Genealogy for Beginners

AvKatherine Pennavaria

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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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:Getting started with a family history research projectDiscovering which subscription services are worth the priceUsing Ancestry.com effectivelyFinding obituariesInterviewing family membersPreserving and organizing paper and digital files, plus photographsGetting the most out of DNA testing for genealogyConducting cemetery researchFinding and interpreting non-US recordsDoing cultural and ethnic heritage researchFinding professional researchers and translatorsKeeping up with the genealogy newsWith this book in hand, you’re sure to succeed.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-03-15
Mått:154 x 220 x 17 mm
Vikt:404 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:257
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781538169292

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Katherine Pennavaria is a Professor at Western Kentucky University and Coordinator of the Visual & Performing Arts Library at WKU. She is the author of Genealogy: A Practical Guide for Librarians (R&L, 2015) and Providing Reference Services: A Practical Guide for Librarians (R&L, 2017), and writes a regular column on genealogy for Kentucky Libraries. Katherine has done numerous national and state presentations and webinars; topics include genealogy record types, search strategies, and resources the beginning researcher needs to know about. She has published articles in Libraries and Culture, College & Research Library News, Library Journal, and WordRiver Literary Review.

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Pennavaria’s manual is a tutorial for the neophyte genealogist that introduces the mechanics of sketching a family tree. . . . For youth or adults, this guide simplifies the massive effort of analyzing family and clan roots. Recommended for public and high school libraries.

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AcknowledgementsList of imagesIntroductionChapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8ConclusionAppendixBibliographyAbout the author