Ebook: The Genealogist's Internet: the Essential Guide to Researching Your Family History Online

This practical guide identifies the major websites and online sources of data available to family historians. It is ideal for both beginners and more experienced researchers as it explores the most useful sources and helps readers to navigate each one. The Genealogist's Internet features fully updated URLs and all of the recent developments in online genealogy. This fully updated fifth edition, endorsed by the National Archives, is the comprehensive guide for anyone researching their family history online. It covers: ·Online census records and wills, including the 1911 Census ·Civil registrati.;Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Web addresses; Disappearing resources; What's new in this edition; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Genealogy and the internet; Offline genealogy; History; 2 First Steps; Beginners' guides; Online lectures; Getting help; Genealogical terms and abbreviations; 3 Online Starting Points; The British Isles; General genealogical gateways; 4 Using Online Sources; Approaches to digitization; Indexes, transcriptions and images; Quality issues; Searching online records; FamilySearch; The commercial data services; Document services.