Reproducible forms and time-saving hints are provided. Guidance in collection development is included, with suggestions for libraries with different sized budgets. Other agencies and organizations that offer assistance to genealogists are identified, and contact information is provided. Electronic resources on the Internet are listed and described. Suggestions are offered on how to promote greater awareness of family history resources at the library.
Indexes provide access by author, subject and title.
Topics covered range from recording family data, developing your genealogical collection, the top 10 libraries and archives, genealogy software, genealogy and the Internet, to hiring a professional researcher. Several interesting charts are included as well as an invaluable genealogy software selection checklist. Another great feature to this book is the detail given that includes all forms of addresses for the librarians, archives, genealogy software programs and Web sites mentioned. Having these addresses was a great time saver when I went to check the sites myself. To the author's credit this book is easy to read and to understand.