How To - This month's featured selection are some of our "how to" books

Whether new to family history research or further up the tree, you will find answers within the resources held in our library.

1. HOW TO
Whether new to family history research
or further up the tree and discovering
Ethnicities
Locations
Occupations
Documents
Questions
You’ll find answers within the resources
held in our library.
Check out the catalogue online at
www.genealogy.org.nz

2. Tracing Your Family History
How To Get Started – Kathy Chater

Discover and record your personal
roots and heritage – everything
from accessing archives and
public record offices to using the
internet with more than 135
photographs and artworks.
The Genealogy Handbook
The complete guide to tracing your family tree
Ellen Galford
Editorial Consultant Ancestry.com
Published by Reader’s Digest
Irish Family History Resources Online
Chris Paton

Northern Irish born family historian, explores
the key repositories and records now
available online which demonstrate that
many records still exist, rebutting the
popular belief that Irish family history
research is virtually impossible because 'all
the records were burned in the civil war'.

3. To Trace or Not To Trace
A family history overview for the curious
Carol Baxter
“Have you ever asked yourself "Who am I?" or "Why am I here?"
Some people seek answers in philosophy or religion or other
forms of spirituality. But there's a really simple scientific
explanation that overrides all others. We are here because an
awful lot of people had a Fantabulous Time. And as genealogists
– as family history researchers – we are trying to identify them so
we know who, exactly, we should blame … for everything.
So begins the first chapter of this book.
Full of humour and cartoons, this is a lighthearted guide for pre-
beginners, dipping their toes in the water, but as not yet ready to
dive right in. It talks about information we might already hold for
our families, including photographs and family stories about
famous or infamous ancestors (says one genealogist dryly
"My family tree is more like a noxious weed").
It discusses basic sources that family historians use including
birth, marriage and death certificates, church records,
newspapers, census returns, migration and probate records.
It confronts the brick walls we might face (says the despairing
genealogist, "I should have asked them before they died").
And it explains that, if we go back far enough, we are all related ...
relatively speaking.

4. Granny Was A Brothel Keeper
50 Family History Traps
Kate Broad & Toni Neobard
An entertaining collection of true stories
which illustrate the fascinating and
sometimes bizarre world of family history
research. A fun read in its own right, this
book also outlines many of the traps which
lie in wait for the family historian. It will
help both newbies and old hands become
more effective in their research.
Grandad Did A Dastardly Deed
50 More Family History Traps
Kate Broad & Toni Neobard
Continues the work of its companion book
"Granny Was a Brothel Keeper" in highlighting
pitfalls associated with family history. Written
in a distinctive light-hearted style, this volume
is packed with cartoons, true stories, and tips
to take you further along your ancestral
voyage of discovery.
Tools of the Trade for Genealogy – Canadian
Althea Douglas
This manual is a guide to researching archives,
museums, libraries, church and cemetery records,
books and many more in Canada.
It includes bibliographical references and has a
section of useful addresses.
Published by The Ontario Genealogical Society

5. The Dictionary of Genealogy
Fifth Edition
Terrick V H FitzHugh
Revised by Susan Lumas for
The Society of Genealogists
Ancestral Trails - Mark D Herber
The complete guide to
British Genealogy and Family History
A comprehensive guide to tracing British
ancestry, the book guides the researcher
through the substantial British archives
with a detailed view of the records and
published sources available.
Local History - Gavin McLean
A Short Guide to Researching, Writing
and Publishing a Local History
Gavin McLean was a historian with the History
Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
in Wellington and published widely on
everything from shipping histories to the story
of the New Zealand Governor-Generalship.

6. Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
John Grenham
John Grenham came to professional
genealogy in 1981 as one of the panel of
researchers in the Office of the Chief Herald
of Ireland. He is a fellow of the Irish
Genealogical Research Society and the
Genealogical Society of Ireland. He wrote
the ‘Irish Roots’ column and ran the Irish
Ancestors website for ‘The Irish Times’ for
years and features frequently on the TV
series ‘Who Do You Think You Are’.
The Researcher’s Guide to American
Genealogy
Val D. Greenwood
This 3
rd
edition incorporates the latest thinking
on genealogy and computers, specifically the
relationship between computer technology and
the timeless principles of good genealogical
research.
It also includes a chapter on the property rights
of women, a revised chapter on the evaluation of
genealogical evidence, and updated information
on the 1920 census.
Understanding Documents for
Genealogy & Family History
Bruce Durie
Once genealogists and local historians have
learned all they can from internet sources,
the next step is reading and understanding
older documents. The author details how to
find and comprehend documents in England,
Wales and Scotland from 1560 to 1860.
These can be hard to find, are often written in
challenging handwriting and use Latin,
antiquated English or Scots.

7. A Genealogist’s Guide to
Discovering your Irish Ancestors
How to find and record your unique heritage
Dwight A. Radford & Kyle J. Betit
A world-wide guide to Irish genealogy.




The Oxford Companion
To
Local and Family History
David Hey
The complete guide to uncovering your past.
Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors
The Official Guide
A guide to ancestry research in the
National Archives of Scotland
This very accessible official guide is
written from the unique perspective of
a custodian of the records. It details
both internet developments and more
traditional resources, with step by step
instructions how to research records
of births, deaths, marriages and wills.

8. A Genealogist’s guide to
Discovering your Scottish Ancestors
How to find and record your unique
heritage.
Linda Jones & Paul Milner
Offers advice on genealogical research
of Scottish ancestors, covering such
topics as Internet research, using
Family History Centres, census, church,
land and probate records.
The Weekend Genealogist
Timesaving techniques for effective research.
Marcia Yannizze Melnyk
Illustrates how to streamline research using
research facilities, the Internet, the Post
Office, and more.
The Family & Local History Handbook 12
Robin and Elizabeth Blandford
Comprehensively covers all aspects of
family and local history.
This edition complements the previous
providing new articles on all aspects of
family, local, military history, with a new
section of digital genealogy added. 2009

9. Tracing Your Family History in Australia
Nick Vine Hall
Use in conjunction with Tracing your Family History
in Australia – a national guide to sources. Nick
Vine Hall (1944-2006) was a recognised Australian
authority in the fields of family history, genealogy
and heraldry, and an enthusiastic champion of
family history research
From Generation to Generation
How to Trace Your Jewish Genealogy and
Personal History
Arthur Kurzweil
Arthur Kurzweil is an American author,
educator, editor, writer, publisher and
illusionist. This book is considered to be a
definitive introductory guide on the topic of
researching Jewish family history.
In Search of Your
Asian Roots
Genealogical Research on
Chinese Surnames
Sheau-yueh J. Chao

10. Tracing your British Indian Ancestors
A Guide for Family Historians
Emma Jolly
This book gives a fascinating insight into the history of the subcontinent
under British rule and into the lives the British led there. It also introduces
the range of historical records that are available to put ‘meat on the bones’
of the individuals who were connected to India over the centuries of British
involvement in the country.
Emma Jolly looks at every aspect of British Indian history and at all the
relevant resources. She explains the information held in the British Library
India Office Records and the National Archives. She also covers the
records of the armed forces, the civil service and the railways, as well as
religious and probate records, and other sources available to researchers.
At the same time she provides a concise and vivid social history of the
British in India from the early days of the East India Company, through the
Mutiny and the imposition of direct British rule in the mid-nineteenth
century, to the independence movement and the last days of the Raj.
Her book will help family historians put their research into an historical
perspective, giving them a better understanding of the part their ancestors
played in India in the past.