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Books : Computing & Internet : Digital Lifestyle : Genealogy
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Guides you through the maze of online sources, directing you to the facts, figures, dates and stories relevant to your search about your family history.
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Discover your roots with Family History for the Older and Wiser. This extremely easy-to-follow book will guide you through all the different stages of researching your family history online and how to record your findings.
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Includes advice on using birth, death and marriage certificates, probate records, census returns, parish registers, old newspapers, The National Archives and many other sources to build up a picture of your family's past.
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392 pages. In very good clean condition.
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Describes the stages in using a computer to research family history and trace ancestral roots. This book helps readers learn how to record the information unearthed, how to download and use free forms, charts and genealogy computer software to keep the process simple, and ways of searching Internet resources and exchanging information online.
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This revised edition of the bestselling Genealogy Online For Dummies provides readers with all the expert advice they'll need to create a complete and detailed family tree using the Internet.
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Researching Your Family History Online for Dummies
Making everything easier
2nd Edition
UK Edition
Learn to:
Get the most out of genealogy websites and resources
Store and organise information on yourcomputer
Create your family tree and host it online
Consultant Editor:
Dr Nick Barratt
Genealogist on the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are?
Sarah-Jane Newbery
Jenny Thomas
Matthew L. Helm
April Leigh Helm
Genealogy experts
Navigate your way through your family's past
Interested in family history? Keen to discover who your ancestors really were? Want to find out more from the comfort of your own home? If so, this book is for you. Walking you through the process of researching, organising and presenting your family tree online, this expert guide makes it simple. So what are you waiting for? Get plugged in and start tracking down your ancestors today!
Lay the groundwork – take the first steps on your genealogical journey and start searching for evidence
Find out about your ancestors – discover who your predecessors were and where they came from
Get to grips with research tools – find the best online and offline archives and dig deeper into your family's past
Present your results effectively – compile your findings into a family tree and create a place to host your material online
Open the book and find:
What clues you can get from photos, letters, diaries and your relatives
The best genealogy websites in the UK and around the world
How to get the most out of archives and documents
Techniques for creating family history charts on your computer
The advantages of coordinating your hunt with other researchers
Ways to share research online
Tips and tricks for building a family history web page
Praise for the 1st Edition of this book:
'Easy to read yet filled with facts and information, this is a solid reference guide with everything for the beginner – and perhaps something for the more experienced too.'
– Family History Monthly
'There is a lot of good advice in this book for those starting out.' – Ancestors
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An all-new edition of the bestselling guide to tapping the wealth of global digital ancestry records online and in print
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Because so many people live hundreds or thousands of miles from their 18th or 19th century ancestral homes, on-site cemetery research often has to wait for a family vacation or business trip. How frustrating to find a clue about a family homestead, only to be prevented by distance to visit in person.
For genealogists, cemeteries can contain a treasure house of clues for further research. The inscription on just one stone can contain a maiden name, a place of birth, the names of children or wives, and cause of death. The carvings on the stone, themselves, can symbolically reflect religious beliefs or the family’s expression of grief.
Today, thanks to the Internet, the possibility of locating family burial sites without leaving home is excellent. Instead of indefinitely postponing cemetery research, you can now search the Web for cemetery transcriptions, headstone records, and even photographs.
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Look at a map and you’ll get a real understanding of migration routes and patterns. Clearly, the easiest routes were along coasts or down rivers. Pull out a present-day atlas, and try to imagine it without roads. You’ll quickly see how your ancestors traveled, and why they ended up in certain locales. If you ever “lose” a generation, you can use maps to help speculate on a possible new home.
Old maps show old place names. Although your ancestor may have lived in the same location for generations, the name of the place and the county in which it was located may have changed numerous times. It’s possible that your search for the family who didn’t move, may lead you to more county courthouses than tracing the ones who migrated with every generation.
If you just want an idea of the geography of your ancestor’s surroundings, a period map will probably help more than a visit. Thanks to modern engineering and Mother Nature, the topography of a place may have changed so much that your ancestor wouldn’t recognize his favorite fishing hole. Period maps will depict the landscape as it was, including the rivers your family forded and the forests they helped clear
Please note, this is a how-to "no fluff" guide to using maps in genealogy, not a book-length manuscript.
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Internet genealogy expert, Nancy Hendrickson, uses a case study to illustrate the genealogy and non-genealogy resources available on the Internet. Using the same five steps, you can learn how to track your ancestors with the skill of an accomplished detective.
As an Internet genealogist, you'll have a high level of success if you put on your detective cap as you work your way through a research challenge. In this guide, Nancy Hendrickson walks you step-by-step through her process as she tries to unravel a family history mystery of a Texas branch of the family tree.
Join her as she tackles the clues she finds online - and use the same techniques to uncover your hidden ancestors.
Hendrickson is a contributing editor at Family Tree Magazine and the author of Finding Your Roots Online, published by F&W. She researches Hendrickson, Faulkenberry, Snow, Shore, Dimmitt, Dearing, Hatton, and Gregory.