The Family Tree Cemetery Field Guide: How to Find, Record, and Preserve Your Ancestor's Grave

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Family Tree Cemetery Field Guide: How to Find, Record, and Preserve Your Ancestor's Grave
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Joy Neighbors
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 127
Category/GenreGenealogy, heraldry, names and honours
Family history and tracing ancestors
ISBN/Barcode 9781440352126
ClassificationsDewey:929.1072
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher F&W Publications Inc
Imprint Family Tree Books
Publication Date 20 October 2017
Publication Country United States

Description

Not all research can be done from home--sometimes you have to head into the field. Cemeteries are crucial for any genealogist's search, and this book will show you how to search for and analyze your ancestors' graves. Discover tools for locating tombstones, tips for traipsing through cemeteries, an at-a-glance guide to frequently used gravestone icons, and practical strategies for on-the-ground research. And once you've returned home, learn how to incorporate gravestone information into your research, as well as how to upload grave locations to BillionGraves and record your findings in memorial pages on Find A Grave. .Detailed step-by-step guides to finding ancestors' cemeteries using websites like Find A Grave, plus how to record and preserve death and burial information .Tips and strategies for navigating cemeteries and finding individual tombstones in the field, plus an at-a-glance guide to tombstone symbols and iconography .Resources and techniques for discovering other death records and incorporating information from cemeteries into genealogical research

Author Biography

Joy Neighbors, Flatrock, IL, agraveinterest.blogspot.com, has been a professional writer for thirty years. Her cemetery connections run deep, and she writers the widely read cemetery culture blog, A Grave Interest.