Organizing Your Family History Search: Efficient & Effective Ways to Gather and Protect Your Genealogical Research [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

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Product Description
Save time, money, and space as you learn how to organize everything from filing cabinets to research trips. Whether you have a whole room dedicated to your family history search or just a few storage boxes, you'll find a system that puts information right at your fingertips.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Betterway Books (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558705112
• ISBN-13: 978-1558705111
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #292,511 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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76 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding resource for new and experienced genealogists, October 27, 1999

By A Customer

This book has taken over top status as the most useful genealogy book I've encountered. Although I'm well organized and experienced in research and records management, Carmack's practical, logical approach has guided my work to the next level of efficiency and success. Highly recommended for newcomers to genealogy as well as veterans.

57 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book saved my sanity!, August 18, 1999

By A Customer

THIS BOOK IS A MUST FOR EVERY GENEALOGIST!!!

Ms. Carmack hasprovided all the information in one book that will benefit allgenealogists. Not only does she explain (in detail and understandable) all aspects of organization in genealogy, but she also supplies a great number of forms that you can copy that makes genealogy a breeze! She is saving me time and keeping me on track every day. I highly recommend this wonderful book!

62 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable, October 12, 2000

By	I. Peters "Miezekatze" (Carrollton, TX USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

I started digging into my family's history some three years ago but only ordered "Organizing Your Family History Search" one year ago, because I realized that I urgently needed a system for organizing the mountain of documents I had accumulated. De Bartolo's book came in very handy to learn how to start this intimidating task.

In her book, she describes two main methods of organizing the many papers a genealogist will inevitably collect. I carefully read her suggestions, then decided on one of the two methods simply because it seemed to suit me better. I liked that she gives alternatives and also points out that one might just as well combine the two methods. She doesn't MAKE people go a certain route with organizing their papers, but discusses the advantages and disadvantages of both methods thus gving the readers room to adapt her methods to their individual needs. She also offers plenty of organizational forms which readers can copy for their records. I took them as a basis for designing my own forms on my computer...

This book is especially useful for novices/beginners in the field of genealogy because on top of helping organize one's documents, it puts structure into one's reasearch, giving the reader a perspective for what is useful, and what might be disregarded in the search for one's history. And because it is so adaptable, many people will find their ideal way to go with it.

No one should "throw oneself" into genealogy without this book!