Products

Name: A Preservation Guide
Brand: Barbara Sagraves
Price: 21.95 USD
Availability: InStock

46 products

Sort

Ancestry's Concise Genealogical Dictionary

Maurine Harris

Hardcover

$29.95

Ancestry's Guide to Research

Becoming an Accredited Genealogist

Chicago & Cook County

Loretto Dennis Szucs

Hardcover

$40.95

Creating Junior Genealogists

Finding Answers In British Isles Census Records

Echo King

Hardcover

$26.95

Finding Your African American Ancestors

David T. Thackery

Hardcover

$25.95

Finding Your Canadian Ancestors

Sherry Irvine

Hardcover

$34.95

Finding Your German Ancestors

Kevan M. Hansen

Hardcover

$22.95

Finding Your Irish Ancestors

David S. Ouimette

Hardcover

$29.95

Finding Your Italian Ancestors

Suzanne Russo Adams

Hardcover

$30.95

Finding Your Mexican Ancestors

George R. Ryskamp

Hardcover

$31.95

French Canadian Sources

Board for Certification of Genealogists

Honoring Our Ancestors

Elizabeth Shown Mills

Hardcover

$43.95

Italian Genealogical Records

Trafford R. Cole

Hardcover

$36.95

Land and Property Research

E. Wade Hone

Hardcover

$59.95

Official Guide to Ancestry.com, 2nd edition

George G Morgan

Hardcover

$37.95

Official Guide to Rootsweb.com

Myra Vanderpool Gormley

Hardcover

$26.95

Photographing Your Heritage

Wilma Sadler Shull

Hardcover

$24.95

Pitfalls in Genealogical Research

Eugene Aubrey Stratton

Producing a Quality Family History

Patricia Law Hatcher

Hardcover

$30.95

Quick Tips for Genealogists

Juliana S. Smith

Hardcover

$26.95

Red Book, 3rd edition

Alice Eichholz

Hardcover

$61.95

Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors

Searching On Location

Anne Ross Balhuizen

Hardcover

$23.95

The Ancestry Family Historian's Address Book

Juliana Szucs Smith

Hardcover

$53.95

The Companion Guide to Family Tree Maker 2011

The Official Guide to Family Tree Maker (2010)

U.S. Catholic Sources

Virginia Humling

Hardcover

$25.95

U.S. Military Records

Maurine Harris

Ancestry's Concise Genealogical Dictionary

$29.95

Is your research time wasted looking up words like beamster,” grimgribber,” anascara,” and wainbote” in regular dictionaries? Ever heard of a gossip's wheel” or a shank's mare”? These and other unusual terms are defined in Ancestry's Concise Genealogical Dictionary. You will find this book a useful and entertaining reference. The authors spent years collecting, researching, and verifying definitions of terms they discovered while researching cemetery, probate, court, medical, and other records. The mystery of terms and abbreviations that many researchers face has been solved with this essential, quick-reference source geared to the needs of the genealogist. Now you can have at your fingertips accurate and easy-to-find definitions for troublesome or unfamiliar words encountered in the research process. With thousands of concise definitions, all arranged alphabetically, this dictionary is an essential for any genealogist's home, office, or briefcase.

Michael Sherrod

Bad Baby Names

$24.95

Throughout history, people have named their children truly terrible things, and this book has the proof. Michael Sherrod and Matthew Rayback combed through U.S. federal census records to find the absolute worst names parents have given their children. The result is this hysterical new take on the baby name book. Here are some samples of the hilarious names inside: Fanny Pack, Fanny Whiffer, Post Office, Warren Peace, Rubella Graves, Nice Carr, and Hell Hellickson. And then there are the names we thought Bart Simpson was making up as he prank called Moe's Tavern: Hugh Jass, Al Caholic, Anita Bath, Amanda Hugginkiss, and Maya Buttreeks. This book is also filled with original illustrations and great photos that take a stab at what some of these babies may have looked like. Bad Baby Names is truly a one-of-a-kind book that makes a great gift for a friend, family member, or just yourself. Either way, Bad Baby Names is sure to make you laugh.

Karen Clifford

Becoming an Accredited Genealogist

$32.95

Do you need help in completing all of your personal family history research? Are you curious about how a professional genealogical researcher makes a living? Do you want to understand the steps and procedures involved in attaining the status of Accredited Genealogist? If you answered yes to any of these questions, Becoming an Accredited Genealogist is the resource book for you! Many professionals have established their personal reputation, in part, through the process of accreditation. Author Karen Clifford presents a clear understanding of what should be expected from the efforts of a professional family historian. Anyone can collect money for genealogical research and be called a paid researcher, but the knowledge, training, integrity, and efficiency of genealogists with credentials set them apart. Becoming an Accredited Genealogist will help you through the process of earning your credentials. This revised edition outlines the benefits of being an accredited genealogist and describes the knowledge and basic research skills expected of a professional. It also examines the experience, testing procedures, and application processes required to apply and ultimately pass the test for credentials. Even if your lifetime goal is not to become a professional genealogist, this scholarly work will teach you what to expect whenever you hire a professional to assist your personal family history research challenges!

