Covering everything from vital records and social security information to phone directories and census documents, this unique research guide shows readers how and where to find the information that will lead them to the missing people of their past and present. Going beyond the basics, Kathleen Hinckley takes readers through every step, addressing how to deal with modern-day research obstacles, such as privacy acts, record destruction and increasingly complicated computer technologies. Moreover, Hinckley shows readers how to use resources like the Internet to their full advantage.
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Trying to find a living or recently deceased person is often more difficult than locating one's Civil War ancestor. A professional genealogist and private investigator, Hinckley uses case studies and illustrations to highlight the wealth of information that can be gleaned from 20th-century records. Each chapter examines the types of records that researchers might employAfrom city directories and divorce records to voter registration and real estate records. She discusses what to look for in each record category and where to find the records. Helpful icons, similar to those in Sharon DeBartolo Carmack's Organizing Your Family History Search (LJ 6/15/99), point out tips, definitions, and reminders. The appendixes contain loads of addresses for vital records offices, web sites, libraries and repositories, databases, and reading lists. Hinckley's book parallels Joseph Culligan's You Too, Can Find Anybody (Hallmark, 1993) in terms of the variety of records covered, but hers goes further in its discussion of Internet and CD-ROM databases and the vast holdings of large genealogy collections. Highly recommended for public libraries.AElaine M. Kuhn, Allen Cty. P.L., Fort Wayne
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Kathleen W. Hinckley is a Certified Genealogical Record Specialist and senior member of the Professional Private Investigators Association of Colorado. She is nationally recognized for her expertise in 20th-Century Genealogical research and is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars. Hinckley is a contributing author to The Source: A Guidebook for American Genealogy and has written several articles for the Association of Professional Genealogists, National Genealogical Society, Genealogical Speakers Guild and others.
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My Search for Me.,
By Donn Martin (Stroud, Oklahoma) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Locating Lost Family Members & Friends : Modern Genealogical Research Techniques for Locating the People of Your Past and Present (Paperback)
I was skeptical about persuing a search, and very ignorant about where to start, and how to find what I needed to know, the "Locating Lost family and Friends: Modern Geneological Tequniques for locating people of your Past and Present", gave me an insite and where to start. I started with the person I knew best, Me. Branched to Mom and Dad, found updated addresses for the rest of my immediate family and branched to locate my graduating class of 1968. I took a class in geneological research, and with the help of this book, my homework was made easier, and was able to accomplish more. This book is a blessing in diguise, the help it can give, is without a doubt, astounding. I feel this is a MUST for any Geneological Library.
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This review is from: Locating Lost Family Members & Friends : Modern Genealogical Research Techniques for Locating the People of Your Past and Present (Paperback)
Kathleen Hinckley should be commended for her accessible and very thorough introduction to genealogical techniques. She introduces each of the major information sources (census records, Social Security Death Index, requesting vital records, Naturalization/Immigration records, military records, etc.) with good writing and lots of examples. I especially appreciated her ability to write to both the paper based and the computer based genealogists (she includes both web sites and snail mail addresses for each category). Especially helpful were the excellent tables of availability of documents within the Family History Library System or within individual states (letting you know what years and materials are available and if any special restrictions apply).
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Locating Lost Family Members & Friends,
By White 'n Nerdy (Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Locating Lost Family Members & Friends : Modern Genealogical Research Techniques for Locating the People of Your Past and Present (Paperback)
My library just happened to have this book. It was so good I checked it out 3 times. Probably one of the best genealogy books I've read. Easy to read format. Lots of extra tips in the margins. Recommended for those just getting started in genealogy and also those that have been searching for several years
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