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In-depth guides, field references, and research tools, all built for Appalachian research.
The Essential Research Series eBooks are published through Appalachian Press. Each one runs 20 to 50 pages and centers on a single research problem. They include chapter-length strategies, state-by-state repository guides, case examples, and fillable research tools you return to across multiple sessions.
The issue guides are shorter. Field guides, reference sheets, and research checklists built around specific record types, terrain, and record-keepers across the Appalachian region. Something to carry into the courthouse.
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Essential Research Series · No. 6
The Great Migration Gaps
Ancestors rarely stayed in one place. This guide tracks the specific routes families used through the mountains, the Wagon Road logic, trading post stopovers, and the economic forces that pushed families west.
Essential Research Series · No. 7
Appalachian Food Preservation: Recipes and Records
From smokehouses and root cellars to canning journals and kitchen daybooks, this guide pairs traditional Appalachian preservation methods with the domestic records they left behind and the genealogical evidence those records contain.
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