Laura Szucs Pfeiffer

Hidden Sources

$39.95

In Hidden Sources, you will find family history research possibilities that may otherwise have eluded you—sources to further your research and help you overcome the stumbling blocks every researcher has experienced.

Most Americans would not describe themselves as genealogists or even family historians. They just want to learn when their ancestors were born, married, or died, and where these events happened. They don’t want to read a book about how to do genealogy; they would rather have someone tell them what to do, or simply look up a short entry in a single book to direct them.

Until now, no book has filled that need. But with the introduction of Hidden Sources: Family History in Unlikely Places, anyone wanting quick, easy-to-access information about how to find their ancestors will be immediately pointed in the right direction.

In Hidden Sources, first-time, part-time, and even full-time researchers will find many little-known sources that may contain information about their ancestors’ lives. Rather than lengthy descriptions of records, readers will discover short explanations that help them determine immediately whether or not a given record contains the information they need.

Readers get an overview of more than 100 sources, including:

Adoption Records
Holocaust Records
Coroner’s Inquests
Licenses
Orphan Asylum Records
Slavery Records
Court Records
Patent Records
Diaries and Journals
and many more!

Pfeiffer provides clues to the location of these little-used records and a list of books with further information about the records. And for those who enjoy using the Internet in their research, the author has also included URLs (Web site addresses on the Internet) that will take them to sites with further information about these hidden sources. With these tools, anyone can research their family history without becoming a full-time genealogist, and without interrupting an already busy schedule, because the needed—hidden—solutions are now in a single source.

James G. Ryan

Irish Records

$57.95

The best source for tracking down records in Ireland.

Irish Records is your guide to locating Irish genealogical sources in Ireland.

For the period of greatest interest to family history researchers -- the late eighteenth and early to middle nineteenth centuries -- Irish family records are sparse. However, sources are available -- civil registers, censuses, land records, church records -- and Irish Records tells you where to find them.

Irish Records is arranged by Irish count and describes civil, ecclesiastical, and printed primary and secondary sources for each county. It also provides important details about the heritage and genealogy centers which now exist in most Irish counties. These centers have indexed many important sources and provide valuable research services that can help you discover your Irish ancestry.

Includes details on Presbyterian, Church of Ireland, and Catholic records.

Provides a list of Irish heritage centers"" and indicates sources indexed by each.

Elizabeth Shown Mills

Isle of Canes

$43.95

Isle of Canes is the epic account of an African-American family in Louisiana that, over four generations and more than 150 years, rose from the chains of slavery to rule the Isle of Canes. Historically accurate and genealogically significant, this first novel by eminent genealogist Elizabeth Shown Mills is a gripping tale of racial bias, human conflict, and economic ruin told against the backdrop of colonial Louisiana. This novel is the result of more than thirty years of research. To fuel the story, as well as to maintain historical accuracy, the author found and referenced actual family history documents such as baptism records, manumission papers, probate records, land records, book extracts, and more to reconstruct the lives and times of Francois, Fanny, Coincoin, Augustin, and countless other unforgettable characters. But it takes more than documents on paper and microfilm to bring such an epic story to life. Mills' engaging prose puts flesh on the bones and pulls you into the lives and lifestyle of long-ago Louisiana."

Alice Eichholz

Red Book, 3rd edition

$61.95

Family history research is easier than it has ever been. Today, with an increased emphasis on preserving local records and with the burgeoning use of the Internet and computer technology, we can discover a great deal regarding the specifics of our family’s past—no matter what the locality.

Designed to help you recover the multigenerational facts of your ancestry, Red Book is an expansive guide to the most useful resources in each of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia. Organized by state, the book easily directs you to information-rich resources in areas including:

Vital Records
Census Records
Internet Resources
County Resources
Background Sources
Maps
Land Records
Probate Records
Court Records
Tax Records
Cemetery Records
Church Records
Military Records
Periodicals, Newspapers, and Manuscript Collections
Archives, Libraries, and Societies

The result of the collective effort of renowned professional researchers and state archivists, this book sets the standard for resource identification and is a must for anyone serious about tracing their roots in the United States.

Patricia Law Hatcher

Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors

$25.95

When the early colonists came to America, they were braving a new world, with new wonders and difficulties. Family historians beginning the search for their ancestors from this period run into a similar adventure, as research in the colonial period presents a number of exciting challenges that genealogists may not have experienced before. This book is the key to facing those challenges. This new book, Researching Your Colonial New England Ancestors, leads genealogists to a time when their forebears were under the rule of the English crown, blazing their way in that uncharted territory. Patricia Law Hatcher, FASG, provides a rich image of the world in which those ancestors lived and details the records they left behind. With this book in hand, family historians will be ready to embark on a journey of their own, into the unexplored lines of their colonial past.

