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22) The family tree toolkit: a comprehensive guide to uncovering your ancestry and researching genealogy
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In the last five years, thanks to programs like Genealogy Roadshow and services like Ancestry.com, there has been an explosion of interest in discovering family history. However, for many novice genealogists, the journey to mapping your family's past can be daunting and the available resources are often overly complicated. Family Tree Toolkit is the perfect solution that acts as an all-purpose, easy-to-follow guide for the beginner genealogist. Modern...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The newest Google search methodology. Discover the answers to your family history mysteries using the newest cutting-edge Google search strategies. A comprehensive resource for the best Google tools, this easy-to-follow book provides the how-to information you need in plain English. You will first gain a strong foundation in how to search quickly and effectively in light of Google's most recent updates. Then you'll dig deeper into solving real-life...
Author
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Taking up where "Unpuzzling Your Past" leaves off, this guide offers fool-proof strategies from one of America's favorite genealogy authors. For fun, Croom links her proven techniques to the advice of famous fictional detectives, such as Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Follow your family tree back to its roots in Bavaria, Prussia, Württemberg and beyond! Beidler walks you through the exciting journey of researching your Germany heritage, whether your ancestors came from lands now in modern-day Germany or other German-speaking areas of Europe.
Author
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
Deceit, compromise, and betrayal were the painful costs of becoming American for many families. For people of Indian, African, and European descent living in the newly formed United States, the most personal and emotional choices--to honor a friendship or pursue an intimate relationship--were often necessarily guided by the harsh economic realities imposed by the country's racial hierarchy. Few families in American history embody this struggle to...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Discover your ancestry on FamilySearch.org, the world's largest free genealogy website. This in-depth user guide shows you how to find your family in the site's databases of more than 3.5 billion names and millions of digitized historical records spanning the globe. Learn how to maximize all of FamilySearch.org's research tools--including hard-to-find features--to extend your family tree in America and the old country." -- Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"This handbook presents a step-by-step process for solving genealogical problems -- a methodology thirty years in the making. Developed by Anderson and perfected through his work on the Great Migration Study Project, this systematic approach considers each source, each record, and each possible linkage before making a genealogical conclusion...Examples of actual research problems and continuing case studies, accompanied by easy-to-follow diagrams,...
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
"This practical guide takes beginners step-by-step through the research process, and includes advanced tips for more experienced researchers. You'll learn general guidelines of genealogy that ensure success; how to use major American records such as census and naturalization records, ship passenger lists and passport applications; how to use minor American records such as family letters, church and cemetery records and newspapers; how to find Italian...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Do you plan to use DNA evidence in your genealogy research? The authors provide a step-by-step method to organize and use your DNA test results to find and confirm ancestors in your family tree. Studying the methodology in each chapter will help you group and evaluate your matches, diagram descent from common ancestors, and plan your next research steps. Work samples and templates are included. --
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