Tracing Your Family Tree: Are You Following the Rules? - Genealogy Bulletin 30, edited by William Dollarhide; Published Nov/Dec 1995; New back issue; 48 pp; Item # GB30; The price of this item includes postage within the United States.

This back issue of the Genealogy Bulletin features an article on Dollarhide’s Rules for Genealogy. The rules detailed in the article are:

• Treat the brothers and sisters of your ancestors as equals.
• Never accept just one document or just one source to prove something.
• Never trust a published family history or genealogical compilation.
• Never trust secondary sources.
• Prepare your genealogy so others can read it.

Dollarhide then proceeds to give the reader his famous “Seven Steps to a Family Tree.” It’s a great article.

Another major column in this issue, still of relevance today, is Donna Potter Phillips’ article on “Genealogy, etc.” Also of interest are about 3000 queries. The issue is very heavy on AGLL advertising, which is all dated…

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