Your family tree on-line : how to trace your ancestry from your own computer by Davis, Graeme, 1965- instant download

Your family tree on-line : how to trace your ancestry from your own computer by Davis, Graeme, 1965- instant download

1 online resource (163 pages), This is a step-by-step guide to using the wealth of online records to trace your family tree from your own computer, without the need to travel to national and regional record offices. Whether you are a novice or an experienced genealogist, and whether you plan to devote just a few hours of your time or embark on a life-time hobby, this book will guide you through the mass of records available - birth, marriage and death, the census, and much, much more - so that you can trace your line back hundreds of years. You will also learn how to upload your results to the internet, both to preserve you, Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-157) and index, Welcome!; 1 What the Internet Offers the Genealogist; 2 How to Start; 3 Finding Records of Birth, Marriage and Death; 4 Using Census Records; 5 Other Major Sources; 6 Military; 7 Wills and Where to Find them Online; 8 Migration; 9 Newspapers; 10 Occupations; 11 The Poor and Workhouse Records; 12 Noble Ancestors; 13 Directories; 14 School and University Records; 15 Working with the Wider Context; 16 Family Medical History; 17 DNA; 18 Working with Names; 19 Recording Your Family Tree; 20 Online Recording Options; 21 Problems of Online Trees; 22 Finding Living Relatives, Print version record