Discovering your roots : an introduction to genealogy

Discovering your roots An introduction to genealogy

Sound recording - 2014

This course presents different procedures for locating sources of ancestors' records in America.

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Subjects
Genealogy.
Ships > United States > Passenger lists.
United States > Genealogy > Sources.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Archival resources.
Published
Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses [2014]
Language
English
Other Authors
John Philip Colletta, 1949- (-)
Edition
[PDF workbook version]
Item Description
"The Great courses, Topic: Better living ; Subtopic: Arts & leisure"--Cover.
"Course number 9394"--Disc labels.
15 lectures lasting 30 minutes each.
The accompanying CD-ROM contains course workbook in PDF format.
Physical Description
3 videodisc (450 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer disc (4 3/4 in.)
ISBN
9781490682891
  • Disc 1. 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
  • Disc 2. 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
  • Disc 3. 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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