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Searching for your Ancestors: The How and Why of Genealogy
Searching for your Ancestors The How and Why of Genealogy Author:Gilbert H. Doane This edition, the third revision of a time-tested guide for amateur genealogists, provides an added chapter on how to plan to hunt for your ancestors in Europe. For anyone planning a trip abroad, the information is especially helpful, and it will be equally useful to those pursuing the hunt from this side of the ocean. — Many people would like t... more »o know more about their ancestors, but few know how to go about it. This book tells you how family records should be laid out, what information is necessary and desirable to use, how to guard against wrong information and wasting time on false leads, and, in general, how to obtain the greatest amount of data with the least effort. Not only beginners but amateur genealogists of considerable experience will find useful advice here.« less