Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

What a DISAPPOINTMENT! This book is NOT for you unless you are a beginner geneaolgist. The book does NOT LIVE UP TO THE HYPE ON THE COVER!!! If I wanted a book about "how to DO genealogical research," this book would be okay. However, this book is SUPPOSED to be about "how to ORGANIZE, FILE, MANAGE & PROTECT YOUR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH AND HEIRLOOMS" which is what the cover of this book CLAIMS it does. IT DOES NOT! For example, in the chapter about census records, there is NOT ONE iota of information about how to "file & manage" (as promised on the cover) the information gleaned from census records. The book only discusses what info is supposed to have been included in each of the census years and wholly fails to give one pointer about how to organize your census extractions -- it does not even discuss the pros and cons of organizing census extractions by year or by ancestor or by location much less how to transfer them to the computer. The author includes only one small chapter about protecting research and heirlooms and there is precious little information that is of any actual use. However, the author goes to great lengths to discuss why the diaries of our ancestors are so valuable and must be preserved --- but any genealogist worth her salt will know that already! This is a book for BEGINNERS ONLY! If you are looking for more than a beginners' book, DON'T BUY THIS BOOK! My money was wasted because I was MISLEAD as to the contents and because I relied on the alleged reputation of the author! If the book's cover accurately reflected what the author actually discusses, I would not have purchased it. The author and the National Genealogical Society have betrayed my trust. P.S. The National Genealogical Society and the author hold the copyright for this book. It's a shame the NGS is a party to this kind of false advertising! I wrote the NGS about this book. The NGS did not even acknowledge receipt of my letter much less respond!