Genealogy for beginners
(Book)
Author:
Published:
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020].
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
xv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status:
Description
A step-by-step guide to researching your family tree.
Interested in doing your family tree but don’t know how?
Genealogy for Beginners covers everything you need to get started researching your family history or continue a project you’ve already started. You’ll get practical suggestions from an experienced genealogist, and detailed, step-by-step instructions for carrying out a quality family history research.
Topics covered include:
With this book in hand, you’re sure to succeed.
Interested in doing your family tree but don’t know how?
Genealogy for Beginners covers everything you need to get started researching your family history or continue a project you’ve already started. You’ll get practical suggestions from an experienced genealogist, and detailed, step-by-step instructions for carrying out a quality family history research.
Topics covered include:
- Getting started with a family history research project
- Discovering which subscription services are worth the price
- Using Ancestry.com effectively
- Finding obituaries
- Interviewing family members
- Preserving and organizing paper and digital files, plus photographs
- Getting the most out of DNA testing for genealogy
- Conducting cemetery research
- Finding and interpreting non-US records
- Doing cultural and ethnic heritage research
- Finding professional researchers and translators
- Keeping up with the genealogy news
With this book in hand, you’re sure to succeed.
Copies
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Iron River Adult Nonfiction
GEN 929.1 PEN
Available
Spooner Adult Nonfiction
929.1 PEN
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Aug 19, 2024
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781538125489, 153812548X
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"This book covers everything you need to get started researching your family history or continue a project you've already started. It offers practical suggestions from an experienced genealogist, and detailed, step-by-step instructions for carrying out a quality family history research"--,Provided by publisher.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Pennavaria, K. (2020). Genealogy for beginners. Lanham, Maryland, Rowman & Littlefield.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Pennavaria, Katherine, 1959-. 2020. Genealogy for Beginners. Lanham, Maryland, Rowman & Littlefield.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Pennavaria, Katherine, 1959-, Genealogy for Beginners. Lanham, Maryland, Rowman & Littlefield, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Pennavaria, Katherine. Genealogy for Beginners. Lanham, Maryland, Rowman & Littlefield, 2020.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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