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These titles are valuable for researchers at every level, from beginners mapping their first family tree to experienced researchers pursuing certification.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"101-l5783","title":"A Cooperative Method of Learning Logic and Analysis in Genealogy: The Power of Truth, Evidence, and Analytical Thinking","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile you may not have had the advantage of scientific training in your life, the skills of logical and analytical thinking so basic to science and to genealogy can be yours. In a lifetime of teaching, the author has found ways to help others build the skills needed to provide believable proof for conclusions based only on indirect and limited evidence. These skills are accessible to you and to all who have the desire, dedication, and persistence to learn to think rationally, using logic and analysis to work through proofs where evidence is fragmentary and piece-meal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFollow the learning path outlined in Chapter 1, and use real-life examples of how logic and rational thinking leads to solving tricky family-history problems. Use the method outlined there to develop your abilities and skills for finding solutions in genealogical research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapters include: Learning Observation, Analysis, and Logic; The Case of the Missing Grandma; Using Passenger Lists to Find a Maiden Name; The Birth Family of Amelia (Alpiger) Lentz; Widows, Stepkin and Support Networks; A Census Consensus, 1840, Warren County, Missouri; A Leap of Faith: The Dunlap-Pattison Family of Maghera; Scattered Pieces: Assembling a Family from Scanty Records; Using Cluster Methodology to Backtrack an Ancestor; Explaining the Sudden Disappearance of Mitch Evins; Descendants of Job Timberley and Rachel Melbourne; and, Shaving with Occam's Razor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam M. 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Edited by Elizabeth Shown Mills, the groundbreaking \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/heritagebooks.com\/products\/102-3844\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Professional Genealogy: A Manual for Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers and Librarians (ProGen)\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessional Genealogy: A Manual for Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers and Librarians\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eProGen\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/a\u003e addressed not just genealogy sources but also strategies and analytical skills, best practices and standards for historical research, and how to conduct a genealogical business. It remains a go-to manual for genealogists.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow a new generation of genealogical educators have given the field an entirely new guide to the profession of genealogy--offering fresh insights and new specialties, grounded in more-solid standards and wider experiences and applications. In twenty-six chapters, written by twenty-two experts and edited by Elizabeth Shown Mills, \u003cem\u003eProfessional Genealogy: Preparation, Practice and Standards\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eProGen PPS\u003c\/em\u003e) is an invaluable resource for professional genealogists and students, as well as all family history researchers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e\"From genetic and forensic genealogy to ethics and contracts, business structures, marketing, writing, editing, and preparing books for press, \u003cem\u003eProGen PPS\u003c\/em\u003e promises to inspire thought processes and ignite new discussions.\" (Billie Stone Fogarty, M. Ed., President, Association of Professional Genealogists).\u003c\/blockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Searching for roots\" is a popular hobby, but genealogy is a discipline. From courts of law to government agencies, from medical research projects to television shows, reliable genealogical research is an essential in modern societies. The public sector needs professionals who know historical archives well but, more importantly, understand the strengths and weaknesses of individual records. It needs professionals skilled not only in research principles but the far more difficult challenge of proving identities and kinship. It needs professionals who understand proof and the standards that produce reliable evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProGen PPS\u003c\/em\u003e provides a complete course of instruction to prepare genealogists for a career in a complex field. Whether you discover this career path as a young adult or come into genealogy as a mature researcher trained in another professional discipline, \u003cem\u003eProGen PPS\u003c\/em\u003e will ground you in the essential practices, standards, and language of genealogy--those expected by courts, government agencies, and others who commission research. If you are a librarian or archivist who assists family historians on a daily basis, \u003cem\u003eProGen PPS\u003c\/em\u003e provides a framework to coach them well. 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It explains techniques for reading early American documents, provides samples of alphabets and letter forms, and defines terms and abbreviations commonly used in early American documents such as wills, deeds, and church records. Furthermore, it presents numerous examples of early American records for the reader to work with, for it is the author's contention that by studying and transcribing each of these documents—letter-by-letter, word-by-word—readers will become proficient in reading and understanding early American handwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArranged by degree of difficulty, from relatively easy-to-read documents of the nineteenth century to those of the seventeenth century, the documents showcase examples of handwriting styles, letter forms, abbreviations, and terminology typically found in early American records. Each document—nearly 100 of them at various stages of complexity—appears with the author's transcription on a facing page, enabling the reader to check his own transcription. This strategy allows the reader to attain proficiency in reading the documents at a natural rate of progression.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlso covered in the work, with particular emphasis on handwriting, are numbers and Roman numerals, dates and the change from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar, abbreviations and contractions, and standard terms found in early American records. In addition, there is a timely section on the Internet and compact discs, as well as an annotated bibliography of books and articles of particular interest to genealogists and historians. Taken together, these features describe a book that is absolutely indispensable in learning to read early American handwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"The further back in time our research takes us, the more 'plain English' looks like a foreign language. That's why Sperry's 'plain English' guide to not-so-plain English writing is an absolute basic book for every genealogical shelf.\"\u003c\/em\u003e--Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS\u003c\/blockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKip Sperry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1998), 2008, 8.5\" x 11\", paper, 289 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806308463\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-5513\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GPC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":22584365842550,"sku":"102-5513","price":41.