Out Of Stock! Do Not Order!------------------------------- Grow a Family Tree, by William Dollarhide; Soft Cover; Heritage Quest; 2000; ISBN 0944931421

Virtually everyone is intrigued by the origins of their family, and now anyone can uncover the legacy of their family tree with the help of Grow a Family Tree!, by leading genealogy author William Dollarhide.

In this easy to follow basic training manual, Dollarhide uses humor and know-how of the latest technologies to walk new genealogists through seven simple steps for discovering family roots.

In the first section of Grow a Family Tree! Dollarhide gets right to the seven steps of research, which can be repeated over and over to discover new information. These steps include:

• Do Your Homework. Dollarhide tells how to collect information from sources found at home.
• Start Family Sheets. Learn how to use this key organizational tool used by professional genealogists.
• Locate More Relatives. Tips for locating lost relatives who can be the key to unlock untold caches of valuable family history.
• Get the Vital Records. Learn how to obtain written proof of a relative's existence.
• Search the Census Records. Dollarhide is an expert as finding information — as where a relative lived, when they were born and how many children they had — in the Federal censuses taken every 10 years since 1790.
• Survey the Local and State Resources. Here are tips for obtaining genealogical data from the local courthouse, library or other public facilities near where a relative lived.
• Survey the National Resources. Tells how to find what you need in the National Archives, one of the best resources for finding solid evidence of an ancestor's life.