Shaking Your Family Tree A basic Guide To Tracing Your Family Tree by Ralph J. Crandall

Dr. Ralph J. Crandall, executive director of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS), explains how to organize, trace, and showcase a family history with the most up-to-date informmation on how and where to do the research. The second edition of this highly successful book has been extensively revised and now features two new chapters: one on Internet research, the other on court records. You will find valuable information on:

• Internet resources
• Library resources
• Births, death, and marriage records
• Church records
• Cemetery records
• Probate records
• Court records
• Land records
• Census records
• Military records
• Researching immigrants
• How to organize and publish your family genealogy

This book is fully illustrated with photographs taken from the cellection at NEHGS, and has a new easy-to-read design, making this the perfect book to take along when doing your own genealogical research!