Secrets of tracing your ancestors /
W. Daniel Quillen.
- 4th Edition.
- New York : Cold Spring Press, c2010.
- 239 pages ; 22 cm.
Includes glossary and index.
Why Genealogy?.--Get Started.--Get Organized.--What's in a Name?.--Vital Records.--Genealogical Societies.--Genealogical Collections in Libraries.--Computers and the Internet.--Using the LDS Church.--Census Records.--Military Records.--Ethnic Research.--Who Am I?.--Using DNA as a Research Tool.--Is Anyone Out There.--Professional Genealogists.--Help your Descendants.
Introduces genealogy basics to readers interested in tracing their own ancestors, identifying current websites and government resources in an expanded and revised edition that also provides new coverage of census records and ethnic research.