The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Geneaology (Paperback)

"Genealogy is one of the world's favorite hobbies..." (more)
Key Phrases: family history web pages, research planning sheets, online genealogists, Heritage Hints, Lineage Lingo, Cousin Counsel (more...)

Product Details

• Paperback: 1 pages
• ISBN-10: 002863635X
• ISBN-13: 978-0028636351
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #653,481 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for the classroom, February 28, 2001

By	James L. Rader (Rancho Cordova, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been using this book in a class I teach at the local Adult Education center. The class is 10 sessions of 3 hours each and the book provides a comprehensive overview on Genealogy on the internet. The author's information is well written and todate 75 students have enjoyed this book with me...

18 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good resource book, October 24, 2000

By	Water Monkey "Marc B." (Santa Clarita, Ca.) - See all my reviews

Online Genealogy is a fun hobby that is increasing in popularity. It use to be a hassle trying to contact libraries and record halls by mail or telephone.

The "Idiot's Guide..." will show you everything you need to know to get started setting up your family tree. Make sure you have as much detail, about your history, available when you begin your search, to make things easier.

If you already belong to a genealogy club, this book might seem redundant. But it is a nice reference to have when you don't feel like searching your bookmarks for a specific page.

I bought this for my mother, and she found it very useful. Of course she still writes half of her bookmarks down on paper.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Desperately needs to be an online text, not in print, June 14, 2008

By	K. Kelly "[e-mail]" (Lake Tahoe USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Genealogy, Second Edition (Paperback)

This is a useful reference, but because of the nature of the Internet, the links outdate quickly. It desperately needs to be an online text that can be updated frequently and more readily accessed, as these are very long urls to type in in some cases (only to find the site has been moved). But wait, we have that online resource...it's called Cyndi's list. I haven't found anything in this text yet that was not more easily accessed on Cyndi's list.