Genealogy and the Internet

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Genealogy and the Internet

• Bob Davis
• Steve Merrill

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Contents

• Basic searches on the Internet
• Genealogy web sites
• Non-genealogy web sites
• E-mail

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Basic Searches on the Internet

• Search Engines
• DogPile
• Google
• Lycos
• AltaVista
• FamilySearch

www.dogpile.com www.google.com www.lycos.com www.a
ltavista.com
www.familysearch.com
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Genealogy Web Sites

• Information Sites
• Queries
• Special Groups

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Information Sites

• Free sites
• Cyndis List
• Barrel of Genealogy
• Rootsweb
• Pay for use
• Ancestry.com
• Genealogy.com
• Evertons.com

www.cyndislist.com cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/mark.ht
ml www.rootsweb.com
www.ancestry.com www.genealogy.com www.everton.com
Genealogy Web Sites
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Queries

• GenForum www.genforum.com
• GenWeb www.genweb.com
• RootsWeb www.rootsweb.com

Genealogy Web Sites
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Special Groups

• Plantageants britannia.com/history/h6f.html
• British Monarchy www.royal.gov.uk
• Mormons www.lds.org
• Scottish www.scottish-roots.co.uk
• Civil War www.civilwar.com
• Dot Families www.merrill.family alternative

Genealogy Web Sites
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Non-Genealogy Web Sites

• City Directories
• TopoZone.com www.topozone.com
• eBay www.eBay.com

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E-mail

• Attachments
• Protocol
• BCC Blind Carbon Copy

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By the Way . . .

• All this information may be found at

• wallacestatehanceville.edu/genealogy_courses.html