Family History & Genealogy: Easy Steps To Build Your Family Tree

This is your guide to genealogy research. How did your ancestors arrive in America; by land migration or across the sea? This book guides you through easy to follow instructions to discover your roots and avoid the pitfalls and dead ends that frustrate and halt even experienced genealogists. What are some of these secrets? Learn how to use the Internet to your advantage and how to pinpoint the information that relates to your ancestors. Learn how to use message boards and how to ask questions that people will be willing to take the time to answer. With a little effort, you can get your family research project started, and soon you’ll be the person close and distant relatives come to for information. Included are guides to free research websites, state by state sources, and sites that give you access to passenger manifests, and other historical sources. Many times, when we begin tracing our roots, there are very few living sources of information left to us. We seem to become interested in our own history when we are close to becoming part of it! As the author came to discover, it’s never too late to start down the path of tracing your family, and even a novice genealogist can be very successful at tracking down their ancestors.