Genealogy for the First Time: Research Your Family History - Couverture rigide

Best, Laura

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1402701098 ISBN 13 : 9781402701092

Editeur : Sterling, 2003

Synopsis

Offers a basic introduction to the primary methods and sources used in genealogy work A comprehensive guide with everything you need to know Demonstrates research techniques Includes charts and checklists to help you get started Here's everything you need to know to start researching your family ancestry. Designed to inspire and encourage anyone interested in learning about his family background, this comprehensive guide offers a basic introduction to the primary methods and sources used in genealogy work. Begin by organizing and evaluating the information that is readily available to you, such as documents and photographs in your possession. Explore fundamental research techniques such as keeping a research log, interviewing relatives, making charts, citing sources, and using the Internet. Find out how to utilize more advanced methods to find information such as using census records, maps, cemeteries, church records, land, tax, and military records, early newspapers, immigration records and passenger lists, and naturalization and citizenship records. Suggestions are also included for preserving, displaying, and using your findings. Plenty of photographs, charts, and lists help you embark on your journey of discovery.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Designed to inspire and encourage, this comprehensive guide offers a basic introduction to the primary methods and sources used in genealogy work. It shows how to organize and evaluate readily available information, such as documents and photographs, and explores fundamental research techniques such as keeping a research log, interviewing relatives, making charts, citing sources, and using the Internet. Find out how to utilize more advanced methods to obtain information from census reports to cemeteries and more. Suggestions are included for preserving, displaying, and using the findings, along with plenty of photographs, charts, and lists.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sterling
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1402701098
• ISBN 13: 9781402701092
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 112
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible