Seeing ancestors in historical context -- Creating a timeline -- Why did they leave? -- How did they go? -- Coming to America -- Myths, confusions, secrets and lies -- Even harder to find missing persons -- Social history and community genealogy -- State by state -- And region by region.
Summary
History lays the foundation to understand a group of people. Genealogy lays the foundation to understand a person or family using tangible historic evidence.
Includes information on the types of cemeteries in the United States, as well as how to do research in and about them (includes information on photographing and rubbing tombstones)
Maps in genealogical research -- Finding information about places -- Determining boundaries and jurisdictions -- The secrets of map reading -- Topographic maps -- Land division and county maps and atlases -- Migration trails across America -- Military maps -- Fire insurance and other urban maps -- Using global positioning systems.
