{"id":26343,"date":"2016-11-21T16:55:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T00:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=26343"},"modified":"2016-11-21T18:28:54","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T02:28:54","slug":"give-your-family-a-gift-that-money-cant-buy-record-preserve-your-familys-history-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/?p=26343","title":{"rendered":"Give Your Family a Gift That Money Can\u2019t Buy: Record &#038; Preserve Your Family\u2019s History &#8211; 40% Off Tuesday &#038; Wed."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Family Roots Publishing is offering Jeff Bockman&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.familyrootspublishing.com\/store\/product_view.php?id=2476\">Give a Gift That Money Can&#8217;t Buy<\/a><\/em> for 40% off (Just $5.37) Tuesday &#038; Wednesday only, November 22 &#038; 23, 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyrootspublishing.com\/store\/product_view.php?id=2476&amp;title=Give%20Your%20Family%20A%20Gift%20That%20Money%20Can%27t%20Buy%20%E2%80%93%20Record%20&amp;%20Preserve%20Your%20Family%27s%20History,%205th%20Edition\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26055\" style=\"border: 0px none; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px;\" alt=\"Gift of Genealogy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/fr0199.gif\" width=\"200\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a>After more than five years, Jeffrey A. Bockman, has published a major update to his popular book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyrootspublishing.com\/store\/product_view.php?id=2476&amp;title=Give%20Your%20Family%20A%20Gift%20That%20Money%20Can%27t%20Buy%20%E2%80%93%20Record%20&amp;%20Preserve%20Your%20Family%27s%20History,%205th%20Edition\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Give Your Family a Gift That Money Can\u2019t Buy: Record &amp; Preserve Your Family\u2019s History<\/em><\/a>. Now in its fifth edition, this fantastic primer covers all the basics needed for the novice to get started with family history research. Sometimes genealogists forget an important part of family history research, leaving their own story behind. Bockman created this book to guide and inspire anyone with an inkling of interest into their own past, to help search it out and leave both it and their own stories behind for future genealogists.<\/p>\n<p>In this book Bockman covers all the basics, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Forms to record the basic facts<\/li>\n<li>Saving\u00a0 documents future researchers will need<\/li>\n<li>Identifying people in photographs<\/li>\n<li>Preservation<\/li>\n<li>Finding and telling family stories<\/li>\n<li>Conducting your own research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This fifth edition is a major revision, adding over five additional years of experience and new resources. New for the fifth edition:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More family stories and photographs<\/li>\n<li>Newer sources<\/li>\n<li>More online resources<\/li>\n<li>A new section on searching techniques<\/li>\n<li>Comments about genealogy travel with examples<\/li>\n<li>Mini case study (to give hope to those who have a relative that disappeared)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The book is organized for easy reading with plenty of examples to help the beginner get started. If you know someone looking to get started with family history or\u00a0 hoping to help someone develop and interest in their families stories, then this book would help them in the process.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Not only is this book one of the best primers available, it is priced affordably. Family Roots Publishing has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familyrootspublishing.com\/store\/product_view.php?id=2476&amp;title=Give%20Your%20Family%20A%20Gift%20That%20Money%20Can%27t%20Buy%20%E2%80%93%20Record%20&amp;%20Preserve%20Your%20Family%27s%20History,%205th%20Edition\" target=\"_blank\">Give Your Family a Gift That Money Can\u2019t Buy: Record &amp; Preserve Your Family\u2019s History, 5th Edition<\/a>, for only $5.37.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>About the author<\/li>\n<li>Introduction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Family Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify family members and key events<\/li>\n<li>Recording information on standardized forms\n<ul>\n<li>Family Group Sheet<\/li>\n<li>Ancestor Chart<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Home Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Supporting documents that help to provide the necessary proof<\/li>\n<li>List of what to use, keep, and preserve<\/li>\n<li>Important home sources<\/li>\n<li>Bockman family home sources<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Photographs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Help turn names and dates into real people<\/li>\n<li>Identify the people, the time, and the place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Preservation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saving items for future generations<\/li>\n<li>Paper &amp; document preservation<\/li>\n<li>Photo preservation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Family Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can only be told by someone who was a part of it<\/li>\n<li>Timeline of events<\/li>\n<li>Bockman family history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Organizing It All<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assembling all of the information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Family History Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to start researching your family\n<ul>\n<li>Vital records<\/li>\n<li>Wills &amp; probate records<\/li>\n<li>Cemetery records<\/li>\n<li>Newspapers\/obituaries<\/li>\n<li>Census records<\/li>\n<li>Other records<\/li>\n<li>Immigrants<\/li>\n<li>Didn\u2019t find it in the index<\/li>\n<li>Genealogy travel<\/li>\n<li>Case Study: Finding Alvar a not so great dane<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Our Family<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Title page<\/li>\n<li>Guidelines for filling in your forms\n<ul>\n<li>Three family group sheets<\/li>\n<li>One ancestor charts<\/li>\n<li>Two timeline pages<\/li>\n<li>Notes page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family Roots Publishing is offering Jeff Bockman&#8217;s Give a Gift That Money Can&#8217;t Buy for 40% off (Just $5.37) Tuesday &#038; Wednesday only, November 22 &#038; 23, 2016. 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