| Author | Schultz, Janice Lindgren.
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| Title | Finding your roots : easy-to-do genealogy and family history / Janice Schultz.
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| Published | Chicago : Huron Street Press, 2013.
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| Description | ix, 230 pages, illustrations, genealogical tables ; 23 cm.
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| ISBN | 9781937589004 |
| ISBN | 1937589005 |
| ISBN | ISBN (invalid) 9781937589233 (PDF) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Getting started: do you know who you are? -- The first steps in finding records -- Federal, state, and local government records -- Military, church, and cemetery records -- Printed and Internet sources -- Immigration records and foreign, Native American, and African American research -- Putting it all together.
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| Summary Note | Summary: "A librarian and authority on genealogical research offers advice and encouragement to those who are eager to uncover their family history in this guidebook. Getting started, research techniques, interviewing tips, and effective use of the library and internet are all discussed in detail in this book that is ideal for beginners and novices. The benefits and importance of genealogical research are also explored. Also included is a discussion on how a person's own identity is linked to their ancestors, and knowledge of forebearers can contribute to a sense of security and family pride that is missing in many mobile and disjointed modern families. Showing how a soundly researched family history can also enhance an individual's understanding of war, hardship, and larger historical events, this work grants insight into the personality traits and health issues of one's descendants"--
<|c> Provided by publisher.
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| Acq. Note Source | Purchase ; WRHS Genealogical Committee, 2014.
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| Subjects | Genealogy.
United States -- Genealogy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| LC Card Number | 2012-16804 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: CS 47 S387 2013
CA-1400584 c.1: LC class, open stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 148022] |
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