Osborn, Helen
Genealogy: Essential Research Methods
- ISBN 13:
- 9780709091974
- author:
- Osborn, Helen
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- Robert Hale Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 208
- Dimensions:
- 14 x 21.6 cm
- Genre:
- Health, Family & Lifestyle, Families & Parents, Reference
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 2 working days
Description
Genealogy Essential Research Methods by Helen Osborn provides expert guidance for anyone researching their family tree. This comprehensive guide covers essential methods and problem-solving techniques to help amateur family historians achieve successful results. Helen Osborn shares her own experiences, as well as those of her clients, to demonstrate how to get the most from documents, analyze problems, and build research plans. The book explores common challenges genealogists face, including effective searching and finding documentary sources, and offers practical advice on recording results, ensuring relationships are correctly proved, organizing information, and presenting findings. While primarily focused on research in England and Wales, the skills taught in this book can be easily applied to genealogy research in other countries.