TheFamilyTreeProblemSolver Format: Paperback

Rising,MarshaHoffman

ISBN 10: 1440300747 / ISBN 13: 9781440300745

Published by Penguin Random House

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: TheFamilyTreeProblemSolver Format: Paperback
• Publisher: Penguin Random House
• ISBN 10: 1440300747
• ISBN 13: 9781440300745
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Proven Solutions for Your Research Challenges

Has your family history research hit a brick wall? Marsha Hoffman Rising's bestselling book The Family Tree Problem Solver has the solutions to help you find the answers you seek.
 
Inside you'll find:
·         Work-arounds for lost or destroyed records
·         Techniques for finding ancestors with common names
·         Ideas on how to find vital records before civil registration began
·         Advice for how to interpret and use your DNA results
·         Tips for finding individuals “missing” from censuses
·         Methods for finding ancestors who lived before 1850
·         Strategies for analyzing your research problem and putting together a practical research plan
 
This revised edition also includes new guides to record hints from companies like AncestryDNA. Plus you'll find a glossary of genealogy terms and case studies that put the book’s advice into action.

About the Author

Marsha Hoffman Rising CG, FASG, was a professional genealogist who specialized in problem-solving issues that arise while researching nineteenth century ancestors. She also served as vice president of the National Genealogy Society and served on the boards of the Association of Professional Genealogists, the Board for Certification of Genealogists, the New England Historic Genealogic Society, and as president of the Federation of Genealogical Societies and the Genealogical Speaker's Guild. During her thirty year professional career in genealogy, she received the National Genealogical Society Award of Merit (1989), was elected a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Society (1990), received the FGS George E. Williams Award (1991), the National Genealogical Society Award of Excellence (1992), and the FGS Malcolm H. Stern Humanitarian Award (1999).