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There's never been a better time to discover your ancestors. More family history resources are available now than ever before - making your research options almost limitless. So much information, however, makes determining where to begin, what to believe, and how to decipher it all a challenge.
The Genealogist's Questions & Answers Book helps you overcome these hurdles and make the most of your research time. It provides answers to more than 150 of the most commonly asked genealogy questions in a friendly, easy-to-browse format.
Questions are conveniently grouped according to the different resources you'll use: from census, church, and immigration records to oral histories, websites, electronic databases, and more. You'll learn what to look for in each document, how to interpret the information you find, and where to go next with your research.
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | General Genealogical Questions | 3 |
| Questions about locating facilities, societies, and organizations; determining relationships; how to number genealogical charts; record storage | ||
| 2 | Oral History and Home Sources | 21 |
| The why and how of oral history within the scope of your genealogical research | ||
| 3 | Vital Records and Church Records | 32 |
| Questions about the different types of and problems with vital records and church records | ||
| 4 | Census Records | 47 |
| Questions about census records, the information they provide, the importance of the records, and locating copies to use in research | ||
| 5 | Military Records | 71 |
| Questions about military records from different time periods and different levels of government and locating these records | ||
| 6 | Immigration and Naturalization Records | 89 |
| Questions about the immigration and naturalization records during different time periods in American history, locating these records, and getting the most information from them | ||
| 7 | Computers, the Internet, Indexes, and Computer Databases | 118 |
| Questions about genealogical computer programs, the Internet, the World Wide Web, digital information and databases, and successful search techniques when using electronic media | ||
| 8 | Land, Probate, and Tax Records | 136 |
| Questions about locating, using, and evaluating land, tax, and probate records | ||
| 9 | Documenting Sources and Determining the Reliability of Records | 153 |
| Questions about the proper documentation of research sources and determining the reliability of the information they provide | ||
| 10 | Newspapers, Periodicals, and City Directories | 164 |
| Questions about less often used records such as newspapers, periodicals, and city directories | ||
| 11 | Cemetery and Funeral Home Records | 181 |
| Questions about cemeteries, funeral homes, and coroners' and medical examiners' records | ||
| 12 | Terminology: Genealogical Terms and What They Mean | 203 |
| Questions about the myriad of terms used in the genealogical field, organizational acronyms and abbreviations, and understanding all the lingo involved with family research | ||
| Index | 222 |
Overview
Get your answers to your genealogy questions!
There's never been a better time to discover your ancestors. More family history resources are available now than ever before - making your research options almost limitless. So much information, however, makes determining where to begin, what to believe, and how to decipher it all a challenge.
The Genealogist's Questions & Answers Book helps you overcome these hurdles and make the most of your...