- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Betterway Books; illustrated edition edition (May 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1558705465
- ISBN-13: 978-1558705463
- Product Dimensions: 27.6 x 21.8 x 1.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 426 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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#1,049,499 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #83 in Books > Reference > Genealogy > Online Research
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Product Description
From Library Journal
Melnyk, a professional genealogist, addresses the need for time management and organization in this latest how-to-do-genealogy-better guide. She gears this toward new genealogists strapped for research time, emphasizing numerous materials and techniques that cut down on piles of paper and repetitious research, and offers suggestions for the types and proper usage of genealogical forms (and provides reproducible forms at the back of the book), filing systems, and where and when to look for bargains on office materials. Melnyk also discusses the benefits of gathering information from relatives, organizations, and the Internet along with suggestions for using and evaluating electronic sources. She provides a brief but very informative chapter on assessing and extracting information from documents and covers preparing for and making the most of a research trip, offering time-saving and efficient search methods. Her chapter on research etiquette should be required reading for all genealogists (and librarians!) for its clear-eyed perspective. Melnyk's work transcends Sharon Carmack's Organizing Your Family History Search (LJ 6/15/99) with its discussions on efficient research and time management. Recommended for public libraries. (Index not seen.)DElaine M. Kuhn, Allen Cty. P.L., Ft. Wayne, IN
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
A wide variety of organizational techniques illustrate how to streamline research by using research facilities, the Internet, research trips, the postal service and more.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Terrific organization tips,
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This review is from: The Weekend Genealogist: Timesaving Techniques for Effective Research (Paperback)
I highly recommend this book to family history researchers who have limited time. The author has great suggestions for using short amounts of times -- lists of tasks that can be done in five minutes, fifteen minutes, thirty minutes -- and ideas for controlling the mountains of paper that seem inevitable. I particularly like (and use) her suggestion about an alphabetical index of ancestors: it's a lifesaver when I'm at the library and come across a familiar-looking name ("Is that someone I'm related to or someone I went to college with?" <smile>)
4.0 out of 5 stars
Color Coding the Binders,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Weekend Genealogist: Timesaving Techniques for Effective Research (Paperback)
I wish I could figure out what the author is describing I like the idea of the alpha card index to the pedigree chart and identifying each surname with a colored dot that corresponds to a binder on which a similar larger dot is placed on its spine. This affords ability to transfer family group sheets from one binder into another that would be taken to a research facility and then easily return them to the correct binder. However, she says she has over 20 binders and the colored dots come in four primary colors....does this mean she has many red dot binders for say alpha letters A-D, E-G, etc. There is no way to submit a comment or question. I am trying to use many of these features but instructions not clear.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Good for the beginning genealogist,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Weekend Genealogist: Timesaving Techniques for Effective Research (Paperback)
In fact, I believe this book is mistitled. It should be "The Beginning Genealogist." I consider myself an "intermediate" genealogist and looked forward to many timesaving tips. Most of the timesavers I had already figured out for myself. The forms are helpful if you don't have them, but don't try to find them in the index. I tried to find the Correspondence Log. The only index reference is to a page that gives you a cross-reference to the introduction to the log. This section leads you to the form in the index. This was not worth the time and money to me.
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