Discovering your roots : an introduction to genealogy /
Colletta, John Philip, 1949-
Discovering your roots : an introduction to genealogy / Introduction to genealogy John Philip Colletta. - 129 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. - The great courses . - Great courses. .
Includes bibliographical references in course guidebook.
Interviewing kin and mining home sources -- Genealogy online--gems and junk -- The library--shelves full of family history -- Military service and homestead records -- How to build historical context -- Your ancestors in ship passenger lists -- Your ancestors in naturalization records -- The genealogical proof standard -- Your ancestors in the county courthouse -- Your ancestors in state records -- How to write biography -- Dos and don'ts of writing history -- Seaching in your ancestors' backyards -- Assembling an account of your discoveries -- Extending your family tree overseas.
Professor John Philip Colletta, lecturer.
This course of 15 half-hour lectures by Professor Colletta presents different procedures for locating sources of ancestors' records in America.
1629970751
United States--Genealogy--Sources.
United States--Emigration and immigration--Archival resources.
CS 16 / .C65 2014
Discovering your roots : an introduction to genealogy / Introduction to genealogy John Philip Colletta. - 129 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. - The great courses . - Great courses. .
Includes bibliographical references in course guidebook.
Interviewing kin and mining home sources -- Genealogy online--gems and junk -- The library--shelves full of family history -- Military service and homestead records -- How to build historical context -- Your ancestors in ship passenger lists -- Your ancestors in naturalization records -- The genealogical proof standard -- Your ancestors in the county courthouse -- Your ancestors in state records -- How to write biography -- Dos and don'ts of writing history -- Seaching in your ancestors' backyards -- Assembling an account of your discoveries -- Extending your family tree overseas.
Professor John Philip Colletta, lecturer.
This course of 15 half-hour lectures by Professor Colletta presents different procedures for locating sources of ancestors' records in America.
1629970751
United States--Genealogy--Sources.
United States--Emigration and immigration--Archival resources.
CS 16 / .C65 2014