Genealogy in Reverse Abounds with Sources of Living Relatives

As we mentioned in the June 25 issue of “Genealogy Pointers,” Cheri Hudson Passey’s new book, Genealogy in Reverse: Finding the Living. A Practical Guide for Genealogists, offers new hope to family historians who have lost their way. It does so by showing them how to contact a lost or unknown cousin, etc. who may be able to help them fill the branches on their family tree. Some of the sources for tracking down these missing people are already familiar to us. Consider the following sources found in public records.