Genealogy & History Books, Software and More

Books

• Genealogy Research

  • Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources, Third Edition
    If you are a serious genealogist, or would like to become one, this book has to be sitting on your bookshelf.
  • Genealogy 101: How to Trace Your Family's History and Heritage
    Great book for beginners.
  • The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America (10th Edition)
    This book is one of the most valuable genealogy bibliography collections available, and it a "must have" resource for tracing your ancestry using United States county records.
  • The Source : A Guidebook of American Genealogy
    One of the most comprehensive guides to the full spectrum of genealogical resources in America.

• History

  • A Colorado History
    Great general history of Colorado and a well documented history of the state.
  • Attached to Sweetness, A Chronicle of Sugar City
    by various authors; 1982 Sugar City Book Committee. Copies may be available - write for details.
  • Colorado South of the Border
    by Ralph C. Taylor; 1963; Published by Sage Books. Out of Print.
  • Conquistadors to the Twenty-First Century: A History of Otero and Crowley Counties, Colorado
    by Frances Keck; 1998; Published by Otero Press. Copies may be available - write for details.
  • Historical Atlas of Colorado
    Book tracking early settlements, ghost towns and rail towns, with maps.
  • History of Crowley County, Colorado
    by various authors and the Crowley County Book Committee, 1980; Crowley County Heritage Society. Out of Print.

Software

• Genealogy
  • Family Tree Maker Deluxe 2005
    The number one genealogy software. Family Tree Maker 2005 Deluxe Edition is the easy way to build, search and share your family history. Search through 1.1 billion names on Ancestry.com and access the US Records Collection to create detailed family trees, keepsakes and reports filled with photos and authentic documents.
  • Legacy Family Tree
    A full-featured, professional genealogy program that helps you track, organize, print, and share your family history. Includes excellent sourcing, reports, merging, To Do list, slide shows, multimedia, Web pages, spell checking, import and export and much more.