Quick Tips For Genealogists; Edited by Juliana S. Smith;

Every family history researcher hits a dead end at some point in his or her search. Where better to turn than the battle-tested experience of other genealogists? In this book you'll find dozens of innovative solutions from other researchers who are breaking down brick walls daily in their efforts to find those elusive ancestors and hard-to-find documents. Here is just a sampling of the shared wisdom found in this book:

As passenger arrival lists for various ports become available, we tend to think of them only as a tool for finding immigrant ancestors, but they can document domestic travelers, too.

One family's legend said that their great-great-grandfather was born in New York and went west to work on the boats on the Mississippi. They had assumed a cross-country trip. But on a hunch they checked a database of a ship's passenger arrivals in New Orleans and found him there in 1838, at age twenty-one, arriving in New Orleans by sea. (This entry also confirmed the year of his birth). Ships are a handy means of travel between ports, not just across the ocean.

• Another person while taking pictures of headstones for their family history book, included a picture of the person or persons that go with the headstone. It makes it much easier for all of us to remember who Uncle George was if his picture is included. Also, a plus is that we get to see the clothing that was worn in his day.