| If you have a hankering to research your British roots, the internet is a
fantastic resource. Perhaps the best known tool is the availability of census
data online, but it doesn't stop there. Genealogy is such an immensely popular
global pursuit that somebody, somewhere is bound to have done a good deal of
legwork that's relevant to your own family history. All you have to do is get in
touch - and this book shows you how.
Beyond family trees, find out how to build a complete family archive. Date
old photographs and include them in an online scrapbook, preserve the memories
of elder family members, and get the kids involved with multimedia projects like
timelines and maps. When your archive is ready to show to the world, you can
publish it on the web and share it with the wider world.
- No more pen and paper... working electronically
- Internet research with the best genealogy websites
- Understanding the census and GEDCOM
- Add pictures, interviews, projects and more to your family tree
- Design a family archive
- Publish and share your research on the internet
- Keep your archive alive as your family expands
The author, Kyle MacRae, is a freelance writer and journalist who contributes
to magazines and the UK press, and has a strong focus on debunking jargon, and
explaining how things work in plain English helping to make it understandable to
everyone.
Contents:
Introduction
1. Getting Under Way
- Pen versus PC
- Understanding Family Trees
2. 2. Internet Research
- Transcriptions versus Primary Sources
- Essential Websites
- Census Records of the UK
- Other Researchers
- Google Groups
3. Fleshing Out the Bones
- Photographs
- Dating Old Photographs
- Adding Colour
- Military Memories
4. Multimedia Projects
- Make a Timeline
- Make a Map
- Interviewing Relatives
- Getting Children Involved
5. Preparing for the Web
- A Crash-course in Web Design
- Hosts With the Most
- Register a Domain Name
- Exploring your New Site
- Creating your First Web Pages
6. Genealogy Software
- We are Family
- Get your Family Tree Reading for the Web
- Different Views
7. Completing your Family Archive Project
- Putting Photos on the Web
- A Word on File Formats
- A Multimedia Scrapbook
- Expanding the Database
- Designing your Archive Home Page
8. Introducing GEDCOM
- More than Just a File Format
- Importing a GEDCOM File
- Sharing your Research the GEDCOM Way
Appendix 1: Working With Digital Audio
Appendix 2: Working With Digital Video
Index
Acknowledgements |
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