• Six Generations - (Card Game - Amazon.com) : "Six Generations: Immigration From Europe To America Edition", an innovative deck of playing cards designed and published by Fyodor Soloview, is a pleasant example of information coupled with entertainment. The current deck of 72 playing cards is packed with rules of the solitaire-type Six Generations card game. The rules of other new card games, like the poker-style GENPOKER, are available at the publisher's web-site. -

• The Everything Family Tree Book - (Book - Amazon.com) : Finding, Charting, and Preserving Your Family History. Learn how to do research, charts, and records for personal accounts of your family's past generations, and preserve this history for future generations. Includes fold-out family Tree Chart for recording a family's history. -

• The Manual to Online Public Records: The Researcher's Tool to Online Resources of Public Records and Public Information - (Book - Amazon.com) : The Manual to Online Public Records is the master guide to locating government and private online sources of public records and public information. Provides detailed profiles on public record websites for all 50 states including county, state, and federal government agencies and companies with gateway sites. An informative and descriptive How-To manual that educates researchers on the complexities of public record research.
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• 1897 Sears, Roebuck Catalogue - (Book - Amazon.com) : This is a complete replica of the revolutionary consumer's guide. This facsimile of the 1897 "Sears Roebuck and Co. Catalogue" presents a unique glimpse of America at the end of the 19th century. Hundreds of illustrations and intriguing text bring this bygone era to life, describing more than 6,000 items, from abdominal corsets and zulu guns, to trout baskets and puff bangs, to bicycle suits and phaeton tops. A replica of the original catalog, this volume features products offered to consumers more than 100 years ago and makes this period come alive by illuminating people's consumer habits, as well as advertising methods during that time. Perfect for collectors of Americana, social historians, and general readers, this catalog is a browser's delight.
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• Bloomingdale's Illustrated 1886 Catalog : Fashions Dry Goods and Housewares - (Book - Amazon.com) : Famed merchants’ extremely rare catalog depicting about 1,700 products: clothing, housewares, firearms, dry goods, jewelry, more. Invaluable for dating, identifying vintage items. Also, royalty-free graphics for artists, designers. Co-published with Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village.
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• Bush/ Kerry and Their OTHER Cousins! George and John, and the many surprising people, good and bad, these two cousins are also related to - (Book - Amazon.com) : George Bush and John Kerry, 10th cousins! Bush related to ALL the other presidents. Bush, Kerry and their running mates descend directly from the prophet Mohammed, as do about 70% of all Americans! John Edwards more closely related to Elvis than his cousins Bush, Kerry, and Cheney. Thousands of other fascinating relationships with kings, queens, horse thieves, and just plain folk.
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• Conversation: A History of a Declining Art - (Book - Amazon.com) : Essayist Stephen Miller pursues a lifelong interest in conversation by taking an historical and philosophical view of the subject. He chronicles the art of conversation in Western civilization from its beginnings in ancient Greece to its apex in eighteenth-century Britain to its current endangered state in America. Miller focuses on the world of British coffeehouses and clubs in “The Age of Conversation” and examines how this era ended. Turning his attention to the United States, the author traces a prolonged decline in the theory and practice of conversation from Benjamin Franklin through Hemingway to Dick Cheney. He cites our technology (iPods, cell phones, and video games) and our insistence on unguarded forthrightness as well as our fear of being judgmental as powerful forces that are likely to diminish the art of conversation.
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• Dictionary of Old Trades, Titles, and Occupations - (Book - Amazon.co.uk) : This excellent reference book explains the meaning of over 4,000 terms, and contains over 82 illustrations.
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• Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas. A Complete Digest of the Records of All the Countries of the Western Hemisphere - (Book - Amazon.com) : In this work Ms. Schaefer has undertaken a systematic examination of the records to show the researcher where to find the most important genealogical records of the period and how to access them, all within the framework of a single encyclopedic volume.
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• Genealogy Warehouse ... Books to Meet Your Budget - (Books - Genealogical.com) : To meet the demand for budget-priced books in the field of genealogy Genealogical.com has moved hundreds of publications into its online Genealogy Warehouse, where books are now offered at discounts of at least 40% and often 50% or more! Books for every need are available at the Warehouse. You can save every day at the Genealogy Warehouse, where prices are reduced permanently, not just at "Sale" time! -

