The Genealogist's Internet: 4th Edition, New and Expanded

Product Description This bestselling 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; historical maps and photographs. Use it 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, now in the complete range of census indexes and the first official data service for Ireland prospects for the digitization of civil registration * The many new projects and datasets on the FamilySearch site * New passenger lists and other migration records * Digitized out-of-copyright books * New ways of putting your family tree online * The rise of online sharing: DNA matching, photo sharing, social bookmarking * Expanded coverage of occupations and professions Review 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. About the Author PETER CHRISTIAN is a highly-regarded figure in the world of online genealogy. His previous titles include Finding Genealogy on the Internet and Web Publishing for Genealogy, as well as numerous published articles on the subject. He is also a contributor to Ancestors magazine.