When I first got into genealogy 20+ years ago, I went to my local library and checked out a few books on genealogy. One book I really liked and I went to the bookstore and purchased it. That book was "Unpuzzling Your Past" by Emily Anne Croom.
Dick Eastman has a link to a book review on it here: http://goo.gl/SFwOqm I also signed up for a genealogy class at my local adult school. Many things that were said in the book were reiterated by the teacher. I haven't looked at my copy of the book in a long time, but the review mentions a filing system. I pretty much try to let my genealogy program do most of that. The focusing on one ancestor has been said by many genealogy teachers and lectures. And that works, as long as I'm looking for Percival X. Housewarmer. If we are looking for Manuel da Silva, that doesn't work out as well because we need to look for Manuel da Silva with Constancia de Jesus. So in the Portuguese records, we focus on a couple. Mrs. Croom mentions cluster genealogy. I'd kinda forgotten that. I believe most call it whole family or collateral genealogy, where you collect as many as you can. Even your 2nd cousins, 3 times removed. For those new to genealogy, I'd recommend checking out this book at your local library! -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
