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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 929.1072073 EAN: 9781592574308 Edition: 2nd ISBN: 1592574300 Label: Alpha Manufacturer: Alpha Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: January 03, 2006 Publisher: Alpha Studio: Alpha Editorial Review: Product Description: This user-friendly volume offers readers an opportunity to understand the craft of genealogy, explore their roots, perform online research, and begin to discover their true identities. Includes new information on the release of the 1930 census, the pros and cons of online research, and creating family trees. Average Rating:
 Rating: - The best guide available.These authors have the credentials to and have written a superb handbook, especially for the genealogy "newbies". Even the experienced family historian will here find MUCH help. Paul Drake JD Rating:  - The Complete Idiot's Guide to GenealogyAs a newbie to genealogy, I find this to be a very helpful book. It points you in the directions that you should go and gives a lot of ideas that I would not have thought of. Rating: - Great GuideThis is a great book for beginners and experienced researchers. I recommend it to my students. Maria (Ree) Hopper, CG Rating:  - updated tripeThis edition of the book is more up-to-date, so it's actually useful somewhat. Mostly, though, it's a book written by experts for experts. There is little thought given to the practical application of genealogy -- making friends with newly found relatives, for example, and family reunions. There is no mention of the politics that go into genealogy. You can easily destroy your family by writing the wrong date for a marriage on your descendant chart, but the book totally omits important facts like ... Read More Rating: - I Needed a Complete Idiots Guide to Online Genealogy!Christine Rose's "The Complete Idiots's Guide to Online Genealogy" made me finally move from, "I am going to do a genealogic study of my father's family", to "I have been working on this project for two years, and am truly enjoying the experience". The book is well organized, and easy to read and understand. I have in the past 5 years developed a memory problem that will not get better. I had become so afraid failure, I did not want to attempt learning something new again. I used "The Complete ... Read More |
