The Genealogy Handbook: The Complete Guide to Tracing Your Family Tree by Ellen Galford is a handy guide to getting started in Genealogy. There are helpful hints and anecdotes throughout the book to help out the beginner, and to get someone started. There are different chapters for getting started, interviewing, collecting and preserving the information that is gathered. Also included at the back of the book is a directory of contact information for different genealogy libraries in different states, and different countries around the world. There is even information on planning a trip to do genealogy research. This includes what items may be helpful to bring along for research purposes.
As a bonus, our library has several copies of the book. There are copies in the Genealogy Collection, which do not circulate. There are also copies available for checkout from the Main Library as well as several branch libraries as well. Call your local branch for availability.
So if you’ve been itching to start working on your family tree, but been at a loss as to where to start, this book may be for you. The beginning genealogist can always stop by the Main Library as well, to see what we have in our collections. Happy searching!
The Genealogy Handbook by Ellen Galford. Call number: 929.1 G155g.
