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How to Find Your Family History in Newspapers by Lisa Louise Cooke
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You're interested in learning more about your family history, and you've probably heard several people say "be sure to check old newspapers!" Sounds great, right? But which newspapers were around back then? And where are they now? This book provides you with a fool-proof research process, and is stuffed with everything you need for genealogical success.
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The Genealogist's Google Toolbox by Lisa Louise Cooke
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When it comes to your tracing your family tree online, you need the right tools to get the job done! In The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox, renowned genealogy podcaster Lisa Louise Cooke helps you stuff your genealogy toolbox with FREE state-of-the-art Internet tools that are built to search, translate, message, and span the globe. You’ll travel outside the genealogy community and straight to the folks who dominate the online world: Google.
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Courthouse Indexes Illustrated by Christine Rose
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This handy book illustrates over thirty indexes used in courthouses. Each has a simple explanation on how to use the index. Don't miss records of your family because of a misunderstanding of how to use the index in that county. Useful for those who go to the courthouse personally, or those who use microfilm.
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Courthouse Research for Family Historians: Your Guide to Genealogical Treasures by Christine Rose
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The only guidebook devoted totally to courthouse research, from an author who has researched in more than 500 courthouses of the U.S. Christine starts with the preparation, giving advice on which courthouse to research first, how to prepare, and how to get past the clerks into the records. She then offers concrete examples of what will be found in each office, how to use the indexes in that office, and how to interpret what is found. Going beyond the location of the record, she discusses evaluation of the records, significance to the family's search, and many other facets of research. Written in a clear style, concise, and with many tips for novices to advanced researchers.
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Genealogical Proof Standard: Building a Solid Case by Christine Rose
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The Genealogical Proof Standard is the standard set by the genealogical field to build a solid case, especially when there is no direct evidence providing an answer, or when there are conflicts in the evidence. This easy-to-read guide clearly sets forth the elements of this standard, and how to apply it to resolve genealogical problems. It leaves the reader with a good understanding of the five points of the GPS as distinguished from the three step classification process for evidence analysis. Many examples included. Paperback: 72 pages. |
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Digging Deeper: Using Essential Pre-1850 Records by Karen Clifford - PDF Edition (electronic)
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Digging Deeper is more than a reference book for genealogists, family historians, and reference librarians. It is an instruction manual for any family historian. Using Internet and computerized databases as a jumping-off point, you can find jewels of evidence in other less-commonly used records--those valued for the secrets they reveal about long-forgotten families. 352 pages | Published 2011 | PDF (download-only) edition | 8.5" x 11" | Full color
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Digital Imaging Essentials by Geoff Rasmussen
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Includes the electronic (PDF) version of the book ($14.95 value) FREE! It will be emailed to you within 1 business day. Genealogists use digital imaging technology every day. But what they do not know about it can harm their digital treasures. They have needed a comprehensive, easy-to-read guide, full of illustrated step-by-step instructions to learn how to digitize, organize, preserve, share, and backup their digital collections. Your wait is over. You now have Digital Imaging Essentials: Techniques and Tips for Genealogists and Family Historians at your fingertips. There are some books that are meant for the coffee table, but this book belongs with you at your computer. From the very first page you will notice that this book is much more than a boring instructional manual - it is full of real-life examples that not only teach you the right buttons to push, but it thoroughly explains how to get the most of your digital imaging experience. AND this book is written specifically for genealogists! 150 pages | Published Nov 2012 | Perfect-bound Paperback | 8.5" x 11" | Black/white
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Digital Imaging Essentials by Geoff Rasmussen - PDF Edition (electronic)
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Genealogists use digital imaging technology every day. But what they do not know about it can harm their digital treasures. They have needed a comprehensive, easy-to-read guide, full of illustrated step-by-step instructions to learn how to digitize, organize, preserve, share, and backup their digital collections. Your wait is over. You now have Digital Imaging Essentials: Techniques and Tips for Genealogists and Family Historians at your fingertips. There are some books that are meant for the coffee table, but this book belongs with you at your computer. From the very first page you will notice that this book is much more than a boring instructional manual - it is full of real-life examples that not only teach you the right buttons to push, but it thoroughly explains how to get the most of your digital imaging experience. AND this book is written specifically for genealogists! 150 pages | Published Nov 2012 | PDF (download-only) edition | 8.5" x 11" | Full color
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Online State Resources for Genealogy by Michael Hait, CG - PDF edition (electronic)
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This book is a state-by-state guide to free online resources for genealogical research in the United States. It explores the available online collections of state archives, historical societies, university and public libraries, and other local repositories. 784 pages | Published Aug 2012 | PDF edition
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Hey, America, Your Roots Are Showing by Megan Smolenyak
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You've heard of the Dog Whisperer? Meet the Ancestor Rescuer. Part forensic scientist, part master sleuth, Megan Smolenyak2 has solved some of America's oldest and most fascinating genealogical mysteries. You've read the headlines; now get the inside story as the "Indiana Jones of genealogy" reveals how she cracked her news-making cases, became the face of this increasingly popular field—and redefined history along the way. 288 pages.
