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What do you do when you hit the proverbial brick wall? Try gleaning advice from literary sleuths like Miss Marple, Sherlock Holmes, and Hercule Poirot. That’s what expert genealogist Emily Croom helps you do in The Sleuth Book for Genealogists, which blends literary methods of deduction with genealogical expertise.

Using the sleuths’ acknowledged expertise in the deduction arts, The Sleuth Book will invigorate your genealogical research, helping you to

• Determine your research goal
• Organize what you know
• Practice “cluster genealogy” research
• Document your research
• Decide whether you’ve answered your research questions.

"A must read and use book. The Sleuth Book for Genealogists will not only keep you entertained while you're learning how to break through those stubborn brick walls, but it will also give you practical advice that really works"--Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, CG, author of You Can Write Your Family History.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Emily Anne Croom, a native Houstonian, taught high school history and worked in church music before concentrating full-time on genealogy— researching, writing, speaking, and teaching. Her other books are Unpuzzling Your Past, The Unpuzzling Your Past Workbook, The Genealogist’s Companion & Sourcebook, and, with Franklin Carter Smith, A Genealogist’s Guide to Discovering Your African-American Ancestors.



See also A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your African-American Ancestors, by Franklin Carter Smith and Emily Anne Croom.