your family tree.
Interested in doing your family tree but don't know how?
Genealogy for Beginners covers everything you need to get started researching your family history or continue a project you've already started. You'll get practical suggestions from an experienced genealogist, and detailed, step-by-step instructions for carrying out a quality family history research.
Topics covered include:
- Getting started with a family history research project
- Discovering which subscription services are worth the price
- Using Ancestry.com effectively
- Finding obituaries
- Interviewing family members
- Preserving and organizing paper and digital files, plus photographs
- Getting the most out of DNA testing for genealogy
- Conducting cemetery research
- Finding and interpreting non-US records
- Doing cultural and ethnic heritage research
- Finding professional researchers and translators
- Keeping up with the genealogy news
With this book in hand, you're sure to succeed.