The family tree problem solver Tried-and-true tactics for tracing elusive ancestors
Book - 2019
Presents ideas and tips for overcoming common obstacles researching genealogies, including advice on how to find records before civil registration, using censuses, and advanced court records.
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Cincinnati, Ohio :
Family Tree Books
[2019]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- 3rd edition, expanded and updated
- Item Description
- Expanded & updated! -- Cover.
- Physical Description
- 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781440300745
- Introduction
- 1. Analyzing Research Problems and Planning Strategies: Develop a research model based on solid principles to focus and direct your work. Here's how you can start your serious research with a different perspective and tenacious study
- 2. Avoiding Ten Common Genealogy Mistakes: Troubleshoot your genealogy research with this wrap-up of common errors and pitfalls-and how to avoid them
- 3. Finding Births, Marriages, and Deaths Before Civil Registration: Discover pre-twentieth-century vital records with this chapter's discussion of the many records that provide birth, marriage, and death information
- 4. Locating Missing Ancestors in the Census: Dig deeper into census records. This chapter covers common reasons individuals don't appear where you expect in censuses, how to be sure they are actually missing, and what to do if they really aren't in censuses
- 5. Researching Friends, Associates, and Extended Family Members: Consider your "collateral kin": the friends, neighbors, coworkers, cousins, aunts, and uncles who can lead you to your ancestor and his community. This chapter will show you why this network is important, and how to identify and research members of it
- 6. Problem-Solving with Court Records: Enhance your research with probate, guardianship, and circuit court records. This chapter will show you how to use them, with practical examples
- 7. Replacing Burned Courthouse Records: Overcome one of the most common research problems: the dreaded burned courthouse. This chapter covers how to work around this roadblock using duplicate, substitute, and replacement records
- 8. Utilizing Land Records: Document and connect your ancestors and their relatives and communities with land records
- 9. Sorting Individuals with the Same Name: Separate individuals of the same name in the same community-and link people in one community to those in another-with this chapter's practical strategies
- 10. Finding Pre-1850 Ancestors: Step back in time. This chapter covers methods for finding ancestors who lived before the 1850 census-a time notable for large-scale migrations and scanty records that make research difficult
- 11. Analyzing Evidence: Assess the records you find by considering where your data comes from, how reliable it is, and what inferences you can draw from it. This chapter will show you how
- 12. Accepting Online Family Tree Hints: Add only the best information to your online family trees. Genealogist Sunny Morton shares tips for understanding which generated "hints" to accept on sites like Ancestry.com and MyHeritage-and which to ignore
- 13. Applying DNA Test Results to Your Research: Find your roots with DNA: Genetic genealogy expert Diahan Southard discusses practical uses for your results from companies like Ancestry DNA
- Appendix A. Genealogy Glossary
- Appendix B. Research Forms and Worksheets
- Index