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These books contain information pertaining to various tips in the art of researching. All of them have been used at one time or another. Although many may carry the same title as some listed in the tips section of the Sweet Owen website; they are not the same content. The website tips contain a brief summary of the concept and the following are more expanded categories.

Any of the listed books can be obtained on a CD for the cost of just $15.00 !

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Research Tips; Volume I-- $15.00

On a Shoestring; An Effective Posting; Organizing Your Mail; Non Connecting Files; Notebooks, Papers, Filing Cabinets; Second Time Around; Legends-Fact or Fiction; Taking a Tape Recorder; Don't Wait, They Won't; Spelling Doesn't Always Count ; Using Obituaries; Current History; Etiquette in Researching; Have We Met Before?; Relearning the Spelling of Your Surnames; When It Doesn't Add Up; Recording & Interpreting Dates Part I; Recording & Interpreting Dates Part 2;


Research Tips; Volume 2-- $15.00

What Happens After You are Gone; Using Census Records; Probate Records; Photo Project; Door One, Two or Three; Cemeteries Can Be Fun; Mortality Schedules; 1840 Pensioners Census; Taint Necessarily So; Gospel According to the Gullible; How Much To Give?; Social Security Database as Resource; Expect the Unexpected; But They All Have the Same Name; When You Don't Have a Record; Abstracting & Transcribing Documents; Your Work Area; Making the Wrong Turns


Research Tips; Volume 3-- $15.00

Grab Bag Special; Protect Your Investment;. Researching or Recycling?; A New Family Tradition; A New Christmas Idea; Important Papers.. versus just junk; Don't Depend on Memory; Consider the Neighbors; When Someone is Generous; Citing Your Sources; What About the Bad Stuff?; Do you know your Ancestors? Or Just Date Them?; Privatize Your Files !!; Gathering Your Stockpile for the Winter; Clues in Death Events; Primary Sources/Secondary Sources; Computer Genealogy (For Better or Worse)


Research Tips; Volume 4-- $15.00

Probate Process; Land Acquisition;The Homestead Act-Pros & Cons; What Happened to All the Land?; Naturalization Process; Your Immigrant Ancestors; Migration Patterns; Why did they all go?; Using Church Records; Wars & Battles-Dates & Locations; The Interview; Becoming the Family Expert; Naming Patterns (Scottish, Norwegian & Colonial); Cemetery Iconography; Burials and Early Funerals; ; Assume NOTHING; Using Maps-Which one is best?; Don't Neglect the Nicknames


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