Category Archives: Reading

An ABC Journey through books.

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By Jill Ball. After reading Shauna’s recent post I decided to write another genealogy ABC, focusing on books. Throughout my genealogy journey hundreds of books have supported me, many are listed on my Librarything and/or Goodreads pages. Please join me as I remember some. A is for …(Road) Atlases When we hit the research road, we follow a paper map in addition to GPS devices. Road Atlases are easier to handle than a large map and provide a lot of detail. We … Continue reading

Browse, Buy or Borrow?

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By Jill Ball © 2021. Does the excitement you feel when you find a promising reference to a book suddenly disappear when you are unable to locate a copy?   On rare occasions we can simply beg, buy or borrow a copy of that book but often it takes some sleuthing to track a tome down. In this post I will discuss some of the places where you may be able to find that elusive title. In many cases we … Continue reading