Family History Detective: A Step-By-Step Guide to Investigating Your Family Tree

by Desmond W. Allen

This all-ages guide makes genealogy fun and exciting. You'll find answers to all your family history questions using the simple, achievable steps found inside. Family History Detective includes:    • Tips on how to find family history information in your own home    • Websites, resources and techniques for online research    • Complete instruction on locating and using census, courthouse and church records    • An overview of library and archive research    • Instructions on how to plan, record and organize your research    • Fun ways to share your discoveries with others

Genres: Nonfiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published November 7, 2011

Reviews

[Debra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Genealogy help andsupport

This book is filled with help sources and ideas for locating family members from years past. Very helpful for your genealogy search.

[Kathy KS · Rating 3 out of 5]

I believe this is a good text for those beginning or extending their genealogical journey. However, the print version has VERY small print, which essentially ignores many genealogists (older family historians).

So, I definitely recommend the book itself, but those that have trouble easily reading smaller-than-usual print should look for the ebook version, in hopes that you can change the size of the font when using a reader!

Actual rating: 3 1/2

[Jo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Most of this book wasn't relevant to me -- either because I already knew about it or because of its focus on American records. But I did learn about the American censuses. And it seemed to be well written but not stuffy. Probably good for a young person or someone starting out. Good basic principles.

But published in 2011, the online aspect is surely dated, which is a big problem considering how much easier and more prevalent online research has become.

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

With many people interested in tracing their roots, this easy to read book contains some useful information, giving logical procedures to follow. It gives brief descriptions and examples of many information sources.