| Description |
3 video discs (450 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (iv, 129 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm). |
| Series |
The great courses. Better living, arts & leisure |
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Great courses (DVD). Better living.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
Fifteen 30 minute lectures on three discs. |
| Performer |
Professor John Philip Colletta, faculty member of the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at Samford University, Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, and Boston University's Genealogical Research Program. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Interviewing kin and mining home sources -- Genealogy online: gems and junk -- The library: shelves full of family history -- Military service and homestead records -- How to build historical context -- Disc 2. Your ancestors in ship passenger lists -- Your ancestors in naturalization records -- The genealogical proof standard -- Your ancestors in the county courthouse -- Your ancestors in state records -- Disc 3. How to write biography -- Dos and don'ts of writing history -- Seaching in your ancestors' backyards -- Assembling an account of your discoveries -- Extending your family tree overseas. |
| Summary |
This course presents different procedures for locating sources of ancestors' records in America. |
| Subject |
Genealogy -- Videodiscs.
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Ships -- United States -- Passenger lists -- Videodiscs.
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United States -- Genealogy -- Sources -- Videodiscs.
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United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Archival resources -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Nonfiction films.
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Instructional films.
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Educational films.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| Added Title |
Introduction to genealogy |
| ISBN |
9781629970745 |
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1629970743 |
| Music No. |
9394 Teaching Company |
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ID9394A-01 Teaching Company |
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