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Summary
Summary
Using this detailed guide, anyone with a computer and an interest in family history can successfully embark on a genealogical research project, locate family roots, and possibly find new family members. It explores the vast world of ancestry-related networks, websites, and online services and explains how they all work.
Author Notes
Elizabeth Powell Crowe has been pursuing genealogy for more than 20 years. She has worked as an editor for numerous genealogy- or technology-related publications including Computer Currents magazine, Valley Leaves, LeDespencer magazine, and the Computers in Genealogy . Crowe conducts genealogy workshops throughout the South, and has been a regular guest on the Dear MYRTLE Family History Internet Radio Show and other genealogy-related programs.
Table of Contents
| Part I Basics |
| Chapter 1 Beginning a Genealogy Project |
| Chapter 2 Software You'll Need |
| Chapter 3 Genealogy Education |
| Chapter 4 Online Communities |
| Chapter 5 Ethics, Privacy, and Law in Genealogy |
| Part II General Genealogy |
| Chapter 6 Revving Up Search Engines |
| Chapter 7 Talk to Me: Twitter, Skype, IM and Chat |
| Chapter 8 Genealogy Mail Lists, Newsletters and Mail Groups |
| Chapter 9 Social Networking |
| Chapter 10 Social Bookmarking and Tagging |
| Chapter 11 Blogging Your Genealogy, Sites, Software and More |
| Part III The Nitty Gritty: Places to Find Names, Dates, and Places |
| Chapter 12 Vital Records and Historic Documents |
| Chapter 13 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints |
| Chapter 14 Ellis Island Online: The American Family Immigration History Center |
| Chapter 15 Online Library Card Catalogs and Services |
| Chapter 16 International Genealogy Resources |
| Chapter 17 Ethnic Genealogy Resources |
| Chapter 18 The National Genealogical Society |
| Chapter 19 Ancestry.com and RootsWeb |
| Chapter 20 Genealogical Publishing Houses and Their Sites |
| Chapter 21 A Potpourri of Geneaology |
| Part IV Appendixes |
| Appendix A Genealogical Standards and Guidelines from the National Genealogical Society |
| Appendix B How to Find a Professional Geneaologist |
| Glossary |
| Index |
