Part one: Analytic tools. Source analysis -- Record analysis -- Linkage analysis. Part two: Problem-solving sequence. Problem selection -- Problem analysis -- Data collection -- Synthesis -- Problem resolution. Appendixes. Glossary -- The three paradigms -- GENTECH Genealogical Data Model -- Forgery

"This handbook presents a step-by-step process for solving genealogical problems -- a methodology thirty years in the making. Developed by Anderson and perfected through his work on the Great Migration Study Project, this systematic approach considers each source, each record, and each possible linkage before making a genealogical conclusion ... Examples of actual research problems and continuing case studies, accompanied by easy-to-follow diagrams, walk you through the steps of effective genealogical analysis"--Publisher's description