Product Description

Advice and information for taking your first steps in genealogy.

Discovering your family's past can be revealing and absorbing. Genealogy is an increasingly popular pastime and this Kit can help you get started.

It contains a guidance manual written by experts at the Society of Genealogists that's packed with tips and advice on how and where to begin your researches; it includes all-important sources of further information and details of further reading. Loose-leaf record-keeping documents and family tree charts are included.

Also included is a free CD, with useful links to genealogy websites and an evaluation version of 'Family Historian', the UK's leading genealogy software product, which can help you record, organise and present your data, including images and other multimedia.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #569421 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 52 pages

Synopsis
Discovering your family's past can be revealing and absorbing. Genealogy is an increasingly popular pastime and this Kit can help you get started. It contains a Guidance Manual written by experts at the Society of Genealogists that's packed with tips and advice on how and where to begin your researches; it includes all-important sources of further information and details of further reading. Loose-leaf record-keeping documents and family tree charts are included. This Guidance Manual covers: methodical approaches to adopt when keeping records; organisations and institutions that keep historical records that can help you in your research; genealogy web sites; tips on how to read and interpret historical records; bibliography and further reading; and sources of information by historical period.