The pre-eminent handbook for those family historians with British or Irish ancestors, The Genealogist's Internet is a comprehensive introduction and guide to researching family history online. It details the major web-based sources of primary data available to family historians, highlights the most helpful directories and gateways, and tell you how to contact others with the same surname, or to access the numerous forums, discussion groups, mailing lists, and newsgroups focusing on genealogy.
This greatly expanded second edition includes the new large-scale projects now appearing on the Net, such as the "Old Bailey Proceedings" and "The Digital Library of Historical Directories." It offers helpful hints and instructions for publishing your family tree online, as well as a glossary of genealogical and Internet terms. And this edition will never go out of date - a dedicated website provides updates on all the information contained in the book.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]) and index
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- 929.1/072/041
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Originally published: Kew, Richmond, Surrey [Eng.] : National Archives, 2003 Previous ed.: Richmond : Public Record Office, 2001 Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 1903365465 9781770701625
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- CS415
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- C497 2003eb
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- 1 electronic text (xi, 292 p.)
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- Canada
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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- (CaBNVSL)thg00603150 (OCoLC)431569427 (CaOOCEL)410704
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Preface 10
- Citing internet addresses 10
- Disappearing resources 11
- What's new in this edition 11
- Acknowledgements 12
- 1 Introduction 14
- Genealogy and the internet 14
- Off-line genealogy 15
- History 16
- 2 First Steps 18
- Tutorials 19
- Getting help 23
- Genealogical terms and abbreviations 24
- 3 On-line Starting Points 26
- The British Isles 27
- General genealogy gateways 34
- Specialist gateways 40
- General directories 40
- 4 Using On-line Sources 43
- Images, transcripts and indexes 44
- Payment systems 45
- Major data collections 46
- Common problems 56
- 5 On-line Sources: Civil Registration 59
- England and Wales 59
- Scotland 68
- Ireland 70
- Offshore 71
- Overseas 71
- 6 On-line Sources: Census 73
- General information 73
- 1901 Census for England & Wales 74
- Other censuses 79
- Census extracts 81
- Scotland 82
- Ireland 82
- Overseas 83
- 7 On-line Sources: Parish Registers 84
- FamilySearch 85
- FamilyHistoryOnline 88
- FreeReg 88
- Marriage Witness Index 88
- Scotland 89
- Ireland 89
- Other indexes 90
- 8 Other Records On-line 91
- Wills 91
- Cemeteries and monumental inscriptions 94
- Property records 98
- Newspapers 99
- Directories 102
- 9 Archives and Libraries 105
- Guides to archives 105
- National archives 108
- The national libraries 115
- County record offices 116
- Public libraries 117
- University libraries 119
- Family History Centres 120
- The Society of Genealogists 121
- Beyond the British Isles 123
- Future developments 123
- 10 Surname Interests and Pedigrees 124
- Surname interests 124
- Pedigree databases 130
- Locating people 137
- 11 Social Groups 140
- Churches and clergy 140
- Occupations 143
- Crime and punishment 146
- The armed forces 147
- Colonies and migration 154
- Royal and notable families 165
- 12 Geography 169
- Gazetteers 169
- Present-day maps 171
- Historical maps 173
- Map collections 176
- Streets and street names 177
- The counties 178
- 13 History 179
- Local and social history 179
- Names 184
- Understanding old documents 187
- 14 Photographs 194
- National collections 194
- Local collections 195
- Personal sites 197
- Commercial photographs 197
- Portraits 198
- Dating, preservation, restoration 199
- 15 Discussion Forums 200
- Mailing lists 200
- Newsgroups 209
- Web forums 218
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 220
- Netiquette 221
- Asking questions 224
- Starting your own discussion group 225
- Which discussion group? 226
- 16 Search Engines 228
- Using a search engine 230
- Formulating your search 232
- Refining your search 237
- Search tips 238
- Searching for files 239
- Limitations 240
- Choosing a search engine 242
- Meta-search engines 245
- Search software 247
- Genealogy search tools 248
- Tutorials 248
- 17 Publishing Your Family History On-line 250
- Publishing options 250
- Family trees for the Web 252
- Web publishing basics 254
- Software 259
- Web site design 267
- Uploading your web site 270
- Publicity 271
- Preserving your family history 273
- Further information 273
- 18 The World of Family History 275
- Societies and organisations 275
- Events 276
- Print magazines and journals 276
- On-line publications 277
- Software 279
- On-line shops 280
- Professional researchers 284
- Lookup services 285
- 19 Issues for On-line Genealogists 286
- Good practice 286
- Using on-line information 288
- Copyright 289
- Privacy 290
- Digitisation 290
- Data services 291
- 'Shy' data 292
- Finding material 293
- Looking ahead 293
- Internet Glossary 295
- A 295
- C 295
- D 295
- F 295
- G 296
- H 296
- I 296
- J 296
- M 296
- N 296
- P 296
- R 296
- S 296
- U 297
- W 297
- X 297
- Bibliography 298
- Index 299
- A 299
- B 299
- C 300
- D 300
- E 300
- F 301
- G 301
- H 301
- I 302
- J 302
- L 302
- M 303
- N 303
- O 303
- P 303
- Q 304
- R 304
- S 304
- T 305
- U 305
- V 305
- W 305
- X 305
- Y 305
