Who's Your Hoosier Ancestor?: Genealogy for Beginners

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 929.1 EAN: 9780253207319 ISBN: 0253207312 Label: Indiana University Press Manufacturer: Indiana University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 232 Publication Date: 1992-08 Publisher: Indiana University Press Studio: Indiana University Press
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Editorial Reviews: Genealogy, once the hobby of maiden aunts, social climbers, and ancestry snobs, is now the third most popular hobby in the United States, topped only by stamp and coin collecting. The purpose of this book is to present the means and methods for locating elusive ancestors who once lived in Indiana. The book is arranged by resource groups rather than by a chronological history of the state in order to make information about certain records clearer and easier to find and use.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: They didn't pay me to say it's an excellent book Comment: Clear and accessible, this Indiana specialist covers so much information that it is useful for both beginners and old hands. No internet here, but quite a few resources with addresses. (Many are now on the net, so you may be able to avoid some of the agony of putting pen to paper.) Very comprehensive, but in only 217 pages (including notes, bibliography, suggested readings, index, and a few black and whites), some topics are only touched on. You can always supplement with such specialized books as the by the Indiana Historical Society. Chapters include history, the land, natives, boundaries, emigrant trails, who the emigrants were, military, church and cemetery, census, county histories, and more, including basic research principles. There's an excellent gallup through county records, which almost painlessly explains many abstruse goodies such as deed records, antenuptial contracts, ministers' returns, etc. There's also information about what is and is not available or useful, and why. More Reviews