12/1/2000
By Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
Ten genealogy books to add to your Wish list.
1. Ancestors: Guide to Discovery by Jim Tyrrell (Everton Publishers). If you caught the second series of PBS' "Ancestors," you know that
Ancestors: Guide to Discovery is the companion text. This full-color, well-illustrated guidebook takes you through five basic steps of learning about your family history.
2. Bringing Your Family History to Life through Social History by Katherine Scott Sturdevant (Betterway Books). Genealogy is more than gathering names and dates for as far back in time as you can go. This book shows you how to look beyond names and add flesh to the bones. Bringing Your Family History to Life discusses artifacts, photographs, oral history interviewing and learning about your ancestors' everyday lives through social history research.
3. The BCG Genealogical Standards Manual by the Board for Certification of Genealogists (Ancestry). Are you thinking about becoming a professional genealogist? Or maybe you just want to know that you're producing a reliable genealogy to share with others? This book sets the standard by which all genealogists should pattern their work.