Lee County Genealogical Society, Inc.


Books
Let's Plant a Family Tree: How to Start Your Genealogy Research		$12.72
	Written by Ruth Emmel* and published by the Lee County Genealogical Society, Inc. This 72 page book will help young people develop an awareness of who they are, what their heritage is, and how they connect with the world around them. Young people will learn step by step about their roots and how to uncover the stories and events that make them and their families unique. This hands on workbook will help them learn the first steps in researching including: How to use Family Group Sheets, How to create Pedigree Charts, How to use maps and develop timelines, How to plan successful family interviews, and Many more hands-on activities. Young people need to know where they came from and where they are going. This workbook gives them both the tools and appetite to learn more. Makes a great gift anytime!* Books may be purchased at our monthly meetings. For mail orders include your email address for confirmation of shipping. Please send your check payable to L.C.G.S. to: Lee County Genealogical Society, Inc. Attn: Youth Genealogy Book Sales P. O. Box 150153 Cape Coral, FL 33915-0153 Shipping is by U.S.P.S. Priority Mail* (Pricing as of November 1, 2009) 1 - 3 books = $4.95 4 - 14 books = $10.35 Please email GenHelp@LCGSFL.org for Canadian and overseas International Priority Rates. Author Bio: Ruth Emmel received her B. S. degree in education from the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh and her M. S. degree from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She majored in curriculum and supervision. Ruth began her teaching career in the Fox River Valley of Wisconsin before moving to the northwest suburban area of Chicago. In both Wisconsin and Illinois she specialized in teaching middle grade students. She served on the district’s Curriculum Advisory Council, which recommends and oversees the curriculum changes and new textbook adoptions. Ruth has also authored some teaching materials for Teaching Ink. While teaching Ruth had her students do genealogy research of their families and saw some interesting results that came out of this unit. She had an interest in genealogy before she started to do any research, because her parents often talked family with each other at the dinner table. She has been working on her own research for more than twelve years. Ruth leads the German Roots Special Interest Group for the Lee County Genealogical Society and writes articles for them.

Partnerships

The Lee County Genealogical Society has developed partnerships with many Internet websites that offer assistance in genealogical research. These partnerships allow the Society to receive small referral fees which are used to purchase additional Genealogy Reference Books for the Genealogical Collection at the Downtown Fort Myers-Lee County Library at 2050 Central Avenue in Fort Myers, Florida.

We hope when you are joining or renewing services from our partners, you will remember to access them through our website either here in our MarketPlace or under our LCGS Partnerships web page, by clicking on the partner ad link or at the bottom of our web pages using the banner ads. Many of our Special Interest Groups have recommended books that may help in your research.

The Lee County Genealogical Society has joined the Amazon.com Associates Program. Visitors to our website can link to Amazon.com and any purchases made will result in a referral fee to our Society. Ordering is safe, easy and fast. Some items are eligible for free shipping.

A subscription-based genealogy research website with over 8 billion historical records, nearly 1 million worldwide subscribers, with over 11 million family tress and 1.1 billion member profiles and more than 22 million photos online and more being added each week. This is a subscription based site. You can use the website to search for your ancestors, share your information online with others, utilize their education center, publish your research to share with family and friends and shop for books, software programs, maps and more.

Founded in 1917 as a street corner newsstand in Florence, Alabama, Books-A-Million, Inc. has grown to become the premier book retailing chain in the Southeastern United States, and the third largest book retailer in the nation.

Education To Go (ed2go), the industry leader in online learning for over ten years, provides the highest-quality online continuing education courses that are affordable and easy to use through a network of over 1,800 top Colleges and Universities. Check out the classes for basic genealogy and writing.

E-Yearbook.com has the largest collection of old high school, college and military yearbooks on the Internet. Search and browse millions of high resolution images. E-Yearbook.com has partnered with schools across the United Stated to "web-enable" their yearbook archives. 20% of all revenue generated by E-Yearbook.com goes to the schools in our yearbook digitization program.

Family Chronicle -- The How-To Genealogy Magazine
LCGS is partnering with Moorshead Magazines to offer an easy way to subscribe to Family Chronicle, a how-to magazine. Family Chronicle is available by subscription clicking on the banner below. Orders placed through this link will result in a referral fee to our Society.

Footnote.com where images of millions of records are made available online through Footnote.com and their partnership with the National Archives. The online collections include documents involving the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, World War II and United States Presidents. These documents contain valuable information that will tell you about your ancestors and the times they lived.

The indexes of all collections are free to search online. Some documents such as U.S. Milestone Documents, Project Blue Book, Pennsylvania Archives, Papers of the Continental Congress, Constitutional Convention Records and Correspondence of George Washington are free to view. Other documents can be viewed and downloaded for a fee - either monthly or yearly.

Genealogical.com - Genealogy Books, Genealogy CDs and Family History
LCGS has now partnered with Genealogical.com which publishes both genealogy books and CDs. Genealogical.com is the online home for Genealogical Publishing Company, Clearfield Company and Gateway Press. All well known publishers of genealogical reference books.

The Society will be earning 10% commissions on total purchases excluding shipping, handling, credit card service fees, sales tax and charges for out of print books, order returns and cancellations. Many of our Special Interest Groups have recommended books that may help in your research and can be purchased from this partner. We hope you will use this new partnership and view their online catalog of genealogical offerings. Don't forget to check out the Sales and Bargains Tab at the top of their web page.

Genes Reunited, the UK's leading family history site allows people to search, contact and chat anonymously to other members in a safe and secure environment. It's free to register and start building your family tree online. Use the search facilities to find possible matches to your family name, add notes against relations in your tree and receive emails from other members and reply to these emails. Also, if you already have experience in researching your family history you can import your GEDCOM file on to your Genes Reunited family tree. Paid memberships are also available at the Standard or Gold levels.

Genetree, a new category of family networking site designed to help people understand where their personal histories belong within the greater human genetic story. The GeneTree site creates unparalleled opportunities for unlocking genetic heritage and identity, connecting with ancestors and living relatives, and sharing meaningful information and experiences to help preserve family histories.

Maps.com - the world's largest online map store. Find current and antique maps, geographical and political maps to help in your family research. Look for travel maps and guides for your next research trip. Don't forget to check out the "Free Stuff" which includes Online Mapping, the World Reference Atlas and Map Games.

NewspaperARCHIVE, is the largest historical newspaper database online, with nearly 100 million newspaper pages from 1759 to present. NewspaperARCHIVE is searchable by name, location, date, or keyword. Ideal for genealogy and history research.

An online genealogical service which allows everyone to combine their knowledge and data to build one huge, shared database. OneGreatFamily is more than a simple collection of different family trees. Using breakthrough technology, OneGreatFamily is actually linking all of the family trees together into one great family.

A variation of the Soundex called the American Soundex was used in the 1930s for a retrospective analysis of the US censuses from 1890 through 1920.
View more here...