Collecting Dead Relatives: An Irreverent Romp Through the Field of Genealogy

Author: Laverne Galeener-Moore
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company
Keywords: field, genealogy, romp, irreverent, dead, relatives, collecting
Number of Pages: 155
Published: 2009
List price: $8.95
ISBN-10: 0806311819
ISBN-13: 9780806311814

Book Description:

For the first time . . . a book that looks on the comic side of genealogy! Here you’ll meet the people and situations you’re already familiar with--the BORE, the BLUEBLOOD, the OLD MASTER, and the BRIEFCASE MAGNET, and a clutch of dissembling officials, wet-nosed beginners, and tongue-clucking harridans--but this time the meeting will drive you wild with laughter.

You’ll learn about the latest techniques used by county clerks in repelling genealogists, about projector fatigue, and about acceptable and unacceptable behavior in graveyards. And you’ll read about the sins of the D.A.R., research trip survival tactics, sadism in the county courthouse, the banality of workshops and seminars, the proper etiquette in prying information from reluctant relatives, and much, much more. This work is guaranteed to keep you sane and keep you laughing.


Reviews:

Loading Google Book Reviews...

Spread the word