America Online's Genealogy Forum is one of the world's most important and respected online genealogical resources. Those unfamiliar with this resource, however, often find it a bit overwhelming. Fortunately, Forum senior staffer and content developer and programmer George Morgan has taken the time to author a comprehensive guide book!
The Genealogy Forum on America Online Official Users Guide will help beginning to advanced genealogists utilize all the Forum has to offer. Morgan's straight-forward instructions and liberal use of screen captures remove all the guesswork in navigating this invaluable Internet tool. You'll learn how to make the most of the Forum's how-to guides, in-depth articles, message boards, libraries, chat-rooms, lectures and more!
The Genealogy Forum on America Online will save you hours as you quickly master such useful features as:
- Using keywords effectively
- Making family connections with the member directory
- Holding an online family reunion
- How to participate in conferences, classes and other online events
- Using message boards to expand your research and share info with others
- Uploading and downloading data in the file libraries
- How to use mailing lists and newsgroups for family history research
- Setting personal preferences to make you feel at home at AOL
Along the way, you'll pick up valuable tips on how to find and document online family history information, how to do international and surname ancestral research, how to publish a family newsletter and more!
Read it from cover to cover or keep it handy as a reference guide while you're working on AOL. Either way, Forum participants will find it to be the perfect time-saving companion for their online genealogical pursuits!
The Genealogy Forum on America Online (284 pages softbound) IMPORTANT: This item may have slight damage, but not to the extent that it will significantly impair its usefulness.
Excerpted from The Genealogy Forum on America Online: The Official User's Guide by George G. Morgan. Copyright © 1998. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Discover the ins and outs of one of the world's most important and respected online genealogical resources.
