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Discovering your roots, an introduction to genealogy, with John Philip Colletta, presenter

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Discovering your roots, an introduction to genealogy, with John Philip Colletta, presenter
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Guidebook includes bibliography
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videorecording
Main title
Discovering your roots
Oclc number
881501653
Responsibility statement
with John Philip Colletta, presenter
Runtime
450
Series statement
The great courses. Better living. Arts & Leisure
Sub title
an introduction to genealogy
Summary
This course of 15 half-hour lectures presents different procedures for locating sources of ancestors' records in America
Table Of Contents
Interviewing kin and mining home sources -- Genealogy online--gems and junk -- The library--shelves full of family history -- Military service and homestead records -- How to build historical context -- Your ancestors in ship passenger lists -- Your ancestors in naturalization records -- The genealogical proof standard -- Your ancestors in the county courthouse -- Your ancestors in state records -- How to write biography -- Dos and don'ts of writing history -- Seaching in your ancestors' backyards -- Assembling an account of your discoveries -- Extending your family tree overseas
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Introduction to genealogy
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