Genealogy for the first time: Research Your Family History (For the First Time)

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 929 EAN: 9781402745010 ISBN: 140274501X Label: Sterling/Chapelle Manufacturer: Sterling/Chapelle Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 112 Publication Date: 2007-03-01 Publisher: Sterling/Chapelle Studio: Sterling/Chapelle
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Editorial Reviews: Designed to inspire and encourage, this comprehensive guide offers a basic introduction to the primary methods and sources used in genealogy work. It shows how to organize and evaluate readily available information, such as documents and photographs, and explores fundamental research techniques such as keeping a research log, interviewing relatives, making charts, citing sources, and using the Internet. Find out how to utilize more advanced methods to obtain information from census reports to cemeteries and more. Suggestions are included for preserving, displaying, and using the findings, along with plenty of photographs, charts, and lists.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Helpful starter book Comment: I found Genealogy for the First Time helpful as I began my family genealogy work. I appreciated the colorful charts and photography which gave life to a sometimes "dry" topic. I found the steps given with each topic helpful and easy to understand. I especially enjoyed the use of genograms and the ways to display genealogy in the back of the book. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to start their genealogy. Jennie I Customer Rating: Summary: be cautious Comment: I would caution any beginner at genealogy in using this book (and nobody but an absolute beginner would have a need). It appears to be biased towards the LDS Church. In one chapter about using church records, the author brags about the LDS Church and one other Protestant Church as being the best churches for keeping records of their members through their history. It fails to mention the Catholic Church and the fact that they have maintined records for hundreds of years. If one has Catholic relatives, as I do, the Catholic Church would be the logical place to look. Had I not already known this, I would have been left uninformed by this book. That is just one example. When one is done reading the book, one has a clear picture of the authors religion and biases. Not really what I was looking for. It is a shame, as the photographs and examples are beautifully done. More Reviews