Secrets of Tracing Your Ancestors is an easy-to-read guide to beginning genealogy. Quillen teaches the basics of getting started and guides readers through the tricks and techniques of professional genealogists,and best of all the book is filled with real-life examples. Readers are pointed to the most current web sites and government records where information can be gleaned. Overlook resources-such as military records-are identified and instructions for procuring and using them are included. Readers will also be treated to detailed suggestions on how to write an effective and interesting life history that will be treasured by the budding genealogist's descendants.

This fourth revided edition has expanded and revised sections in Internet research, including new web sites; ethnic research; the latest information available on census access and availability; and more ideas on how to do your own life history.

QUOTE: "Shows those new to the hobby how to begin, while showing seasoned family historians some new tricks... with passion and a touch of humor.'- Family Chronicle Magazine.

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For 31 years, W. Daniel Quillen has been a professional writer specializing in travel and technical subjects. He teaches beginning genealogy courses to university students and working adults, and is a frequent lecturer in genealogy classes in the greater Denver area. Well-known for his popular Secrets of Tracing Your Ancestors, Dan is also the author of The Troubleshooter's Guide to Do-It-Yourself Genealogy and Quillen's Essentials of Genealogy series, with six titles in this line now in print and more to come (all published by Cold Spring Press).

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