Look no further than our local SaddleBrooke Community Libraries.
In 2017, the SaddleBrooke Genealogy Club and the SaddleBrooke Community Libraries joined forces to make books from the Genealogy Club available to its members and our SaddleBrooke community.
At that time, the library added approximately 50 recently published books from the Genealogy Club’s Library. The SaddleBrooke Community Libraries established a special collection area for these books which are currently located on the right as you enter DesertView Library. The library is in the DesertView Complex and is next to the theater.
In recent years, we’ve added new books of various subject matter related to genealogy to reach its current number of about 80 books.
The collection has a wide variety of books ranging from Research Books, Beginning Genealogy, DNA books to more advanced selections. A few that we would recommend for beginners are:
“Genealogy Online for Dummies” (Matthew Helm)
“Organize Your Genealogy” (Drew Smith),
“Research Like a Pro“ and “Research Like a Pro for DNA“ (Diana Elder and her daughter Nicole Dyer, a local author)
“The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy“ (Blaine Bettinger)
There are also guides to work your way through the Family Search and Ancestry.com websites. If you have gotten to the point of documenting your family history, there are also companion guides for genealogy software: Family Tree Maker 2019 and Roots Magic 7.
Ethnicity is a large part of genealogy, and there are books regarding English, Irish, Scottish and German genealogy. Along with the above books, there are also books in the collection related to American History as far back as the Mayflower.
Related titles can also be found in the New Nonfiction collections at both the SaddleBrooke One Library and DesertView Library. Check out “Cave of Bones: A True Story of Discovery, Adventure, and Human Origins“ (Lee Berger). Or for more information on the huge emigration and immigration movements of the mid-19th century, and how they shaped this country, consider “Brought Forth on This Continent: Abraham Lincoln and American Immigration“ (Harold Holzer) at DesertView.
Our hot days of summer are a great time to either get started, or continue your family history research. Please take time to check out the books that are available in the Genealogy collection. You will find a listing of all of the titles in the collection by going to the online catalog at sblibraries.com. In Collections, select Genealogy and then Search.
If you decide to continue your family history search, please consider joining the Genealogy Club. Meetings are in the Coyote Room on the lower level of SaddleBrooke One clubhouse on the first Thursday of every month. Meetings resume in September.
You need to be at patron of the libraries to check out books. If you haven’t registered to use our libraries, stop by SaddleBrooke One Library or the DesertView Library to become a patron.
