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Author:

Colletta, John Philip, 1949-

Title:

Discovering your roots : an introduction to genealogy / John Philip Colletta.

Publisher:

The Great Courses,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

8 audio discs (approximately 7 hr., 30 min.) : digital, CD audio ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (129 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)

Subject:

United States--Sources.--Sources.
Genealogy.
United States--Archival resources.--Archival resources.
Ships--United States--Passenger lists.

Other Authors:

Teaching Company.

Notes:

Professor John Philip Colletta, lecturer. Compact discs. Includes bibliographical references in course guidebook.

Contents:

Disc 8. Extending your family tree overseas. Genealogy online -- gems and junk -- Disc 2. The library -- shelves full of family history ; Military service and homestead records -- Disc 3. How to build historical context ; Your ancestors in ship passenger lists -- Disc 4. Your ancestors in naturalization records ; The genealogical proof standard -- Disc 5. Your ancestors in the county courthouse ; Your ancestors in state records -- Disc 6. How to write biography ; Dos and don'ts of writing history -- Disc 7. Seaching in your ancestors' backyards ; Assembling an account of your discoveries -- Disc 8. Extending your family tree overseas.

Summary:

This course of 15 half-hour lectures by Professor Colletta presents different procedures for locating sources of ancestors' records in America.

Series:

The great courses

ISBN:

1629970751
9781629970752

OCLC:

(OCoLC)882559898

LCCN:

2015617728

Locations:

NJPD993 -- Clarion Public Library (Clarion)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)