The Genealogist's Internet: the Essential Guide to Researching Your Family History Online

Cover
 Title Page
 Dedication
 Contents
 Preface
 Web addresses
 Disappearing resources
 What\'s new in this edition
 Acknowledgments
 1 Introduction
 Genealogy and the internet
 Offline genealogy
 History
 2 First Steps
 Beginners\' guides
 Online lectures
 Getting help
 Genealogical terms and abbreviations
 3 Online Starting Points
 The British Isles
 General genealogical gateways
 4 Using Online Sources
 Approaches to digitization
 Indexes, transcriptions and images
 Quality issues
 Searching online records
 FamilySearch
 The commercial data services
 Document services. Image formats and viewersWhich data service
 Common problems
 5 Civil Registration
 England and Wales
 Scotland
 Ireland
 Offshore
 Certificate exchanges
 Overseas
 6 Census
 General information
 Digitizing census records
 Free census indexes
 The commercial services
 Ireland
 Overseas
 7 Church Records
 Parish churches
 FamilySearch
 Other free collections
 Local resources
 Commercial data services
 Scotland
 Ireland
 The Roman Catholic Church
 Nonconformist churches
 Municipal burials and cremations
 Monumental inscriptions
 8 Property, Taxation and the Law
 Wills
 Land and taxation
 Crime. Civil courtsChurch courts
 9 Occupations
 Occupational terms
 General information
 Individual industries and occupations
 The learned professions
 Company records
 Trade unions
 10 The Armed Forces
 General information
 The Royal Navy and merchant navy
 The army
 The Royal Air Force
 Medals
 Commemoration
 11 Migration and Colonies
 Passenger lists
 The Americas
 Australasia
 Africa and the Caribbean
 India
 European immigration
 12 Print Sources
 Books
 Electoral records
 Directories
 Newspapers
 13 Archives and Libraries
 Gateways to archives
 The National Register of Archives. National archivesThe Discovery service
 Other catalogues
 The national libraries
 County record offices
 Public libraries
 University libraries
 Family History Centers and the Family History Library
 The Society of Genealogists
 Beyond the British Isles
 14 Surnames, Pedigrees and Families
 Surnames interests
 Pedigree databases
 Genetics and DNA testing
 Royal, noble and notable families
 Locating living people
 15 Geography
 Gazetteers
 Modern maps
 Historical maps
 Map collections
 Finding maps
 Interactive mapping
 16 History
 General resources
 Local history
 Social history
 Names. Understanding old documents17 Photographs
 National collections
 Regional and local collections
 Specialist collections
 Commercial photographers
 Professional photographers
 Dating, preservation, restoration
 Photo sharing
 18 Discussion Forums
 Mailing lists
 Web forums
 Social networking
 Netiquette
 Starting your own discussion group
 Which discussion group?
 19 Search Engines
 Using a search engine
 Formulating your search
 Refining your search
 Search tips
 Searching for files
 Sites and domains
 Limitations
 The \'invisible web\'
 Choosing a search engine
 Genealogy search tools.