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December 5, 2011 Information and Links

Genealogy Books

  • The Handybook for Genealogists, Eleventh Edition, Everton Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1-890895-06-7
  • The Genealogists’ Companion and Sourcebook, Second Edition, by Emily Anne Croom, Betterway Publishing, 2003, ISBN-13:  978-1-55870-651-4, ISBN-10:  1-55870-651-8
  • Evidence Explained, Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace, Second Edition, by Elizabeth Shown Mills, Genealogical Publishing Co., 2007, ISBN 978-0-8063-1806-6
  • The Source, A Guidebook to American Genealogy, Third Edition, edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, Ancestry Publishing, 2006, ISBN 978-1-59332-277-0
  • Redbook, American State, County and Town Sources, Third Edition, edited by Alice Eichholz, 2004, ISBN 978-1-59331-166-7
  • Genealogical Proof Standard, Building a Solid Case, by Christine Rose, CR Publications, 2005, ISBN 0-929626-15-X
  • The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy, Third Edition, by Val D. Greenwood, 2000, ISBN 0-8063-1621-7
  • The Family Tree Problem Solver, Proven methods for scaling the inevitable brick wall, by Marsha Hoffman Rising, Family Tree Books, 2005, ISBN-10: 1-55870-685-2, ISBN-13: 978-1-55870-685-9
  • The Official Guide to rootsweb.com, by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG and Tana Pedersen Lord, Ancestry Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-59331-309-8
  • The Official Guide to ancestry.com, by George G. Morgan, Ancestry Publishing, 2007, ISBN-10:  1-59331-304-7, ISBN-13: 978-1-59331-304-3
  • Complete Idiot’s Guide to Genealogy, Second Edition, by Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG, CG and Kay Germain Ingalls, Alpha Books, 2005, ISBN 1-59257-430-0
  • Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian, by Elizabeth Shown Mills, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1997, ISBN 0-8063-1543-1

From Ancestry.com

Searching with Wildcards

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Wildcard Search Rules
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Words must have at least 3 characters that are not wild cards

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