PUBLICATIONS
by Marsha Hoffman Rising, CG FASG
BOOKS
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Tired of beginner's books? This problem-solver is for the experienced researcher who has already done the easy part. |
Deeds of gift, land partitions, powers of attorney,
out-of-state sales and other deeds of genealogical interest for a
work |
All items of genealogical interest for western Vermont from the first newspapers in the area. |
Opening the Ozarks
1835-1839
First Families of Southwest Missouri
Death Notices from Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, 1870-1893 (2002)
Deaths from Cedar County Missouri Newspapers 1888-1900 (1988)
Genealogical Abstracts from the Monmouth [IL] Atlas 1846-1855
Genealogical Abstracts from the Monmouth [IL] Atlas 1856-1865
Genealogical Gleanings from the Springfield Advertiser 1844‑1850 (1984)
Greene County, Missouri Probate 1833-1871 (1994)
Newspaper Notices from Southwest Missouri 1850‑1860 (1985)
Newspaper Notices from Southwest Missouri 1860-1870 (1994)
Ten Year Index to Ozar'Kin, Ozarks Genealogical Society (1989)
The Molzen Family ‑ First One Hundred Years in America (out of print)
ARTICLES
“Accumulating Negative Evidence,” APG Quarterly IV (Fall 1989): 66-68.
A Maze of Halls in Taunton, Massachusetts: Correlating Land Descriptions to Prove Identity” National Genealogical Society Quarterly. 81 (March 1993): 19-23.
“Audience Survey of Genealogy Workshops,” Association for Professional Genealogists Quarterly 4 (Winter 1986): 29-32.
“Computers and Genealogical Scholarship: Have the Twain Yet Met?” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 76(September 1988): 225-229.
“David Robinson (1704-1793) of Watertown, Newton, Needham, Weston, Natick and Marlborough, Mass. Where Does He Belong?” The American Genealogist 67 (July 1992): 136-142.
"Deeds Hold Clues: Finding Lewis H. Walton of Southwest Missouri," NGS NewsMagazine 30 (June/July 2004): 52-55.
“Forging Links in a Surveyor's Chain: Samuel M. Scroggins of Missouri and Tennessee,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 83 (December 1995): 268–276.
“Genealogical Research by Correspondence,” NGS Newsletter 15 (No. 5) 1989.
“Genetic Abnormality at Thorpe?” Genealogical Journal 17(1988-1989): 5-7.
“Graduates from Monmouth College 1858-1876“ Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly, 15 (Winter 1983): 236-245 and “Graduates from Monmouth College 1877-188911” Illinois State Genealogical Society Quarterly 18: (Fall 1986) 129-139.
“Identity of Elizabeth Stare Krider Peck Barnes,” Ozar'kin XVI (Fall 1994): 129-130
“Looking Backward,” NGS Newsletter 16 (No. 3 1990) 1-3.
“New York Marriages in Bennington, Vermont 1809-1828,” New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 116 (April 1985): 92-93.
“Problematic Parents and Potential Offspring: The Example of Nathan Brown,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly. 79 (June 1991) 85-99. This article received the NGS Award of Excellence in 1992.
“Professional vs. Hobbyist,” Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly 4(Spring 1989) reprinted from November 1985.
“Promises to Keep: The Professionals Look at Adoption Research,” APGQ. VI (Fall 1991)62-65.
"The Difficult Life of Dorothy (Rawlinson) Talby (1598-1638) of Salem, Massachusetts,” The American Genealogist 78 (January 2003):1–8 (with Robert C. Anderson).
“The Gash Family of Buncombe County, North Carolina—Who Was Ebenezer Gash of St. Clair County, Missouri?” The American Genealogist 73 (April 1998): 105–116.
“The Rountree Family of Maury County, Tennessee,” Ozar’kin 24 (Fall 2003): 97–101.
“The Search for Mary Ann Spangler: Narrowing a Field of Potential Parents,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 77 (September 1989): 197-207.
“Three William Uphams of Newton, Massachusetts,” The American Genealogist 63 (October 1988): 216-222.
“Trousers for Elijah: The Probable Identity of Elijah Robinson of Conewango Twp., Cattaraugus Co. NY,” The American Genealogist 63 (April 1988): 82-90.
“When the Primary Sources are Wrong—Or, Who Was the Wife of David Walker” Ozar'kin XI (Summer 1989): 71-72.
“Too Many Parents: Camelia (Clark) (McMinn) (Ross) Pope of Polk and Cedar Counties, Missouri,” The American Genealogist 78 (January 2003): 42– 54.
“Was Elizabeth, Wife of Richard1 Cutter of Cambridge, Massachusetts, a Daughter of Robert1 Williams of Roxbury?” The American Genealogist 74 (October 1999):292–298.
“White Claims for Indian Depredations: Illinois–Missouri–Arkansas Frontier 1804–32,” National Genealogical Society Quarterly 84 (December 1996): 275–304.
“Seeking Solutions” Regular Column for Ozar'Kin 1992-1996.