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Index
Cover
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1: Getting Started with Genealogy
Chapter 1: Beginning Your Ancestral Journey
It’s About Time(line)
Learning about Sources
Entering Information into RootsMagic Essentials
Creating the Virtual You
Giving Your Ancestors Some Mobility
Telling Your Story
Chapter 2: Hunting for Your Ancestral Treasures
A Brief Message about Research Steps
Selecting a Person to Begin Your Search
Beginning to Put the Puzzle Together
Adding Your Ancestors One by One
Chapter 3: Searching Primary Resource Sites
Touring Ancestry.com
RootsWeb.com at a Glance
Investigating FamilySearch
Giving Back through FamilySearch Indexing
Saluting Fold3
Finding Your Past
Exploring MyHeritage
Chapter 4: Using All of Your Censuses
Coming to Your Census
Finding Your Ancestors in U.S. Census Records
Census Records from Afar
Part 2: Bringing Your Ancestor to Life
Chapter 5: Digging Deeper into Your Ancestors’ Lives
These Records Are Vital
Investigating Immigration and Naturalization Records
Land Ho! Researching Land Records
Marching to a Different Drummer: Searching for Military Records
Taxation with Notation
Trial and Error at the Courthouse
Getting the News on Your Ancestors
Chapter 6: Mapping the Past
Are We There Yet? Researching Where “There” Was to Your Ancestors
There’s No Place like Home: Using Local Resources
Mapping Your Ancestor’s Way
Wrapping It Up (with a Surprise)
Chapter 7: Searching for That Elusive Ancestor
Letting Your Computer Do the Walking: Using Search Engines
Flying with Genealogy Vertical Search Engines
Finding the Site That’s Best for You
Family Trees Ripe for the Picking: Finding Compiled Resources
Browsing Comprehensive Genealogical Indexes
Chapter 8: Going Beyond Borders: International and Ethnic Records
Fishing for International and Ethnic Sources
Records from the English-Speaking World
Hispanic and Portuguese Roots
Achtung! Using Sites for the German-Speaking World
Focusing on French Resources
Scanning Scandinavian Countries
Italian Cooking
Other European Sites
Asian Resources
Researching African Ancestry
American Indian Resources
Chapter 9: Specializing in Your Family History
Researching Religious Group Records
Finding Fraternal Orders and Service Clubs
A Photo Is Worth a Thousand Words
Accessing Adoption Records
Preparing to Be Schooled
Turning to Bible Records
Snooping through Great-Grandma’s Diary
Nosing through Newspaper Records
Part 3: Putting Your Family History to the Test
Chapter 10: Fitting into Your Genes: Genetic Genealogy
Ask What DNA Can Do for You
A Friendly Word of Caution
Delving into DNA
Family History: Documentation versus Genetics
Testing Companies
Selecting the Right Test for You
Finding Helpful DNA Sites
Chapter 11: Direct-Line Genetic Tests
Y chromosome (Y-DNA) testing
Mitochondrial (mtDNA) testing
Chapter 12: Autosomal DNA (atDNA) Testing
But First a Quick Review
Testing Process
What Can I Learn from Autosomal DNA Testing?
Ethnicity Estimation
Relationship Testing
X-Chromosome DNA Testing
Utilities to the Rescue
Part 4: Casting Your Nets in the Genealogy Sea
Chapter 13: Finding Your Research Path
Introducing the Helm Online Family Tree Research Cycle
Too Many Ancestor Irons in the Research Fire
Verifying Your Information
Chapter 14: Share and Share Alike
Why Would Anyone Want Your Stuff?
Making Friends on Facebook
Pinning Family History to Pinterest
Realizing Instant Gratification with Instagram
Networking Genealogy-Style
Blogging for Attention
Building Your Own Home
Including Your GEDCOM
Earning a Good Citizenship Award
Chapter 15: Help Wanted!
Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone
The Shotgun Approach
Making Friends (and Keeping Them) Online
Joining a Herd: Research Groups
Gathering Kinfolk: Using the Family Reunion for Research
Rent-a-Researcher
DNA Consulting
Helping Yourself
Part 5: The Part of Tens
Chapter 16: Ten Sites Worth a Visit
rootsfinder
FamilySearch Help Center
WeRelate
kindex
One-Step Webpages by Stephen P. Morse
Photogrammar
Story Corps
American Battle Monuments Commission
Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States
ArchiveGrid
Chapter 17: Ten Mobile Applications for Genealogy Research
Ancestry
FamilySearch Tree
RootsMagic
BillionGraves
Evernote
The Family Nexus
Saving Memories Forever
OldNews USA
QromaTag
Kindle
About the Authors
Advertisement Page
Connect with Dummies
End User License Agreement
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