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Unlocking Your Genetic History: A Step-by-Step Guide to Discovering Your Family's Medical and Genetic Heritage
By Thomas H. Shawker, M.D. Explains how to integrate a family health history into your genealogy, how to get the appropriate medical information and analyze it, and how to design a medical pedigree in order to detect the genetic influence on your family's health. Early awareness, identification, and treatment can mean the difference between life and death. Also discusses the exciting new field of using genetic testing to link you to your ancestors and verify your genealogy. Genetic testing was used to show that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with his slave Sally Hemings and has direct male descendents living today. It has shown that Jews retained their genetic identity despite the Jewish Diasporsa. DNA testing can help identify Native American ancestry, determine who settled Polynesia, and track the march of Genghis Khan as he swept out of Mongolia. 306 page softcover book with index. C$18.00Finding Your Roots: How to Trace Your Ancestors at Home and Abroad
By Jeane Eddy Westin. The classic reference, now in a completely updated and heavily expanded edition. When searching family trees, individuals often can't get past the forest of names and information thrown at them. Now, drawing on her own experiences (and revealing her own mistakes for us to avoid), Westin uses a step-by-step method, complete with sample forms and family questionnaires, to gather information. For anyone interested in checking back even one generation, this book will be devoured. Westin gives hundreds of sources' addresses and e-mail accounts, and points out which are important for names, military histories, and property records. In addition, there are helpful hints on how to write letters to relatives and how to conduct oral interviews. 236 page softcover book with index. C$15.00The Genetic Strand: Exploring a Family History through DNA
By Edward Ball. The Genetic Strand is the story of a writer's investigation, using DNA science, into the tale of his family''s origins. National Book Award winner Edward Ball has turned his probing gaze on the microcosm of the human genome, and not just any human genome -- that of his slave-holding ancestors. What is the legacy of such a family history, and can DNA say something about it? Hardcover book with dustjacket. 266 pages with index. We have a limited number of this book available at C$15.00About Genealogical Standards of Evidence
A Guide for Genealogists, 3rd edition (2008). By Brenda Dougall Merriman. Genealogical evidence is the information that helps us to identify an individual or the relationship between individuals. In describing how we establish or argue points of identification through the use of various sources, we often use such words as "evidence", "proof" or "documentation". This book tells you about how the genealogical community developed its standards of evidence and the relative values of source documentation.Learn how to apply these to your own work. 96 pages. C$16.00Genealogy, Geography, and Maps:
By Althea Douglas. No genealogist should try to work without maps. In clear language, using numerous illustrations, the author explains the many uses of all sorts of maps to trace your ancestors’ roots and travels. The author illuminates the history of map-making and defines what was meant by Canada at various times. She draws examples from Europe and Africa to underline the changes, recent and ancient, that led people to migrate. A must for your reference collection! 2006. 184 pages, full colour illustrations, index. C$39.95Using atlases and gazetteers to find your family Evidence! Citation and Analysis for the Family Historian
By Elizabeth Shown Mills. The highly acclaimed guide to standards for sound analysis and correct references. It is clear, to the point, and full of practical examples. C$26.00Making the Most of the IGI
A McLaughlin guide. What it is, where to find it, how it is laid out. Pitfalls and errors. Surname combinations. Welsh patronymics. Use for sweep searches. C$7.00Netting Your Ancestors:
The internet is now the first port of call for most beginning family historians. It has a vast amount of information - but it is not always easy to find your way around. In this book, Stuart Raymond, author of many acclaimed genealogical handbooks, takes you on a tour. He points out where to find the information you need to trace your British family tree, how to assess the value of internet evidence, and how to avoid the various pitfalls that are waiting to entrap you.
Contents: Introduction: the Three Revolutions Family History Research Finding Information Sources Tracing Ancestral Occupations Institutions: Libraries, Record Offices and Family History Societies Solving Problems and Getting Help: Geography, Dates, Handwriting, Latin and Professionals Buying Books, CDs and Fiche Online Obtaining More Help and Making Contact Ireland Scotland Wales Offshore Islands C$21.00Tracing Family History on the Internet Internet for Genealogy
By David Hawgood. A practical guide showing what genealogists can obtain from the Internet, with examples and addresses. Second edition. Published 1999. C$6.00An introduction to ... Using Computers for Genealogy
Third Edition 2002. By David Hawgood. This book aims to help anyone with little experience of computers to start using one for family history. C$11.00Laying Out A Pedigree
A McLaughlin Guide. Clearly written, with helpful illustrations, this small book explains ways to construct pedigrees and family trees, and how to deal with complex relationships. C$7.00Reading Old Handwriting
A McLaughlin Guide. A steady seller, as it helps with all sorts of problems. Includes Victorian and Tudor styles, and suggests ways to look at the writing and find a solution. C$7.00Simple Latin for Family Historians
A McLaughlin Guide. Names, relationships, occupations, dates, numbers, locations, words for birth, marriage, death; how to read a Latin will probate. All you need for registers. C$7.00XE.com Personal Currency Assistant |