What do you need to do to build your family tree? In this book, you will find a step-by-step plan that will lead you to the knowledge of your roots, find out what genealogy is, how it appeared and why you need to know information about your ancestors and relatives. Where to start searching and how to prepare for them, what sites to look at and what is important to find out before contacting the archives? A professional genealogist will tell you how to understand pre-revolutionary geography, the main classes and religions, and will give a step-by-step plan and algorithms of actions. You will find information about what archives exist and documents needed for searching, as well as how to work with them. Information on how to decipher ancient texts will also be useful.The publisher's layout has been saved in a4.pdf format.