The Complete Idiot's Guide to Genealogy, 2nd Edition

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 929.1072073 EAN: 9781592574308 ISBN: 1592574300 Label: Alpha Manufacturer: Alpha Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: 2006-01-03 Publisher: Alpha Studio: Alpha
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Editorial Reviews: This user-friendly volume offers readers an opportunity to understand the craft of genealogy, explore their roots, perform online research, and begin to discover their true identities. Includes new information on the release of the 1930 census, the pros and cons of online research, and creating family trees.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: packed with info! Comment: As are the others in the Idiots series, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Geneology was packed with useful info to get one started. Customer Rating: Summary: The best guide available. Comment: These authors have the credentials to and have written a superb handbook, especially for the genealogy "newbies". Even the experienced family historian will here find MUCH help. Paul Drake JD Customer Rating: Summary: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Genealogy Comment: As a newbie to genealogy, I find this to be a very helpful book. It points you in the directions that you should go and gives a lot of ideas that I would not have thought of. Customer Rating: Summary: Great Guide Comment: This is a great book for beginners and experienced researchers. I recommend it to my students. Maria (Ree) Hopper, CG Customer Rating: Summary: updated tripe Comment: This edition of the book is more up-to-date, so it's actually useful somewhat. Mostly, though, it's a book written by experts for experts. There is little thought given to the practical application of genealogy -- making friends with newly found relatives, for example, and family reunions. There is no mention of the politics that go into genealogy. You can easily destroy your family by writing the wrong date for a marriage on your descendant chart, but the book totally omits important facts like that! It has a small chapter on DNA, which is nice, but it leaves out critical information on that topic, too. The "Idiot's" title of this book is misleading; the authors fail to think like a layman. Beware. More Reviews