10 Best reference books like Professional Genealogy: Preparation, Practice & Standards by Elizabeth Shown Mills

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Professional Genealogy: Preparation, Practice & Standards

By: Elizabeth Shown Mills

4.56

Format: 678 pages, Hardcover

"In 26 chapters, Professional genealogy: preparation, practice & standards lays before you a comple…

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1. Courthouse Research for Family Historians

By: Christine Rose

4.20

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

Finally--the only guidebook devoted exclusively to research in America's courthouses. Full of essen… read more

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2. The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy: How to Harness the Power of DNA to Advance Your Family Tree Research

By: Blaine T. Bettinger

5.00

Format: None pages,

Unlock the secrets in your DNA Discover the answers to your family history mysteries using the most… read more

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3. The Family Tree Cemetery Field Guide: How to Find, Record, and Preserve Your Ancestor's Grave

By: None

3.00

Format: 31 pages, Hardcover

Not all research can be done from home--sometimes you have to head into the field. Cemeteries are c… read more

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4. Genealogical Proof Standard: Building a Solid Case

By: Christine Rose

3.82

Format: 295 pages,

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5. Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

3.88

Format: 461 pages, Hardcover

HOW DID AMERICA BEGIN? This simple question launches acclaimed author Nathaniel Philbrick on an … read more

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"W"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

"The moment any of them gave up on the difficult work of living with their neighbors--and all of the compromise, frustration, and delay that inevitably entailed--they risked losing everything."

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

"Faint not, poor soul, in God still trust; Fear not the things thou suffer must; For, whom he loves he doth chastise, And then all tears wipes from their eyes. William Bradford Plymouth Colony Governor"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

"For all they had suffered during those first terrible winters in America, their best years were behind them, in Leiden. Never again would they know the same rapturous sense of divine fellowship that …"

-Nathaniel Philbrick, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

6. The Blind Assassin

By: Margaret Atwood

5.00

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Margaret Atwood takes the art of storytelling to new heights in a dazzling novel that unfolds layer… read more

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7. Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy

By: None

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Clean book. Tight, square binding. Smooth covers. No previous owner's marks. read more

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8. Mastering Genealogical Proof

By: Thomas W. Jones

4.28

Format: 141 pages, Paperback

Mastering Genealogical Proof aims to help researchers, students, and new family historians reconstr… read more

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9. The Hidden Half of the Family: A Sourcebook for Women's Geneology

By: Christina K. Schaefer

3.63

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

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10. The Amish Wife

By: Gregg Olsen

3.49

Format: 387 pages, Kindle Edition

The #1 New York Times and Amazon Charts bestselling author Gregg Olsen solves a murder among the Am… read more

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11. Dead Mountain (Nora Kelly, #4)

By: Douglas Preston

4.31

Format: 388 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child return in the latest installment of the bests… read more

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12. Oona Out of Order

By: Margarita Montimore

3.86

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

A remarkably inventive novel that explores what it means to live a life fully in the moment, even i… read more

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"You weren't adding chaos to my life. You were adding color."

-Margarita Montimore, Oona Out of Order

"Dogs and books, two excellent defenses against solitude and despair."

-Margarita Montimore, Oona Out of Order

"being able to buy anything put a spotlight on the things that couldn’t be bought (lost friendship, lost love, lost time)"

-Margarita Montimore, Oona Out of Order

"Her next leap would always hover over the horizon waiting to wisp her away. In some cases waiting to grant a wish from years ago."

-Margarita Montimore, Oona Out of Order

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13. Research Like a Pro: A Genealogist's Guide

By: Diana Elder

4.27

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

Are you stuck in your genealogical research? Wondering how to make progress on your brick wall prob… read more

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14. Genealogy Standards

By: Board for Certification Of Genealogists

4.39

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

How do family historians know they are producing or receiving trustworthy results? This official ma… read more

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15. The Children on the Hill

By: Jennifer McMahon

3.86

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

A genre-defying new novel, inspired by Mary Shelley’s masterpiece Frankenstein, which brilliantly e… read more

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16. Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember

By: Lauren Graham

3.66

Format: 183 pages, Hardcover

Run time: 4 hours 23 minutes. Candid, insightful, and wildly entertaining essays about life, lov… read more

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"Do every job as if you’re being well paid."

-Lauren Graham, Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember

"When life gives you lemons, you can make lemonade, but you don't have to."

-Lauren Graham, Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember

"When does the mastery end? How many things do I need to be good at to feel good about myself? Could Dan Brown really teach me how to write a thriller as well as he does? Do I even want to try? Or has…"

-Lauren Graham, Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember

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17. A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology

By: Mike Rinder

4.31

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

One of the highest-ranking defectors from Scientology exposes the secret inner workings of the powe… read more

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"The fear of psychiatry is one of the hardest ideas to shake when you escape from the mind-prison."

-Mike Rinder, A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology

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18. Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

By: Zora Neale Hurston

4.04

Format: 193 pages, Paperback

In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-… read more

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"The present was too urgent to let the past intrude."

