"There are a lot of textbooks that describe how to find your ancestors; this new one by Richard Hite clarifies how not to. In short, Sustainable Genealogy explains how to avoid the traps many family historians can fall into. Whether it's a proud family legend, a venerable publication or the claims of an Internet family tree, the unsubstantiated genealogical source is like a house of sticks before the Big Bad Wolf -- it won't stand up. As Mr. Hite...

This comprehensive guide is, designed to help you build your critical thinking skills, for lasting personal, professional, and academic success. It's designed to help you target your strengths and weaknesses and learn effectively with targeted lessons that you can complete in just 20 minutes a day, perfect for busy schedules. Also included, is a helpful pretest and posttest, so you can track your progress and build an effective skill-building plan...

The author of five books, including the novels Hard Laughter, Rosie and Joe Jones, offers an "inspiring book about writing as a way of finding truth" (San Francisco Chronicle). "A reveille to get off our duffs and start writing now, while we still can".--Seattle Times. "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We...

Provides instruction on the basics of family history research, discussing topics such as constructing a pedigree chart, gathering family stories, using military and census records, and researching on-line, and includes stories of people who have undertaken the task of tracing their roots.

Whether you're thinking of becoming a private investigator or you're just looking for some information, you've come to the right place. This revised and updated guide gives you everything you need to know to catch cheating spouses, locate missing people, track down deadbeat parents, perform background checks, and more. --cover p. 4.

From the Publisher: Finding Your Mexican Ancestors is essential to any researcher looking to trace their heritage across the Rio Grande. In it, authors George and Peggy Ryskamp show how easy Mexican American research can be providing detailed descriptions of parish records, civil records, and other types of records common in Mexico.

Presents a description of basic training in the American military, describing how the eight-week course imparts key physical, mental, and disciplinary skills to turn trainees into order-ready soldiers.