| Dear Fellow Genealogist,
Some of the best genealogy clues are hiding in books you have never heard of or can't find anywhere. Local histories, privately published family history books, old directories and other obscure titles can preserve names, stories and details that never made it into the major databases. The trick, of course, is finding them.
In today's newsletter, we highlight a new guide on finding rare and obscure books, including strategies that can help you track them down in libraries, catalogs and used-book markets.
We also share tips for properly storing and preserving old books and magazines, plus a guide to researching the history of a house–either your or an ancestor's!
Old books and old houses have a lot in common: both are full of stories, both deserve careful preservation and both can send genealogists into research rabbit holes that last significantly longer than planned. The lesson here? Never underestimate anything old enough to have a previous owner.
Following one obscure citation straight into another rabbit hole,
— Katharine, Digital Editor of Family Tree Magazine
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