Genealogy Via the Internet: Tracing Your Family Roots Quickly and Easily : Computerized Genealogy in Plain English [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Ralph Roberts (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1997

The Internet and the World Wide Web have made searching family histories fast, fun, and easy. In this humorous and informative book, readers will find genealogical programs, resources available through the Internet, and online databases where one can search for family information.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Alexander Books; illustrated edition edition (December 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570900094
• ISBN-13: 978-1570900099
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,015,632 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Spend a few bucks more, and buy a good book, February 8, 1999

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David (Cincinnati) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Genealogy Via the Internet: Tracing Your Family Roots Quickly and Easily : Computerized Genealogy in Plain English (Paperback)

Ralph covered how to run (any) software package, and how to connect to the internet. He also reviewed, in depth, Family Tree Maker, the only genealogy software he seems to be familiar with. If you don't know much about the internet or computers, this book will be helpful.

However, most of us are familiar with both (Hey, we're on Amazon.com, aren't we?), so more than half the book is wasted. There are about ten pages of weblinks which can be had simply by going to a decent search engine, like Yahoo!. Spend your money on another genealogy book.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is somewhat of a rip-off, February 2, 1999

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This review is from: Genealogy Via the Internet: Tracing Your Family Roots Quickly and Easily : Computerized Genealogy in Plain English (Paperback)

I guess if you know nothing or little about PCs and/or the internet this book might be for you. The author seems to fill up the book by writing about areas that really have nothing to do with Geneaology. There are finally a few pages that provide Geneaology links on the internet and most of these links are no longer valid. Those that are valid, one may find on your own using any of the usual search engines.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely well written and informative., November 3, 1997

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This review is from: Genealogy Via the Internet: Tracing Your Family Roots Quickly and Easily : Computerized Genealogy in Plain English (Paperback)

I have read several books about performing genealogy research on line, but this book is by far the best! It gives you hits, tips, software reviews, and, best of all, LOTS of links to genealogy sites on the WWW. This books is definitely worth its modest price for anyone who is, or is considering, performing genealogical research.