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The genealogy sourcebook / by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack ; foreword by Marsha Hoffman Rising.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Reading Room REF CS 44 .C39 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carmack, Sharon DeBartolo, 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Genealogy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- United States.
- Genealogy.
- Genre:
- Genealogy.
- Nonfiction.
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : Lowell House ; Chicago : Contemporary Books, ©1997.
- Contents:
- Introduction: What is genealogy?
- Getting started : charts, forms, and organization
- Searching at home and talking with relatives
- Finding others like you
- A genealogical education
- Genealogy books and journals
- Preparing for a research trip
- Research repositories
- Researching in historical documents : case study #1 ; case study #2
- Researching from a distance
- When and how to hire a professional genealogist
- Becoming a professional
- Leaving a family history legacy
- When you become an ancestor : leaving your life story
- Glossary of genealogical terms
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Appendix of addresses
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-260) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1565657942
- 9781565657946
- 0737300078
- 9780737300079
- OCLC:
- 37533945
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