User:Mksmith/Class handouts

Following are the handouts for the LSU Lagniappe course in Basic Genealogy, taught by Judith & Michael Smith. These are the most recently updated versions, from 2010, and all are PDFs. These may be downloaded for personal use and may be mentioned by other teachers. Commercial publication is prohibited.

• Highly Selected General Bibliography (7 pp.)

• Selected Genealogical Classics (good reading for any family researcher) (4 pp.)

• The NGS Guides series (with detailed reviews) (7 pp.)

• Immigration & Naturalization (4 pp.)

• Migration Patterns (Outline) (2 pp.)

• Migration Patterns: Selected Bibliography (3 pp.)

• Military Records: What & Where (3 pp.)

• Military Records: Selected Bibliography (2 pp.)

• Elliott Research Plan (an example of how to prepare for research) (2 pp.)

• Preferred Style & Citation Guides (citation of sources is VERY important!) (1 p.)

• Examples of Citations for Non-Book Sources (1 p.)

• Key Genealogy Websites (3 pp.)

• Other Useful Genealogy Websites (23 pp.)

• Master Genealogist Useful Websites (TMG is possibly the best genealogy software available) (1 p.) [NOTE: The program will cease to be further developed and will no longer be supported after October 2014.]