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Family History Toolbox by Paul Larsen - PDF edition (electronic)
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Cutting-Edge Tools and Gadgets to Make Your Family History Research Easier, Faster, and More Fun This is a simplified, fully-illustrated, easy-to-read eBook to learn about all of the latest new tools and gadgets for family history - and how they can help you plant, nourish, and grow your family tree, and connect to your ancestors. 140 pages | Published Feb 2012 | PDF edition
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Using Google Power to Connect to Your Ancestors by Paul Larsen - PDF edition (electronic)
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A Simplified Guide to Harnessing the 'Full-Power of Google' to Discover Your Family Tree and Story This is a simplified, illustrated eBook about using Google power to connect to your ancestors. You will learn how to use the “full-power of Google” to help you discover your family tree and story. It will undoubtedly help you greatly in discovering your family roots, filling-in missing information on your family tree, and adding richness to your family story. You will learn about the many free, useful, even-indispensable Google tools and services to help you connect to your ancestors. It contains “live” (hyperlinked) websites, linked YouTube tutorial videos, and many other resources in a user-friendly format. 40 pages | Published Jan 2012 | PDF edition
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Who Do You Think You Are?: The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History
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The ground-breaking NBC series Who Do You Think You Are? takes seven of America's best-loved celebrities-from Lisa Kudrow to Susan Sarandon-on an emotional journey to trace their family history and discover who they really are. The revelations are sometimes shocking, sometimes heartbreaking, and always fascinating. With the Who Do You Think You Are? companion guide, you will learn how to chart your own journey into your past and discover the treasures hidden in your family tree. Featuring step-by-step instructions from Megan Smolenyak, one of America's top genealogical researchers, Who Do You Think You Are? covers everything a beginner needs to know to start digging into their roots. 224 pages.
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Finding the Civil War in Your Family Album
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Maureen Taylor, the Photo Detective, turns her attention to portraits
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Fashionable Folks: Bonnets and Hats 1840-1900
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Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective explores the history of toques and
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Fashionable Folks: Hairstyles 1840-1900
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Using the clues explained in this book, you can learn a surprising
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costume designers and hairstylists. 126 pages, 6"x9".
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The Official Unofficial Guide to Using Legacy Family Tree by Geoff Rasmussen
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Thousands of Legacy Family Tree users have relied on our Legacy News
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help lead you to one Genealogy Happy Dance after another. 306 pages | Published Oct 2011 | Perfect-bound Paperback | 8.5" x 11" | Black/white
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The Official Unofficial Guide to Using Legacy Family Tree by Geoff Rasmussen - PDF edition (electronic)
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Thousands of Legacy Family Tree users have relied on our Legacy News
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help lead you to one Genealogy Happy Dance after another. 306 pages | Published Oct 2011 | PDF edition
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The Guide to FamilySearch Online - PDF version
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FamilySearch cannot be ignored by knowledgeable genealogists. During the
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important genealogical resources on the Internet. The Guide to FamilySearch Online
will take you on a tour of all of the fabulous collections of records
and resources. You will find insights into features and information you
likely did not know existed. 361 pages.
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Preserving Your Family Photographs
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Maureen A. Taylor, author of Uncovering Your Ancestry Through Family Photographs, provides all the information you need to care for your family photograph collection. She outlines in straightforward steps how to add value to your home collection by using the methods that conservators and photo curators use every day!
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Crash Course in Family History, 4th edition
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A STEP-BY-STEP, COLORFULLY-ILLUSTRATED, EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND GUIDEBOOK featuring 3-easy-steps to trace your family roots and stories. Walks you through the fascinating family history journey hand-in-hand! It couldn't be easier!
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Crash Course in Family History, 4th edition (Download Only)
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A STEP-BY-STEP, COLORFULLY-ILLUSTRATED, EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND GUIDEBOOK featuring 3-easy-steps to trace your family roots and stories. Walks you through the fascinating family history journey hand-in-hand! It couldn't be easier!
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Megan Smolenyak Bundle
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Includes Megan Smolenyak's 288-page-book, Hey, America, Your Roots Are Showing; her 224-page-book, Who Do You Think You Are?: The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History, and her webinar-on-CD, Reverse Genealogy: Finding the Living.
