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Commercials for the largest subscription database indicate that the process of genealogy is simpleyou just plug in what you know, and the database does the rest! Those ads might sell subscriptions, but they are misleading. Getting beyond that low-hanging fruit is not so easy; collecting the records and data needed to delineate a family tree accurately requires time, organization, and informed searching. Records are available from many places, and finding them is never a one-stop shopping experience. So how does the new researcher identify which resources meet his or her specific research needs? And how can libraries and librarians best help this new generation of genealogists?
Genealogy: A Practical Guide for Librarians offers help on several levels:
First, librarians can use this book to learn what resources, both print and online, their library should offer their patron base. This means not only what monographs to purchase and subscription databases to maintain, but what websites to highlight at the librarys webpage, what to include in their online tutorials, what adult education programming is appropriate. Critical assessments of print and online resources are given, including the strengths and weaknesses that librarians need to help patrons understand them.
Second, both librarians and researchers can find here an in-depth discussion of the research process itself, including the best steps for a beginning researcher and search strategies for the experienced one.
And third, anyone can use this book to become better informed about the phenomenon of genealogy itself and about the latest standards for online searching and research.
The book includes practical advice for every public-service librarian and offers all researchers, from novice level to experienced, a clearly delineated context for the popular subject of family history research.

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Genealogy

Practical Guides for Librarians

Genealogy A Practical Guide For Librarians - image 1 About the Series

This innovative series written and edited for librarians by librarians provides authoritative, practical information and guidance on a wide spectrum of library processes and operations.

Books in the series are focused, describing practical and innovative solutions to a problem facing todays librarian and delivering step-by-step guidance for planning, creating, implementing, managing, and evaluating a wide range of services and programs.

The books are aimed at beginning and intermediate librarians needing basic instruction/guidance in a specific subject and at experienced librarians who need to gain knowledge in a new area or guidance in implementing a new program/service.

Genealogy A Practical Guide For Librarians - image 2 About the Series Editor

The Practical Guides for Librarians series was conceived by and is edited by M. Sandra Wood, MLS, MBA, AHIP, FMLA, Librarian Emerita, Penn State University Libraries.

M. Sandra Wood was a librarian at the George T. Harrell Library, the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, for over thirty-five years, specializing in reference, educational, and database services. Ms. Wood worked for several years as a development editor for Neal-Schuman Publishers.

Ms. Wood received an MLS from Indiana University and an MBA from the University of Maryland. She is a fellow of the Medical Library Association and served as a member of MLAs Board of Directors from 1991 to 1995. Ms. Wood is founding and current editor of Medical Reference Services Quarterly, now in its thirty-fifth volume. She also was founding editor of the Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet and the Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries and served as editor/coeditor of both journals through 2011.

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1. How to Teach: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Beverley E. Crane

2. Implementing an Inclusive Staffing Model for Todays Reference Services by Julia K. Nims, Paula Storm, and Robert Stevens

3. Managing Digital Audiovisual Resources: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Matthew C. Mariner

4. Outsourcing Technology: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Robin Hastings

5. Making the Library Accessible for All: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Jane Vincent

6. Discovering and Using Historical Geographical Resources on the Web: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Eva H. Dodsworth and L. W. Lalibert

7. Digitization and Digital Archiving: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Elizabeth R. Leggett

8. Makerspaces: A Practical Guide for Librarians by John J. Burke

9. Implementing Web-Scale Discovery Services: A Practical Guide for Librarians by JoLinda Thompson

10. Using iPhones and iPads: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Matthew Connolly and Tony Cosgrave

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12. Mobile Devices: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Ben Rawlins

13. Going Beyond Loaning Books to Loaning Technologies: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Janelle Sander, Lori S. Mestre, and Eric Kurt

14. Childrens Services Today: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Jeanette Larson

15. Genealogy: A Practical Guide for Librarians by Katherine Pennavaria

Genealogy

A Practical Guide for Librarians

Katherine Pennavaria

Practical Guides for Librarians, No. 15

ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD

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Pennavaria, Katherine, 1959

Genealogy : a practical guide for librarians / Katherine Pennavaria.

pages cm. (Practical guides for librarians ; No. 15)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8108-9325-2 (hardcover) ISBN 978-0-8108-9150-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8108-9151-7 (ebook) 1. Genealogy. I. Title.

CS16.P44 2015

929.1dc23 2014032466

Picture 3 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992.

Printed in the United States of America

To five generations of my family:

To my immigrant great-grandparents

(Nunzio Pennavaria, Francesca Nasca, Rocco LaCerra, Angela Mattucci, Mile Dundovi, Manda Vukusi, Johann Stadlmann Christoi, and Maria Ruman),

who each bet it all on America... and won.

To their children, especially my grandparents

(Russell Pennavaria, Theresa LaCerra, Joseph Christoi, and Mary Dundovich),

with whom I did not have enough time; Ida Pennavaria Struwe, who saved the bocce balls; and Rose LaCerra Sansone, who remembered what everyone else had forgotten.

To their grandchildren, especially my parents

(Russell J. Pennavaria and Loretta K. Christoi),

who gave me everything, and my wonderful aunts and uncles, who gave me so much.

To their great-grandchildren, my siblings and cousins,

who probably are not surprised by this book.

And finally, to my son, Adam Russell Pennavaria,

who has inherited a powerful legacy.

Contents

Preface

Every day in America, someone makes the big decision to start researching his or her family history. Perhaps it has long been on the to-do list, or perhaps watching Who Do You Think You Are? set the project going. Whatever the reason, that person joins the millions already pursuing the fascinating research into ancestry. The new genealogist usually turns first to the Internet and usually has some initial success. But tracing a familys history is challenging for inhabitants of a melting-pot culture where movement and self-reinvention have long been part of the national ethos. Except for those individuals descended 100% from Native American peoples, everyone in North America has immigrants in his or her ancestry who arrived within the past 500 years or so, whether those ancestors traveled by choice or were forced to make the trip. Jumping the pond, as genealogists say, represents a major research challenge, as does finding pre-20th-century records, so the newbie historian often turns to a library for help and resources. Those of us who work in these institutions need to be ready.

Librarians today serve a more diverse patron base than ever and field questions about family history research in every type of library. The median age of library patrons altogether, however, is lower than that of genealogy researchers because, for the most part, teens and young adults are not much interested in researching their family histories. Most people seeking genealogy help are over 40not the age cohort most at ease with online searching. So, librarians have an additional challenge when dealing with genealogy-curious patronsthey have to help these people not only find resources but understand how the ever-changing, complex world of online research works.

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