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    American Genealogy: How to Trace Your American Family Tree
    American Genealogy: How to Trace Your American Family Tree
    American Genealogy: How to Trace Your American Family Tree
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    American Genealogy: How to Trace Your American Family Tree

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    If you are looking to trace your American family tree and learn more about genealogy, then get this guide.

    You will learn skills and tools that are required to find your ancestors.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHowExpert
    Release dateOct 3, 2016
    ISBN9781370892990
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      Book preview

      American Genealogy - HowExpert

      American Genealogy

      How To Trace Your American Family Tree

      By HowExpert Press & Jody Cummings

      Copyright http://www.HowExpert.com

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      For More How To Guides by Real Life Experts, Visit http://www.HowExpert.com

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      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 The Step-by-Step Guide to Building Your Family Tree from Scratch

      Chapter 2 Census Records

      Chapter 3 Death Records

      Chapter 4 Last Wills & Testaments

      Chapter 5 Religion

      Chapter 6 World History

      Chapter 7 National History

      Chapter 8 Local History

      Conclusion

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      Introduction

      Genealogy is increasingly popular these days. The popularity of the television show Who Do You Think You Are and the plethora of websites and books on the subject (this book included) attest to the popularity of understanding the present by uncovering the past. Just one hour of television viewing can bring you several commercials for Ancestry.com, and that’s just one genealogy service. There are magazines, blogs, podcasts, and even degree programs about genealogy. Genealogy has become big business, worth over 1.6 billion dollars - that’s billion with a b - in 2012 alone. Why this sudden fascination with tracing our roots?

      Some people say it’s because the modern world is in such a state of confusion and flux that the past, that golden realm where all of the bad things are over and everything has already happened, can see like a much safer place to put our attention. I actually think that in our drive to be more self-aware, we have discovered that to know who we are, we really need to know who we’ve been and where we come from.

      There is so much that can be learned from researching your family’s past, not just about the people who came before you, but also about the world as it once was.A family tree is history writ small, showing the effects of larger events on individuals, and sometimes the influence of individuals on larger events. It’s a personalized form of history, with a bit of old-fashioned detective work thrown in for good measure. It’s a treasure hunt and a mental puzzle, and the thrill of discovering some new nugget of information is a very real thing.

      My mother was the dedicated genealogist for our family, and she spent hours and hours on the subject. She bought books and CD-Rom disc collections and magazines, beginning in the early 1990s. It was her favorite hobby, and she was always thrilled to share her new discoveries. More than once, she and my

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