Surname Card File Index - Examples

Book

Genealogy indexed by surname; within surname group, filed chronologically by date of publication.

H
929.2
G7475g7

Granbery, Julian Hastings.
John Granbery, Virginia, compiled, verified,
and edited by Julian Hastings Granbery. New York, Privately
published by A.G. Walter, 1964.
xv, 351 p., illus., coats of arms, facsims., 2 fold. geneal. tables,
4 fold. maps, ports. (part col.) 26 cm.
Geneal. tables and maps in pocket.
L.C. copy imperfect: port. on p. 41 wanting.
500 copies ... No. 296
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Granbery family.
CS71G755 1964 64-66086

Segment of larger work

James family history is included in a multi-volume work of regional genealogy. Reference made to specific volume (2) and pages (436-442).

H974.75
qC99

James family

Cutter, William Richard
Genealogical and family history of northern
New York. 1910. 2:436-442.

Article

Entry identifies magazine, year, volume and relevant pages.

975.5
W71

Johnson family
Johnson family. (In: William and Mary quar.
1912. 21:44-47. 1913 22:277-279)

Pamphlet

Second line of call number has name (Greene) rather than book number. This indicates the item is a pamphlet, not a book.

X929.2
Greene

Greene family

Parker, Mary Ann
A supplement to Descendants of Herman E. Greene, 1853-1930,
"The Greene’s of Rhode Island."
48, viip
Includes notes on Byram and Swift families.

Manuscript

Copy all the information on the card, including box and folder numbers, and take it to the Manuscripts and Special Collections area.

JC12466

Dingman family

Bouton, Eugene
Papers. (Box 2, folder 2)

Bible record

Entry cites volumes and pages in the DAR Bible record series.

Van Alstine family

DAR Bible Records 7:290-295.
DAR Bible Records 40:196.

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