Unofficial Ancestry.com Workbook: A How-To Manual for Tracing Your Family Tree on the Number-One Genealogy Website

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Maximise your research on the largest genealogy website with these step-by-step guides to using the massive record collections and the DNA tools hosted by Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com keeps growing, and the site has numerous ways of helping genealogists grow their family tree. In this workbook, an essential companion to the Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com, you will learn to dig deep into Ancestry.com and use its resources to your full advantage with helpful step-by-step guides to record types and services like AncestryDNA. Each section details how to use Ancestry.com's search engine to find and interpret vital records, publications and more. Helpful screenshots will illustrate how to navigate the site's resources, guiding you from your first search for census records through deep research in the old country. And with worksheets and fillable genealogy forms, you can easily apply what you've learned to your own family history research. AUTHOR: Nancy Hendrickson is the author of eighteen books and hundreds of web and magazine articles. She is an expert in Internet genealogy and the author of several articles and books on surname searching, social history websites, online databases, creating family history books, digital photography for genealogists and how to use social media to expand your family tree. SELLING POINTS: The workbook format gives the book tangible takeaway value, as readers can directly apply what they've learned to their own findings. Ancestry.com is the single most popular online genealogy resource, with 2.2 million active users, mass-market recognition, and a large marketing reach. Ancestry.com has recently implemented several changes that have left many users frustrated and confused about how to use the site, deepening a need for detailed, how-to companion products. SEE ALSO: 9781440336188 Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com

Nancy Hendrickson, San Diego, CA, ancestornews.com. Nancy is the author of the bestselling Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com. An online genealogy expert, she has been interviewed in the New York Times and Better Homes and Gardens.