George G. Morgan
Author of How to Do Everything with Your Genealogy
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Works by George G. Morgan
The Genealogists as CSI 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Morgan, George G.
- Birthdate
- 1952-08-24
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- genealogist
author
lecturer - Organizations
- Association of Professional Genealogists (U.S.)
National Genealogical Society (U.S.)
Society of Genealogists (U.K.)
International Society of Family History Writers and Editors
Genealogical Speakers Guild - Short biography
- George G. Morgan is president of Aha! Seminars, Inc., a Florida-based company working with library cooperatives and consortia providing continuing education to hundreds of library employees each year. He is a frequent speaker at genealogical conferences at the local, state, national, and international levels. He is an expert in Southern U.S. and English genealogical research and is past president of the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors (ISFHWE), and a former director of the Florida State Genealogical Society and the Genealogical Speakers Guild (GSG).
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Odessa, Florida, USA
North Carolina, USA - Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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This book came strongly recommended and is well organized and researched, but the scope (all English-speaking countries, not just the United States) means that its coverage of African American and Native American genealogy is just terrible. It doesn't even mention Hispanic / Latino origins.
I bought it for my library's local history room but will be hesitant to recommend it to many patrons.
I bought it for my library's local history room but will be hesitant to recommend it to many patrons.
I read through this book fairly quickly - as a current user of Ancestry.com, I found that I had already figured out my much of the information here on my own. There were a few tricks that were new to me, but on the whole, the book was not all that useful for me as a somewhat experienced user. For someone new to the site, particularly someone new to online research in general, I think this guide could be helpful. It didn't go much beyond basic techniques, though.
The chapters on organizing your research are an absolute lifesaver. Before reading it, I had loose papers everywhere! I also found his advice on navigating online databases super helpful. When I first started digitizing my family records, I remember browsing through https://myheritage.pissedconsumer.com/review.html to see how other people were managing their online subscriptions and building digital trees.
I'll be consulting this book off and on, but I didn't want to leave it on my "currently reading" shelf forever so I've rated it. So far it's been very helpful--a good resource.
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- Rating
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