Shaking Your Family Tree: A Basic Guide to Tracing Your Family's Genealogy (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

Ralph J. Crandall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2001

This popular guidebook explains how to organize, trace and showcase a family history with the most up-to-date information on how and where to do research.

The second edition of this highly successful book has been extensively revised and now features two new chapters: one on Internet research, the other on court records.

This new edition is fully illustrated with fascinating photographs taken from the manuscript collection at New England Historic Genealogical Society and has a new easy-to-read design.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Arlene Eakle and Johni Cerny's The Source ( LJ 9/15/84) and Ancestry's Guide to Research (1984) have superseded by their encyclopedic fullness every other genealogical handbook and will be indispensable for years to come. The need persists, however, for the brief, affordable, nonintimidating guide for the beginner. Many good ones are available: e.g., Gilbert Doane and James C. Bell's Searching for Your Ancestors (Univ. of Minnesota Pr., 1980. 5th ed.); Harriet Stryker-Rodda's How To Climb Your Family Tree (Genealogical Pub. Co., 1977, repr. 1983). Public libraries that need another such book will profit by Crandall's thorough and readable coverage of the various types of records. He discusses methods, library resources, immigration, etc. Helpful pointers summarize each chapter. The book is weak on ethnic research, however, and skimpy on the use of computers. (Index and workbook not seen.) Priscilla E. Pratt, St. John's Univ. Lib., Jamaica, N.Y.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

It is one of the better "how to get started in genealogy" books that I have seen. -- Dick Eastman's Newsletter, November 21, 2001

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Product Details

• Paperback: 193 pages
• Publisher: New England Historic Genealogical Society; 2nd edition (November 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880821310
• ISBN-13: 978-0880821315
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,616,100 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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