Informazioni sulla fonte
Ancestry.com. Indice principale delle genealogie e delle biografie [database online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.Dati originali: Gale Research Company. Biography and Genealogy Master Index. Detroit, MI, USA: Gale Research Company, 2008.
Indice principale delle genealogie e delle biografie
Questo database include milioni di americani dei quali è stato redatto un profilo biografico nei volumi di biografia collettiva, quali Who's Who in America, Women of Science, Who's Who of American Women, National Cyclopedia to American Biography, Directory of American Scholars e American Black Writers. L'archivio include le informazioni pubblicate nel diciannovesimo secolo e nei primi anni del ventesimo secolo. Oltre a fornire il nome della persona, le date di nascita e di morte (se disponibili), include informazioni sul documento di origine.
Millions of Americans have been profiled in collective biography volumes such as Who's Who in America and Women of Science. The Biography and Genealogy Master Index was begun in the 1970s to index these names to aid researchers. The text has been updated periodically since the first edition appeared in 1980, most recently in 2017. The index, compiled by Mirana C. Herbert and Barbara McNeil, concentrates heavily on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In addition to providing the individual's name, birth, and death dates (where available), the source document is included. Sources for this index vary from Who's Who of American Women and National Cyclopedia to American Biography to Directory of American Scholars and American Black Writers. This database is an essential tool for locating persons who appeared in a "Who's Who" publication in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
