RESEARCHING & WRITING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY & MEMOIRS (2025)
by Joelle Steele

ISBN: 978-1-940388-15-1
132 pages, 170 illustrations

This is the 2025 expanded edition of the original 2014 book. It is designed to guide you through the process of thoroughly researching your lineage and then learning how to find pictures and stories about your ancestors and incorporate them into a book for all your family to enjoy.

Here's what's included: getting organized, genealogy software, family trees, ancestry terms, kinship terminology, adoptions, blended families, verifying data, names and naming, countries of origin, royalty reality, research etiquette, researching online, search strategies, kinship dilemmas, speculative genealogy, researching in books, documentation, writing their stories, writing your story, how people lived, researching lore, famous ancestors, creating your book, interview questions, and DNA and genetics. Also includes lists of genealogical websites, reference books on various family ancestries, and other specialty books on genealogy.

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