The Family Tree Problem Solver: Proven Methods for Scaling the Inevitable Brick Wall | List Price: $19.99
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Binding: Paperback
Too narrow in focus, and dated. [Posted on 2006-11-18]
If your brick walls are the immigrant generation, do yourself a favor and get a book specializing in that country's research rather than this one. Despite the 2005 copyright, the majority of the advice would have still held true a decade ago. And the emphasis on early American record issues is a real minus for those with later arriving ancestors. Despite the introduction's suggestion, the problem-solving techniques alone weren't worth the lack of examples in my problem areas.
However, if you've been working on your genealogy for decades, need a refresher, and are working on your DAR application... you might love this book.
Geneology - Brick Walls [Posted on 2007-06-08]
This book is full of info to help you know the next step in trying to find a relative through non traditional methods. I originally got the book at the library, and I found I needed to buy the book - so I could highlight and mark it for future reference. Great resource!
Help! Brick walls [Posted on 2007-07-31]
I am sure that this book will prove very useful in my genealogy research. It is easy to follow with good examples.
Brick Walls [Posted on 2007-09-22]
This book is excellent to assist the serious genealogist. It requires some dedication to follow through the suggestions but if you do, you will learn a lot. Unfortunately, for all my dedication, I still have not uncovered my paternal grandfather's secrets. But I have not finished traveling all the paths the book suggests. Some I have, some are still waiting. I would recommend the book to give you a serious and straight forward path to follow rather than randomly searching.
No Index [Posted on 2007-12-11]
As a genealogy reference or guide I found this book to be a dud.
It has almost the worst Index I have ever seen. Sources that are mentioned in the text are not in the index nor clearly explained.
As an example the source I know as the "Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature" was mentioned, more than once, under an odd acronym and I did not find any explanation or comment on the acronym or the different title.
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