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Author: Ira Wolfman
Publisher: New York, NY : Workman Publishing Company
Published: 1991-01
Total Pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9780894803482
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide to finding out one's own family history and how to formally record it.
Author: Cherry Gilchrist
Publisher: Piatkus
Published: 2011-09-01
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 0748118632
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe process of exploring your family history and roots is a moving and meaningful quest. It affects heart and soul, as well as providing an intellectual challenge to piece all the information together. GROWING YOUR FAMILY TREE is the first book to promote the experiential aspects of family history. It gives sound, practical advice on researching your family history, but also promotes the emotional, spiritual and creative elements of the task, helping to lift genealogy out of its earlier dry an formal setting, into a more meaningful and accessible activity which can enrich a person's identity. Advice and information includes: * How to write up your family history * How to make a heritage corner or trail in your home * A consideration the nature of ancestry, family lines and our inner connection with our ancestors * How to organise your research and keep moving forward
Author: Ancestry Com
Publisher: Ancestry.com
Published: 2007-09
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781593313173
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBuilding your family tree has never been easier. With this simple, three-step plan, even beginners can quickly master the basics of family history research. Step 1: Gather the information you already know about yourself and your family using sources you can find at your fingertips--photo albums, school records, letters, birth certificates, and more. Step 2: Organize your discoveries in handy worksheets and the easy-to-use Family Tree Maker software. Step 3: Search for information about your ancestors using tips and tricks practiced by professional genealogists. You'll learn how to use sources like the U.S. federal censuses and discover great ideas for tapping into a wide range of resources on the Internet, from online family trees to message boards and mailing lists.
Author: Pauline Golds
Publisher:
Published: 2018-05-24
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781847167996
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany people want to trace their roots and there has never been a better time to do so. However, with so many online resources now available it can be a daunting task for the beginner. This book will go through all the basics from gathering information from relatives and using County Archives, to making use of the best of the internet. It explains in depth how to obtain relevant documents, how to gather clues to further your research and how to do all this in the most economical way. A new addition to the book is how to go about searching American, European and Canadian Records.
Author: Ryan Elson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-04-13
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781484099056
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAre you interested in harnessing the power of the Internet to research your family history online? Do you know how to locate copies of your ancestors' marriage and death records from the privacy of your own home? Would you like to know how to access lesser-known state-specific resources? Is it unclear why your ancestors indicate they're from Virginia when you know they were born in Kentucky? In his groundbreaking new book, author Ryan Elson provides answers to these questions and more, along with details on hundreds of websites that will move your research forward and help grow your family tree. Whether you're a newcomer to the genealogy game or have been at it for years, "Grow Your Family Tree Online" will give you the tools you need to build your family tree using resources available on the Internet.
Author: Pauline Gold
Publisher:
Published: 2016-03-25
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781847166029
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith so many online resources now available to those researching family trees, it can be a daunting task for the beginner. This book will go through all the basics and offers advice on making use of the best of the internet. It explains in depth how to obtain relevant documents, how to gather clues to further your research and how to do all this in the most economical way. The book also covers many topics likely to be unfamiliar to the 21st century researcher such as the Poor Laws and the Workhouses, Marriage Laws and other Parliamentary Acts.
Author: Alan Stewart
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Eliza Henry-Jones
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2020-04-01
Total Pages: 205
ISBN-13: 1460709357
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the author of P is for Pearl comes a heart-warming book about family, friendship and what home can mean. Stella may only be seventeen, but having read every self-help book she can find means she knows a thing or two about helping people. She sure wasn't expecting to be the one in need of help, though. Thanks to her father's gambling addiction, Stella and her family now find themselves living at Fairyland Caravan Park. And hiding this truth from her friends is hard enough without dealing with another secret. Stella's birth mother has sent her a letter. As Stella deals with the chaos of her family, she must also confront the secrets and past of her 'other' family. But Stella is stronger than she realises. From the author of P is for Pearl comes a heart-warming book about family, friendship and what home can mean. PRAISE FOR HOW TO GROW A FAMILY TREE 'This engaging novel for young adults doesn't sugar-coat the difficult sides of life but it has substantial stretches of hope and beauty. It covers a lot of social ground, from such topics as adoption and financial trouble to the full awfulness of addiction [...] but the plot and characters are always paramount' -- The Age AWARDS FOR HOW TO GROW A FAMILY TREE Shortlisted - Queensland Literary Awards (Griffith University Young Adult Book Award)
Author: Ancestry.com
Publisher: Ancestry.com
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781593312961
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUsing the three steps explained in the 1-2-3 Family Tree, anyone can master the basics of family history research. Step One explains how to gather information about yourself and your family using "home sources" such as photo albums, school records, letters, birth certificates, and much more. Handy worksheets are included so readers have an easy place to take note of any information they find. Step Two shows how to organize and record discoveries using Family Tree Maker version 16. And finally, Step Three explains how to search for additional records and resources.
Author: Alan Stewart
Publisher: Penguin Global
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780140515886
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn accessible, modern guide to the hugely popular art of tracing your family tree, Grow Your Own Family Treeoffers a concise and comprehensive summary of how to locate and use a range of records and information to track down your own family history. There is information on everything from where to find census information or order a birth certificate, to finding out whether your great-great-uncle committed a disciplinary offence whilst in the army. And unlike other books on the subject, the scope of Grow Your Own Family Treeextends far beyond Britain, to track your migrating relatives. In twenty-five clear and helpful chapters, Alan Stewart takes you through every aspect of researching your family history and tells stories about the memorable discoveries that ordinary people have made in their own searches. As an expert on the internet, he also offers a detailed exploration of the very best websites and current Internet resources along the way. With this book to hand, it has never been easier to find out more about our ancestors.
