They Came in Ships: Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Arrival Record (3rd Edition)9 reviews
John Philip Colletta

Ancestry.com, 2002

They Came in Ships

+ THEY CAME IN SHIPS: FINDING YOUR IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS
+ Pleased with information in book and speed of delivery

This book is a must for anybody working on their genealogy. It is packed with information and is easy to read. Dont let the size of this book fool you! The author explains everything perfectly. There is so much information that you will have a hard time putting this book down. I recommend it for ...
  
  











  



  
Organizing Your Family History Search: Efficient & Effective Ways to Gather and Protect Your Genealogical ...10 reviews
Sharon Carmack

Betterway Books, 1999

A 'must - have', truly wonderful book

+ Excellent Book - Highly Recommend
+ Can only buy ONE book on Genealogy Research? Get this one!

I have been caught up in this addictive hobby of genealogy for fifteen years now and have over the years tried many different ways of dealing with my ever-increasing pile of info and documents. I had tried folders and various types of filing systems; I had even tried my own numbering and coding ...
  
  











  



  
Quicksheet Citing Online Historical Resources8 reviews
Elizabeth Shown Mills

Genealogical Publishing Company, 2007

genealogy

+ Quicksheet review
+ Great quick tip sheet
+ review
  
  











  



  
Web Search Garage (Garage Series)13 reviews
Tara Calishain

Prentice Hall PTR, 2004

More about searching the web from a good author

+ Clean Out Your Google Garage
+ The Elements, Principles and Examples of Web Searching
+ Web Search Garage
  
  











  



  
Bringing Your Family History to Life Through Social History2 reviews
Katherine Scott Sturdevant, Sharon DeBartolo Carmack

Betterway Books, 2000

Terrific Resource

+ Make History Come Alive!

Kathy Sturdevant brings her expertise of social history to the world of family history and genealogy with humor, flair, and solid information. With clear examples and explanations of the many sources/resources available to family historians, this book bridges the often separated worlds of history ...
  
  











  



  
You Can Write Your Family History4 reviews
Sharon Debartolo Carmack

Betterway Books, 2003

A Blueprint for Writing One's Family History

+ Excellent resource
+ Every aspect of the process is covered
+ The Great Motivater
  
  











  



  
Producing a Quality Family History5 reviews
Patricia Law Hatcher

Ancestry.com, 1996

Superb, comprehensive guide to writing family history

+ Excellent, but starting to show it's age
+ Very useful resource for would-be family history publishers
+ Great guide to pruducing a family history
+ Very helpful for writing family history on computer.
  
  











  



  
Caring for Your Family Treasures: Heritage Preservation2 reviews
Jane S. Long, Richard W. Long

Harry N. Abrams, 2000

Super How To Do It Book For Preserving Your Past !!

+ I saved my family treasures

This is a most useful, new (year 2000) 164 page, fully illustrated guide to preserving your family treasures. All of the information in this lovely guidebook was approved by a panel of experts. Topics range from protecting photos, film and videos, movies, paintings, clothing, furniture, glassware ...
  
  











  



  
Organizing and Preserving Your Heirloom Documents3 reviews
Katherine Scott Sturdevant

Betterway Books, 2002

Guidelines for documentary editing and document publishing

+ Good introduction to archival genealogy

Organizing & Preserving Your Heirloom Documents by historian Katherine Scott Sturdevant is a thoroughly "user friendly" guide for the non-specialist general reader on safely organizing, collecting, and preserving the priceless personal and family papers that are so invaluable for genealogical ...
  
  











  



  
The Unpuzzling Your Past Workbook (Unpuzzling Your Past)3 reviews
Emily Croom

Betterway Books, 1996

Complete set of forms with good examples of how to complete.

+ UnpuzzlingYour Past Workbook

This book appears to be about 250 pages (un-numbered). It's complete with basic forms such as pedigree and family group sheets, but goes beyond with census extraction forms & check lists, Military Record checklists, research planning worksheets and contact logs. Croom's has included completed ...
  
  











  



  
Unpuzzling Your Past: The Best-Selling Basic Guide to Genealogy9 reviews
Emily Croom

Betterway Books, 2001

genealogy research

+ Unpuzzling Your Past Guide
+ Unpuzzling Your Past
+ Genealogy Handbook or Manual
+ Unpuzzling Your Past: A Basic Guide to Genealogy
  
  











  



  
More Than Memories: The Complete Guide for Preserving Your Family History (More Than Memories)4 reviews
J Stephani

Krause Publications, 1998

Great general scrapping info

+ Excellent
+ comprehensive, varied approach to modern scrapbooking

This is one of the best books I've come across on scrapbooking. It won't overwhelm beginners or bore more advanced scrappers. It has a variety of helpful hints, loads of layouts and some creative lettering by Carol Snyder of EK Success.
  
  











  



  
Everything Family Tree Book: Research and Preserve Your Family History1 review
Kimberly Powell

Adams Media, 2006

Outstanding Choice for Beginners

Just went to the local bookstore to find some good books for my mother-in-law who has expressed an interest in family history. After reading through several excellent choices, I finally settled on Everything Family Tree by Kimberly Powell. The layout and format is very easy to follow and the ...
  
  











  



  
The Genealogist’s Companion and Sourcebook (Genealogist's Companion & Sourcebook)
Emily Croom

Betterway Books, 2003

This completely revised classic provides researchers with an in-depth look at public sources for genealogical research in the United States. Its primary goals are to introduce readers to many different kinds of public sources and encourage them to branch out and investigate sources they may be unfamiliar with. The text gives examples of the genealogical information in many kinds of sources ...
  
  











  



  
Information Trapping: Real-Time Research on the Web5 reviews
Tara Calishain

New Riders Press, 2006

Information Trapping ROCKS!

+ Very helpful for market research
+ A very good informative book
+ She almost hit a home run with me but the ending was a triple
+ Well written with some good techniques on automating research
  
  











  



  
Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace13 reviews
Elizabeth Shown Mills

Genealogical Pub Co, 2007

Excellent Resource & Reference Book

+ Recommend
+ Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace
+ The new standard in its field -- replacing the old standard by the same author!
+ Evidence Explained
  
  











  



  
Preserving Your Family Photographs: How to Organize, Present, and Restore Your Precious Family Images5 reviews
Maureen A. Taylor

Betterway Books, 2001

Excellent for do-it-yourself photo preservation

+ Preserving you family Photographs: How to organize, present, and respotre your precious family images
+ Maureen Taylor
+ The lyrics of the song are wrong.
  
  











  



  
An Army of Davids: How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government, and ...35 reviews
Glenn Reynolds

Thomas Nelson, 2007

Entertaining and Insightful

+ good, not great
+ Interesting book
+ Instapundit Groupie Approves
  
  











  



  
Connect!: A Guide to a New Way of Working from GigaOM's Web Worker Daily5 reviews
Anne Truitt Zelenka

Wiley, 2008

Solid recommendations and interesting ideas about how the web changes how we work and connect with people.

+ Empowering and Comprehensible
+ Meer wijsheid dan je op eerste oog doorhebt
+ Helpful, practical, balanced, and exciting - a new way of viewing work
  
  











  



  
Google Pocket Guide10 reviews
Tara Calishain, Rael Dornfest, ...

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2003

Just buy it

+ great reference for some unknown tricks in google
+ Remember to Play Your Wild Cards!
+ Google Pocket Guide
+ Great reference!