• Ancestors : A Beginner's Guide to Family History and Genealogy - (Book - Amazon.com) : By Jim and Terry Willard hosts of the PBS 10 part television series "Ancestors". A great resource for beginners with American ancestors. This book provides an extensive resource directory for the U.S.A. Interesting medical pedigree section.
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• Easy Family History: The Stress-Free Guide to Starting Your Research - (Book - Amazon.co.uk) : Published by the National Archives (UK). This guide is for everyone interested in their ancestors whose research has not yet begun, or is in its early stages. It offers exactly what it says on the cover. David Annal introduces all the relevant sources of information in easy steps and most logical sequence, focusing on what you really need to know. The chapters are interwoven with practical features on issues that could crop up during research: for example different spellings of your ancestor's surname. Written with humour and minimum fuss, this is the most accessible guide on the market - and at a size and price to suit any pocket.
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• First Steps in Genealogy : A Beginner's Guide to Researching Your Family History - (Book - Amazon.com) : Offers advice on locating and collecting information as well as transforming the names of people into actual personalities with whom one can relate to. Click on link to read customer reviews.
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• Genealogy 101: How to Trace Your Family's History and Heritage - (Book - Amazon.com) : Barbara Renick, a nationally-known lecturer on genealogy, tells the uninitiated researcher the steps needed to find out who their ancestors really were, and brings together for even the more experienced genealogical researchers the important principles and practices. She covers such topics as the importance of staying organized and how to go about it; where and how to look for information in libraries, historical societies, and on the internet; recognizing that just because something is in print doesn't mean it's right; and how to prepare to visit the home where your ancestors lived. This book may also be available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca. Click on links to check for availability. -

• Genealogy for Beginners (UK) - (Book - Amazon.co.uk) : Tracing a family history and gradually constructing one’s one unique pedigree is an absorbing hobby, a never-ending detective investigation. This book tells the beginner exactly how to set about it: how to collect information from living relatives, how to make full use of all existing clues and traditions, how and where to find written records and what information they can be expected to provide as well as the likely problems that may be encountered and possible ways to solve them.
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• Getting Started in Family History (UK) - (Book - Amazon.co.uk) : This is one volume in a series showing readers how to get started on family tree research. The series accompanies "Blood Ties", the BBC TV series on family history and each book covers the most common records available to researchers. -

• Getting Started in Genealogy ONLINE - (Book - Genealogical.com) : Getting Started in Genealogy ONLINE is so basic that it brings the world of Internet genealogy into instant focus. Designed as a beginner's guide, its 64 pages pack more clout than any 64 pages ever written on the subject of online genealogy. If you ever wanted to trace your family tree online, this book will help you do it. The object of the book 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 handy resource for the more experienced genealogist, providing in one convenient place the names and web addresses of all essential record repositories. -

• How to Trace Your Family Tree : A Complete and Easy to Understand Guide - (Book - Amazon.com) : This hands-on guide for neophyte genealogists explains everything you need to know to trace your family tree -- including how to begin, where to go for help, and how to organize your findings.
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• How to Trace Your Roots : For The Beginning Family Historian - (Book - Amazon.com) : An overview of the resources available to the beginning family researcher. The reader is familiarized wtih various terms in the genealogical field - marriage registries, family histories, and the various resources available to help them in searching their roots - newspapers, government departments, archives, yearbooks, plantation records, the internet. Discussion of software programs available to help - examples of reports generated by software program. -

• Rooting Out Your Ancestory: A Primer for Beginning Genealogy - (Book - Amazon.com) : This book gives you the basics for beginning your quest for your family’s roots.
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• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Genealogy, 2nd Edition -

  (Book - Amazon.com) : Features the basic techniques needed to conduct a search, including how to gather names, dates, places, relationships, and family documents. Also contains the best places to find information from interviews with mom and dad, to census reports, church records, the Internet, and more. This book may also be available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca. Click on links for details.

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