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A Genealogist's Guide to French Names: A Reference for First Names from France
by Connie EllefsonGenealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the French names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of popular French names.You'll also find:French naming patterns and traditionsFrench emigration patternsA pronunciation guide
A Genealogist's Guide to German Names: A Reference for First Names from Germany
by Connie EllefsonGenealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the German names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of popular German names.You'll also find:German naming patterns and traditionsGerman emigration patternsA pronunciation guide
A Genealogist's Guide to Greek Names: A Reference for First Names from Greece
by Connie EllefsonGenealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the Greek names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of popular Greek names.You'll also find:Greek naming patterns and traditionsGreek emigration patternsA pronunciation guide
A Genealogist's Guide to Hawaiian Names: A Reference for First Names from Hawaii
by Connie EllefsonGenealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the Hawaiian names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of popular Hawaiian names along with Hawaiian naming patterns and traditions and a pronunciation guide.
A Genealogist's Guide to Indian Names: A Reference for First Names from India
by Connie EllefsonGenealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the Indian names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of popular Indian names.You'll also find:Indian naming patterns and traditionsIndian emigration patternsA pronunciation guide
A Genealogist's Guide to Irish Names: A Reference for First Names from Ireland
by Connie EllefsonGenealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the Irish names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of popular Irish names.You'll also find:Irish naming patterns and traditionsIrish emigration patternsA pronunciation guide
A Genealogist's Guide to Italian Names: A Reference for First Names from Italy
by Connie EllefsonGenealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the Italian names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of popular Italian names.You'll also find:Italian naming patterns and traditionsItalian emigration patternsA pronunciation guide
A Genealogist's Guide to Japanese Names: A Reference for First Names from Japan
by Connie EllefsonGenealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the Japanese names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of popular Japanese names.You'll also find:Japanese naming patterns and traditionsJapanese emigration patternsA pronunciation guide
A Genealogist's Guide to Native American Names: A Reference for Native American First Names
by Connie EllefsonGenealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the Native American names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of popular Native American names along with Native American naming patterns and traditions and a pronunciation guide.
A Genealogist's Guide to Russian Names: A Reference for First Names from Russia
by Connie EllefsonGenealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the Russian names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of popular Russian names.You'll also find:Russian naming patterns and traditionsRussian emigration patternsA pronunciation guide
A Genealogist's Guide to Scandinavian Names: A Reference for First Names from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden
by Connie EllefsonGenealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the Scandinavian names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of more than 1,000 Scandinavian names, including Danish names, Finnish names, Norwegian names and Swedish names.You'll also find:Naming patterns and traditions of Scandinavian countriesScandinavian emigration patternsA pronunciation guide
A Genealogist's Guide to Gaelic Names: A Reference for First Names from Scotland
by Connie EllefsonGenealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the Gaelic names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of popular Gaelic names.You'll also find:Gaelic naming patterns and traditionsScottish emigration patternsA pronunciation guide
A Genealogist's Guide to Spanish Names: A Reference for First Names from Spanish-Speaking Countries
by Connie EllefsonGenealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the Spanish names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of popular Spanish names.You'll also find:Spanish naming patterns and traditionsSpanish emigration patternsA pronunciation guide
A Genealogist's Guide to Jewish Names: A Reference for Hebrew First Names
by Connie EllefsonGenealogists understand the value of a name and all the family history information names can provide. Now you can learn more about the Jewish names in your family tree with this comprehensive guide. Discover the meaning of popular Hebrew names.You'll also find:Jewish naming patterns and traditionsJewish emigration patternsA pronunciation guide
101 Best Genealogy Websites for Family History Research: Top Online Tools to Find Your Ancestors
by Editors of Family Tree MagazineWhat websites should you visit first to trace your family tree? How do you figure out which family history websites have the information you need? Don't get overwhelmed by sifting through thousands of internet sites--take your family history research further faster by using the very best websites for genealogists. In this e-book, the editors of Family Tree Magazine, America's leading genealogy publication, have hand-picked the 101 best genealogy websites to save you time and money.The list includes both free and paid genealogy websites that will help you:Extend your family tree back generationsBe efficient and effective in your online genealogy searchesView historical records documenting your family's pastShare your family history research with other genealogistsUse new tools to discover ancestorsDetermine if online subscription services are right for youInside you'll find website URLs, a brief description of the most important content you'll find at the site, plus bonus tips to help you improve your online research experience.
