Tracking Down Your Ancestors: Discover the Story Behind Your Ancestors and Bring Your Family History to Life

Harry Alder

How To Books Ltd, 2002 - Family & Relationships - 264 pages

Researching your family history can be an absorbing hobby, or a one-off project that your whole family will value and build on. This book is packed with ideas about the different aspects of genealogy and the main free or low cost resources available to help you in your quest.
CONTENTS:
Getting started
- online family searching
- harnessing internet sources
- tearless transcribing
- organised support
- vital public records
- interpreting old records
- getting to know your ancestors
About the author
Dr Harry Alder is a prolific writer and long-time researcher. Here he passes on his passion for genealogy, his first-hand experience, lots of practical tips and key websites to support your research.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Online Family Searching: 33
• Harnessing Internet Sources: 58
• Your own website: 66
• Exploring deeper and wider: 88
• Tearless Transcribing: 90
• Organised Support: 110
• Vital Public Records: 124
• Interpreting Old Records: 144
• Getting to Know Your Ancestors: 162
• Prisoners and criminals: 181
• Jews: 187
• Appendices: 195
• 2: 201
• Genealogy and family history: 223
• Glossary of terms: 233
• 6: 256

Bibliographic information

• Title: Tracking Down Your Ancestors: Discover the Story Behind Your Ancestors and Bring Your Family History to Life; How to books
• Author: Harry Alder
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: How To Books Ltd, 2002
• ISBN: 1857038282, 9781857038286
• Length: 264 pages
• Subjects: Family & Relationships / Reference; Reference / Genealogy & Heraldry