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-5513-1500px.png?v=1777310265"},{"product_id":"999-b0057","title":"The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLOW QUANTITY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscover the answers to your family history mysteries using the most-cutting edge tool available. This plain-English guide is a one-stop resource for how to use DNA testing for genealogy. Inside, you'll find guidance on what DNA tests are available, plus the methodologies and pros and cons of the three major testing companies and advice on choosing the right test to answer your specific genealogy questions. And once you've taken a DNA test, this guide will demystify the often-overwhelming subject and explain how to interpret DNA test results, including how to understand ethnicity estimates and haplogroup designations, navigate suggested cousin matches, and use third-party tools like GEDmatch to further analyze your data. To give you a holistic view of genetic testing for ancestry, the book also discusses the ethics and future of genetic genealogy, as well as how adoptees and others who know little about their ancestry can especially benefit from DNA testing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book features:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eColorful diagrams and expert definitions that explain key DNA terms and concepts such as haplogroups and DNA inheritance patterns\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetailed guides to each of the major kinds of DNA tests and which tests can solve which family mysteries, with case studies showing how each can be useful\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInformation about third-party tools you can use to more thoroughly analyze your test results once you've received them\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTest comparison guides and research forms to help you select the most appropriate DNA test and organize your results and research once you've been tested\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhether you've just heard of DNA testing or you've tested at all three major companies, this guide will give you the tools you need to unpuzzle your DNA and discover what it can tell you about your family tree.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlaine T. 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A Dictionary of Historical and Genealogical Terms, Old and New [hardcover]","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe family historian must seek out the records of the merchants, courts, legislators, and churches, as well as the everyday expressions of the common men and women, all the while striving to remain aware that just as we have created words like television, computer, microwave oven, automobile, space station, gigabyte, and airplane, and set aside words as ticking and icebox, stadle, and squabpie, our ancestors had to do the same. They made up the likes of telegraph, railroad, and telescope, and assimilated German words like hex, sauerkraut, fresh, hoodlum, and kindergarten; Spanish words such as barbeque, chocolate, and tornado; French sounds like bayou, levee, depot, and chowder; and Indian words such as hickory, pecan, hominy, moccasin, and raccoon. Though they invented the likes of popcorn, sweet potato, eggplant, bullfrog, and backwoodsman, they left behind them terms no longer needed in their daily lives. Gone were the likes of moxa (Indian moss burned on an area of the body, thought to cure gout), hautboy (oboe), gruntling (young hog), muchwhat (nearly), revelrout (a ruckus), and, from most regions of the U.S., the long \"a\" sounds of old England (fahst for fast, dahnce for dance, and hoff, meaning half.) In addition to terminology, such as the names of the many courts and legal processes, this collection of more than 4500 words includes many occupations, descriptions of early furniture and foods, common medical terms and herbal remedies, and many all but forgotten expressions. The words found here are seen at every turn of research; in court documents (especially inventories of estates, court entries, and lawsuits), church records, books, newspapers, letters, and songs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMr. Drake, retired lawyer and teacher, and veteran genealogist, writes with a pleasing style that is entertaining and educational. 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For family historians who want to do their own study, reliably, it describes the standards. For hobbyists, attorneys, and medical scientists who seek professional researchers, it's a consumer guide that defines quality and facilitates choices. For librarians who struggle to help a whole new class of patrons, it provides a bridge to the methods, sources, and minutiae of \"history, up-close and personal.\" For established genealogical professionals, it offers benchmarks by which they can advance their skills and places their businesses on sounder footing. And for all those who dream of turning a fascinating hobby into a successful career, \u003ci\u003eProfessional Genealogy\u003c\/i\u003e details the preparation and the processes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIts twenty-nine chapters, written by two dozen scholars, cover the following topic areas: research skills and the analysis of evidence, writing and compiling genealogical research, the core genealogy library collection, genealogical ethics and standards, editing and publishing, and topics relating to the profession of genealogist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eProfessional Genealogy\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark-the field's most significant publication since 1960, when the American Society of Genealogists introduced \u003ci\u003eGenealogical Research: Methods and Sources\u003c\/i\u003e. In a sense, though, its title belies its greatest value: it offers priceless guidance to the many amateur family historians who want to ensure that their work is of high quality and enduring value.\"-Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D., CG, CGL, President, Board for Certification of Genealogists\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe following is the book's Table of Contents:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessional Preparation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul style=\"list-style: none;\"\u003e \u003cli\u003e1. Defining Professionalism, by Donn Devine, J.D., CG, CGI\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e2. Educational Preparation, by Claire Mire Bettag, CGRS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e3. Certification and Accreditation, by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG; Paul F. Smart, AG; Jimmy B. Parker, AG; and Claire Mire Bettag, CGRS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e4. 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Research Reports, by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e19. Genealogy Columns, by Regina Hines Ellison, CGRS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e20. Proof Arguments and Case Studies, by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e21. Book and Media Reviews, by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e22. Record Compilations, by Bettie Cummings Cook, CG\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e23. Family Histories, by Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e24. Lineage Papers, by Mary McCampbell Bell, CLS, CGL and Elisabeth Whitman Schmidt, CLS\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditing and Publishing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul style=\"list-style: none;\"\u003e \u003cli\u003e25. Editing Periodicals, by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e26. Proofreading and Indexing, by Birdie Monk Holsclaw\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e27. 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