Much of the precise birth and death data found here (such as, address of birth or death, or time of birth or death), has been confirmed -- or corrected when necessary -- by consulting birth and death records for those individuals. Yes, Internet Accuracy Project is cognizant of the fact that even these documents sometimes contain errors, and always confirms the data they contain with multiple independent sources. Firsthand accounts of the births or deaths are used in most other cases.

Additional source data utilized in our research can be found at the end of most of our newer biographical profiles. For more information on our most recent additions and expansions, visit what's new.

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A complete bibliography for even a single Internet Accuracy Project article is simply not practical. Literally dozens of different sources are consulted for each entry. Internet Accuracy Project's private library numbers in the thousands of volumes, so it's readily evident that a complete bibliography for the entire site is impossible.


The following is a very brief compendium of works consulted.

Internet Accuracy Project's extensive private collection of celebrity birth certificates, death certificates, obituaries, autobiographies, biographies, interviews, and other private and public documents, as well as data gleaned from many interviews our Project Manager, Rod Mannix, has personally conducted over the years with many celebrities.

· Americana Encyclopedia (various editions)
· Americana Encyclopedia Annual (various editions)
· Biographical Dictionary of English Literature (various editions)
· The Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia (various editions)
· The Civil War Almanac, edited by John S. Bowman (1983)
· Collier's Encyclopedia (various editions)
· Collier's Encyclopedia Yearbook (various editions)
· Congressional Quarterly's Politics in America (various editions)
· Contemporary Authors (various editions)
· Dictionary of American Biography (various editions)
· Dictionary of Indian Biography (various editions)
· Earl Blackwell's Entertainment Celebrity Register (various editions)
· Encyclopædia Britannica© (various editions)
· Encyclopædia Britannica Almanac (various editions)
· Encyclopædia Britannica: Book of the Year (various editions)
· Encyclopedia of Literature (various editions)
· Encyclopedia of Western Gunfighters by Bill O'Neal (1979)
· ESPN/Information Please Sports Almanac (various editions)
· Final Curtain - Deaths of Noted Movie and Television Personalities, by Everett G. Jarvis (various editions)
· The First 80 Years: The Christian Science Monitor 1908-1988 (1988)
· Front Page History of the World Wars as reported by The New York Times, edited by Arto DeMirjian, Jr. and Eve Nelson (1976)
· Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia (various editions)
· Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia Annual (various editions)
· Grolier Encyclopedia (various editions)
· Grolier Encyclopedia Annual (various editions)
· Guinness Book of World Records (various editions)
· The Hammond Almanac (various editions)
· The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography, by Trevor N. Dupuy, Curt Johnson and David L. Bongard (1992)
· Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War, edited by Patricia L. Faust (1986)
· Information Please/Time Almanac (various editions)
· Information Please Entertainment Almanac (various editions)
· International Authors and Writers Who's Who (various editions)
· International Motion Picture Almanac (various editions)
· International Track & Field Annual (various editions)
· International Who's Who (various editions)
· International Who's Who in Music (various editions)
· John Willis Screen World Film Annual (various editions)
· Journalists of the United States, by Robert B. Downs and Jane B. Downs (1991)
· Liberators and Patriots of Latin America, by Jerome R. Adams (1991)
· The New York Times Page One: Major Events 1920-1995 as Presented in The New York Times (1995)
· Obituaries from the Times 1961-1970: including an Index to all Obituaries and Tributes appearing in The Times during the years 1961-1970, compiled by Frank C. Roberts (1975)
· Permanent Addresses: A Guide to the Resting Places of Famous Americans, by Jean Arbeiter and Linda D. Cirino (1983)
· Reader's Digest Almanac and Yearbook (various editions)
· The Sports Encyclopedia: Baseball (various editions)
· Sports Illustrated Sports Almanac and Record Book (various editions)
· The Statesman's Yearbook (various editions)
· Twentieth Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary (various editions)
· Variety Obits: An Index to Obituaries in Variety, 1905-1978, by Jeb H. Perry (1980)
· Who Was Who (various editions)
· Who Was Who in America (various editions)
· Who Was Who on Screen, by Evelyn Mack Truitt (1984)
· Who's Who (various editions)
· Who's Who in America (various editions)
· Who's Who in Commerce and Industry (various editions)
· Who's Who in Finance and Business (various editions)
· Who's Who in Finance and Industry (various editions)
· Who's Who in the East (various editions)
· Who's Who in the Midwest (various editions)
· Who's Who in the South and Southwest (various editions)
· Who's Who in the West (various editions)
· Who's Who in the World (various editions)
· Who's Who of American Women (various editions)
· Who's Who of Film (various editions)
· Who's Who of Jazz, by John Chilton (1978)
· A Who's Who of Sports Champions, by Ralph Hickok (1995)
· Women in Public Office (various editions)
· The World Almanac and Book of Facts (various editions)
· The World Almanac of U.S. Politics (various editions)


In addition to the above reference books (and many others not specifically designated above), our researchers utilize literally thousands of individual biographies and autobiographies. For a look at some of these titles, visit our page of individual biographical and autobiographical sources.


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