Consider searching various spellings of surnames not only for families but for authors of books. Wide variations in names appear in published materials and failure to consider all posibilities may lead to overlooked information. References in other sources to book titles may not always be exactly as they appear on the book itself. Occasionally, only an author or subject search will enable you to identify the book you need because the title varies from your information. Of course, it could appear either way on the book.
Titles can be tricky.
Rather, the collection is arranged by a term classification system that uses call words instead of call numbers. In many cases, the information transcribed in these books is unique and not found in any other published work. Records contained in the G.R.C. books include bible records, birth records, cemetery records, deeds and probate records to name but a few. Users of the DAR Library Catalog may now search the contents field of individual records by using one of two options. When searching for these types of records pair the main subject term, such as marriage, with the word records to create a DAR subject heading.