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The Hidden Half of the Family: A Sourcebook for Women's Genealogy -
The bulk of this absorbing new reference work, however, deals with the individual states, showing how their laws, records, and resources can be used in determining female identity. Read more ...
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The Organized Family Historian : How to File, Manage, and Protect Your Genealogical Research and Heirlooms - (Book - Amazon.com) : It can take hours to research family history and it is easy to become inundated with stuff – paper records, recordings, photographs, notes, artifacts, and more information than one would imagine could ever exist. The usefulness of the collection is in the organization – using computers, archival boxes, files, and forms to help you put your hands on what you need when you need it. Also included, in this book, are instructions on the best ways to store and preserve one-of-a-kind family relics.
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The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History - (Book - Amazon.co.uk) : The growth in interest in local and family history has been remarkable over the past couple of decades. Throughout the English-speaking world this interest is a serious and often sophisticated one. The Companion to Local and Family History, now reissued in to the Oxford Paperback Reference series, caters for this interest by providing a comprehensive A-Z reference book on all things associated with local and family history, including accounts of scholarship in all relevant areas, guidance on documentary sources, and definitions of technical terms.
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The Researchers Guide to American Genealogy - (Book - Amazon.com) In every field of study there is one book that rises above the rest in stature and authority and becomes the standard work in the field. In genealogy that book is Val Greenwood's Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy. Arguably the best book ever written on American genealogy, it is the text of choice in colleges and universities or wherever courses in American genealogy are taught. Of the dozens of textbooks, manuals, and how-to books that have appeared over the past twenty-five years, it is the one book that is consistently praised for setting a standard of excellence.
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The Sleuth Book for Genealogists - (Book - Amazon.com) : Strategies for More Successful Family History Research.
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The Weekend Genealogist - (Book - Amazon.com) : Timesaving Techniques for Effective Research.
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Uncovering Your Ancestry Through Family Photographs - (Book - Amazon.com) : In this visually stunning book of historic family photographs, renown family-history photography expert Maureen A. Taylor shows genealogists, scrapbookers, and history enthusiasts how to cherish old photographs and what clues they provide on ancestors' lives.
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Unpuzzling Your Past : The Best-Selling Basic Guide to Genealogy -

(Book - Amazon.com) : Genealogy author Emily Croom presents a new and expanded version of her best-selling guide to genealogy. It provides readers with all the tools and information they need to jump into this great American hobby by focusing on fundamental strategies for success, questions to ask, places for research, and interesting examples of each step along the way.

Walking With Your Ancestors: A Genealogist's Guide To Using Maps And Geography - (Book - Amazon.com) : From locating an ancestor's homesite and where records might be kept to determining which route and roads forebears took when migrating from one area to another, maps are common tools in tracing family history. This book expands the reader's awareness of how maps and other geographic resources, such as atlases, gazetteers, and global positioning systems, will help them find their elusive ancestors.
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What Did They Mean By That? - (Book - Amazon.com) : A dictionary of historical and genealogical terms, old and new. This book may also be available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca. Click on links to check for availability. -

When Your Ox Is in the Ditch : Genealogical How-To Letters - Vera McDowell's letters containing practical advice to genealogists first appeared in the Augusta Genealogical Society's newsletter, Southern Echoes, in July 1982, and since then she has become something of a "Dear Abby" in genealogical circles. Mrs. McDowell's emphasis is on problem-solving; thus all her letters bear the unstated refrain: when your ox is in the ditch (i.e. when you're stuck), here's what you do! The other thing that sets her apart is her enthusiasm for genealogy, and here her focus is on fun, personal fulfillment, and pure joy, and her letters resonate with the excitement of the chase. -

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