Searching the Internet for Genealogical and Family History ...

Searching the Internet for Genealogical and Family History Records

Welcome Joseph Sell

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Spring 2018

Course Objectives

? Gain confidence in your searching ? Using Genealogy sources to records ? Improve your search skills ? Use research libraries and

repositories

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Bibliography

? Built on the course George King has presented over several years ? "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Genealogy" Christine Rose and Kay

Germain Ingalls

? "The Sources ? A Guidebook to American Genealogy" ?(ed) Loretto

Dennis Szuco and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking

? "The Genealogy Handbook" ? Ellen Galford ? "Genealogy Online for Dummies" ? Matthew L Helm and April

Leigh Helm

? "Genealogy Online" ? Elizabeth Powell Crowe ? "The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy" ? Kimberly Powell ? "Discover the 101 Genealogy Websites That Take the Cake in 2015"

? David A Frywell (Family Tree Magazine Sept 2015 page 16)

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Bibliography (Continued)

? "Social Networking for Genealogist", Drew Smith ? "The Complete Beginner's Guide to Genealogy, the

Internet, and Your Genealogy Computer Program", Karen Clifford

? "Advanced Genealogy ? Research Techniques" George G

Morgan and Drew Smith

? "101 of the Best Free Websites for ClimbingYour Family

Tree" ? Nancy Hendrickson

? "AARP Genealogy Online tech to connect" ? Matthew L

Helm and April Leigh Helm

? Family Tree Magazine 4

General Comments ? All records are the product of human

endeavor

? To err is human ? Not all records are online; most records are

in local repositories

? Find, check, and verify the accuracy of all

information

? The internet is a dynamic environment with

content constantly changing

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Tips to Search

? Tip 1: Start with the basic facts, first name,

last name, a date, and a place.

? Tip 2: Learn to use control to filter hits. ? Tip 3: Wildcards are a powerful tool for

dealing with name variations.

? Tip 4: Location can be a key search term. ? Tip 5: Filter by location.

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