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HIST 301: Historian's Craft (Benes, Spring 2025)

Reference Books

Map of the reference section on Floor one of the main library

Indexes

Use indexes to identify collections of primary sources, or types of primary sources.  Indexes will not include the material itself, but will point you toward archives, collections, and published volumes. There are indexes to:

  • Registers
  • Wills
  • Court Records
  • Marriage Records
  • Death Records
  • Estate Inventories
  • Genealogy Indexes
  • Guidebooks
  • Deeds
  • Shipping records