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REVISED AND UPDATED FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Family historians depend upon thousands of people unknown to them. They exchange research with others; copy information from books and databases; and write libraries, societies, and government offices. At times they even hire professionals to do legwork in distant areas and trust strangers to solve important problems. But how can a researcher be assured that he or she is producing or receiving reliable...
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Is your research time wasted looking up words like "beamster," "grimgribber," "anascara," and "wainbote" in regular dictionaries? Ever heard of a "gossip's wheel" or a "shank's mare"? These and other unusual terms are defined in Ancestry's Concise Genealogical Dictionary. You will find this book a useful and entertaining reference. The authors spent years collecting, researching, and verifying definitions of terms they discovered while researching...
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Your life is full of rich stories waiting to be told and Grandma's Memory Book is a way to help you share those treasured memories with the ones you love. The book is a series of questions that prompt you to share the information essential for your children and grandchildren to know more about their heritage. The questions are arranged in chronological order: from childhood and adolescence to marriage and retirement. You'll also find pages to list...
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An anthology of memoirs. 39 Vancouver actresses write the story of their mothers' lives, just the facts, ma'am, from beginning to end. These mothers come from around the world, with birthdates ranging from 1890 to 1954. Gathered together, these stories are a record of 20th century women's history, sketches of how women really lived. Written with disarming candour, these firsthand accounts reveal the microhistory of women living through wars, poverty,...
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