929.20973 ROS |
Rose, Military Bounty Land, 1776-1855 (2011) |
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US 929.373 NARA |
White, Index to Revolutionary War Service Records ,(1995, 4 volumes) |
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US 973.34 WHI |
White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, (1990, 4 volumes) |
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US 973.52 WHI |
White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files, (3 vols.) |
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US 973.76 HAT |
Hatcher, Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots ,(1987, 4 volumes) |
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| New England shelves |
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US 929.1072074 MCC |
McClure, Genealogist’s Handbook for New England Research, 6th ed. (2021) |
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US 929.1072074 LAI |
Lainhart, Digging for Genealogical Treasure in New England Town Records (1996) |
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US 929.374 RAP |
Rapaport, New England Court Records (2006) |
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US 929.10974 NEHGS 2004 |
Taylor and Hoff, A Guide to the Library of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (2004) |
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| Connecticut shelves |
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CT 974.603 MUL |
Mullen, Connecticut, town meeting records during the American Revolution (2011, 2 volumes) |
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| Maine, New Hampshire shelves |
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ME 929.374 POP |
Pope, Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660 |
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| Massachusetts shelves |
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The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633 (2004) |
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MA 929.209744 LAM |
Ullmann, Western Massachusetts Families of 1790, 2 volumes (2012-2017) |
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MA 929.509744 ULL |
Lambert, A Guide to Massachusetts Cemeteries, 2nd ed. (2009) |
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| New York shelves |
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NY 929.10720747 NYGBS |
NYG&BS, New York Family History Research Guide and Gazetteer (2014) |
| US NY 078 Rob |
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Roberts and Mather, New York in the Revolution as Colony and State (1897, reprint) |
| US NY 241 |
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Grundset, New York in the American Revolution: A Source Guide for Genealogists and Historians (2012) |
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NY 929.10720747 REM |
Remington, New York state Probate Records: a Genealogist’s Guide to Testate and Intestate Records, 2nd ed. (2011) |
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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 |
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| Pennsylvania shelves |
| US PA 144 |
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McCrea, Pennsylvania Land Applications, 1765-1773, 2 volumes (2002-3) |
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PA 016.748 MUN |
Munger, Pennsylvania Land Records; a History and Guide for Research (1993) |
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PA 929.3748 EGL |
Egle, Early Pennsylvania Land Records (1976) |
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PA 929.3748 EGL Ser. 1&2 |
Egle, Notes and Queries, chiefly relating to interior Pennsylvania; 12 volumes (reprint 1970) |
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PA AUR974.8 |
Aurand, Index to Egle’s Notes and Queries (1934; reprint 1970) |
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| Rhode Island shelves |
| US RI 015 |
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MacGunnigle, Rhode Island Freemen, 1747-1755; a census of registered voters (1982) |
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RI 974.502 CHA |
Chapin, Rhode Island in the Colonial Wars: 1740-1748 and 1755-1762 (1994) |
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RI 973.3445 CHA |
Chamberlain, Rhode Island 1777 Military Census (1985) |
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| Vermont shelves |
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US 974.3293 BAR |
Bartley, Vermont Families in 1791, 2 volumes (1992) |
| US VT 030 ROL |
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Rollins, Vermont Religious Certificates (2003) |
| US VT 032 |
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Rollins, Vermont Warnings Out, 2 volumes (1995) |
| US VT 019 RIS |
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Rising, Vermont Newspaper Extracts, 1783-1816 |
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