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The contents of the concluding volume in Karen Clifford's popular series of informal home-study textbooks for the genealogist fall into two main categories: (1) advanced research techniques and (2) producing a finished family history. Advanced research techniques refer to gathering background information by way of oral histories, evaluating original documents, contracting out research, hunting for ancestors overseas, compiling family health histories, and preparing a video family history. In the second part of the Advanced Researcher, Mrs. Clifford shows you how to define the objectives of your research project in terms of which families to write about, the nature of your audience, and the length of your composition. While this volume, like all of her books, has been updated to be used with Personal Ancestral File (PAF) Version 2.31, it also shows you how to use the highly regarded word processing software, WordPerfect, to accomplish your objectives. Still other chapters teach computer-assisted research techniques and book design from page layout to book binding, as well as demonstrate how to scan materials into your family history, convert PAF data to a formal family history, publish the final product, and much, much more.

Genealogy and Computers for the Advanced Researcher is the user-friendly book you've been waiting for to take your genealogical research to new heights, or to bring it to a successful close.