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Finding your famous (& infamous) ancestors : uncover the celebrities, rogues, and royals in your family tree Rhonda R. McClure
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Reading Room REF CS 49 .M35 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McClure, Rhonda R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Genealogy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- United States.
- Celebrities--Genealogy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Celebrities.
- Physical Description:
- 232 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Other Title:
- Finding your famous (and infamous) ancestors
- Place of Publication:
- Cincinnati, Ohio : Betterway Books, c2003.
- Summary:
- Provides tips for all levels of researchers on finding fame and royalty in a family history, explaining both traditional and advanced Internet research techniques, and discussing the collection and processing of this information.
- Contents:
- You think who is related to you?
- You and your family tree
- Finding the unexpected : skeletons in the closet
- Locating black sheep
- Royal and noble links
- Finding your famous and infamous ancestry
- Finding famous folks in original records
- Shortcuts : compiled genealogies
- Branching out
- Building bridges
- Making skeletons dance
- Telling all
- Family group sheet
- Source documentation sheet.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1558706542 (alk. paper)
- 9781558706545 (alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 52347601
- Publisher Number:
- 035313706042
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