Thanks to Ian Lamont, i30 Media, and NetGalley for access to the Advanced Reader Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

As a person who has dabbled in genealogy, this collection of essays provides great perspective and background for the important things to do first. This is not a book that will provide you with a step-by-step methodology for filling out a family tree. Rather it will help you understand and achieve the true goal – learning more about your family through stories from a variety of sources.

A quick and engaging read, I like the 30 Minute concept. Recommended and I look forward to more books in this series and from this publisher.

This is an intro to genealogy. The author is biased towards hard copies of genealogy documents which is different from my personal perspective. Nonetheless, a good read.

This was a great book. Thanks to this author, I didn't get a full night's sleep last night. It was well-written and very informative. I only wish I had read this before I worked on my family tree. I would probably been able to avoid some frustration. On the good side, I now know better how to go back over what I have already done and make everything easier to understand. Read it and reap.