The bestselling guide to researching family history online, has now been
updated and expanded. It explores the major sources of data available to family
historians and highlights the most useful directories and gateways.
Designed both for those starting out and experience family historians, its
famous range and scope includes:
- major web sources of primary data for family historians
- discussion groups and mailing lists
- ways to find people with your surname or ancesto4rs
- information and services provided by other genealogical organisations
- how to publish your family history on the web
This new fourth edition, offers an insider's knowledge of recent developemts
online. Featuring fully updated URLs and highlighting the most useful
directories and gateways, new chapters cover:
- the 1911 census launch
- changes to the commercial data services
- new digitisation projects, including FamilySearch Indexing
- the impact of blogging, podcasting, social networking and book
digitization
- expanded coverage of occupations and professions
- the rise of online sharing: DNA matching, photo sharing, and interactive
mapping
- getting the best from redesigned websites such as The National Archives
and the Society of Genealogists
Contents:
Preface
1. Introduction
2. First Steps
3. Online Starting Points
4. Using Online Sources
5. Civil Registration
6. Census
7. Parish Registers
8. Property, Taxation and Crime
9. Occupations
10. The Armed Forced
11. Migration and Colonies
12. Print Sources
13. Archives and Libraries
14. Surnames, Pedigrees and Families
15. Geography
13. History
14. Photographs
15. Discussion Forums
16. Search Engines
17. Publishing Your Family History Online
18. The World of Family History
19. Issues for Online Genealogists
Internet Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Reviews:
'Everyone who uses a computer for genealogical research should have this book' -
Society of Genealogists
'This book should be compulsory reading for every family historian with internet
access' - Family History News and Digest
'A guiding light...[an] invaluable book.' - Your Family Tree
Magazine, December 2005 [this relates to an earlier edition of this title]
