Product Description

Slash research time, costs, and hassles using today's published genealogy resources!

"...a must-have" companion volume to The Source...invaluable to all those seeking to improve their effectiveness in genealogy.

Every day valuable new resources for family historians are published. But such ""printed sources"" can help you only if you know where to find them and what they contain. Printed Sources is the most comprehensive and up-to-date directory to everything from "how-to" tutorials to "where-to" guides plus published original recordsindexes and more. These convenient and very affordable published resources can save you enormous amounts of time and money that you might otherwise spend to find and view original documents in some distantdusty archive. Printed Sources will make your research easier by helping you identify and understandwhich frequently contain biographical information on inhabitants that can't be gleaned from statistical records alone. Published indexes and how they can direct you to priceless ancestral information in a wide variety of record sources. Other types of printed sources that can lead you to your ancestors.

Printed Sources discusses all types of sources including recent electronic CDs. Full descriptions of genealogical publications include both benefits and shortcomings. You'll also learn how and why sources were created how to use them and of course where to find them.

800 pages 8 1/2 by 11hardbound ISBN 0-916489-71-x

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1074395 in Books
• Published on: 1998-07-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .2 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 260 pages

Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, FASG, FNGS
"Splendid, inspiring, mindboggling, comprehensive, unparalleled, an icon. One of the most significant works of the decade."