• Get It Together: Organize Your Records So Your Family Won't Have To - (Book and CD-rom - Amazon.com) : Everyone has important paperwork — but not everyone is prepared to find it. Whether readers need to organize records for themselves or their survivors, Get It Together shows them how. A CD-ROM lets them fill out the workbook on their computers — so they can simply print their work and put it in a binder.
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• How Our Ancestors Lived: A History of Life a Hundred Years Ago - (Book - Amazon.co.uk) : David Hey draws on material from the 1901 census to paint a picture of what life was really like for our ancestors a hundred years ago. He describes work, play, love and death with expert text and a unique colection of historic photographs and graphic art. Illustrated case studies tell the stories of individual lives and allow the reader to build a picture of their own family's past. Published by the Public Record Office of England and Wales.
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• In Search Of Our Ancestors - (Book - Amazon.com) : In Search of Our Ancestors, a printed companion to the PBS series Ancestors, is filled with stories, more than 100 of them, each supplying a different answer to the question, "Why search?".
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• International Vital Records Handbook - (Book - Amazon.com) : The International Vital Records Handbook offers a complete, up-to-date collection of vital records application forms from nations throughout the world, thus simplifying and speeding up the process by which vital records are obtained.
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• Kinship: It's All Relative - (Book - Genealogical.com) : Updated with all new glossary, bibliography, and index. Second Edition. We pursue it as a hobby and search for it in the most out-of-the-way places . . . yet few of us actually know very much about kinship. For instance, do you know the degree of blood relationship, or consanguinity, between yourself and your first cousins? Between third cousins and second cousins once removed? Do you know anything at all about the removes? Do you understand the difference between a greataunt and a grandaunt? Or between a cousin-german and a cater cousin? And what about double first cousins? If you're a little vague about any of this, then this book is for you. -

• More Psychic Roots : Further Adventures in Serendipity & Intuition in Genealogy - (Book - Genealogical.com) : Like the original volume (Psychic Roots), More Psychic Roots contains a collection of stories and experiences contributed by genealogists the world over--hobbyists as well as professionals. Thus in these pages we have the insights of 225 ancestor hunters from such countries as Canada, Mexico, Germany, England, Australia, New Zealand, and, of course, the U.S.A.--all of whom discuss their experiences in light of synchronicity, intuition, genetic memory, and serendipity. If you liked the first volume, you will positively delight in this sequel, which is guaranteed to enliven the debate about serendipity and intuition in genealogy. -

• MyTrees.com - (Database Online) : MyTrees.com houses the World's Largest Pedigree-Linked Database allowing you to find family names fast. You can search over 1 billion names with every query. -

• Pocahontas, Alias Matoaka - (Book - Genealogical.com) : Chiefly a tabulation of names, although many dates of birth, marriage and death are given, this work traces the descendants of Pocahontas and John Rolfe through seven generations. Names covered include Alfriend, Archer, Bentley, Bernard, Bland, Bolling, Branch, Cabell, Catlett, Cary, Dandridge, Dixon, Douglas, Duval, Eldridge, Ellett, Ferguson, Field, Fleming, Gay, Gordon, Griffon, Grayson, Harrison, Hubard, Lewis, Logan, Markham, Meade, McRae, Murray, Page, Poythress, Randolph, Robertson, Skipwith, Stanard, Tazewell, Walke, West, and Whittle. -

• Privateers and Privateering With Eight Illustrations - (Book - Amazon.com) : Historians and armchair adventurers will enjoy this collection of true stories of privateering incidents and heroes, taken mostly from the eighteenth century. Privateers, originally known as “private men-of-war”, have frequently been confused with pirates, but unlike pirates, privateers were licensed plunderers. Privateers were valuable auxiliaries to the Navy, although, in the absence of legitimate prey, privateers would sometimes adopt the tactics the pirates. Read more... -

