Genealogy Australia

Has your family hit a brick wall? Marsha Hoffman Rising's best-selling book 'The Family Tree Problem Solver' has the solutions to help you find the answers you seek. Inside you'll find:

• Ideas on how to find vital records before civil registration
• Tips for finding 'missing' ancestors on censuses
• Instructions for investigating collateral kin to further your pedigree
• A look at advanced court records and how they can help you find answers
• Work-arounds for lost or destroyed records
• Techniques for correctly identifying and researching ancestors with common names
• Methods for finding ancestors who lived before 1850
• Case studies that show how to apply the author's advice to real-life research roadblocks
• Strategies for analyzing your problem and creating a successful research plan
  

This revised edition also includes new information about online research techniques and a look at the role of DNA research. Plus you'll find a glossary of genealogy terms and more than a dozen templates for charts and logs to help you organize and record your research. Let 'The Family Tree Problem Solver' help you find the answers you need today

Please note: most of this book relates to researching records in the United States, but the general principals are still the same anywhere, even if the records differ a little.

Contents:
Foreword
Introduction
1. The First Step: Analyzing the Problem and Planning a Strategy for Success
2. Finding Birth, Marriages and Deaths before Civil Registration
3. Why Does the Census Taker Always Miss "My" Ancestor?
4. Consider the Collateral Kin: Genealogical Research in the Full Family Context
5. Your Day in Court
6. What to do When the Courthouse Burned
7. Give me Land - Lots of Land
8. Sorting Individuals of the Same Name
9. The Critical Connection: Finding Ancestors who Lived Before 1850
10. Ten Mistakes NOT to Make in your Family Research
11. Analysis of Evidence
Appendix A. Find Your Ancestors Online
Appendix B. DNA Facts and Common Myths
Appendix C. Glossary of Genealogy Terms
Appendix D. Research Logs and Charts
Index