Kent Carter

The Dawes Commission

$35.95

Important New Resource for Native American Research from Ancestry.com of special interest to researchers of the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek or Seminole Indian Nations. ""Well researched . . . all encompassing . . . The historian, the academician, the sociologist, and the genealogist--all will find it a vital work.” Curt B. Witcher, MLS, FUGA, Manager, Historical Genealogy Dept. Allen Co. Public Library Discover how the U.S. Congress tried to end self-government for five major American Indian tribes and assimilate them into the dominant culture. Regarded by some as a human tragedy, the Dawes Commission is one of the most highly controversial subjects involving US government treatment of Native Americans. From 1893 to 1914, the program provided an allotment of land to each Indian that enrolled. Yet of the 300,000 people who applied for enrollment, almost two thirds were rejected. Why? The answer to that golden question has eluded scholars for nearly a century. This important work takes major strides in unraveling the mystery. Ken Carter's thorough research of the Dawes Commission delves into its organization and procedures to clarify enrollment and allotment decisions for the thousands of people who applied. It points out the difficulties Congress had in implementing its plan and the disastrous effects the program had on the people it was designed to help. Rich in historical photographs, thoroughly footnoted, and containing actual documents of the commission's records, the book will provide anyone with interest in the Dawes Commission, or of Native American ancestry, a heightened understanding of the Dawes Commission and the Five Civilized Tribes. Includes a list of tribal rolls from the Dawes Commission records.

Loretto Dennis Szucs

The Source

$81.95

Genealogists and other historical researchers have valued the first two editions of this work, often referred to as the genealogist's bible."" The new edition continues that tradition. Intended as a handbook and a guide to selecting, locating, and using appropriate primary and secondary resources, The Source also functions as an instructional tool for novice genealogists and a refresher course for experienced researchers. More than 30 experts in this field--genealogists, historians, librarians, and archivists--prepared the 20 signed chapters, which are well written, easy to read, and include many helpful hints for getting the most out of whatever information is acquired. Each chapter ends with an extensive bibliography and is further enriched by tables, black-and-white illustrations, and examples of documents. Eight appendixes include the expected contact information for groups and institutions that persons studying genealogy and history need to find.

Virginia Humling

U.S. Catholic Sources

$25.95

Now you can more easily locate records of religious events such as baptisms and marriages, as well as other ecclesiastical documents related to Catholic churches throughout America. Such documents are primary resources for valuable genealogical data. While the parish is the most fundamental unit for researching Roman Catholic records, diocesan archives are often the key to locating parishes, schools, hospitals, and other Catholic institutionssome of which may have moved or closed over the years. U.S. Catholic Sources identifies each archdiocese and diocese in the U.S. and provides geographical boundaries, addresses and contact information, and briefly outlines the holdings and research policies for each. Diocesan archives often contain copies of diocesan newspapers, diocesan, parish and institutional histories, records from closed churches, and more.

James C. Neagles

U.S. Military Records

$41.99

From the earliest days of the United States, millions of Americans have served their country in the military. Indeed, most families have seen one or more members serve in America's armed forces. For this reason, genealogists and others wisely look to military records for information needed to enhance their research. Enlistment forms, muster rolls, pension applications . . . records created as a result of individuals' military service are extremely valuable because they often contain detailed personal information about their subjectsdate and place of birth, places of residence, names and addresses of loved ones, and more. The researcher's dilemma is in knowing what records are available and how to find them among the overwhelming abundance of military records. James Neagles' U.S. Military Records is the answer to this dilemma. U.S. Military Records describes the records that are available and where they can be found. Gathered in this volume is source information for the National Archives and its adjuncts; historical institutions and archives of the armed forces; the Department of Veterans Affairs (Veterans Administration); state archives, libraries and historical organizations; and such patriotic organizations as the Daughters of the American Revolution. Extensive bibliographic listings of published sources for the United States in general and published sources for each state are also included.

George G Morgan

Your Family Reunion

$29.95

Every type of family get-together, from the casual backyard barbecue to a weekend camping trip to a week-long deluxe cruise, can become a “family reunion.” The keys to a successful event, however, are to plan and organize a structure for it, get the family together, and provide opportunities for a variety of memorable activities.

Some people are intimidated by the prospect of organizing a full-scale family reunion. This book is a guide for organizing a successful and exciting family reunion. It includes chapters about getting started with the organization process, determining how to finance the event and work with vendors, deciding where and when to hold the reunion, creating a simple and effective record-keeping system, figuring out how to locate and invite family members, planning opportunities for family members of all ages to get to know each other, setting up the actual reunion site, managing the reunion onsite, and conducting a post-reunion review so that the next one will be even better.

Because the Internet has changed forever the way we obtain information, this book also includes a wealth of Web-based reunion sites that are filled with great information. In addition, because Web sites change and because there is so much information on the Internet, a short guide to using Internet search engines, directories, and other tools to locate information is included. By studying the techniques there and referring to the tutorials at the Search Engine Watch Web site, you can quickly become adept at structuring effective searches for information all over the Internet. Finally, you’ll find sample charts and forms that will help you track your planning and make sure you’ve covered all your bases.

Regardless if this is your first family reunion or your tenth, it is important to do whatever it takes to make your event a success—one that your relatives will remember and talk about for the rest of their lives.