The first is: Begin Your Family History Odyssey, which includes information on topics such as, balancing traditional and electronic research, organising and creating your family tree, placing your ancestors into context and how to locate vital records, as well as extending your research with advanced record types
The second part, Research Methods and Strategies, includes information on resources such as indexes, as well as locating repositories on the internet, using a research log, online map resources, and how to plan a successful genealogical research trip.
As I mentioned the resources are for the UK, US, and Canadian readers, but these tend to be separated into sections rather than mixed in together. However, this does mean that sizeable chunks of the book may be of no use to some readers.
The book is well written and provides lots of examples in the text and image examples of what records look like - the majority from the authors collection, which is great because we can see that the author has a lot of experience in the field.
There are copious amounts of recommended books and internet resources, which mean that if you start heading down a route that is beyond the scope of this book, you will already have ideas of where to go for further help and ideas.
I enjoyed reading this book and found it helpful - it even prompted me to get a bit more organised and finally set up a research log!
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