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Getting started in genealogy and family history means, according to the conventional wisdom, finding out everything you can from living family members. True enough, but for some people this will mean talking with grandma, while for others it will mean figuring out how to record information from family Bibles or passports, and for still others it will mean contacting as many family members as they can reach via the Internet. Listed below are descriptions of about a dozen excellent how-to and beginning genealogy books. Pick the one that’s best for launching your voyage into your family’s past.
William Dollarhide 2nd ed. 8 ½" x 11". 48 pp., paper. 1998. The object of the work is to reduce the process of genealogical research to its most basic elements, enabling the raw beginner to be brought up to speed in no more time than it takes him to read a handful of pages. At the same time it is a one-stop resource book for the practicing genealogist, providing in one convenient place the names and addresses of essential record repositories. The booklet begins with a How to Start section in which author William Dollarhide outlines his unique seven-step system for gathering facts essential for any genealogical project. A Where to Find More section follows, giving the names and addresses of vital records offices for all fifty states, a list of the various branches of the National Archives, and a breakdown of the major genealogical libraries, archives, and societies in the U.S. Also included is a list of the top genealogy reference books. A collection of Master Forms created by the Author for keeping track of valuable information may be found at the back of the booklet.
Jackie Smith Arnold 2nd ed. 120 pp., paper. 1994. Explains everything there is to know about kinship; about agnate and cognate kinship, collateral and fictive kinship, the kinship connection of orphans, foundlings, foster children, and adopted children. Everything! Twice as long as the first edition, with all new chapters on the subjects of marriage, names, and wills (kinship and the rights of inheritance), and with expanded treatment of other subjects, such as degrees of consanguinity and how to calculate blood relationships, this new second edition of Jackie Arnold's acclaimed Kinship: It's All Relative is now more authoritative than ever.
Laverne Galeener-Moore 155 pp., illus., paper. 1987.
Vera McDowell 8 ½" x 11". 161 pp., indexed, paper. 1996. A collection of genealogy advice letters by the "Dear Abby" of the field. The author emphasizes problem-solving; thus all her letters bear the unstated refrain: when your ox is in the ditch (i.e. when you're stuck), here's what you do! The chapters cover topics ranging from record- keeping and numbering systems to courthouses and cemeteries-- traditional fare with a special McDowell twist!
Christina K. Schaefer 8 ½" x 11". 130 pp., indexed, paper. 1996.
Cyndi Howells 173 pp., indexed, paper. 1997.
F. Michael Carroll 8 1/2" x 11". 140 pp., illus., hardcover. An all-purpose family album containing some 140 pages, illustrated in color, pertaining to virtually every relationship, object, and activity of family life. Each page is dedicated to a separate topic, such as "The Family of My Father" or "Special Memories," and leaves ample space thereunder for entering names, birthplaces, ages, and other appropriate information.
Stephen and Julia Arthur 7" x 10". 50 pp., paper. 5th printing, 1997. An excellent oral history handbook. With Your Life And Times, as a guide, you will be able to tape record your life experiences on tape simply by answering questions that will lead you, step by step, through the precious moments of your life. When finished, you will have completed the oral history of your life and times--a treasure for yourself and a gift of love for your family and its future generations.
Marian Hoffman, ed. Now published under the imprint of the Genealogical Publishing Company, Genealogical & Local History Books in Print, Family History Volume, is at last available in a 5th edition, the first new edition to be published in over ten years! This new Family History Volume contains over 4,600 listings of available family histories, both as individual works and compilations; it also includes listings of pedigrees, biographies, and family newsletters in print. With this volume, researchers will know instantly what family histories are available for sale and where they can be bought.
Marian Hoffman, ed. The General Reference and World Resources Volume of G&LHBIP lists genealogical books in print that fit into the categories of general reference or world resources, and the book is arranged under those two principal classifications. Therein, under headings ranging from adoption, Bible records, and bibliography to textbooks, vital records, and westward migration, the General Reference section lists thousands of genealogical books in print; while the World Resources section lists publications covering countries throughout the world, from Australia, Britain, and Germany to Italy, Switzerland, and the West Indies.
Marian Hoffman, ed. Devoted specifically to U.S. sources and resources--books that contain reference literature and source material of a localized nature--this is the first of two volumes listing genealogical books in print that deal with U.S. regions, states, counties, towns, and smaller municipalities. Consistent with the format of the other volumes in the opus, this work starts with coverage of the five major regions of the U.S.--New England, Mid-Atlantic, the South, the Mid-West, and the West--and proceeds alphabetically through the States of Alabama through New York.
Marian Hoffman, ed. The concluding volume of the two-part U.S. Sources and Resources component of G&LHBIP, this one picks up with the genealogical and local history sources and resources for the State of North Carolina and continues alphabetically through Wyoming. This book also represents the fourth and final volume of the entire opus, which, in the aggregate, may be said to provide the researcher with an unparalleled buying guide--a giant catalogue of commercially, corporately, and privately published books on genealogy and local history that are presently in print.
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