GENEALOGY FOR THE FIRST TIME
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GENEALOGY FOR THE FIRST TIME by Laura Best
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.
Best, Laura: - Laura Best has had over forty short stories published in literary magazines and anthologies. Her first young adult novel, Bitter, Sweet, was shortlisted for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People. Her middle grade novel Flying with a Broken Wing was named one of Bank Street College of Education's Best Books of 2015. Her most recent book, Cammie Takes Flight, was nominated for the 2018 Silver Birch Award. She lives in East Dalhousie, Nova Scotia, with her husband, Brian. Visit lauraabest.wordpress.com.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781402701092 |
| ISBN 10 | 1402701098 |
| Title | GENEALOGY FOR THE FIRST TIME |
| Author | Laura Best |
| Series | For The First Time® Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Union Square & Co. |
| Year published | 2003-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 112 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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