25 Kindle Unlimited Genealogy Books to Help Your Research & Storytelling
Kindle Unlimited is the Netflix for books. So it was a no brainer for me to say yes to a subscription and get some reading done. Just picture my dance of joy when I discovered that the subscription includes family history and genealogy books.
Whether your looking to fill long summer days or cold winter ones, it’s a great time to pick up some new knowledge about your no. 1 hobby.
The best part is that when you find some favourite genealogy books, they are affordable to buy so you can keep them forever! Finally, I’m not an Amazon affiliate and I don’t receive any income if you buy a subscription or book. I just love books and learning new tricks.
Genealogy books on Kindle Unlimited
Writing & recording family stories
1. Preserving Your Family’s Oral History & Stories
Author:
Thomas MacEntee
What’s inside:
These tips, tricks and lists of tools will help you create audio recordings of your family history.
2. Blogging Your Family History
Author:
Genealogy Girl Talks
What’s inside:
Practical advice and strategies to start and maintain on starting and maintaining a blog to share your ancestors stories.
3. Family History: Share it Eight Ways
Author:
Edward Reinagel
What’s inside:
A guide on compiling your family history, storytelling examples and how to share it with your relatives.
4. A Recipe for Writing Family History
Authors:
Devon Noel Lee and Andrew Lee
What’s inside:
A stress-free formula to writing your ancestors stories and compiling your family history.
5. Family Tree Research Workbook: Family Tree Memory Keeper Your Workbook for Family History, Stories and Genealogy
Author:
Loera Publishing
What’s inside:
Practical workbook to guide you through the tracking down and recording your ancestor’s stories.
6. Writing A Memoir: From Stuck to Finished!: Helpful Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Family History and Putting Life Stories on Paper
Author:
Karen Dustman
What’s inside:
A step-by-step guide on how to write and produce your family history or personal memoir.
Researching & discovering your ancestors
7. Family History: A Complete Guide to Tracing your Ancestry
Author:
Rachael Hunt
What’s inside:
How to get started tracing your family history – where to look, what to search for and how to interpret what you discover
8. Citing Historical Sources: a manual for family historians
Author:
Noeline Kyle
What’s inside:
A guide on how to correctly and consistently cite sources for each of your genealogical discoveries and family stories.
9. Researching Your Quaker Family History:
A Pocket Guide
(Quick & Easy Guides for Genealogists Book 1)
Author:
Stephanie Pitcher Fishman
What’s inside:
Tips, tricks and strategies to use when you’re stuck trying to discover stories, facts and other information about your Quaker ancestors.
10. The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy: Use the Web to trace your roots, share your history, and create a family tree
Author:
Kimberly Powell
What’s inside:
A guide to discovering your ancestors and their stories, connecting with fellow family historians and sharing your family history with friends and relatives
11. Finding Florence, Maude, Matilda, Rose: Researching & Writing Women into Family History
Author:
Noeline Kyle
What’s inside:
Ideas and strategies to help discover the stories of even the most elusive of your female ancestors.
12. Looking back in time –
a beginner’s guide to family history
Author:
A. Walker
What’s inside:
Case studies and tips on searching UK records to trace your ancestry and family roots in the United Kingdom.
13. 500 Best Genealogy & Family History Tips
Author:
Thomas MacEntee
What’s inside:
Practical advice on using online resources for research discoveries and to preserve your family history.
14. The Genealogy Do-Over Workbook
Author:
Thomas MacEntee
What’s inside:
Twelve steps to starting your genealogy journey over again and getting a new perspective on your ancestors and their stories.
Ancestry.com genealogy books
15. Insider Secrets:
Mastering the Image Viewer on Ancestry.com:
33 Tutorials & Tips
Author:
Jim Mosher
What’s inside:
Advice on using the Ancestry Image Viewer to be more efficient in your research and create a robust profile of your ancestor.
16. Insider Secrets:
Mastering Search on Ancestry.com:
50 Tutorials & Tips
Author:
Jim Mosher
What’s inside:
Become the King or Queen of Ancestry.com searches with these tips and strategies to get the most out of your subscription.
FamilySearch.org guides
17. Genealogy Quick Start FamilySearch.org:
The Complete Guide to FamilySearch.org
Author:
Michael Hyde
What’s inside:
A how-to guide to get you using the FamilySearch.org, finding the resources and unlocking the potential of the website.
To forget one’s ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.
– Chinese Proverb
Getting Organised
18. Downsizing With Family History in Mind
Authors:
Devon Noel Lee and Andrew Lee
What’s inside:
Practical tips to help you decide what to keep and what to toss when it comes to family mementos.
19. Genealogy: Your Family History, Doing It Right The First Time
Author:
Valerie Hughes
What’s inside:
Advice on organising your family history research and discoveries so it’s accessible for you and others.
Discovering DNA
20. 23 Best Tips for DNA Testing and Family History
Author:
Mary Eberle
What’s inside:
Practical advice on the genealogical DNA tests available and how to pick the right one for your research.
21. DNA Buying Guide: How to Buy the Right DNA Test Kit
Author:
Thomas MacEntee
What’s inside:
A look at the variety of DNA tests available, how to choose the right one for your research and tips on what to do with the results.
22. The DNA Guide for Adoptees: How to use genealogy and genetics to uncover your roots, and better understand your medical history
Authors:
Brianne Kirkpatrick, Shannon Combs-Bennett
What’s inside:
A practical look at DNA testing, as well as strategies and advice for people looking to discover their biological families.
23. Guide to DNA Testing: How to Identify Ancestors, Confirm Relationships, and Measure Ethnic Ancestry through DNA Testing
Author:
Richard Hill
What’s inside:
A look at what results you can expect from the different genealogy DNA tests currently available, and how to interpret the results.
Design & Layout Inspiration
24. Family History Scrapbooking Simplified
Author:
Devon Noel Lee
What’s inside:
Step-by-step guide to transforming your family history facts into a digtial scrapbook and shareable ebook.
25. The Ultimate Guide to Scrapbooking for Beginners in 30 Minutes or Less!
Author:
Sandy Mcdougle
What’s inside:
Learn about preserving newspaper clippings, creating photo layout as well as how to use embellishments without crowding the page.
What genealogy books have you read?
Have you read any of the above genealogy books, or do you have other favourites on your Kindle reader? Drop the titles in the comments below and let me know which ones you loved and what I should read next.
Want to read more researching tips? Be sure to check out:
- 260 family history questions to interview yourself
- Nine reasons you need to be using your smartphone Evernote app
- 8 Valuable Tips to Get Your Genealogy Research Started
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