Beginning Genealogy Lessons include: • Mapping the Course and Equipment for the Hunt • Shedding Light on Your Clues • Trail Guides for Ancestral Hunters Internet Genealogy Lessons include: • Conducting an Oral History • Historical Timelines and Resources Tracing Immigrant Origins Lessons include: • Reading the Place Name • Evidence in Print: Local Histories and Biographies

Deciphering Documents and Handwriting
• How to Read Old Documents
• Reading Handwriting
• Spelling Doesn't Count
• Names and Word Spellings
• Tips for Reading Old Records, Part 1
• Tips for Reading Old Records, Part 2

Finding Female Ancestors
• Discovering Your Female Ancestors' Private Lives
• Finding Female Ancestors
• Interviewing Mom and Grandma

Oral Histories
• Preparing to Interview a Witness
• People as Sources for Family History
• Organizing Oral History Information
• The Importance of Oral Histories
• Interviewing Mom and Grandma
• Get Nosy with Aunt Rosey
• Effective Interviews

Researching Where Your Ancestor Lived
• Local Histories: Using and Evaluating
• Gazetteers and Atlases
• Maps in Family History Research
• Researching New York City in the 18th and 19th Century

Looking Outside Your Family for Clues
• The Bigger Picture
• Using Timelines in Your Research

Ideas to Help You over the Brick Wall
• Déjà vu — Revisiting Your Research
• Impossible and Improbable
• Just the Facts
• Missing Fathers

Researching Your Medical History
• Tracing Your Health History
• Outdated Medical Terms
• Just for the Health of It
• Understanding Outdated Medical Terms

Professional Genealogists
• Determining When You Need a Professional Genealogist
• How to Become a Professional Genealogist