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Title:
Discovering your roots an introduction to genealogy
Author:
Colletta, John Philip, 1949-
Publication Information:
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, 2014.
Physical Description:
3 video discs (450 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (iv, 129 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm).
Summary:
This course of 15 half-hour lectures presents different procedures for locating sources of ancestors' records in America.
Language:
English
Contents:
Interviewing kin and mining home sources -- Genealogy online--gems and junk -- The library--shelves full of family history -- Military service and homestead records -- How to build historical context -- Your ancestors in ship passenger lists -- Your ancestors in naturalization records -- The genealogical proof standard -- Your ancestors in the county courthouse -- Your ancestors in state records -- How to write biography -- Dos and don'ts of writing history -- Seaching in your ancestors' backyards -- Assembling an account of your discoveries -- Extending your family tree overseas.
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ISBN:
9781629970745