The bibliographic holdings of family histories at the Library of Congress. Entries are arranged alphabetically of the works of those involved in Genealogy and also items available through the Library of Congress.

The definitive guide to the 5,000 most common surnames in the United States. With origins, variations, rankings, prominent bearers and published genealogies.

This biographical dictionary catalogs the Union army colonels who commanded regiments from Missouri and the western States and Territories during the Civil War. The seventh volume in a series documenting Union army colonels, this book details the lives of officers who did not advance beyond that rank. Included for each colonel are brief biographical excerpts and any available photographs, many of them published for the first time.

Also includes ancestral families. Ancestors included: Michael Keinath (1720-1796) [Koiner, Coyner] of Germany and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Adam Diehl (1687-1755) [Deal] of Germany and York County, Pennsylvania; Andrew Read (d. 1797) [Reid] of Westmoreland County, Virginia; and Thomas Halley (1662-1750) of England and Virginia.

Other ancestral families include: Cackler -- Saltgeber -- Zedeker -- Casey -- Miller -- Walters -- Truax -- Stillwell -- Pittman -- Hamilton -- Beall -- Lucas -- Marlow -- Gott -- Pratt -- Myers -- Eddy -- Cottle -- Rolfe -- Kirsch -- Stilgenbauer -- Ayers -- Pike -- Walker -- Soule.