Crash Course in Family History - Fifth Edition
Subtitle: How to Discover Your Family Tree and Stories: Step-by-Step Illustrated Guidebook and Comprehensive Resource Directory
Publisher: EasyFamilyHistory.com
Published: 2014
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9781937900052
Description: The new fifth edition is an epic updated version to keep you abreast of the dynamic changes in family history and guide you step-by-step in discovering your family roots and stories. It will empower you with wonderful new resources, not conveniently found elsewhere, to make it easier to connect to your ancestors.
Table of contents: label: Preface; label: Where do I Start?; title: Why Family History?; title: The Value of the Internet; title: Do Your Ancestors Really Want to be Found?; title: Inspirational Stories; title: Free Tutorials and Lessons; title: e_Newsletters, Magazines, TV programs; title: Best Genealogy Blogs; title: What are Podcasts, Vodcasts, Webinars, Hangouts?; title: Marketplace: Charts, Forms, Books, Supplies; title: Identify Your Ancestors Using Your Family and Networking with Others
label: 1. Plant Your Family Tree; title: Using Your Family; title: Document Your Information; title: Networking with Others; title: 5 Tips on How to Find Lost Living Relatives and Friends; title: Add new Branches to Your Family Tree
label: 2. Make New Discoveries; title: Jump-Start Your Family Tree; title: Find Your Ancestors Using Census Records; title: Search Immigration Records; title: Finding Your Ancestor's Naturalization Records; title: Understand US Migration Trails; title: Search Military Records; title: Use Libraries, Archives and Societies; title: Search Adoption Records if Appropriate; title: Search Ethnic Records; title: African American Roots; title: Hispanic / Latino American Roots; title: Native Americans; title: Jewish Records; title: LDS Records; title: Discover Your Family Stories, Photos and Ancestral Village
label: 3. Connect with Your Family; title: Connect with the Lives of Your Ancestors; title: Discover Your Ancestral Village; title: Map Your Ancestors; title: Create Timelines of Your Ancestors; title: Discover Your Stories / Paint a Picture of Your Ancestors Lives; title: Use Newspapers to Glimpse into the Lives of Your Ancestors; title: Use Photographs to Connect to Your Ancestors; title: Search Cemeteries / Obituaries / Death Records; title: Search Court, Land, Property and Financial Records; label: 4. Leave a Meaningful Lasting Legacy; title: Your Own Story is also Family History; title: One Hundred Years from Now; title: Getting Started; title: Hidden Benefits of Keeping a History; title: Collecting Your Family Stories; title: Conducting an Oral Interview; title: Interviewing Guidelines; title: Interview Questions; title: Tips for Interviews; title: Key Family History Web Sites
label: 5. Best of the Internet; title: Top 11 Genealogy Websites; title: Top 10 Free Genealogy Global Websites; title: Top 100 Genealogy Websites Globally; title: 101 Best Web Sites; title: Top Genealogy Blogs; pagenum: |
title: Best International Websites and Informative Tools
label: 6. Passport to the 'Old Country'; title: Africa; title: Asia and Middle East; title: Australia and New Zealand; title: Canada; title: Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America; title: Europe; title: United Kingdom and Ireland