Discover Your Family History Online: A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting Your Genealogy Search

by Nancy Hendrickson

Your Guide to Online GenealogyThe internet has made millions of records available to search any time, anywhere. Start finding your ancestors with just a few strokes of a keyboard using the detailed instruction in this book. Inside you'll    • An overview of where and how to start your family history research   • Detailed descriptions of the best online databases for family historians   • Hundreds of helpful websites to further your research   • Step-by-step search instructions to help you find exactly what you're looking for   • Chapters dedicated to finding specific records, including birth, marriage and death; census; military; land; and immigration   • Case studies that apply key concepts to real-life searches   • Ideas for connecting with fellow researchers and distant relatives through social media, blogging and newsletters   • Special resources for researching American Indian, African-American and Jewish ancestors   • Plus access to bonus online video demonstrations If you're curious about who's hanging out in your family tree, there's never been a better time to find out. Get this book, get online and get started today!

Genres: Nonfiction

258 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Nancy Hendrickson is a non-fiction author who writes about diverse industries for books, magazines and the web. Nancy has recently turned her writing talents to fiction, and is currently working on a cozy mystery as well as an historical time-travel novel. Nancy lives in San Diego, California and is available to give talks on all facets of non-fiction writing.

When not writing, you can find Nancy somewhere in the frontier west - delving into the people and events of a bygone era, all while listening to the tales spun by the resident ghosts. Nancy is the one with the Canon DSLR, the little Canon Elph and the digital recorder!

Catch up with Nancy at http://nancyhendrickson.com

Reviews

[Debra]

Helpful information

This book offers a unlimited supply of information for searching your family tree. Valuable advice for searching online documents within websites state and federal.

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great resource for the beginner

Much of the information I already knew, but it's a great resource for the beginner. Well written and great illustrations.

[Rebecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

When I say "read" I mean more like flipped thru and read the parts I wanted to learn more about and skipped past the stuff I already knew. I did not find info I was looking for.

[Gwnhwyfer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Basic start-up info w/some interesting sites listed (but this type of book can get dated very quickly). Organized by record type with additions for specialized research (jewish, african-american, dna). However, it was all academic - this book was written for American researchers (which I am not).

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy to read. Helpful information.

[Allison Griswold · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of very useful information for the beginning genealogist. The ebook is best because it has all the links in it.

[Cathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

informative, helped somewhat

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very thorough with clear instructions.