The Family Tree Resource Book For Genealogists

by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack (Editor), Writers Digest (Editor)

In one authoritative reference, Family Tree Big Book provides all genealogists with the information they need to trace their American roots, * Research summaries, with maps and timelines, for every U.S. state * Detailed county-level data, essential for unlocking the door to the bulk of genealogical records * Contact information, including Web sites, for libraries, archives, genealogical societies and historical societies This is the one book every genealogist must have. Researchers will love having this wealth of trusted information at their fingertips, and at a very attractive price!

Genres: Nonfiction

789 pages, Paperback

First published February 25, 2004

About the author

Sharon DeBartolo Carmack has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing and postgraduate coursework in American History. She is a thirty-five-year veteran Certified Genealogist®, Retired (2024).

Sharon is the best-selling author of twenty-nine books, including Madame Restell: The True Story of New City’s Most Notorious Abortionist, Her Early Life, Family, and Murder; In Search of Maria B. Hayden: The American Medium Who Brought Spiritualism to the U.K.; and If We Can Winter This: Essays and Genealogies: The Gordon Family of County Leitrim, Ireland, and The Norris Family of County Tyrone, (now) Northern Ireland.

A few of her guidebooks include Telling Her Story: A Guide to Researching and Writing about Women of the Past; Tell It Short: A Guide to Writing Your Family History in Brief, 2nd ed., and You Can Write Your Family History. Sharon is part of the English adjunct faculty for Southern New Hampshire University and the genealogy faculty for Salt Lake Community College.