Selected Publications

Finding Italian Roots:  The Complete Guide for Americans, rev.
ed.  Baltimore, Md.:  Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003.

They Came in Ships:  A Guide to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Arrival Record, 3rd ed.  Orem, Utah:  Ancestry,
Inc., 2002.

Only a Few Bones:  A True Account of the Rolling Fork Tragedy and Its Aftermath.  Washington, D.C.:  Direct Descent, 2000.

Heritage from across the Sea:  A History of the Colletta Family of Buffalo, New York.  Washington, D.C.:  privately, 1982.

"Tracking a Loner on the Move: J.W. Parberry Exposed by the Genealogical Proof Standard," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 93, No. 2, June 2005.

"Proving Family Lore on the High Seas:  Births and Deaths at Sea, Stowaways and Jumping Ship."  Ancestry, January/-
February 2003.

"Hometown History:  Finding Local History When There Is No
Published Local History."  Family Tree, October 2002.

"At Home with Your Ancestors:  Mounting and Displaying Family Heirlooms."  Family Chronicle, July/August 2002.

"Exploring Places that Are No Longer There."  Heritage Quest, March/April 2002.

"What Did They Look Like?:  Painting Ancestral Portraits in Words  Ancestry, March/April 2002.

"Turning Biographical Facts into Real Life Events."  Family Chronicle, January/February 2002.

"Technology's Impact on Immigrant Records."  Ancestry,
November/December 2001.

"Noah B. Parker:  Troublemaker or Conscientious Civil Servant?  The Challenge and Importance of 'Building Historical Context.'"  Journal of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, vol. 20, no. 1, 2001.

"Building Context around Biographical Facts:  A Process Illustrated by the Backcountry Birth of George F. Ring."  National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 88, No. 4, December 2000.

"Jewish 'Strangers:'  A Little-Known Source Brought to Light."  Mississippi River Routes, The Vicksburg Genealogical Society Quarterly Journal, Vol. 8, No. 2, Winter 2000.

"Footnotes Lead to Sources . . . That Sometimes Break Through Brick Walls!"  Family Chronicle, November/December 2000.

"Using Artifacts in Writing Family History."  Genealogical Journal (of the Utah Genealogical Association), vol. 28, no. 2, 2000.

"U.S. Passport Applications:  Leads to Immigration and
Naturalization Records."  Heritage Quest, Sept./Oct. 1997.

"Federal Court Records:  A Neglected Cache of Ancestral Information."  Everton's Genealogical Helper, March/April 1997.

"Tips on Ships:  Searching New York Passenger Arrivals, 1847-1896."  Everton's Genealogical Helper, July/August 1994.

"Jewish Genealogical Research in Italy."  AVOTAYNU, The International Review of Jewish Genealogy, Spring 1992.

"How to Find Your Immigrant Ancestor's Ship."  Chart prepared for U.S. Park Service for permanent exhibit at Ellis Island, 1988.

"Search and Discovery in Italy."  Attenzione magazine, February and March 1984.