The Sleuth Book for Genealogists: Strategies for More Successful Family History ResearchWhat do you do when you hit the proverbial brick wall? Try gleaning advice from literary sleuths like Miss Marple, Sherlock Holmes, and Hercule Poirot. That's what expert genealogist Emily Croom helps you do in "The Sleuth Book for Genealogists," which blends literary methods of deduction with genealogical expertise. Using the sleuths' acknowledged expertise in the deduction arts, "The Sleuth Book" will invigorate your genealogical research. |
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Strategies for More Successful Family History Research Emily Anne Croom. * all History * Table of Contents On your mark , get set , go . Foreword , xiii Introduction : Why the Sleuths ?, 1 1 Putting a Down Payment on Success , 3 Focus of ...
Strategies for More Successful Family History Research Emily Anne Croom. * all History * Table of Contents On your mark , get set , go . Foreword , xiii Introduction : Why the Sleuths ?, 1 1 Putting a Down Payment on Success , 3 Focus of ...
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Strategies for More Successful Family History Research Emily Anne Croom. Vall History Foreword Genealogy is the adventure of piecing together a puzzle of ancestors : the lives they lived and the people with whom they associated . The ...
Strategies for More Successful Family History Research Emily Anne Croom. Vall History Foreword Genealogy is the adventure of piecing together a puzzle of ancestors : the lives they lived and the people with whom they associated . The ...
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... family history has become a mania with him . N -Hercule Poirot1 ongenealogists , especially those related to us ... family tree , and we don't have a clue . " Why do we do genealogy ? In enlisting the support of Belgian detective Her ...
... family history has become a mania with him . N -Hercule Poirot1 ongenealogists , especially those related to us ... family tree , and we don't have a clue . " Why do we do genealogy ? In enlisting the support of Belgian detective Her ...
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Strategies for More Successful Family History Research Emily Anne Croom. Important FOCUS OF THE BOOK Much of what we do in research involves the sources where we find information . However , the level of our success may well depend on ...
Strategies for More Successful Family History Research Emily Anne Croom. Important FOCUS OF THE BOOK Much of what we do in research involves the sources where we find information . However , the level of our success may well depend on ...
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Strategies for More Successful Family History Research Emily Anne Croom. Printed Source For more on organizing your genealogy , see Organizing Your Family His- tory Search by Sharon De- Bartolo Carmack ( Cincin- nati : Betterway Books ...
Strategies for More Successful Family History Research Emily Anne Croom. Printed Source For more on organizing your genealogy , see Organizing Your Family His- tory Search by Sharon De- Bartolo Carmack ( Cincin- nati : Betterway Books ...
Contents
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Broadening the Scope Cluster Genealogy | 40 |
Documenting Research | 54 |
Gathering Information Research | 65 |
Examining Evidence The Gray Cells in Action | 105 |
Arranging Ideas Progress Reports | 122 |
Reporting Case Solved | 137 |
Finding Slave Ancestors The Search for the Family of Archie Davis Sr | 150 |
Finding the Parent Generation The Search for Ann Robertson Crooms Parents | 163 |
Preparing for Adventure An Overview of the Basics | 203 |
Guide to Documentation Examples of Style | 219 |
Endnotes | 250 |
Bibliography | 276 |
Index | 281 |
Finding the Parent Generation The Search for Isaac Heldreths Parents | 141 |
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Archie Davis Arnold bibliography entry birth date birthplace born Caddo Parish cemetery Census of 1850 census records chapter Christie citations cited Claiborne County clues cluster Coleman Sr Complete Sherlock Holmes Courthouse Cumberland County daughter death document Doyle eeeeee Notes Elizabeth Robertson Endnotes facts Family History Family History Library federal FHL microfilm focus ancestor footnote Frierson genealogical genealogists Georgia Hardeman County Heldreth Hercule Poirot Hercule Poirot's Casebook household husband identify Isaac Croom James John Land Office Library lived look Louisiana Madison County maps Marriage Book marriage record married Mary McIntyre Miss Marple Miss Pinkerton Mississippi mother Mudd NARA microfilm Natchitoches Parish National Archives neighbors parents person probate records Putnam County questions reported shortened form siblings slaves sleuths Soundex sources Sugg suggest surname tax rolls Tennessee Texas tombstone U.S. Census Virginia wife Yankee in Criminal