NEW RELEASE | PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGY: Preparation, Practice & Standards (ProGen PPS)

Announcing the All-New . . . PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGY. Preparation, Practice & Standards (ProGen PPS) Elizabeth Shown Mills, Editor [av_image src=’https://genealogical.com/wp-content/uploads/product_images/2018-04-17-04-50-20.68983f8c735befefac2d9e1371afd616db38c7d6-1.jpg’ attachment=’4691′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’right’ styling=” hover=’av-hover-grow’ link=’manually,https://library.genealogical.com/printpurchase/Xeger’ target=’_blank’ caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’ overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’left-to-right’ admin_preview_bg=” av_uid=’av-9tdxqa’] View Book Details [/av_image] In 2001 twenty-three genealogists collaborated to produce the first-ever textbook outlining professional standards and practices[…]Read more

Posted on April 23, 2018April 17, 2019 by gpcdevel

Announcing THE ROYAL DESCENTS OF 900 IMMIGRANTS

THE ROYAL DESCENTS OF 900 IMMIGRANTS to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States. In Two Volumes By Gary Boyd Roberts [av_image src=’https://genealogical.com/wp-content/uploads/product_images/2018-04-02-03-09-20.aa47d4ea8564daad3b12b68cb92d6bb56645742d-1-223×300.jpg’ attachment=’4606′ attachment_size=’medium’ align=’right’ styling=” hover=’av-hover-grow’ link=’manually,https://library.genealogical.com/printpurchase/XLwEm’ target=’_blank’ caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’ overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’pop-up’ admin_preview_bg=” av_uid=’av-5akyal’] VIEW DETAILS [/av_image] Genealogy Pointers is delighted to announce the publication of the groundbreaking[…]Read more

Posted on April 9, 2018April 17, 2019 by gpcdevel — 2 Comments

Welcome to the New Genealogical.com!

If you find change upsetting, this Post is for you Back on February, 7th, 2018, we launched our new website — without fanfare. If you are a regular reader of our Genealogical Pointers newsletter, you know that Genealogical.com has a new home, along with lots of breakdowns. Our goal is to create a site that[…]Read more

Posted on March 20, 2018April 17, 2019 by gpcdevel — 1 Comment

Virginia’s Northern Neck Genealogy

Robert K. Headley’s remarkable collection refers to no fewer than 30,000 persons with Virginia’s Northern Neck connections during the first quarter of the 19th-century. Since Mr. Headley here concerned himself with the records associated with someone’s death, the overwhelming number of testators, family members, and others mentioned in the name index at the back of the volume will have[…]Read more

Posted on February 21, 2018 by gpcdevel — 2 Comments

Still More Valuable Genealogy Tips from The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy. 4th Edn.

[av_image src=’https://genealogical.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/TheResearchersGuidetoAmericanGenealogy-sml-199×300.jpg’ attachment=’3793′ attachment_size=’medium’ align=’left’ styling=” hover=’av-hover-grow’ link=’manually,https://library.genealogical.com/printpurchase2/3napy’ target=’_blank’ caption=’yes’ font_size=” appearance=’on-hover’ overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’left-to-right’ admin_preview_bg=” av_uid=’av-dj2g4′] VIEW BOOK DETALS [/av_image] We are continuing to share some of Val Greenwood’s time-tested advice from the new 4th edition of his Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy. Following are Mr. Greenwood’s suggestions concerning the uses and importance[…]Read more

Posted on April 16, 2018April 17, 2019 by gpcdevel

History for Genealogists—More than Timelines

As the subtitle–Using Chronological Time Lines to Find and Understand Your Ancestors— to the 2016 expanded and revised edition of Judy Jacobson’s best-selling book, History for Genealogists indicates, this sought after book contains scores of historical chronologies that genealogists can access in order to place their ancestors in time and place. As Judy puts it:[…]Read more

Posted on April 2, 2018February 6, 2023 by Genealogical Publishing

RESEARCHER’S GUIDE TO AMERICAN GENEALOGY EARNS PLAUDITS OF MAJOR LIBRARY PERIODICALS

We were recently pleased to receive complimentary reviews of the new 4th edition of The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy from the two leading library periodicals in the U.S.– Library Journal and Booklist. [av_hr class=’short’ height=’50’ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’left’ custom_border=’av-border-thin’ custom_width=’50px’ custom_border_color=” custom_margin_top=’30px’ custom_margin_bottom=’30px’ icon_select=’yes’ custom_icon_color=” icon=’ue808′ font=’entypo-fontello’ admin_preview_bg=” av_uid=’av-bd4qso’] Library Journal, March 15, 2018 Greenwood,[…]Read more

Posted on March 19, 2018April 17, 2019 by gpcdevel

Missing Ancestors? Check the Feeder States!

Here’s a familiar genealogical conundrum: A researcher has traced his/her ancestors from present-day California back to the Dust Bowl-era in Nebraska, into Missouri just as it was achieving statehood, and finally to Indiana in the 1830s. At that point, the trail has grown cold even though legend has it that the family patriarch was a[…]Read more

Posted on February 21, 2018 by gpcdevel

Visit Us at the NGS Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan, May 2-5!

The 2018 National Genealogical Society Conference takes place at the Devos Place Convention Center, from May 2-5, 2018. If you are planning to attend, please stop by the Genealogical.com exhibit (Booth #134). The conference as a whole is a learning extravaganza, with classes every day on best research practices, breaking technological developments for your computer,[…]Read more

Posted on April 9, 2018 by gpcdevel

New Books from Dr. David Dobson + Limited Time Special Offer

[av_button label=’View On-Sale David Dobson Books (Sale Expires 3-29-18)’ link=’manually,https://library.genealogical.com/shelf/sale-on-popular-david-dobson-books’ link_target=’_blank’ size=’large’ position=’center’ icon_select=’yes’ icon=’ue84f’ font=’entypo-fontello’ color=’theme-color’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ admin_preview_bg=” av_uid=’av-6ymq84′] Dr. David Dobson is not only one of our most prolific authors he is also the leading authority on Scottish immigration to North America. David born in Carnoustie, Scotland and educated at Dundee College[…]Read more

Posted on March 27, 2018April 17, 2019 by gpcdevel — 2 Comments

More Valuable Tips from The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy. 4th Edn.

We are continuing to share some of Val Greenwood’s time-tested advice from the new 4th edition of his Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy. Following are Greenwood’s suggestions concerning the nature of genealogical sources. [av_hr class=’short’ height=’50’ shadow=’no-shadow’ position=’left’ custom_border=’av-border-thin’ custom_width=’50px’ custom_border_color=” custom_margin_top=’30px’ custom_margin_bottom=’30px’ icon_select=’yes’ custom_icon_color=” icon=’ue808′ font=’entypo-fontello’ admin_preview_bg=” av_uid=’av-97kdzm’] “We may read printed or published[…]Read more

Posted on March 12, 2018April 17, 2019 by gpcdevel

Federal Records of the Five Civilized Tribes

The following excerpt is from the book, Tracing Ancestors Among the Five Civilized Tribes, by Rachal Mills Lennon. This body of work has been the best-selling guide to a very difficult area of research for over a decade. Ms. Lennon, M.A., CG, specializes in resolving difficult Southern research problems and reconstructing obscure lives, especially those of Native[…]Read more

Posted on February 21, 2018September 28, 2020 by gpcdevel — 3 Comments