The Great Genealogical Search
A Remarkable Story of How One Family Traced its Roots in the East Indies and Discovered its British Ancestry
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So what you might ask? Why should you care? What's in it for you?
If you are like many others who have thought about searching your family roots one day, or have already started but encountered a stone wall, then this book is for you.
Here's the good news... your ancestors have left behind a hidden trail waiting for you to discover. This book is living proof that it can be done. You CAN uncover your family's history - with the genealogy toolkits available today.
The bad news is that this trail is NOT going to be visible forever. Every passing day you delay in your ancestral quest, a possible path to the past is lost as living memories are being erased with the passing of each elderly relative.
Finally, a book that offers you a complete Case Study & Research Guide to Tracing Your Family History!
Research shows that case studies or stories are the best way to learn. This is especially true even with Genealogy. We challenge you to find books documenting detailed genealogical case studies. Try searching for a complete case study of how any family traced its roots from research to reunion. Do a Google search - you won't find many, if any.
And here, we are talking about a 20-year journey of the researchers (the Shepherdsons) where they share their story with you, complete with tips that can potentially save you lots of valuable time and money, and accelerate your progress.
Read it like an exciting detective storybook and learn about genealogy at the same time.
And the best part is that you don't need to read it like another instructional manual, like most Genealogy beginner guides. Yes, a few writers might share their own mini case studies (a small section) but these are isolated and disparate cases limited to the search methods or resources being discussed.
But this book is the complete reverse. It offers an astonishingly detailed genealogical diary with tip boxes to guide you along the way should you decide to do your own research. And the best part is that you can read it like a novel.
No laundry list of step-by-step instructions. No complicated terms. Save Money. Save Time!
Learn about how to combine traditional genealogical search methods with online resources and transcend time or geographical barriers with DNA testing methods.
There are a myriad of beginner guides on Genealogy, dozens of books dedicated to online genealogy, and a sizable number of specialised books that focus only genetic genealogy (which uses DNA testing). But how do you use these methods with each other? Genealogy writers often share in great detail with how-to guides and the kind of resources available to you - which is great. But this is not enough. Besides these, what you also need is to learn how to analyze your findings and maximize these resources accordingly and use them in the right context. For example, do online search or DNA testing really work? What's hype and what's real?
Wouldn't it be insightful to read about a complete case study that demonstrates all of these? Well, here's a book that lets you do this.
How would you feel if you could experience the joy of discovering your family history, the unexpected outcomes and the eye-popping moments?
There are probably not enough inspiring stories to motivate one to embark on researching a family's past. Read The Great Genealogical Search done by the Shepherdson Family researchers and put yourself in their shoes - and you will feel as if you had discovered your own family history: the joy, the disappointment, the shocking revelations.
- What would you do if a stranger suddenly hands you a will written by a potential ancestor of yours?
- Would you travel across the world to an unfamiliar country to meet a stranger you met online who offers to help you search your roots?
- How would you feel if you could suddenly unlock 700 years of family history?
- What would you do if you had the opportunity to reunite with relatives you never knew you had?
- And after that reunion, someone then challenges you on the authenticity of your research?
- If that is not mind-boggling enough, while researching your roots, you stumble upon royal connections... and then a stranger from another continent contacts you and informs you that he is related to you six generations ago?
All these and more await you in the Great Genealogical Search...
That's the reason why we chose to call it The Great Genealogical Search. Great because it spans 20 years of research from East to West; utilizes all three search methods - traditional, online, DNA testing; uncovers 700 years of family history; reunites a few hundred family members and establishes royal links to King Edward III who reigned in the 1300s.
...As Featured on CNN.com, The Wall Street Journal Asia & Channel NewsAsia
If you think that we are exaggerating, read about some aspects of the research covered in this book that were featured recently in the write-up, Technology helps unearth family trees at CNN.com (Nov 11, 2009), and in an article called Relative Values, Asian families get in touch with their roots in The Wall Street Journal Asia (Jan 27, 2006). Watch a Youtube video of a news feature of the Shepherdson Reunion. And how DNA testing was used. The Great Genealogical Search takes you behind the scenes... and shares with you that jubilation and joy.
What if I can't trace my roots beyond my grandparents after reading this book?
You have a choice to read this book as if it is just another novel. Or use it as a starting point for researching your family roots. Should you be motivated to begin, then it makes us accountable and responsible to justify your investment.
Genealogy is not just about putting together your family tree but it is about discovering all aspects of your family's past. This book offers a 3R Approach to Genealogy - Research, Reconcile and Relive - which guarantees that you will make some progress with the resources, suggestions and tips that are provided. For some reason, if you are not satisfied with your purchase, we will REFUND you your full investment in this book - and you get to keep the eBook for free.
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"The Tale of Two Captains"
A short chronicle of the lives of the two Shepherdson brothers
who left their home in Britain to seek their fortunes as ship
captains in the Far East for the East India Company
in the late 18th century.
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