Genealogy has always been a laborious, time-consuming hobby, but the Internet-connected home computer has changed all that. In Genealogy Online, Elizabeth Powell Crowe presents modern-age genealogy tips, tricks, and resources to the family historian. Be aware that Crowe focuses on genealogists who wish to learn how to use computer resources rather than on computer users who wish to learn how to do genealogy. She spends a fair amount of time discussing cyberspace basics--what the Internet is, how to use modems, netiquette, and choosing an ISP. Crowe then gives examples of the help that can be found on ROOTS-L and other mailing lists, the Web, and various bulletin board systems. The Web section alone offers connections to 50 of the most helpful research sites. Although she discusses at length such invaluable services as the National Genealogical Society BBS, online library card catalogs, and a number of genealogical databases, she doesn't overlook one of the researcher's most valuable resources--other researchers. Crowe guides the reader to a number of places where genealogists exchange tips and discoveries, including numerous newsgroups and genealogical forums on the various online services.
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Top online genealogy tool-now Web enhanced! Thanks to the World Wide Web, online genealogical research is easier and more rewarding than ever before. And the new Web Edition of Elizabeth Powell Crowe's Genealogy Online packs all the latest sites plus scores of other convenient Internet and online resources-all you need is a modem and this plain-English guide! In no time you'll start uncovering details of your family history... make the most of related software and hardware (even WebTV)... and harness powerful Web search engines and catalogs to collect farflung genealogical data. With this new edition you can: surf Web sites-from the Genealogy Tool Box to the Gen Web project-ideal for beginning and advanced genealogists alike; capitalize on other Internet resources, such as Usenet newsgroups, mailing lists, and FTP sites; access local bulletin board systems (BBSs) and online library card catalogs; gather information from special online services-FidoNet and Friends, the National Genealogical Society BBS, Everton Publisher's BBS and the Library of Congress Online; participate in genealogy forums on AOL, CompuServe, MSN, Prodigy, Senior Net and other commercial online services.
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