American Ancestors Holiday Sale: ENDS TONIGHT! Save up to 25%* on Your Must Have Genealogy Books!

American Ancestors Holiday Sale: Kickstart your holiday shopping with our Holiday Book Sale. Through December 15th, American Ancestors is offering big savings on your entire order—the more you buy, the more you save! Simply fill your cart with books, charts, e-books, or gifts, and enter one of the discount codes below to take advantage of these huge discounts!

Spend over $50 and get 20% off your entire order with promo code Holiday2024. Spend over $100 and get 25% off your entire order with promo code Holiday2524. Click HERE or the image below to start shopping!

*Offer valid through December 15, 2024 at 11:59 p.m., while supplies last. Savings cannot be combined with any other discount, including the American Ancestors member discount.

American Ancestors Holiday Sale: Genealogy for Kids Kit by EasyGenie – Save Over 60% – just $11.20!

What a great gift idea this holiday season and a great way to get the younger generation in your family interested in their family history! Right now at the American Ancestors Bookstore, you can get this amazing kit, priced at $29.99 on Amazon, for just $11.20 when you spend $50 or more and use code Holiday2024 at checkout!  Save EVEN MORE when you spend $100 or more and use code Holiday2524 at checkout! Click HERE to start shopping!

American Ancestors Holiday Sale: Elements of Genealogical Analysis

Analyze records and make sound genealogical conclusions using the same method applied by Robert Charles Anderson for the Great Migration Study Project!

This handbook presents a step-by-step process for solving genealogical problems—a methodology thirty years in the making. Developed by Anderson and perfected through his work on the Great Migration Study Project, this systematic approach considers each source, each record, and each possible linkage before making a genealogical conclusion. Clearly defined tools, checklists, and logically ordered steps throughout the book help make this method both accessible and effective.

Winner of the National Genealogical Society’s 2015 award for “Excellence: Genealogical Methods and Sources.”

By Robert Charles Anderson. Published by NEHGS in 2014.

American Ancestors Holiday Sale: Genealogist’s Handbook for New England Research, 6th Edition

This new full-color edition is an extensive update of an indispensable resource for those researching in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Research basics, unique resources, repository locations, and county and town information (maps, dates established, parent counties, parent and daughter towns, other names, and more) are now uniformly presented for each state. This user-friendly redesign also restores useful information from the 4th edition such as earlier probate districts in Connecticut.

Edited by Rhonda R. McClure. Published by NEHGS in December 2021. 7 x 10 paperback, 454 pages, illustrated

American Ancestors Holiday Sale: Genealogist’s Handbook for Irish Research

In Genealogist’s Handbook for Irish Research, NEHGS Irish genealogy experts Marie E. Daly and Judith Lucey offer tips for navigating the sometimes challenging course of finding Irish ancestors. Using real-life examples and offering many illustrations of records and techniques, they take a step-by-step approach to using American records to trace Irish ancestors in this country, with the goal of finding the place of origin. They then explain how to use Irish records to learn even more. Drawing on their years of experience guiding those with Irish ancestry, Daly and Lucey focus not just on sources of records but—more important—on strategies for research and interpretation. The book includes to-do lists, illustrations and maps, a comprehensive table of online resources, and a detailed index.

By Marie E. Daly with Judith Lucey. Published by NEHGS in July 2016. 7 x 10 paperback, 200 pages, illustrated

American Ancestors Holiday Sale: Genealogist’s Handbook for Portuguese Research

Modeled on our other popular Genealogist’s Handbooks, this is the first essential guide to finding your ancestors from mainland Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira. We also provide information for Brazilians with Portuguese ancestry. After reading the primer on genealogical research principles and a brief history of Portuguese immigration, follow our step-by-step approach to searching first in U.S. records and then in Portuguese records. Includes real-life examples, detailed maps, key terms in English and Portuguese, and activities to reinforce your new skills. This book will give you the tools—and the confidence—to dive into researching your Portuguese family history!

By Michael J. Hall, Al Viera, and Lauren Wake Vasylyev, with Rhonda R. McClure. Edited by Penelope L. Stratton and João C. Ventura. 7 x 10 paperback, 280 pages, illustrated.

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