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Learning about your family's history is both educational and fun. This top-notch genealogical guide will show you how to search public records and other sources, along with teaching you how to get the most out of family documents and conversations with relatives.

Best-selling genealogy author Emily Croom presents a new and expanded version of her best-selling guide to genealogy. It provides readers with all the tools and information they need to jump into this great American hobby by focusing on fundamental strategies for success, questions to ask, places for research, and interesting examples of each step along the way. Throughout, readers will find techniques and suggestions for

* tapping family documents, oral tradition, and memories
* exploring the vast array of U.S. public records, from newspapers and tombstones to censuses and land records
* getting the most from names, dates, and handwriting of the past
* developing a first-rate and meaningful family history

Well-organized, well written, and comprehensive, this guide also offers readers charts, illustrations, reference sidebars, bibliographies, a glossary, and useful, reproducible forms. Each chapter is capped with a list of "Things To Do Now" to encourage readers or students to apply what they have learned. Emily Croom is an active researcher, teacher, and lecturer in genealogy. She holds a master's degree in history and contributes articles to several genealogy periodicals. Her other books include the companion volume, The Unpuzzling Your Past Workbook, the widely-acclaimed The Genealogist's Companion & Sourcebook, and the exciting The Sleuth Book for Genealogists. Praise for guides by Emily Anne Croom: "A good first choice for the beginning genealogist." -- Library Journal "A must for the beginner, and a plus for the more advanced genealogist!" -- Oregon Genealogical Society Quarterly Recent polls show that 60% of the U.S. population is interested in researchingtheir family history!

As the Internet and the World Wide Web compete with traditional libraries as resources for information, more new computer users find themselves overwhelmed by the tangle of links, sites, and search engines. These techniques and strategies will aid computer novices in undertaking quick, efficient, and in-depth online research. All the major databases are covered in detail, and the top search engines and information portals are described and contrasted. Spanning various browsers and platforms, this guide features both Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Explorer. For the beginner, this book covers the fundamentals of e-mail, electronic interest books, and file transfers.

If you're ready to actually find what you're looking for on the Internet, read Researching Online For Dummies, Second Edition. Lead author Reva Basch is the Mark McGwire of online research, and new co-author Mary Ellen Bates isn't far behind (Sammy Sosa?) In this book, they share their best techniques—and if your time's worth anything, the book will pay for itself on Day One.

Need to do a trademark or patent search? Get an independent briefing on a company? Track down the latest medical treatments and procedures? Research colleges, cars, vacations? Basch and Bates show you how. There's also a CD-ROM with demos of the best online research software, plus direct hyperlinks to all the sites mentioned in the book. Why keep wasting time, when you can become a research expert with Researching Online For Dummies, Second Edition?