The Researcher's Guide to American GenealogyThis new 3rd edition incorporates the latest thinking on genealogy & computers, specifically the relationship between computer technology (the Internet & CD-ROM) & the timeless principles of good genealogical research. It also includes a new chapter on the property rights of women, a revised chapter on the evaluation of genealogical evidence, & updated information on the 1920 census. |
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Contents
The research process | 7 |
Problems and Terminology | 19 |
Some Middle English writing with its many unfamiliar characters | 21 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy |
| Author | Val D. Greenwood |
| Edition | 2, illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Genealogical Publishing Company, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jun 4, 2008 |
| ISBN | 080631267X, 9780806312675 |
| Length | 609 pages |
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