Now every genealogist can unlock the treasure trove of real, digitized records, or transcriptions of records, found on the Internet and CD-ROMs. In Plugging Into Your Post, Rick Crume gives readers a guided tour of the fast-growing list of resources available right at their fingertips. His friendly and accessible instruction makes it easy for genealogists of all skill levels to coax vital clues about their family history from electronic records and databases. Readers will learn how to quickly locate everything from marriage and census records to family bible pages and headstone transcriptions. This indispensable reference is packed with tips, tricks and strategies for tapping online genealogy resources. It's the key to finding what one needs on the Internet - the most powerful tool in family history research.
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Crume provides an invaluable resource for amateur genealogists. Acknowledging^B that the bulk of preliminary research now can be accomplished online, he addresses the many technological issues that may overwhelm and deter novice Web surfers and CD-ROM users. After offering useful tips on accessing and evaluating often intimidating genealogical databases, he furnishes strategies for wording queries and narrowing searches in order to acquire the desired family information quickly and directly from an array of online records and archives. Resources currently available^B online include vital records;^B census^B records; probate and court records;^B cemeteries and tombstone inscriptions; military records; land and property records; church records; and newspapers, journals, books, wills and manuscripts. This informative guidebook supplies a blueprint for initiating a wide variety of family research projects. Margaret Flanagan
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
About the Author
Rick Crume is a contributing editor for Family Tree Magazine who frequently writes articles on computer genealogy topics. He's also the creator of the Genealogical Library Master Catalogue (www onelibrary.com), the largest bibliography of genealogical and local history books ever published.
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If you don't subscribe to ancestry, this book is pointless,
By Linda "Mom of 5" (Missouri, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Plugging Into Your Past: How to Find Real Family History Records Online (Paperback)
I had hoped that this book would help me locate treasures on the internet. Unfortunately it is, for the most part, a printed index to what is available on ancestry.com. If you don't subscribe to ancestry, don't waste time or money on this book.
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