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Thursday, July 15, 2010
Selected Recent Arrivals in Local and Family History

Christian, Peter & David Annal.
Census: the Expert Guide.
Surrey, UK: The National Archives, 2008.
Call No. Local History Ref HA .37 .G72 C47 2008 (2nd floor open shelf)

Goethals, Jozef F. 
Searching for Flemish (Belgian) Ancestors.

Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 2007.
Call No. Local History Ref CS 793 .G64 2007 (2nd floor open shelf)

Hey, David, ed.
The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History.
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2010.
Call No. Local History Ref CS 413 .O94 2010 (2nd floor open shelf)

Keating, Ann Durkin.
Chicago Neighborhoods and Suburbs: A Historical Guide.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Call No. Local History Ref F548.18 .C524 2008 (2nd floor open shelf)

Miller, Julie.
Abandoned: Foundlings in Nineteenth Century New York City.
New York: New York University Press, 2008.
Call No. HV 885 .N5 M55 2008

Mitchell, Brian.
A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland. 2nd Edition.
Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002.
Call No. Local History Ref G1831 .F7 M5 2002 (2nd floor open shelf)