This book is for the absolute beginner who is interested in genealogy. Learn how to collect data on yourself and your family and where to keep it, how to organize it, document it, and finally . . . put it all together. These easy-to-follow procedures will help you avoid back-tracking, duplicating work, losing records, and more. Correspondence and queries, documenting information, federal census records, church and cemetery records, obituaries, and land records are some of the topics covered. (130pp. Heritage Books, 2011.)