Genealogy for Beginners

A step-by-step guide to researching your family tree. Interested in doing your family tree but dont know how? Genealogy for Beginners covers everything you need to get started researching your family history or continue a project youve already started. Youll get practical suggestions from an experienced genealogist, and detailed, step-by-step instructions for carrying out a quality family history research. Topics covered include: Getting started with a family history research project Discovering which subscription services are worth the price Using Ancestry.com effectively Finding obituaries Interviewing family members Preserving and organizing paper and digital files, plus photographs Getting the most out of DNA testing for genealogy Conducting cemetery research Finding and interpreting non-US records Doing cultural and ethnic heritage research Finding professional researchers and translators Keeping up with the genealogy news With this book in hand, youre sure to succeed.