-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

"You see de rattlesnake in de woods?' Dey say, 'Yeah.' I say 'If you bother wid him, he bite you. If you know de snake killee you, why you bother wid him?' (Oluale Kossula)"

-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

"So den we gittee married by de license, but I doan love my wife no mo' wid de license than I love her befo' de license. She a good woman and I love her all de time. (Oluale Kossula)"

-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

"Whole nations are transported, exterminated, their name to be forgotten, except in the annual festival of their conquerors, when sycophants call the names of the vanquished countries to the remembran…"

-Zora Neale Hurston, Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

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19. Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas

By: Jennifer Raff

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From celebrated anthropologist Jennifer Raff comes the untold story—and fascinating mystery—of how … read more

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20. Murder Once Removed (Ancestry Detective #1)

By: S.C. Perkins

3.75

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

The captivating first mystery in the Ancestry Detective series, in which Texas genealogist Lucy Lan… read more

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21. Professional Genealogy: Preparation, Practice & Standards

By: Elizabeth Shown Mills

4.56

Format: 678 pages, Hardcover

"In 26 chapters, Professional genealogy: preparation, practice & standards lays before you a comple… read more

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Cover of How to Find Your Family History in U.S. Church Records: A Genealogist's Guide by Sunny Jane Morton

22. How to Find Your Family History in U.S. Church Records: A Genealogist's Guide

By: Sunny Jane Morton

4.43

Format: 143 pages, Paperback

It is not always an easy task to track down U.S. church records. This book takes researchers step-b… read more

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23. The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy: Trace Your Roots, Share Your History, and Create Your Family Tree (Everything®)

By: Kimberly Powell

3.87

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Use online tools to discover your family's history!Thanks to the overwhelming number of genealogica… read more

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24. Advanced Genetic Genealogy: Techniques and Case Studies

By: Debbie Parker Wayne

4.35

Format: 414 pages, Paperback

Advanced Genetic Genealogy: Techniques and Case Studies helps intermediate researchers move up to t… read more

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Cover of Genetic Genealogy in Practice by Blaine T. Bettinger

25. Genetic Genealogy in Practice

By: Blaine T. Bettinger

4.40

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

The National Genealogical Society (NGS) announces the publication of "Genetic Genealogy in Practice… read more

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Cover of Mind Over Menopause: Lose Weight, Love Your Body, and Embrace Life after 50 with a Powerful New Mindset by Pahla Bowers

26. Mind Over Menopause: Lose Weight, Love Your Body, and Embrace Life after 50 with a Powerful New Mindset

By: Pahla Bowers

3.83

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From YouTuber Pahla Bowers, here is a radically simple, motivational method to lose weight that gui… read more

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Cover of Mastering Genealogical Documentation (NGS Special Topics Series Book 122) by Thomas W. Jones

27. Mastering Genealogical Documentation (NGS Special Topics Series Book 122)

By: Thomas W. Jones

4.34

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

A guide to learning the principles of accurate and flexible genealogical documentation for your fam… read more

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28. Research Like a Pro with DNA: A Genealogist's Guide to Finding and Confirming Ancestors with DNA Evidence

By: Diana Elder

4.46

Format: 277 pages, Kindle Edition

Would you like to use DNA evidence in your genealogy research? Do you have thousands of cousin matc… read more

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Cover of Numbering Your Genealogy: Basic Systems, Complex Families, and International Kin (Special Publications of the National Genealogical Society) by Joan Ferris Curran

29. Numbering Your Genealogy: Basic Systems, Complex Families, and International Kin (Special Publications of the National Genealogical Society)

By: Joan Ferris Curran

4.26

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

Defines genealogical numbering methods and differences between the NGSQ and Register systems. 1999,… read more

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30. Military Bounty Land 1776-1855

By: Christine Rose

4.52

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Bounty land was awarded to those who served in the wars from 1776, with the last act granting this … read more

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31. Zotero for Genealogy: Harnessing the Power of Your Research

By: Donna Cox Baker

4.11

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

Zotero offers genealogists a powerful and versatile citation manager, an endless file cabinet, go-a… read more

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20 must-read nonfiction books like Professional Genealogy: Preparation, Practice & Standards by Elizabeth Shown Mills

Transform Your Habits

Courthouse Research for Family Historians

Christine Rose

4.20

Transform Your Habits

The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy: How to Harness the Power of DNA to Advance Your Family Tree Research

Blaine T. Bettinger

5.00

Transform Your Habits

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

Nathaniel Philbrick

3.88

Transform Your Habits

The Amish Wife

Gregg Olsen

3.49

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Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

Natalie Goldberg

4.21

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The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading

James Patterson

3.92

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The Glucose Goddess Method: The 4-Week Guide to Cutting Cravings, Getting Your Energy Back, and Feeling Amazing

Jessie Inchauspé

4.15

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The Galveston Diet: The Doctor-Developed, Patient-Proven Plan to Burn Fat and Tame Your Hormonal Symptoms

Mary Claire Haver

4.01

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