Printed Sources: A Guide to Published Genealogical Records, by Meyerink; 800 pg; Hardcover; Item TP701

Every day valuable new resources for family historians are published. But such printed sources can help you only if you know where to find them and what they contain. Cory Meyerink's Printed Sources is a comprehensive directory to everything from "how-to" tutorials to "where-to" guides plus published original records, indexes, and more. These convenient and very affordable published resources can save you enormous amounts of time and money that you might otherwise spend to find and view original documents in some distant, dusty archive.

Printed Sources will make your research easier by helping you identify and understand (1) books that frequently contain biographical information on inhabitants that can't be gleaned from statistical records alone; (2) published indexes and how they can direct you to priceless ancestral information in a wide variety of record sources; and (3) other types of printed sources that can lead you to your ancestors.

Printed Sources discusses all types of sources, including recent electronic CDs. Its descriptions of genealogical publications refer to both benefits and shortcomings. You'll also learn how and why sources were created, how to use them, and of course where to find them.

"Splendid, inspiring, mindboggling, comprehensive, unparalleled, an icon. One of the most significant works of the decade. Have I missed a superlative I could have applied? ...Printed Sources is truly fine wine.... Thanks!"--Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, FASG, FNGS.