The must-have guide for research in North Carolina is /North Carolina Research/ edited by Helen F. M. Leary and available from the North Carolina Genealogical Society. The National Genealogical Society is preparing a series of guides to research in various states and, the NGS has announced the following guides are available now Genealogical Research in Illinois by Diane Renner Walsh (published in the NGS Quarterly in 2006, now available as a separate publication) Genealogical Research in Maryland by Patricia O'Brien Shawker (new, never published) Genealogical Research in Missouri by Pamela Boyer Porter and Ann Carter Fleming (revised and updated from 1999) Genealogical Research in Oregon by Connie Miller Lenzen (revised and updated from 1992) Genealogical Research in Pennsylvania by Kay Haviland Freilich (revised and updated from 2003) Genealogical Research in Virginia by Eric G. Grundset (revised and updated from 1998) Genealogical Research in West Virginia by Barbara Vine Little (new, never published) Each publication is 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches, slightly larger than our previous Research in the States publications. The average length is 42 pages, but it varies by state. Each is currently available as a PDF file, an "e-book" that you can download from the NGS web site and then either read on your computer or print. NGS is offering each of the above publications as a download at $8 for NGS members and $10 for non-members. The direct link to the download and purchase web page is https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/bookstore/ListItems.cfm?CATID=32 <https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/bookstore/ListItems.cfm?CATID=32%20>