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Book

Family history for the older and wiser : find your roots with online tools

Call Number

  • H 929.1 F4692 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2010.

Physical Description

332 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • pt. 1. Getting started
  • What you need to begin
  • pt. 2. Basic genealogy
  • The facts of life--birth, marriage, and death
  • Counting the people--census records
  • pt. 3. Online sources
  • Family search
  • Using the Ancestry website
  • Using the National Archives
  • Accessing information from wills, newspapers, directories, and other sources
  • pt. 4. Recording your research
  • Using spreadsheets
  • Using family history software
  • Working with family photos
  • pt. 5. Sharing your research
  • Creating presentations
  • Publishing a family tree
  • Appendix A: Useful websites
  • Appendix B: Useful books
  • Appendix C: Glossary.

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