In Search of Your European Roots : A Complete Guide to Tracing Your Ancestors
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 929.107204EAN: 9780806316574ISBN: 0806316578Label: Genealogical Publishing CompanyManufacturer: Genealogical Publishing CompanyNumber Of Items: 1Number Of Pages: 328Publication Date: 2001-02Publisher: Genealogical Publishing CompanyStudio: Genealogical Publishing Company
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Editorial Reviews: Besides the customary revisions and updates, this new Third Edition includes--for the first time-- telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, fax numbers, and URLS for most of the major European archives and organizations. Furthermore, now that the dust has settled on the historic upheavals of the 90s, it deals authoritatively with changes brought about by the unification of Germany, the break-up of the Soviet Union, and the dismemberment of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent genealogical resource.Comment: Table of Contents
Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent genealogy bookComment: This is the best all around book on European Genealogy. The chapter on Italy is very complete and up to date.Flavio Andreatta, President
Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent resourceComment: This book provides excellent genealogical resources to help you find your European ancestors from Portugal to Greece.Baxter explains some of the considerations that are unique to each country. For example, France has a '100 years law' that limits the information that you can access if an individual's record is within the last 100 years. In Italy, there is a record called the Certificate of Family Genealogy (Certificato dello Stato di Famiglia) that can be especially useful. Research in Scandinavian countries, Wales and some areas of the Netherlands and Germany can be difficult because the surnames often changed with each generation.
Some countries receive more or less coverage in this book. For Albania, where most of the church records have been destroyed, there is just a short history. For other countries, there are lists of records, major family names, archives with addresses that you can write to, and information about how records are kept in that country. Often dates are provided indicating when the country first began census and/or church records.
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Customer Rating: Summary: The premier guide for the novice genealogistComment: Now in a completely revised, updated, and expanded fourth edition, Angus Baxter's In Search Of Your European Roots continues to be the premier guide for the novice genealogist seeking trace ancestors in any and every country throughout Europe. The location of each country's national and municipal archives is recorded, in addition to the location of church records, census returns, the system of civil registrations of births, marriages, and deaths, along with pertinent recommendations on finding and using such records as foundling books, orphans' lists, certificates of domicile, guild records, internal passports, confirmation records, and vaccination lists. Here are a highly recommended wealth of telephone numbers, email addresses, fax numbers, and website addresses for most of the major European archives and genealogically relevant organizations. Of special note in this new edition is the attention paid to the changes brought about by German reunification, the break-up of the Soviet Union, and the dismemberments of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia into smaller political states.Customer Rating: Summary: The essential guide to your ancestors big boat tripComment: Unless your ancestors walked the land bridge 10000 years ago, you will want this book to learn how you got here. In addition to learning details about emigrating from your particular homeland, you can find out about some European history in general terms that you may have missed in college. Although written before the breakup of the USSR, the section dealing with the former soviet republics gives a hint as to the chances of success you may expect if that was your home. Details such as the data in Canada from the Russian consul, and the small number of embarkation points in European ports should prove to be invaluable as you start your search.No genealogist should be without this book.
