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WorldCat for Genealogical Research: A Researcher’s Assistant

WorldCat for Genealogical Research: A Researcher’s Assistant. Curt B. Witcher MLS, FUGA, IGSF Allen County Public Library Fort Wayne, Indiana. You’ve come a long way, baby!.

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WorldCat for Genealogical Research: A Researcher’s Assistant

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  1. WorldCat for Genealogical Research: A Researcher’s Assistant Curt B. Witcher MLS, FUGA, IGSF Allen County Public Library Fort Wayne, Indiana

  2. You’ve come a long way, baby! • From “MAX” –the Maximum Catalog—to WorldCat, OCLC’s offering of the world’s largest bibliographic database for direct customer use continues to make a substantial contribution to the genealogical field. • If next to knowing is knowing where to find out, then next to having is knowing where/how to get the desired data.

  3. Allen County Public Library • Serve between 87K and 100K genealogists each year from all corners of the continent and beyond… • While our collections are a significant asset, our expertise & programming as well as our interest in and ability to teach is most consequential. • WorldCat is a great partner!

  4. Data Gathering Techniques Hunters ‘n’ Gatherers to Crime Science Investigators—no matter the strategy (very sophisticated or quite pedestrian) some of the underlying techniques are the same. • Find answers • Find clues • Find sources of more answers and clues & possibilities

  5. Gathering Strategy • Five-point strategy for seeking the most relevant data: • family name • geographic location • ethnicity • religion • occupation • WorldCat is a great partner!

  6. Family Name/Surname

  7. Family Name/Surname

  8. Family Name/Surname

  9. Family Name/Surname

  10. Family Name/Surname

  11. Family Name/Surname

  12. Geographic Location

  13. Geographic Location

  14. Geographic Location

  15. Geographic Location

  16. Ethnicity

  17. Ethnicity

  18. Ethnicity

  19. Ethnicity

  20. Ethnicity

  21. Ethnicity

  22. Ethnicity

  23. Ethnicity

  24. Ethnicity

  25. Religion

  26. Religion

  27. Religion

  28. Religion

  29. Religion

  30. Religion

  31. Religion

  32. Religion

  33. Religion

  34. Religion

  35. Occupation

  36. Occupation

  37. Occupation

  38. Occupation

  39. Occupation

  40. Occupation

  41. FHL Catalog WorldCat

  42. WorldCat A Genealogist’s Research Companion

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