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Unofficial Ancestry.com Workbook: A How-To Manual for Tracing Your Family Tree on the 1 Genealogy Website by Nancy Hendrickson |
| The easiest thing to say about this one is that it only took their first five pages regarding the Ancestry.com Search to help me breakdown a major brick wall on the paternal side of my family. Using the book for its intended purpose as a workbook, I was following along using my paternal grandfather’s family line as my example. I managed to find my 4th great-grandfather in Ireland, who was previously unknown. Turns out he was from the Smithfield neighborhood in Dublin City. |
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The Genealogy Do-Over Workbook by Thomas MacEntee |
| An excellent reference guide for shaping up your genealogy research. I personally opted to not start completely from scratch and do more of a “Go Over” rather than a “Do Over” and created a fresh tree in my Legacy software program. A great guide for a researcher who wants to refresh/update their already existing research. |
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The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy. 3rd Edition by Val D. Greenwood |
| I was first introduced to this book as a textbook in a Genealogy course that I took a few years ago. It is a very handy reference book and is now dog-eared, with many little post-it flags stuck to the pages for quick reference. |
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Unofficial Guide to FamilySearch.org: How to Find Your Family History on the Largest Free Genealogy Website by Dana McCullough |
| Another handy guide to the other biggest genealogy website around (see Ancestry.com guide above). Familysearch.org is such a comprehensive website that having a guide on how to conduct searches will lead you to areas of the website you didn’t know about and allow you to stay focused on what you are looking for. Particularly useful for beginners to intermediate researchers. |
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The Family Tree Problem Solver: Tried-and-True Tactics for Tracing Elusive Ancestors |
| A good source for ideas on how to work around your research roadblocks. This is a good resource for an intermediate researcher who is looking for alternative ideas on how to move their research forward. |
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Organizing Your Family History Search: Efficient & Effective Ways to Gather and Protect Your Genealogical Research |
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101 of the Best Free Websites for Climbing Your Family Tree (Genealogy) |
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Guide to Wolfram|Alpha for Genealogy and Family History Research |
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The ABCs of Gravestone Symbols: Every Gravestone Tells a Story |
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Project Management Absolute Beginner’s Guide |
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Guide to DNA Testing: How to Identify Ancestors, Confirm Relationships, and Measure Ethnic Ancestry through DNA Testing |
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Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com: How to Find Your Family History on the No. 1 Genealogy Website |
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The Genealogist’s U.S. History Pocket Reference: Quick Facts & Timelines of American History to Help Understand Your Ancestors |
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The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America (10th Edition) |
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Red Book: American State, County & Town Sources, Third Edition |
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Nicknames: Past and Present |
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The Source: A Guidebook Of American Genealogy (Third Edition) |
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Finding Your Father’s War: A Practical Guide to Researching and Understanding Service in the World War II U.S. Army |
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Searching for Your Ancestors: The How and Why of Genealogy |
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Ancestry’s Concise Genealogical Dictionary |
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