"Designed for both professional and amateur genealogists and other researchers, this index provides a detailed guide to materials available in the extensive Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations microfilm set. The items indexed include deeds, wills, estate papers, genealogies, personal and business correspondence, account books, slave lists, and many other types of records"--Provided by publisher.

Originally published as: A genealogical index to the guides of the microfilm edition of records of ante-bellum Southern plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War / compiled by Jean L. Cooper. [Bloomington, Ind.] : 1stBooks, ©2003.

A note on the indexing -- Sources of the records -- Location index -- Plantation index -- Surname index -- Collection titles index.