Finding Indiana Ancestors: A Guide to Historical Research

First-time genealogical researchers wonder where to find information and how to compile it. Finding Indiana Ancestors: A Guide to Historical Research provides an overview of research in general while focusing on Indiana-specific sources. Authored by journalists and archivists, librarians, genealogists, and historians in the state's major historical and genealogical organizations, this book forms a complete guide for research in Indiana. Six model chapters show how to turn data into stories. This significant new guide will help researchers learn how to get started, where to go for the next piece of information, how to interpret the data, and how to incorporate each new fact into the stories of Indiana's ancestors.