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Nauvoo and Hancock County, Illinois

A Guide to Family History and Historical Sources

Kip Sperry
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Table of Contents

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  • Preface
  • Introduction to Nauvoo and Hancock County
  • Chronology of Historical Events
  • Family and Local History Resources
  • Bibliography: Nauvoo and Hancock County, Illinois
  • Manuscripts and Original Records
  • Appendix A
    Newspapers, Periodicals, and Newsletters
  • Appendix B
    Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terms
  • Appendix C
    Addresses and Repositories
  • Appendix D
    Internet Sites
  • Appendix E
    The Icarians
  • Appendix F
    Maps
  • Index

About the Book

Winner of the Harvey B. Black and Susan Easton Black Outstanding Publication Award (Gospel Scholarship in Church History and Doctrine), this comprehensive family history reference book describes hundreds of genealogical and historical resources for Nauvoo, Hancock County, and west-central Illinois. It includes descriptions of original records, primary and secondary sources, computer databases, finding aids, guides, websites, indexes, manuscript collections, newspapers, oral histories, historical and genealogical periodicals, library collections, and much more. It also includes an extensive bibliography of genealogical, local history, and historical resources. This research guide will benefit archivists, genealogists, family historians, historians, reference librarians, and others who study Illinois genealogy and local history and Latter-day Saint history.

ISBN 978-0-8425-2857-3

Published in 2014

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