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Genealogy Online For Dummies /
Research your family history using the latest online tools and apps Genealogy Online For Dummies, 7th Edition is the perfect book to help you conduct genealogical research. Updated to cover the latest online tools, this new edition shows you how to leverage social networks and the rapidly increasing...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley,
[2014]
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| Edición: | 7th ed. |
| Colección: | --For dummies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- At a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Getting Started with Genealogy Online; Chapter 1: Beginning Your Ancestral Journey; Sketching Yourself; Entering Information into RootsMagic Essentials; Creating the Virtual You; Giving Your Ancestors Some Mobility; Chapter 2: Hunting for Sources and Ancestral Treasures; Learning about Sources; Getting the 4-1-1 from Your Kinfolk; Striking It Rich in Closets, in Basements, and under Beds; Dusting Off Old Photo Albums.
- Organizing Your Genealogical FindsPreserving Your Family Treasures; Visiting Libraries, Archives, and Historical Societies; Getting Involved with Genealogical Societies; Discovering Family History Centers; Chapter 3: Searching Primar y Resource Sites; Selecting a Person to Begin Your Search; Touring Ancestry.com; RootsWeb.com at a Glance; Investigating FamilySearch; Giving Back through FamilySearch Indexing; Looking through Archives.com; Saluting Fold3; Finding Your Past; Chapter 4: Using All of Your Censuses; Coming to Your Census; Census Records from Afar.
- Part II: Bringing Your Ancestor to LifeChapter 5: Digging Deeper into Your Ancestors' Lives; These Records Are Vital; Investigating Immigration and Naturalization Records; Land Ho! Researching Land Records; Marching to a Different Drummer: Searching for Military Records; Taxation with Notation; Trial and Error at the Courthouse; Chapter 6: Searching for that Elusive Ancestor; Letting Your Computer Do the Walking: Using Search Engines; Flying with Genealogy Vertical Search Engines; Finding the Site That's Best for You; Taking the Plunge.
- Family Trees Ripe for the Picking: Finding Compiled ResourcesOnline Subscription Databases: Goldmines of Genealogy?; Browsing Comprehensive Genealogical Indexes; Query for One: Seeking Answers to Your Surname Questions; Chapter 7: Mapping the Past; Are We There Yet? Researching Where "There" Was to Your Ancestors; There's No Place Like Home: Using Local Resources; Chapter 8: Going Beyond Borders: International and Ethnic Records; Fishing for International and Ethnic Sources; Records from the English-Speaking World; Hispanic and Portuguese Roots.
- Auchtung! Using Sites for the German-Speaking World. Focusing on French Resources; Scanning Scandinavian Countries; Italian Cooking; Other European Sites; Asian Resources; Researching African Ancestry; American Indian Resources; Part III: Making Sure Your Family History Checks Out; Chapter 9: Specializing in Your Family History; Researching Religious Group Records; Finding Fraternal Orders and Service Clubs; A Photo Is Worth a Thousand Words; Accessing Adoption Records; Preparing to Be Schooled; Turning to Bible Records; Snooping through Great-Grandma's Diary; Nosing through Newspaper Records. Chapter 10: Fitting into Your Genes: Molecular Genealogy.