Genealogy: Essential Research Methods

Genealogy: Essential Research Methods‘ is the ideal companion for anybody researching their family tree. It provides advice and inspiration on methods and problem-solving and helps the amateur family historian understand what successful professionals do to get results, and why we should copy them.

  • Hardcover: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd; 1st ed. edition (31 Oct. 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 9780709091974
  • ISBN-13: 978-0709091974
  • ASIN: 0709091974

 

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Description

This book is the ideal companion for anybody researching their family tree. It provides advice and inspiration on methods and problem-solving and helps the amateur family historian understand what successful professionals do to get results, and why we should copy them. Over ten chapters, it examines the various themes that affect the success or failure of all genealogy research. This begins with an overview of common challenges genealogists encounter and continues with an examination of how to both search effectively and find the right documentary sources. Using examples from her own family history as well as client work, teacher and professional genealogist Helen Osborn demonstrates how to get the most from documents, analyze problems and build research plans. These subjects lead on to recording results, how to ensure relationships are correctly proved, organizing information and presenting your findings. Although the book deals mainly with research in England and Wales, the skills taught are easily transferable to research in other countries. This book will be particularly valuable to anyone who is stuck with their research, in addition to those who are keen to learn about advanced skills and methods used by genealogists.

Reviews

Well written and highly regarded, Helen Osborn's 'Genealogy: Essential Research Methods' is widely agreed to be an essential title for all genealogists. "This is where Helen Osborn's 'essential research methods' come into their own, as she explains how to gain and improve the skills we all need to trace our family history successfully." Helen Tovey, Editor, Family Tree