{"id":2912,"date":"2009-01-13T20:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T20:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/13\/read-a-how-to-book-or-research-guide"},"modified":"2009-01-13T20:01:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-13T20:01:00","slug":"read-a-how-to-book-or-research-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/2009\/01\/13\/read-a-how-to-book-or-research-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Read a How-to Book or Research Guide?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When was the last time you read a research guide or how-to book about genealogy or an area where you are researching? It is easy for even the most experienced researcher to occasionally overlook a record type or not be aware of a record that has recently become more accessible. Periodically review a chapter in a guide book-<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1593312776?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=rootdigcom&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1593312776\">The Source: A Guidebook Of American Genealogy (Third Edition)<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=rootdigcom&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1593312776\" width=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0806316217?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=rootdigcom&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0806316217\">Val Greenwood&#8217;sThe Researcher&#8217;s Guide to American Genealogy<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=rootdigcom&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0806316217\" width=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> are two of my favorites. And for specific areas, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/eng\/search\/RG\/frameset_rhelps.asp\">Family History Library&#8217;s Research Guides<\/a> are excellent. We all need a refresher every so often.<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;ve been known to read a chapter from one of them when I was in need of an article idea and behind on a deadline.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/1504GT\">Check out GenealogyBank&#8217;s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!<\/A><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When was the last time you read a research guide or how-to book about genealogy or an area where you are researching? It is easy for even the most experienced researcher to occasionally overlook a record type or not be aware of a record that has recently become more accessible. Periodically review a chapter in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153978,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153978"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}