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The Family Business Leadership Series:

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“Family Meetings: How to Build a Stronger Family & a Stronger Business.”
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Order from:
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Miller, Jeffrey A. The Anxious Organization: Why Smart Companies Do Dumb Things. Tempe, AZ: Facts on Demand Press, 2002.

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Sager, Ruth (Editor) The Emotional Side of Organizations, Applications of Bowen Theory. Georgetown Family Center

Although the following web sites were not developed by experts in the field of Family Systems Theory, they can be invaluable in helping you find the data you need to complete your genogram.

National Genealogical Society, Washington, D.C.
www.ngsgenealogy.org

Family History Library: Salt Lake City
www.familysearch.org

Allen County Public Library: Fort Wayne
www.acpl.lib.in.us

Library of Michigan, Lansing
www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan

California State Library, Sutro Library, San Francisco
www.library.ca.gov

Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
www.cincinnatilibrary.org

Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, Houston
www.houstonlibrary.org/clayton

Cleveland Public Library History and Geography Department
www.cpl.org

Dallas Public Library Genealogy Section
www.dallaslibrary.org.CHS/cgc.htm

Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Washington, DC
www.dar.org/library

Denver Public Library Western History and Genealogy
www.history.denverlibrary.org

Detroit Public Library Burton Historical Collection
http://bit.ly/aEt093

Los Angeles Public Library History and Genealogy Department
www.lapl.org/central/history.html

Mid-Continental Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, MO
www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/mgc.htm

Newberry Library Genealogy & Local History Collection, Chicago
www.newberry.org/genelogoy/collections.html

New England Historical Genealogical Society Library, Boston
www.newenglandancestrors.org

New York Public Library, Division of U.S. History, Local History & Genealogy, New York City, NY
http://boit.ly/ay2vft

Seattle Public Library Genealogy Collection
www.spl.org

The Library of Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland
www.wrhs.org/index.php/libary/genealogy