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A must-have for any budding genealogistfill that gap on your genealogy bookshelf! Part of the Quillens Essentials of Genealogy series, this second edition will show genealogists at all levels how to find records that are often available at their fingertips. Quillen helps genealogists locate, explore and extract the most relevant information from these records. Family records often supply genealogists with far more information than most individuals are aware. Sources such as family bibles, legal papers, letters, and even old photos can provide great data. Church records in particular are routinely overlooked but can provide a wealth of genealogical information, often extending family trees backand forwardseveral generations. Libraries are often great depositories of information that go unsearched as genealogists explore more exotic sources of information such as Ancestry.