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  • Collecting Primary Records

    Jim Ollhoff

    Library Binding (Abdo & Daughters, Sept. 1, 2010)
    Discusses the importance of primary records and documents in genealogical research, including birth and death certificates, immigration records, and census data, and explains how to use and evaluate these documents.
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  • Collecting Primary Records

    Jim Ollhoff

    eBook (ABDO, March 29, 2019)
    Interest in family history is at its highest. Young people want to know where they came from, as well as the people who built their family and their country. Your Family Tree provides easy-to-understand methods for learning about genealogy. Each unique book helps young people organize their own family records. History comes alive as kids learn what brought their ancestors to North America. Readers explore their own and other people's pasts, creating an understanding of the opportunities and challenges that built this nation. Interest in family history is at its highest. Young people want to know where they came from, as well as the people who built their family and their country. The desire to build a family tree is there, but where does a researcher go to collect information? A genealogist needs to be a detective. This title, Collecting Primary Records, gives advice on where to look for information, what type of information a genealogist needs, and how to organize it all. Young researchers will be thrilled to have the leads they need to find clues about their families' past. Readers explore their own and other people's pasts, creating an understanding of the opportunities and challenges that built this nation.