The Family Tree Guidebook to Europe: Your Essential Guide to Trace Your Genealogy in Europ
by Allison DolanYour passport to European research! Chart your research course to find your European ancestors with the beginner-friendly, how-to instruction in this book. This one-of-a-kind collection provides invaluable information about more than 35 countries in a single source. Each of the 14 chapters is devoted to a specific country or region of Europe and includes all the essential records and resources for filling in your family tree. Inside you'll find: Specific online and print resources including 700 websites. Contact information for more than 100 archives and libraries. Help finding relevant records. Traditions and historical events that may affect your family's past. Historical time lines and maps for each region and country. Tracing your European ancestors can be a challenging voyage. This book will start you on the right path to identifying your roots and following your ancestors' winding journey through history.
Family Tree Pocket Reference
by Diane HaddadThis convenient, timesaving, handy collection of genealogy reference material gathers the best resources, tips, lists and need-to-know facts from the experts at Family Tree Magazine. Use the Family Tree Pocket Reference to find: Definitions for unfamiliar terms and acronyms. US state fast facts. Family tree software at a glance. Genealogy data websites. Surname origins. Naming practices by culture. Census dates and questions. US immigration ports. ...and so much more! Stash the indispensable Family Tree Pocket Reference in your computer case, tote bag, or, yes, your pocket, and take it with you wherever you research.
A Blues Bibliography: Second Edition: Volume 2
by Robert FordThis book provides a sequel to Robert Ford's comprehensive reference work A Blues Bibliography, the second edition of which was published in 2007. Bringing Ford's bibliography of resources up to date, this volume covers works published since 2005, complementing the first volume by extending coverage through twelve years of new publications. As in the previous volume, this work includes entries on the history and background of the blues, instruments, record labels, reference sources, regional variations, and lyric transcriptions and musical analysis. With extensive listings of print and online articles in scholarly and trade journals, books, and recordings, this bibliography offers the most thorough resource for all researchers studying the blues.
Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com: How to Find Your Family History on the No. 1 Genealogy Website
by Nancy HendricksonMaster the world's #1 genealogy website! Discover the secrets to Ancestry.com success! This book will help you get the most out of your Ancestry.com subscription by showing you how to take advantage of all the world's biggest genealogy website has to offer--and how to find answers to your family tree questions within its 14 billion records, 60 million family tree and 32,000 databases. What you'll learn: Step-by-step strategies for structuring your searches to find what you're looking for faster How to drill down to specific records, time periods and topics using the card catalog Details on each of Ancestry.com's historical record collections, including what you can expect to find in them--and when you need to look elsewhere Tips for creating and managing your family tree on Ancestry.com, as well as connecting your tree to others on the site Timesaving tricks to maximize your Ancestry.com Hints (the "shaky leaf"), Tree Sync with Family Tree Maker, and the Ancestry.com mobile app Each chapter includes step-by-step examples with illustrations to show you exactly how to apply the techniques to your genealogy. Whether you've just begun dabbling in family history or you're a longtime Ancestry.com subscriber, this book will turn you into an Ancestry.com power user!
The Ultimate Situational Survival Guide: Self-Reliance Strategies for a Dangerous World
by Robert RichardsonSituational Survival Means Being Ready for Whatever Life Throws At You The most important "tool" in your emergency preparedness kit is a solid mindset cultivated around survival. In order for your instincts and reflexes to keep you alive when life throws an unexpected and dangerous situation your way, you must already be mentally prepared to face a potentially life-threatening challenge. This book will teach you how to do just that. The Ultimate Situational Survival Guide covers: creating home safety plans, dealing with natural disasters, planning for transportation issues, identifying urban threats and dealing with them, financial preparedness, being prepared for terrorist attacks and other man-made disasters, and coping with disease in many of these scenarios. Inside you'll find: fresh, real-life approaches to survival in the 21st century--not revised material taken from government websites a practical preparedness approach to everyday life including home safety, vehicle preparedness and financial security techniques and skills needed to survive criminal and violent attacks along with hostage and active shooter situations These are the kinds of threats you need to start preparing for now if you want to survive. What are you willing to do to guarantee your survival? What length are you willing to go to guarantee your family's survival? Take this book home and get started preparing today!
The Family Tree Historical Maps Book: A State-by-State Atlas of US History, 1790-1900
by Allison Dolan Family Tree Magazine EditorsJourney Into the Past! Envision your ancestors' world--as your ancestors knew it--through hundreds of beautiful full-color reproductions of useful eighteenth and nineteenth century maps. The maps illustrate the historical boundaries of each of the U.S. states as they progressed from territories to statehood and show the shifting of county boundaries and names within states over the years. Inside you'll find: Full-color historical maps of the United States from each decade of the nineteenth century. Detailed, full-color historical maps of all 50 U.S. states. Time lines of significant events in each state's history. Charming nineteenth-century panoramic maps of key cities. Special-interest maps, which provide intriguing peeks into American society from average family sizes to taxation per capita to regional industries. This book is perfect for family historians researching their American roots. The maps can help you: put research in geographical context; identify jurisdictions that likely hold your ancestors' records; note the potential locations of "missing" records; track and visualize migrations; and understand the evolution of national, state and county borders. The maps also provide great historical context for students, teachers, homeschooling parents and anyone with an interest in U.S. history. Bring American history to life with this ultimate collection of vintage maps.
