Jump start your genealogical search from the comfort of your home computer.  Unlock the power of the Internet In your genealogical search!  PLUGGING INTO YOUR PAST helps you find, use and make the most of electronic databases and digitized records. 

Inside, Rick Crume explains step-by-step strategies for effectively using the revolutionary resources available at your fingertips.  His friendly, accessible guidance makes it easy to find vital clues about your family history with online marriage and family records, tombstone transcriptions, and military and immigration records, to name a few.  This indispensable guide will show you how and where to find the most accurate data in the vast Internet’s resources.  With Rick Crume’s direction you’ll discover family tree connections that have stumped you in the past.  Get started today and tap into the most powerful genealogical sources available.

With this book you’ll find reliable record sources and helpful advice, including 1.  Directions for finding real records online.

2. Crucial search strategies.  3.  How to best navigate cumbersome databases. 4.  A focused directory of real records, books and abstracts in electronic form. 5.  Local county, state and federal sources and databases 6.  How to interpret the records you discover and apply them to your research.

This book’s Table of Contets includes 11 chapters covering the following topics: 

1.  Strategies for Working the Web

2.  Genealogical Megasites

3.  Vital Records

4.  Census Records

5.  Will, Probate, and Court Records

6.  Cemeteries and Tombstone Inscriptions

7.  Military Records

8.  Land and Property Records

9.  Newspapers

10.  Church Records

11.  Books, Journals. and Manuscripts

There are three Appendices of Help included in this book also

1.  Documenting Digital Sources

2.  Saving Files

3.  Online Services and CD-ROM Publishers

If you have been using databases, but feel unhappy with the results, this is the book for you.  Lots of new places in this book to look for sites you can trust and use with success.  If you feel like the site is not as helpful as you had hoped, check these out.  It may be that you are not using the site to get the optimal results.  We have questions.  Rick has answers.  This $20 will save you time and money and you will be much happier with the results!

 

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