Explains in easy-to-understand language the Genealogical Proof Standard, accepted in the genealogical field for building a solid case when there is conflicting

Family historians depend upon thousands of people unknown to them. They exchange research with others; copy information from books and databases; and write libr

Everyone tracing a family's history faces a dilemma. We strive to reconstruct relationships and lives of people we cannot see, but if we cannot see them, how do

Author Brenda Dougall Merriman takes readers through the genealogical process of research and identification, while examining how the genealogical community has