• Psychic Roots : Serendipity and Intuition in Genealogy - (Book - Genealogical.com) : Psychic Roots is all about the influence of coincidence and serendipity on genealogical research, the chance combination of events over which the researcher has no control but which nevertheless guides him to a fortuitous discovery. Certainly chance or dumb luck sometimes leads us straight to a record kept in an improbable place, to an ancestor's second wife we didn't know anything about, and so on. Is it luck? Coincidence? In this book, esteemed genealogist Hank Jones tells us about his own brushes with preternatural experiences, and he has invited other genealogists to share their experiences as well. -

• Roots of the Rich and Famous - (Book - Amazon.com) : Did you know that Johnny Carson is related to Kit Carson? Or that Prince Charles is a descendant of Count Dracula? Intriguing entries detailing family artifacts, famous connections, and scandalous family secrets will delight and often surprise readers of this book of trivia and Hollywood lore. This book may also be available from Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on link to check for availability. -

• Searching on Location : Planning a Research Trip - (Book - Amazon.com) : Have you ever dreamed of walking where your ancestors walked? Make that dream a reality with Searching on Location! An informative guide to planning and achieving a successful research trip.
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• Sears, Roebuck Home Builder's Catalog : The Complete Illustrated 1910 Edition - (Book - Amazon.com) : Reprinted from a rare original: a huge illustrated selection of early 20th-century building materials and fittings—from roofing and siding to chandeliers and porcelain-enameled bathtubs—complete with original advertising copy, specifications and prices. Hundreds of black-and-white illus., plus 8 color plates.
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• The Ancestor Syndrome - (Book - Amazon.com) : Drawing on twenty years experience as a therapist and analyst, the author explains and provides clinical examples of her psychogenealogical approach to psychotherapy. She shows how, as mere links in a chain of generations, we may have no choice in having the events and traumas experienced by our ancestors visited upon us in our own lifetime. The book includes fascinating case studies to illustrate how her clients have conquered seemingly irrational fears, psychological and even physical difficulties by discovering and understanding the parallels between their own life and the lives of their forebears.
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• The Conceptual Approach to Genealogy - (Book - Amazon.com) : The Conceptual Approach to Genealogy shows you the necessary keys to successful research. This 264-page, comprehensive work unlocks the secrets to effectively organize, evaluate, and genealogical information. The publication outlines a system with the underlying concepts and techniques needed to best implement the genealogical process, giving you a better understanding of good genealogical principles. Read more... -

• The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries - (Book - Amazon.com) : Today's obit writers are virtual folk heroes with global Internet followings and their own conventions. With care and an ear for gentle humor, Marilyn Johnson guides her readers through the surprisingly structured, labyrinthine obit scene, pausing to meet the writers while pondering both the essence of our being and why, in the right hands, the life of an average Joe can be just as riveting as the shenanigans of a high-flying playboy. And infinitely more resonant.
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• The Dorlikon Emigrants: Swiss Settlers and Cultural Founders in the United States : A Personal Report - (Book - Amazon.com) : In the years 1738 through 1743 five families emigrated from the author's village in northern Switzerland to Carolina, as the records say. No news of their fate returned. Did they ever reach the other side of the Ocean? If so, where did they settle? Do descendants of these families still exist? Swiss Settlers and Cultural Founders in the United States captures the author's discoveries.
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• The Family Tree Database at OneGreatFamily - >Get connected to the largest growing family tree available online! Discover your ancestry with the help of others. -

• The Genealogy Sourcebook -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Though it can be as casual or as diligent as you wish, genealogy involves documented research through letters, books, periodicals, personal interviews, and other records. The Genealogy Sourcebook provides information on the numerous genealogical, lineage, family associations, and ethnic societies that can help in the search for your ancestors. In this how-to guidebook, there are case studies to demonstrate how all this research can be organized and how to overcome brick walls in your search. This book is also available from Amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) and Amazon.ca (Canada). Click on links for details.

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