How to Climb Your Family Tree

Description

This is an introduction to the methods and principles of genealogical research written for the beginner and calculated to entertain while producing results. It shows how to start research and how to find clues in family keepsakes and memorabilia, and it introduces important sources of information such as census records, church records, the vital records of birth, marriage, and death, probate and land records, and the infinite array of public records.