Genealogist's Internet 5th Edition
by Peter Christian
The Essential Guide to Researching Your Family HIstory Online
Format: Paperback
Date of publication: June 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury
ISBN: 9781408159576
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 includes the expansion in:
online census records and wills
civil registration indexes
DNA matching
surname studies
genealogy blogs
information on digitised historical maps and photographs.
Fully revised and updated this fifth edition, endorsed by The National Archives, is the comprehensive guide for anyone researching their family history online. It covers the 1911 UK census, now fully available online; prospects for the digitisation of civil registration (births, deaths and marriages); new genealogy websites and search engines; digitised passenger lists and other migration records; online
information on occupations and professions; online sharing (DNA matching, photosharing, social bookmarking). It also includes the impact of blogging, podcasting and social networking on family history research, allowing family historians to find others with similar research interests and to share their results. Whether you want to put your
family tree online, find distant relatives or access the numerous online genealogical forums, discussion groups and mailing lists, this book is a must-have.
