| The is no question as to the fact that Ancestry.com is the world's largest
(commercial) genealogical company in the world, and there is also no doubt that
it is hard to research your family history without at the very least, checking
their website for a few things here and there, if not checking it daily.
Designed specifically to complement their various international websites 'The Official Guide to Ancestry.com' provides a nice overview of the major features of their site, providing examples and search tips. If you're an Ancestry subscriber you may find some things from reading this book that you perhaps hadn't tried out, such
as the Learning Center or their fairly new Database Card Catalog. The Learning
Center has articles and tips about a variety of topics to help you learn more
about records sources and genealogical resources both inside and outside of
Ancestry. The Database Card Catalog helps you search for Ancestry databases by
record type, keyword and geographical location. Have you ever tried the "My
Ancestry" section? There's a whole chapter on it in the book.
Whether you are coming
to Ancestry.com for the first time or have used it for years, you need
The Official Guide to Ancestry.com. Written by noted genealogist and
lecturer George G. Morgan, this official guide takes you inside the #1
website for family history research for an unprecedented tour. This
second edition includes chapters on the new search at Ancestry,
MyCanvas, and Ancestry DNA. In addition, it helps you create and
develop your own Family Tree, explore obscure databases you didn’t know
existed, and more. You’ve always known Ancestry.com was a valuable
resource. Now you can learn to use it like never before.
Contents:
Introduction
- What is Ancestry.com
- What This Book Will Do for You
- What's New in th e Second Edition
1. Getting Around the Site
- Logging In
- Navigating the Site
- The Tabs
- Search
- Summary
2. Searching for Your Ancestors
- The Search Basics
- New Search Overview
- Searching
- Finding a Specific Database Title
- Search Strategy
- Summary
3. Working With Digitized Image Collections
- How to Access a Digital Image
- View Record
- View Image
- The Toolbar
- Summary
4. Family Trees
- Creating a New Family Tree
- Working With Your Family Trees
- Summary
5. Working with Census Records
- United State Federal Census Records
- Searching the Census Records
- US State and County Census Records
- UK Census Records
- Canadian Census Records
- Summary
6. Birth, Marriage and Death Records
- The Major Record Types
- The Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
- A Sample Marriage Database: Maryland 1655-1850
- Banffshire, Scotland: Parish and Probate Records
- England and Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1893
- Summary
7. Military Records
- Early American Military Databases
- American Civil War Records
- World War I Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918
- US World War II Army Enlistment Records 1938-1946
- WWII United News Newsreels 1942-1946
8. Immigration Records
- Immigration Records at Ancestry.com
- Searching the Collections
- Sample Irrigation Databases and Titles
- Summary
9. Pictures, Newspapers and Maps
- Searching for Pictures
- Member Photos
- Searching Newspapers and Periodicals
- Maps, Atlases and Gazetteers
- Working with the Maps, Atlases and Gazetteers
- Summary
10.Stories, Memories and Histories
- Searching and Browsing the Collection
- Exploring Different Types of Books from the Collection
- Summary
11. Directories and Member List Records
- Searching a City Directory
- US School Yearbooks
- US Public Records Index
- UK and US Directories 1680-1830
- British Phone Books 1880-1984
- Summary
12. Court and Land Records
- Searching the Databases
- Summary
13. Reference and Finding Aids
- Searching the Reference and Finding Aids Records
- Searching Books
- The Periodical Source Index (PERSI)
- Summary
14. Printing and Sharing
- Getting Started
- Making a Family History Book
- Working with Your Project
- Editing Page Elements
- Previewing and Ordering
- Sharing Projects
- Printing Records
- Summary
15. Ancestry Community
- The Components of the Ancestry Community
- My Public Profile
- Message Boards
- Member Connections
- The Member Directory
- Summary
16. DNA
- Testing at Ancestry.com
- The DNA Homepage
- Your DNA Test
- Looking at Your Test Results
- DNA Groups
- Summary
17. The Learning Center
- Welcome to the Learning Center
- Find Answers
- Build a Tree
- Join the Community
- Discover More
- Keep Learning
- Searching the Archive
- Summary
18. The Ancestry Store
- Books
- Records
- Software
- Photos
- Maps
- Gifts
- Orderings
- Summary
19. Putting it All Together
- Traditional versus Electronic Evidence
- Using the Help Tool at Ancestry.com
- Happy Hunting
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