Inside the Art Studio: A Guided Tour of 37 Artists' Creative Spaces
by Mary Burzlaff BosticTake a tour of artists' studios! Whether you're looking to upgrade your own studio or just love peeking into the workplaces of successful artists, you'll find ideas and inspiration Inside the Art Studio. Culled from American Artist's popular Studios series, Inside the Art Studio takes you inside 37 private studios of fine artists around the country. You'll see how these artists: Adapt existing spaces, including living rooms, garages and barns, into working studios Design their work space to accommodate students Personalize rented studio space with storage solutions and ventilation systems Custom build ideal studios from scratch Not only will you learn from their tips and solutions and read about their experiences, you'll step inside the studios through large, detailed photographs and view the beautiful works created by many of these artists. The unique experiences of the featured artists show just some of the many paths open to any artist wishing to further develop his or her creative life, both in and out of the studio. Let their journeys inform and inspire your studio dreams!
Everyday Survival Kits: Exactly What You Need for Constant Preparedness
by Joel Stevens Mark PuhalyBe Prepared to Survive Everyday Emergencies! The keys to your everyday survival are: situational awareness, knowledge, and practiced preparedness skills. Sure, it's important to have trustworthy survival gear, but possessing the mindset that you are prepared for anything, and that you will survive no matter what happens, is your secret weapon that will help you to stay alive in an emergency. Everyday Survival Kits contains clearly outlined packing lists for what you need for specific survival situations. A situation will arise when you'll require more than just a bug out bag or a get home bag--with the help of this guide you'll be prepared to stay alive. Inside you'll find: detailed packing lists for a variety of kits including: everyday carry, hip bag, pocket survival kit, emergency 72-hour bag, urban survival bag, day hike kit, emergency car kit, vacation kit, student kit, purse kit, extreme weather kit, maritime kit, and the ultimate bug out bag practical applications and detailed instructions of how to use each item in the kit a resources section to take the guesswork out of finding and buying the right gear for the kit non-branded gear recommendations so you can select gear that fits both your need and your budget real-world scenarios in which the kits will be useful The only person you can fully rely on in a survival situation is you. The more you think about possible emergencies now, and prepare for them before they happen, the more likely you are to survive. The future belongs to those who are prepared, so be ready.
How to Archive Family Photos: A Step-by-Step Guide to Organize and Share Your Photos Digitally
by Denise May LevenickOrganize and enjoy your family's memories! You've captured countless cherished family photos of babies' first steps, graduations, weddings, holidays, vacations, and priceless everyday moments on your smartphone or digital camera. Perhaps you've inherited a collection of heirloom family photographs, too. But now what? How to Archive Family Photos is a practical how-to guide for organizing your growing digital photo collection, digitizing and preserving heirloom family photos, and sharing your treasured photos. In this book, you'll find: Simple strategies to get your photos out of a smartphone or camera and into a safe storage space Easy methods to organize and back up your digital photos, including file-naming and tagging hints Achievable steps to digitize and preserve heirloom family photos Step-by-step workflows illustrating common photo organizing and digitizing scenarios Checklists for setting up your own photo organization system 25 photo projects to preserve, share, and enjoy your family photos Whether you have boxes full of tintypes and black-and-white photographs, an ever-growing collection of digital photos, or a combination of the two, this book will help you rescue your images from the depths of hard drives and memory cards (or from the backs of closets) so that you can organize and preserve your family photo collection for future generations.
2016 Photographer's Market: How and Where to Sell Your Photography (Market #2016)
by Mary Burzlaff BosticThe Successful Photographer's Secret!Thousands of successful photographers have trusted Photographer's Market as a resource for growing their businesses. This edition contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date market contacts for working photographers today: magazines, book publishers, greeting card companies, stock agencies, advertising firms, contests and more.In addition to the more than 1,500 individually verified contacts, 2016 Photographer's Market includes:A FREE 1-year subscription to ArtistsMarketOnline.com, where you can search industry contacts, track your submissions, get the latest photography news and much more (free subscription with print version only)Up-to-date information on how to start and run a photography business, including how to find clients, who to contact to submit your photos, what types of photos they need and how to submit both digital and film imagesMarkets for fine art photographers, including hundreds of galleries and art fairsNEW! Informative articles on starting a new business, taking stock photos, managing models, and the benefits of slowing down to create better workNEW! Special features on selling without begging, obtaining micro funding, pricing photography, and methods for accepting paymentNEW! Inspiring and informative interviews with successful professionals, including portrait, still life and editorial photographers