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Editorial Reviews
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Ten years after the release of the second edition (LJ 4/1/90), Greenwood returns with his updated and expanded guide to American genealogical research. Written in a friendly style, the book addresses aspects of the field that often challenge even the experienced researcher. Part 1's "Background to Research" discusses terminology, spelling and handwriting, evidence and standards of proof, libraries and reference materials, organizing and evaluating findings, and computers in genealogy (expanded from the second edition) and family history. Part 2's "Records and Their Use" covers compiled sources and newspapers, vital records, census returns, probate records and legal terminology, government and local land records, court records, women's property rights (a new chapter), church records, immigration records, military records, and cemetery and burial records. Copious record examples throughout the book highlight what types of information to look for and possible problems in usage. Unfortunately, this new version still lists outdated periodicals and bibliographies carried over from the previous edition. Many of the addresses listed for the selected periodical titles are incorrect; some titles, such as The Colonial Genealogist and Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, have ceased publication. A few titles have been added to the bibliographies, yet several other listed sources have grown in size or changed in format since the last edition and are not described as such. Still, Greenwood's book remains a valuable guide to the field of genealogy and is highly recommended for research libraries and public libraries with genealogical interest.
-Elaine M. Kuhn, Allen Cty. P.L., Fort Wayne
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Greenwood's guide has long been regarded as the best of its kind, a text and reference work for anyone who is doing American genealogical research beyond the beginner's level...Purchase of Greenwood's guide is recommended to any serious genealogist, and every genealogical library should have this latest edition on its shelves. --The New York Genealogical and Biogaphical Record
This work is still the single best reference and text for the serious beginning genealogist. --American Reference Books Annual, 1991
Greenwood's book is easy to read and covers a broad enough spectrum of resources that readers are equipped to get started with a minimum investment of study time. For those who want to learn how to build pedigrees and reconstruct family groups, tying them from one generation to the next, this book is an excellent guide...This book also has value to other researchers. Historians, demographers, and sociologists studying people in the past will find that this book will provide important guidance in assessing which records will provide the facts needed. Government document librarians will appreciate having this book to refer to in answering questions about censuses and other sources created by national and state government. It is still one of the best guidebooks on genealogical research available. It is an important title to include in collections of libraries with patrons interested in genealogical research. --Government Publications Review
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Ten years after the release of the second edition (LJ 4/1/90), Greenwood returns with his updated and expanded guide to American genealogical research. Written in a friendly style, the book addresses aspects of the field that often challenge even the experienced researcher. Part 1's "Background to Research" discusses terminology, spelling and handwriting, evidence and standards of proof, libraries and reference materials, organizing and evaluating findings, and computers in genealogy (expanded from the second edition) and family history. Part 2's "Records and Their Use" covers compiled sources and newspapers, vital records, census returns, probate records and legal terminology, government and local land records, court records, women's property rights (a new chapter), church records, immigration records, military records, and cemetery and burial records. Copious record examples throughout the book highlight what types of information to look for and possible problems in usage. Unfortunately, this new version still lists outdated periodicals and bibliographies carried over from the previous edition. Many of the addresses listed for the selected periodical titles are incorrect; some titles, such as The Colonial Genealogist and Maryland and Delaware Genealogist, have ceased publication. A few titles have been added to the bibliographies, yet several other listed sources have grown in size or changed in format since the last edition and are not described as such. Still, Greenwood's book remains a valuable guide to the field of genealogy and is highly recommended for research libraries and public libraries with genealogical interest.
-Elaine M. Kuhn, Allen Cty. P.L., Fort Wayne
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
Greenwood's guide has long been regarded as the best of its kind, a text and reference work for anyone who is doing American genealogical research beyond the beginner's level...Purchase of Greenwood's guide is recommended to any serious genealogist, and every genealogical library should have this latest edition on its shelves. --The New York Genealogical and Biogaphical Record
This work is still the single best reference and text for the serious beginning genealogist. --American Reference Books Annual, 1991
Greenwood's book is easy to read and covers a broad enough spectrum of resources that readers are equipped to get started with a minimum investment of study time. For those who want to learn how to build pedigrees and reconstruct family groups, tying them from one generation to the next, this book is an excellent guide...This book also has value to other researchers. Historians, demographers, and sociologists studying people in the past will find that this book will provide important guidance in assessing which records will provide the facts needed. Government document librarians will appreciate having this book to refer to in answering questions about censuses and other sources created by national and state government. It is still one of the best guidebooks on genealogical research available. It is an important title to include in collections of libraries with patrons interested in genealogical research. --Government Publications Review
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