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Envision your ancestors' world through hundreds of beautiful full-color reproductions of useful eighteenth and nineteenth century maps. The maps illustrate the historical boundaries of each of the U.S. states as they progressed from territories to statehood and show the shifting of county boundaries and names within states over the years.
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"Accuracy is fundamental to genealogical research. Without it, a family's history would be fiction. This manual presents the standards family historians use to obtain valid results. These standards apply to all genealogical research, whether shared privately or published. They also apply to personal research and research for clients, courts, and other employers. The standards address documentation; research planning and execution, including reasoning...
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Special publications of the National Genealogical Society volume no. 113
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Break through brick walls in your genealogical research
Learn how to use innovative methods to unearth hard-to-find ancestors. Advanced Genealogy Research Techniques shows you, step by step, how to uncover elusive details by taking advantage of specialized tools and software programs and using proven best practices for breaking through the brick walls that have hindered your progress.
You'll get professional advice on formulating
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Your passport to European research! Chart your research course to find your European ancestors with the beginner-friendly, how-to instruction in this book. This one-of-a-kind collection provides invaluable information about more than 35 countries in a single source. Each of the 14 chapters is devoted to a specific country or region of Europe and includes all the essential records and resources for filling in your family tree.
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"A librarian and authority on genealogical research offers advice and encouragement to those who are eager to uncover their family history in this guidebook. Getting started, research techniques, interviewing tips, and effective use of the library and internet are all discussed in detail in this book that is ideal for beginners and novices. The benefits and importance of genealogical research are also explored. Also included is a discussion on how...
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Special publications of the National Genealogical Society volume no. 108
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This updated guide from family historian Chris Paton takes a look at the complicated records concerning land and property based research in Scotland. For centuries property transactions within the country were governed by feudal tenure, a system which was abandoned in England and Wales in the Middle Ages, but which continued in Scotland until 2004. But feudalism was not the only method by which land was held, with Udal Law, dùthcas, leasehold and...
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"Find your roots! Start your search now. This book reviews a process that will help everyone start their research and it gives hints that will help make your research successful. The author draws from his genealogical research experiences to describe the resources that are available and how to use them to find your ancestors and their history. Both Internet and archival research efforts are covered. This is a "must have" book for the beginning genealogy...
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"The author draws from his genealogical research experiences to describe the resources that are available and how to use them to find out where your ancestors were born in Europe and then find records that list the names of your European ancestors"--P. [4] of cover.
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"Chicago has been the historic stronghold of Polish-Americans. Poles came to Chicago for the opportunities it offered, and then scattered across the Midwest and the United States. Millions of Americans today can trace some line of ancestry back to the Polish population of Chicago and greater Cook County... This book focuses on the years 1860 to 1945, and the target ancestry group is Polish Catholics.... To make this book practical, its focus is on...
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Quillen's essentials of genealogy volume 6
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Mastering Family, Church and Library Records is the latest in Quillen's Essentials of Genealogy series. Many genealogists beginners as well as experienced researchers overlook records that are often available at their fingertips. Quillen helps genealogists find, explore and extract the most relevant information from these records.
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Special publications of the National Genealogical Society volume no. 103
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Special publications of the National Genealogical Society volume no. 104
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Research and genealogical information for the state of Kentucky.
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An exciting new addition to any family historian's library, Family History: Digging Deeper will take your research to the next level. Joined by a team of expert genealogists, Simon Fowler covers a range of topics and provides clear advice for the intermediate genealogist.
Helping you push back the barriers, this book details how to utilise the internet in your research and suggests some unusual archives and records which might just transform your...
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