Overview
This practical guide explores the major sources of data available to family historians online and highlights the most useful directories and gateways. Suitable for those starting out and for experienced researchers, "The Genealogist's Internet" features fully updated URLs and all the recent developments online in areas such as births, marriages and deaths indexes; the expansion in census records and wills online; DNA testing and surname studies; genealogy blogs; changes in search engines; and, historical maps and photographs. Use it to contact others with the same surname or to access the numerous genealogical forums, discussion groups, mailing lists and newsgroups to help in your own research.This up to the minute 4th edition includes the following - the launch of the 1911 census; the expansion of genealogical services; prospects for the digitisation of civil registration; the many new projects and datasets on the FamilySearch site; new passenger lists and other migration records; digitised out of copyright books; new ways of putting your family tree online; the rise of online sharing - DNA matching, photo-sharing, social bookmarking; and, expanded coverage of occupations and professions.
Synopsis
Fully updated, expanded 4th edition of a bestselling classic - the insider's guide to researching family history online
Editorials
From the Publisher
The National Archives in England has released an update of its very popular book, The Genealogist’s Internet. The author, Peter Christian, is a person well known in the British genealogical community and has been researching his own genealogy for over 30 years. The book focuses entirely on British Isles genealogy. It tells how to access genealogical records and make contacts with others all over the world from your computer.This is the fourth edition: a new and much expanded version. The new edition has almost 400 pages, doubling the pages and information since the first edition eight years ago. It is a valuable resource and is a very comprehensive guide to researching British family history on the Internet.
If you use a computer, I highly recommend this useful book as a valuable tool for your British Isles genealogy research.