Crash Course in Family History 3^rd edition
by Paul Larson

For a limited time, order Crash Course in Family History and receive free shipping! This is a great time to buy this genealogical guide for yourself or as a present.

This all new third edition is a richly illustrated guidebook and resource manual. It includes 240 full-color pages with a special binding that allows you to easily lay the book open flat next to your computer.

Whether you’re just getting started or catching up on your family line, this informative guidebook helps bring resources from around the world into your home. This book includes informative reference charts, website recommendations and ideas for your genealogy.

Hurry! This special offer ends on December 12, 2009.

Available from WorldVitalRecords for $34.95

Please join us for this week's chats. For more information on GenWise Chats, please click on the "Chat" link at the top of the GW home page. Please note that all chats are shown in (MST and (GMT) time zones. To figure out the time in your time zone, please see a time zone converter like the one at http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc.

In general, Mountain Standard Time (MST) is 1 hour ahead of Pacific Standard Time (PST) and 2 hours behind Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Sunday, December 6, 7:00pm (MST) (Monday, December 7, 1:00am GMT)
Pennsylvania Research Chat: Old Occupations
A trivia game focusing on occupations found in days gone by primarily in Pennsylvania. Join us for an interesting and fun look at the past. Your Chat Host, Jim Avery.

Monday, December 7, 8:00pm (MST) (Tuesday, December 8, 2:00am GMT)
GENTREK: Book Review - Producing a Quality Family History
Patricia Law Hatcher, FASG, is another of my author-mentors. This book will help you get there with panache. Your Chat Hosts, Jayne McCormick and Dae Powell.

Tuesday, December 8, 8:00pm (MST) (Wednesday, December 9, 2:00am GMT)
A Case Study - Spangler's Spring at Gettysburg
A site of fighting on the Second Day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Some friends and I encounter spirits in the area of the spring.

Saturday, December 12, 8:00am (MST) (2:00pm GMT)
GENTREK: Organize Your Research
Everyone has a mindset for organization. Aye, even I have one. Join us and we'll help you determine what your organizational mindset is. Your Chat Hosts, Jayne McCormick and Dae Powell.

Sunday, December 13, 7:00pm (MST) (Monday, December 14, 1:00am GMT)
Pennsylvania Research Chat: Cities and towns
(but not the obvious ones) that contributed to making Pennsylvania great. This could be a repeating topic. The first week we will look at the history of Williamsport in Lycoming County. Your Chat Host, Jim Avery.

Monday, December 14, 8:00pm (MST) (Tuesday, December 15, 2:00am GMT)
GENTREK: City Directories
For over 200 years, city directories have existed and New York even has county/borough directories. Originally they only listed the prominent community members, followed by their services: the blacksmith, the cobbler, the barrister. Your Chat Hosts, Jayne McCormick and Dae Powell.

Lost Faces: Ancestor Photos and Albums

Created by GenWise member Lorine McGinnis Schulze, Lost Faces is a great place to share old family photos and get some advice about when they were taken. This is a great place to ask questions about your old photos.

Grave Transformations

Genealogy Gems podcaster Lisa Louise Cooke provides 7 steps to getting the most out of those pictures of faded gravestones. This video provides great tips you'll want to watch before your next cemetery trip.

GenWise member James Tanner blogs about indexes in his posting "Indexes are hearsay" at http://www.genealogywise.com/profiles/blogs/indexes-are-hearsay. This blog posting reminds researchers of the importance of not relying on indexes and spending the extra time to seek out primary documents.

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