• Author:
  • Fifer, Susan
• Subject:
  Internet Guides & Online Services
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons (UK)
• Published:
  19/03/2010
• Price:
  $34.99
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Using a case study approach, the book takes a single source item - an 1890 marriage certificate purchased at an antiques event - and uses it to highlight the questions you should be asking yourself about your own family documentation and how this can be used as a basis for online research.

Learn how to:

• Access and investigate online records
• Use spreadsheets to record your findings and assess their validity and reliability
• Incorporate your family tree into online programs
• Share your research with friends and family and much more…

About the author.

Publisher’s acknowledgements.

Icons used in this book.

Part I Getting started.

Chapter 1 Introduction.

Chapter 2 What you need to begin.

Part II Basic Genealogy.

Chapter 3 The facts of life - birth, marriage and death.

Chapter 4 Counting the people - census records.

Part III Online sources.

Chapter 5 Family Search.

Chapter 6 Using the Ancestry website.

Chapter 7 Using the National Archives.

Chapter 8 Accessing information from wills, newspapers, directories and other sources.

Part IV Recording your research.

Chapter 9 Using spreadsheets.

Chapter 10 Using family history software.

Chapter 11 Working with family photos.

Part V Sharing your research.

Chapter 12 Creating presentations.

Chapter 13 Publishing a family tree.

Appendix A Useful websites.

Appendix B Useful books.

Appendix C Glossary.

Index.