Product Description

Researching our family tree has become a top national pastime, and with the advent of the Internet, it's also become much faster and easier than before. As more and more information is placed online, you can afford to relax and research in the comfort of your own home, at your convenience. The only problem is where-and how-do you start?
Genealogy Online For Dummies gives you expert guidance, from Nick Barratt, the genealogy expert on the BBC's 'Who Do You Think You Are?' programme, on how to start building your family tree, where to look for clues, how to discover the most useful websites and how to use and organise the information that you find.
Genealogy Online For Dummies includes:
Laying The Groundwork
Planning for Genealogical Success
Fine-Tuning Your Organizational and Preservation Skills
Starting to Build Your Family Tree
What's in a Name?
Locating Your Ancestors (Geographically Speaking)
Getting to Know What You Are Looking For
Starting Offline: Basic Genealogical Sources in the UK
Going Online: Searching Official and Commercial Websites
Storing and Organizing Information in Your Computer
Coordinating Your Attack: Getting Help from Other Researchers
Sharing Your Wealth Online
Creating a Place to Call Home
Ten Handy Databases
Ten Things to Remember When Designing
Your Genealogical Web Site
Ten Sites That Offer Help

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20211 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-13
• Binding: Paperback
• 298 pages

Family History Monthly, December 2007
"Easy to read yet filled with facts and information, this is a solid reference guide..."

Synopsis
Researching our family tree has become a top national pastime, and with the advent of the Internet, it's also become much faster and easier than before. As more and more information is placed online, you can afford to relax and research in the comfort of your own home, at your convenience. The only problem is where and how do you start? "Genealogy Online For Dummies" gives you expert guidance, from Nick Barratt, the genealogy expert on the BBC's 'Who Do You Think You Are?' programme, on how to start building your family tree, where to look for clues, how to discover the most useful websites and how to use and organise the information that you find. "Genealogy Online For Dummies" includes: Laying The Groundwork Planning for Genealogical Success; Fine-Tuning Your Organizational and Preservation Skills; Starting to Build Your Family Tree What's in a Name?

Locating Your Ancestors (Geographically Speaking); Getting to Know What You Are Looking For; Starting Offline: Basic Genealogical Sources in the UK; Going Online: Searching Official and Commercial Websites; Storing and Organizing Information in Your Computer; Coordinating Your Attack: Getting Help from Other Researchers; Sharing Your Wealth Online; Creating a Place to Call Home; Ten Handy Databases; Ten Things to Remember When Designing Your Genealogical Web Site; and Ten Sites That Offer Help.

From the Author
A common sense guide to researching your genealogy online.
You're probably asking yourself how this book differs from the many other available genealogy books. Some books tell you only the traditional methods of genealogical research--others that do talk about online methods tend to group them by type of resource rather than explaining how you can integrate the many Internet resources to achieve your genealogical goals. In Genealogy Online for Dummies we provide details on how to prepare for going online, research names on the Internet, find locations where your ancestors lived, locate government, ethnic and hard to find records, publish your genealogical findings on the World Wide Web, and a provide a glossary of Internet and genealogical terms--all with a focus on integrating the many available resources. We also include several tools on the accompanying CD-ROM to assist you in your research including the full Basic Edition of the bestselling Family Tree Maker genealogical software, useful Internet utilities and browsers, and genealogical utilities to help you place your genealogy on the Internet.

Customer Reviews

Great Book for any starter genealogist!!!
I truly enjoyed this book. My daughters been trying to buy it for me for quite some time. Of course that was the previous version...I didn't think I needed it AND then I hit a brick wall. I asked her to get it for me for Mother's Day, sure enough, it helped! Matthew and April, Thanks!!!

This book is great and easy to use !
This book was very easy to use as a guide to online genealogy. I recomend it highly.