Every home has a story to tell, but curious homeowners often don't know where and how to begin to reveal it. This practical manual demonstrates how to obtain information and organize it into a lively narrative history. Previous owners, architects, community newspapers, and local and state agencies are some of the valuable sources discussed. With these tools homeowners can inexpensively and easily ...

Manufacturer: Santa Monica Press
Written By: Betsy J. Green

It has been over 40 years since the last comprehensive guide to tracing and researching Civil War ancestors was published. The "Civil War Research Guide" goes beyond, but does not exclude, such major national sources such as the National Archives in Washington, and features information on little-known publications, websites, auctions, memorabilia dealers, and patriotic organisations. The authors ...

Manufacturer: Stackpole Books
Written By: Stephen McManus, Donald Thompson, Thomas Churchill

In the long eighteenth century, new consumer aspirations combined with a new industrious behavior to fundamentally alter the material cultures of northwest Europe and North America. This "industrious revolution" is the context in which the economic acceleration associated with the Industrial Revolution took shape. This study explores the intellectual understanding of the new importance of consumer ...

Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
Written By: Jan de Vries

Finding Indiana Ancestors: A Guide to Historical Research is a powerful tool, providing an overview of historical research while focusing on Indiana-specific sources. Authored by journalists and archivists, librarians, genealogists, and historians in the state's major historical and genealogical organizations, this book forms a complete guide for research in Indiana. Six model chapters show how ...

Manufacturer: Indiana Historical Society Press
Written By: M. Teresa Baer and Geneil Breeze

When early settlers left their homelands to start a new life in America, they had dreams of owning their own land a prospering from their own efforts. They were suspicious of all forms of government and did their best, in many cases, to be invisible to a variety of record keepers. But when it came to ensuring that their precious land was, without doubt, their own, they were careful to provide all ...

Manufacturer: Ancestry.com
Written By: E Wade Hone

Researching family history is the second most popular topic on the Internet (after sex). In Online Roots, Pamela Boyer Porter, a Certified Genealogical Records Specialist, explains how to search effectively on the Internet, how to assess the value of what you find, and the best way to make full use of the resources of the Internet to trace your family's history and heritage.Topics ...

Manufacturer: Rutledge Hill Press
Written By: Pamela Boyer Porter, Amy Johnson Crow

A wide variety of organizational techniques illustrate how to streamline research by using research facilities, the Internet, research trips, the postal service and more.

Manufacturer: Betterway Books
Written By: Marcia Yannizze Melnyk

Census research is one of the first and most important steps in constructing a family tree. Everyone from genealogists to historians use the federal census for researching family histories. Deciphering census data, however, is not always easy. Your Guide to the Federal Census acts as a personal "research assistant" for the beginning genealogist. Census Basics examines the nuts and bolts of census ...

Manufacturer: Betterway Books
Written By: Kathleen Hinckley

Add multimedia, post the family calendar, and save time with templates Introduce your new baby, share the family tree, or plan a reunion on the Web With families scattered all across the country, the best family gathering place is now online! With this book, you don't need to be a Web wizard to set up a cool site where everyone can meet the baby, kids can report their ...

Manufacturer: For Dummies
Written By: Janine C. Warner

Many people who have acquired older homes over the past decade have often become intrigued by questions about its origins, style, materials, past owners and events. In this comprehensive book, the reader is guided through the fun of finding the clues to his or her home's history.

Manufacturer: Golden Hill Press
Written By: Sally Light