The Hidden Half of the Family: A Sourcebook for Women's Genealogy

About this book

This book addresses the difficult task of finding women in traditional genealogical record sources. The first part of the book deals with the special ways women are dealt with in federal records such as immigration records passports naturalization records census enumerations land records military records and records dealing with minorities. The bulk of this reference work however deals with the individual states showing how their laws records and resources can be used in determining female identity.