Gena Philibert-Ortega recently wrote a new 66 page guide entitled Tips & Tricks for Online Genealogy Research. This publication is another in the popular Tracing Your Ancestors series from Moorshead Magazines. It’s absolutely loaded with information on how to get the most from your Internet research.
Family Roots Publishing is selling the new Tips & Tricks for 30% off through May 22. AND – you can get it FREE with your purchase of $25 or more at the FRPC Website. YOU MUST purchase $25 in product (not counting any shipping or taxes) and enter the word “Tips” in the ORDER NOTES box (not the OFFER CODE box) at checkout to get free item. Note that it won’t show up on your purchase confirmation email, but we will include it with your package. Unless you want two, please don’t order it as well as putting the word “Tips” in the ORDER NOTES box, as you’ll just end up paying for one (and get 2). (Offer ends May 22, 2020) The sale starts NOW.
Unlike my previous nearly 40 years of genealogy research, most of what I do today is done online. There was a time that I wrote letters, waited by the mailbox, and drove thousands of miles to visit archives, libraries and cousins. I’d love to do that today, but I just don’t have the time nor the energy to do all that anymore. That’s where online genealogy comes in. Although there’s still a place for making that genealogy road trip, there’s so much to do online that I’ll never get that completed. I now spend my “winding-down” hours in the evening online, either at my computer or using one of the cellphone apps. I’m getting more done now than ever before, thanks to the millions of records, and dozens of amazing websites that bring our ancestor’s records right into our homes.
As much as I do online research, I got several new (to me) tips that will help out in my personal research. And that was just while I was perusing the publication for this short review!
The Following is an expanded version of Table of Contents for the new guide:
- Before You Begin: Things to consider for successful searching – It’s Not all Online; Know the FAQs; The Database May Not Be What You Think; A Name, Is A Name, Is a Name; Nothing Stays The Same; Start Online But Don’t Stay There!
- Mastering the FamilySearch Catalog: What you need to know to maximize your success – Searching the Catalog; Place Search; Surname Search; Keyword Search; Other Searches; Digitized Records in the Catalog; I Want it Now!; The Family History Library; Search Now!
- Getting the Most From Ancestry.com: There’s always something to discover – On the Homepage; Don’t Stop on the Homepage; What Is (and Isn’t) In that Database?; Use the Filmstrip; Not Every Collection is Name Searchable; Don’t Forget the Card Catalog; One Last Thing…Members; That’s Only the Beginning
- Does That Birth Record Even Exist?: Using the Rootsweb Family History Wiki – Check online copies of The Source, and The Red Book, along with county-by-county listings of “extant vital, land, probate, and court records”
- One Thing to Consider: Using digitized newspapers – Survey!; What Should You Do?
- Chronicling America: Finding more that digitized newspapers
- GenealogyBank: Six must-have tools you can take to the bank – 1. Results Your Way; 2. My Folder; 3. Save My Search + Alert; 4. Share; 5. Attach to FamilySearch Tree; 6. Source Citation; There’s More Than Newspapers!
- American Ancestors Interview: A Q&A with David Allen Lambert – The American Ancestors Website; Searching American Ancestors; Mayflower 400
- Digital Public Library of America: Finding genealogy in non-genealogy places – What is DPLA?; What Can You Find for Genealogy?; Searching DPLA; DPLA Tools; There’s Even More
- Fold3.com: Finding Your Military Ancestor – Military records, stories, photos, and more! – Browse; Search; Don’t Forget
- Google Books: A great place to find family – Google Books; Online But Not Always: Preview Options; How to Find books Outside of Google books; Searching on Google Books; My Library; Using My Library; Google books: a Must-Have Website
- From Lost to Found: Using the Periodical Source Index – What is PERSI?; Searching on PERSI; A Few Examples; Requesting Article Copies; Ready to Search?
- Importance of Online Family Trees: Considerations for planting your family tree on the web – Should You Have an Online Tree?; All Trees Are Not Created Equal; Tips for Making the Most of Your Tree; Get Started Online
- MyHeritage: Spanning record searching, DNA matching and more! – SuperSearch and Collection Catalog; Don’t Just Search; Th Learn More
- Save Your Facebook finds: A great way to connect with fellow family historians – Saved; The Facebook App
This new publication is in stock and shipping from the Family Roots Publishing warehouse. On Sale for 30% off – making it just $6.97 – now through May 22 2020. (Reg. MSRP: $9.95) Or purchase $25 in product and put the word “Tips” in the Order Notes box at checkout.Click on this link or the illustration to order. $4.50 postage (or 50 Cents as an additional item ordered with any another product).
