本文主要介紹清朝住家族譜《玉牒》及其別類《星源集慶》在滿族史研究方面的史料價值。 男女直格《玉牒》及《星源集慶》，由於對滿族皇族男女成員的婚嫁都有記載，而且記述其生母之身世即由哪一家族嫁給皇族，因而比較全面地反映了滿族皇家與旗人之通婚、以及蒙古各部聯姻得的狀況。經收集可知，與蒙古貴族之結姻達三百年(包括入關前)、595次。從中又可瞭解到滿族皇家與漢人的婚姻，進而得知混血狀況。婚姻資料還反映某些婚俗，以及皇家與滿族貴族、官宦世家之間錯綜複雜的姻親關係，而這種姻親關係，又為研究君臣關係、官場關係、派別鬥爭、行政與吏治以及認識清朝政權的特色，提供有價值的內容。 直格《玉碟》由於對皇室男女之生平簡歷作紀錄，因而可補文獻傳記史料之不足：1.提供無傳記之皇子、王公、公主等的某些資料。2.滿族宗室王公不少人參與朝政，他們的任職，在《玉碟》中有系統的紀錄，比傳記資料詳細，尤其是《星源集慶》更為系統。3.提供重要人物生卒年。另外，還可糾正傳記或其他文獻史料中的某些錯誤記述。

The primary goal of the present essay is to introduce the value of two rather different texts for the study of Manchu history. One is the so-called Jade Registers, which recounts the genealogy of the Ch’ing imperial family. The other is a work known as the Hsin-y□an chi-ch’ing. Because both texts record the marriages of both male and female members of the Ch’ing imperial clan and also identify the clan from which each member’s mother is descended, they provide a relatively comprehensive account of the marriages between the imperial and banner families, as well as the marriage alliances between the imperial clan and the various Mongol tribes. Takes together, they provide a wealth of systematic biographical detail which can be used to supplement and correct the historical records.