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Social Networking for Genealogists
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This book describes the wide array of social networking services that are now available online and highlights how these services can be used by genealogists to share information, photos, and videos with family, friends, and other researchers. Each chapter guides you through a unique category of social networking services using genealogy-related examples. From blogs and wikis to Facebook and Second Life, author Drew Smith shows you how to incorporate these powerful new tools into your family history research.
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AniMap Bundle
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Find old towns and counties long-since disappeared from the map or that have changed names. AniMap displays over 2,300 maps to show the changing county boundaries for each of the adjacent United States for every year since colonial times. Essential software for U.S. research. You can also purchase the Download-Only version of AniMap.
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AniMap 3.0.2 (Download Only)
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Find old towns and counties long-since disappeared from the map or that have changed names. AniMap displays over 2,300 maps to show the changing county boundaries for each of the adjacent United States for every year since colonial times. Essential software for U.S. research. You can also purchase the CD-version of AniMap.
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AniMap Training Video CD
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AniMap has long been known to be the best resource for understanding the changing county boundaries in the U.S. and parts of Canada. Learning how to use it has been the researcher's challenge. Developed by Millennia's Geoff Rasmussen, the instruction helps overcome AniMap's learning curve and teaches genealogy methodology at the same time.
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Centennia Historical Atlas Software
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Centennia is a map-based guide to the history of Europe and the Middle East from the beginning of the 11th century to the present. It is a dynamic, animated historical atlas including over 9,000 border changes.
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Centennia Historical Atlas Software (Download Only)
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Centennia is a map-based guide to the history of Europe and the Middle East from the beginning of the 11th century to the present. It is a dynamic, animated historical atlas including over 9,000 border changes.
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The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy - PDF version
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"Recommended as the most comprehensive how-to book on American genealogical and local history research." - Library Journal PDF format (requires Adobe Reader), 676 pages, published in 2000, reprinted in 2005.
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The Legacy Family - PDF version
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Whether you are just starting out or a seasoned professional, The Legacy Family, written by Legacy user Mark Lang, shows you all the new features found in Legacy 7 - from installation to starting your family tree, and how to customize the program. There are also important chapters dealing with advanced features such as searching, sharing, publishing and making your data safe. More importantly, The Legacy Family shows a unique perspective of how each of the add-ons available for the program can be integrated into your family history project. PDF format (requires Adobe Reader), 495pp, published 2008.
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Finding Italian Roots - PDF version
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Since Finding Italian Roots first appeared in 1993, an ever increasing number of Americans have become interested in tracing their Italian heritage. This thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded Second Edition provides up-to-date information about accessing and interpreting the vast universe of materials available for tracking Italian ancestors and recording their stories for future generations. It contains more state and local sources, more point-by-point explanations, more step-by-step instructions, more "insider" hints and helps, more illustrations, more specific examples, plus an expanded glossary and annotated bibliography, and numerous Internet websites in both English and Italian--all brought vividly to life through the colorful stories of real Italian and Italian-American ancestors. Whether you are just beginning your investigations or have been doing genealogy for years, this guide will help maximize your investment of time, effort, and money.
PDF format (requires Adobe Reader), 206 pages, published 2003, reprinted 2008.
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In Search Of Your German Roots - PDF version
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This updated edition of In Search of Your German Roots is designed to help you trace your German ancestry; not only in Germany but in all the German-speaking areas of Europe, from the Baltic to the Crimea, from the Czech Republic to Belgium. Like all books by Angus Baxter, it shows you how to conduct your research by correspondence and e-mail; how to work in your own home, at your computer, using the resources of libraries and archives or the records of church and state.
PDF format (requires Adobe Reader), 127 pages, published 2008.
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Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace
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Evidence Explained is the definitive guide to the citation and analysis of historical sources, and the perfect companion to Legacy Family Tree's SourceWriter™. Evidence Explained features over 1,000 citation models, including how to cite digital media: websites, digital books, DVDs, CDs, podcasts and more. Hard copy, 885 pages, published 2007.
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Ancestral Trails. The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History, 2nd Edition
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This is the second edition of the book that has been called the Bible of British genealogy. Originally published in 1997 in association with the Society of Genealogists (London), and now revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, Ancestral Trails enables the researcher to form a coherent picture of past generations by describing virtually every class of record in every repository and library in Britain. 896 pages, paperback, published in 2006.
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The Digital Family History Guidebook (Download Only)
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All the rules and "mine fields" for digital imaging. Learn about easier scanning, using sound, digital cameras, video and GPS, making digital scrapbooks, creating hard-bound books, preservation & archiving, and much more.
This is included with the Heritage Collector Suite.
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