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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Genealogy, 2nd Edition
Average Customer Review : 5.0/5 based on 18 reviews
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Editorial Reviews
This user-friendly volume offers readers an opportunity to understand the craft of genealogy, explore their roots, perform online research, and begin to discover their true identities. Includes new information on the release of the 1930 census, the pros and cons of online research, and creating family trees.
Spotlight Reviews
packed with info! (2009-01-07)
Customer Review : 5
As are the others in the Idiots series, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Geneology was packed with useful info to get one started.
The best guide available. (2007-03-27)
Customer Review : 5
These authors have the credentials to and have written a superb handbook, especially for the genealogy "newbies". Even the experienced family historian will here find MUCH help. Paul Drake JD
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Genealogy (2007-03-23)
Customer Review : 4
As a newbie to genealogy, I find this to be a very helpful book. It points you in the directions that you should go and gives a lot of ideas that I would not have thought of.
Great Guide (2007-01-14)
Customer Review : 5
This is a great book for beginners and experienced researchers. I recommend it to my students.
Maria (Ree) Hopper, CG
updated tripe (2006-08-07)
Customer Review : 3
This edition of the book is more up-to-date, so it's actually useful somewhat. Mostly, though, it's a book written by experts for experts. There is little thought given to the practical application of genealogy -- making friends with newly found relatives, for example, and family reunions. There is no mention of the politics that go into genealogy. You can easily destroy your family by writing the wrong date for a marriage on your descendant chart, but the book totally omits important facts like that! It has a small chapter on DNA, which is nice, but it leaves out critical information on that topic, too. The "Idiot's" title of this book is misleading; the authors fail to think like a layman. Beware.
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