Title:
Discovering your roots an introduction to genealogy / with John Philip Colletta, presenter.
ISBN:
9781629970745
9781490682891
Publication Information:
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, [2014]
©2014
Physical Description:
3 or 4 discs (450 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Course no. 9394.
"Arts & Leisure"--Container.
Special features and enhancements may vary by copy.
4-disc sets include bonus disc with course workbook in PDF format. PDF requires Adobe Reader or PDF reader. Guidebook includes bibliography.
DVD.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
This course of 15 half-hour lectures presents different procedures for locating sources of ancestors' records in America.
Added Author:
Added Corporate Author:
Performer:
Lecturer: John Philip Colletta, professor of genealogy at Samford University.
OCLC Number:
ocn881501653
Availability:
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