History for genealogists : using chronological time lines to find and understand your ancestors - Jacobson, Judy (Baltimore, Maryland : Clearfield, 2016)
History lays the foundation to understand a group of people. Genealogy lays the foundation to understand a person or family using tangible historic evidence.
Seeing ancestors in historical context -- Creating a timeline -- Why did they leave? -- How did they go? -- Coming to America -- Myths, confusions, secrets and lies -- Even harder to find missing persons -- Social history and community genealogy -- State by state -- Region by region.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Genealogy; United States -- Genealogy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Chronology, Historical; United States -- History; World history; Chronology, Historical; Genealogy; World history; United States; Handbooks and manuals; History; Handbooks and manuals