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Helm, Matthew L.; Helm, April Leigh

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9780470916513: Genealogy Online for Dummies

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ISBN 10: 0470916516 ISBN 13: 9780470916513

Casa editrice: For Dummies, 2011

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Researching your genealogy online can be a daunting undertaking—but it doesn’t have to be. Genealogy Online For Dummies, 6th Edition takes you through the basic steps for researching and tracing your family’s lineage in a clear, easy-to-understand manner. Plus, this newest edition offers the latest information on leveraging the potential of social networking sites in order to locate extended family members and uncover additional family history. You’ll discover how to start your investigation, build a Web site for sharing your finds, identify sites that will be of the most use to you, get information from government records, preserve electronic materials, and more.

Serves as a helpful starting point for beginning your investigation into your family’s history
Walks you through developing a plan for your research, using online and offline research techniques, and researching ethnic ancestry through international records
Details how to create Web sites where family members can make contact or you can share your findings
Looks at how to use social networking sites as a new portal for locating extended family members and acquiring additional family history
Explains how to access domestic records for births, deaths, immigration, and more on both local and state levels
Companion Web site features a vast collection of genealogical software tools and resources

Genealogy Online For Dummies, 6th Edition helps you branch out and achieve your genealogical goal!

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Matthew L. Helm and April Leigh Helm have shared an interest in researching family history for more than 20 years. They launched their first genealogy Web site in 1994 and have managed several online genealogy resources, including HistoryKat.com and GenealogyToolbox.com.

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Get to the roots of your personal history, using all the resources of the Internet

A lot has changed since the first edition of this book 12 years ago! This sixth edition is loaded with updated information about international records sites, new tools, tracking your ancestry with DNA, and more. Not only that, but this edition helps you plan your research, use both offline and online tools, verify what you find, and share your results.

Start off right ? make a research plan and organize the results to get the most from your efforts
Choose your tools ? evaluate hardware and software options as well as "low-tech" sources such as photo albums and family files
See where they came from ? search records for various European, Asian, and Scandinavian countries and get help locating African American and Native American ancestors
Go high tech ? learn about molecular genealogy and what DNA testing can offer
Share ? make your research available to other genealogists, explore blogs, and start your own blog

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