Unpuzzling your past: A basic guide to genealogy

See Larger Image	Manufacturer: Berkshire Traveller Press, distributor] Written By: Emily Anne Croom Average Customer Rating:


Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780932620217 ISBN: 0932620213 Label: Berkshire Traveller Press, distributor] Manufacturer: Berkshire Traveller Press, distributor] Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 136 Publication Date: 1983 Publisher: Berkshire Traveller Press, distributor] Studio: Berkshire Traveller Press, distributor]
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Editorial Reviews: Best-selling genealogy author Emily Croom presents a new and expanded version of her best-selling guide to genealogy. It provides readers with all the tools and information they need to jump into this great American hobby by focusing on fundamental strategies for success, questions to ask, places for research, and interesting examples of each step along the way. Throughout, readers will find techniques and suggestions for * tapping family documents, oral tradition, and memories * exploring the vast array of U.S. public records, from newspapers and tombstones to censuses and land records * getting the most from names, dates, and handwriting of the past * developing a first-rate and meaningful family history Well-organized, well written, and comprehensive, this guide also offers readers charts, illustrations, reference sidebars, bibliographies, a glossary, and useful, reproducible forms. Each chapter is capped with a list of "Things To Do Now" to encourage readers or students to apply what they have learned. Recent polls show that 60% of the U.S. population is interested in researching their family history!
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Genealogy Handbook or Manual Comment: Unpuzzling Your Past is a great reference book for both novice and veteran genealogists. I highly recommend it for all beginners as it's comprehensive and easy to understand. For those who've been researching for years it's a good book to refer to when the need arises. Customer Rating: Summary: Unpuzzling Your Past: A Basic Guide to Genealogy Comment: Some good tips, think perhaps better for a novice. Customer Rating: Summary: genealogy research Comment: this is a great book for people getting started with serious genealogy research. The new version (4th edition) gives useful tips for incorporating internet searching Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent teaching (and marketing) for the lazy student Comment: Excellent information that I've found very useful as I'm beginning to learn basic research methods. My only complaint is that these editions become outdated fairly quickly and constantly require you to buy a new edition. Which might be understandable except I'm having no problem learning from the edition published in 1983. Much of the information clearly would be unchanged, so there seems little reason (aside from cynical tarket marketing) in plunking down a new $20 every few years only to get some updated appendix information or addresses easily found on the internet. Oh, and save your $16 on the workbook, stop being lazy, fire up your word processor, and create your own worksheets (Croom even generously teaches you how -- except for that cynical tarket marketing part). I really don't hold Croom responsible for this anymore than I would hold my grandmother responsible for not understanding the depths to which the marketing people for corporate publishers will stoop to suck money from both readers and authors. I've talked to Emily Croom via Barnes and Noble University and she's an excellent teacher and an obviously kind and patient woman who is very knowledgeable about genealogy research methods. Trust me, I thought I was unteachable! But do your own legwork, find another way to donate money to Croom for being the genealogy elder that she is, and keep your wallet away from what is clearly a corporate marketing scam of constant updates. Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent Comment: This is by far the best book general methods book I have found. I highly recommend it to anyone beginning genealogical research and to those who are veterans, as well. I have given several to friends with a fledgling interest in genealogical research. It is indispensible for the beginner & I highly recommend it to everyone. Organized in a logical, easy to follow manner; not too technical; practical -- just plain good. More Reviews