books about: ancestry

books about: ancestry

books:

Ancestry

The BCG Genealogical Standards Manual

Board for Certification Of Genealogists

Ancestry.com, 2000

Absolutely essential for any genealogist!
If you're serious about the research you do on your family's history -- if you're not satisfied with merely collecting names, if you expect to see proof for statements made by other researchers, if you want those who come after you to be able to pick up where you've ...

The Official Guide to Ancestry.com

George G. Morgan

Ancestry.com, 2008

Excellent guide to an increasingly useful service
I am of two minds when it comes to an "official guide" to any site on the World Wide Web. First, a website can consist of as many pages as necessary to cover the subject, and there can be as many interconnections between pages as necessary to guide the user. Second, ...

The Source: A Guidebook Of American Genealogy (Third Edition)

Ancestry Publishing, 2006

URGENT! **SHOP AROUND FOR PRICE!**
I got this book from a reseller, A1, via B&Ns site, for about 35 bucks. NO 'sourcing fee'. 4 bucks shipping. There's no excuse for the price gouging from whomever is selling this via Amazon. Hope you get to see this review! I searched on google with 'The Source, szucs, ...

Your Swedish Roots: A Step by Step Handbook

Per Clemensson, Kjell Andersson

Ancestry Publishing, 2004

Sweden unleashed
If you have any Swedish heritage (and a surprising number of Americans do), then look no further for an informative and practical reading experience about Sweden. It's all here: history, cultural references, highlights of different regions, and maps and old photographs ...

The Official Guide to Family Tree Maker 2009

Tana L Pedersen

Ancestry.com, 2008

The Official Guide to Family Tree Maker 2009
This book is full of information & very helpful for those who prefer the older versions of FTM to this newer version. Makes the newer version a bit more tolerable, but the older FTM is still the better software.

Uncovering Your Ancestry through Family Photograph

Maureen Taylor

Family Tree Books, 2005

The Best for Photograph Dating
This is an excellent "textbook" for anyone who is getting into dating old photographs. Taylor gives very thorough and accurate information on photography processes and the types of photographs to be found in old collections. The section on identifying costume is ...

The Official Guide to Rootsweb.com

Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Tana Pederson Lord

Ancestry.com, 2007

The Official Guide to Rootsweb.com
I found the book extremely useful and easy to read. I've used Rootsweb for over 10 years now, but this book has allowed me to explore other areas of the site that I didn't know existed. I highly recommend it to every genealogist out there.

Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources, Third Revised Edition

Ancestry Publishing, 2004

Must have for genealogists
This is a book I keep at my fingertips. When I need to research a state I am not familiar with this is my first stop. It has maps and provides an outline of all the resources available. I only wish they went one level deeper and provided information on when towns ...

Genealogy Handbook: The Complete Guide to Tracing Your Family Tree

Ellen Galford

Readers Digest, 2005

excellent launching point for your genealogical research
I'm just getting started with my Genealogical research, and after feeling a bit overwhelmed with the possibilities, I bought a couple of books to help me develop a "roadmap." Given the conciseness of this text and the beautiful graphic design and layout, I was ...

Deep Ancestry: Inside The Genographic Project

Spencer Wells

National Geographic, 2007

Great Information! Great Work!
This is a great complement to the Seven Daughters Of Eve. The story of where we, the human race, originated is so essential to understand! This book details not only this but how his and his colleagues' work are helping people get back to their roots. They are ...

Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Coloncial And Medieval Families (Royal Ancestry) (Royal Ancestry)

Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham

Genealogical Publishing Company, 2005

This growing series will keep me busy for a long time!
In 2004, Richardson, a highly regarded specialist in royal and peerage genealogy with numerous published articles to his credit, brought out the first volume in a planned series -- _Plantagenet Ancestry,_ which tracked the descents of some 190 immigrants to the North ...

The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

Bryan Sykes

W. W. Norton & Company, 2001

DNA Diva
I have worked at Genelex DNA Testing lab for 8 years and recommend this book to anyone with an interest in genealogy and DNA testing. It is a quick, fun read that illustrates what you can learn about your past from a simple DNA test.

Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors

Patricia Law Hatcher

Ancestry Publishing, 2006

Absolute MUST have for researching your Colonial ancestors
For close to 10 years I have been researching a great-great-great-great-grandfather. And another g-g-g-g-grandfather on the maternal side for close to 8 years -- and for the FIRST time in a LONG time, I actually have a plan of action!!!! Chapter Two is titled ...

The Truth about Dogs: An Inquiry into Ancestry Social Conventions Mental Habits Moral Fiber Canis fami

Stephen Budiansky

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001

Best book on dogs ever
Although I love dogs, I read this book because I have been informally studying animal cognition and it was cited in another book. Most "dog books" are written by dog trainers and/or breeders. This is more of a scientific book on animal behaviorism, but it should be ...

Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families (Royal Ancestry) (Royal Ancestry)

Douglas Richardson; Kimball G. Everingham

Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004

Most authoritative secondary work I've seen . . .
Even though I do not, to my knowledge, have a single drop of royal blood in my veins, I have a longstanding interest in peerage genealogy -- if only because the earliest surviving records concern the lineages of European society's movers and shakers, not the yeoman ...