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Genealogy& the Internet I :
OVERVIEW & FREE SITES
Julia D. Coldren-Walker
Member: NGS, NEHGS, APG, GSG
Genealogy and the Internet I• Introduction
• How to Search the Internet
• How to Cite Internet Information
• Types of Sites
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History• 1858/1866 Transatlantic Cable• 1878 Telephone• 1957 Sputnik and founding of ARPA• 1969 First ARPANET UCLA-Stanford• 1977 First E-mail• 1979 First News Groups• 1984 Over 1,000 hosts• 1984 Domain Name Server (DNS)• 1986 Over 5,000 hosts• 1987 Internet Commercialized
• Dec 1990 - First website info.cern.ch
• Dec 1993 - 120 sites
• Dec 1994 - 10,022
• Jan 1996 - 100,000
• Dec 2010 - 255,287,545 sites; 818.3 Million Hosts,
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NETTIQUETTE• Be courteous
• Use descriptive subject lines– Need parents of Grandmother who died 1952
– Need parents of Mable ? Surber died 1952 OK
• DON’T SHOUT
• Don’t Flame
• Limit use of Smilies or Emoticons
+/- with using the Internet
• Pluses
– Large amount of information available (321,687 genealogical websites by Cydni’s)
– Easy to research at a distance
– Able to find lost/unknown relatives
Minuses
– Lack of sources
– Easy spread of misinformation
– Sites are not permanent
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How to Search the Internet• Cyndi’s List
(www.cyndislist.com)
• Search Engines
• Bookmarks
What exactly is Cyndi's List? – A categorized & cross-referenced index to genealogical
resources on the Internet. – A list of links that point you to genealogical research
sites online. – A free jumping-off point for you to use in your online
research. – A "card catalog" to the genealogical collection in the
immense library that is the Internet. – Your genealogical research portal onto the Internet.
• http://www.cyndislist.com/ 8 Mar 2012
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SEARCH ENGINES
• Google www.google.com
• Yahoo search.yahoo.com
• Exaleadwww.exalead.com/search/
• Bing www.bing.com
How to Cite Information• Basic Components
– Author
– Title
– Publisher (location, name, year)
– Locator
– Accessed
• Make a printed copy
• Why? So that you can find the information again or anyone you send the information to can find it for themselves
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Types of Sites
• Mail or Message
• Newsletters, E-zines, and Blogs
• Webpage and databases
• Social
Mail or Messages
• E-mail messages between two or more persons
• List-Serve subscription service allowing exchange of a single e-mail between all subscribers
• Message Board website that allows messages to be posted for anyone to read and respond
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ListServ• A listserv is a mailing and file distribution
manager for electronic discussion groups or mailing lists which one can subscribe to by sending a message via e-mail.
• http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
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Message Boards• Ancestry.com
– boards.ancestry.com
• Genforum– www.genforum.com
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Newsletters, E-zines and Blogs• Newsletters
– Eastman’s Online Newsletter http://blog.eogn.com/
• E-zine– Genealogy Gems APCL Genealogy Center– http://www.genealogycenter.org/community/E-
zine.aspx
• Blogs– Dear Myrtle http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/
– BackTrack http://back-track.blogspot.com/
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Genealogy Gems: News from the Fort Wayne LibraryNo. 100, June 30, 2012In this issue:*Celebrations of Summer*Diaries, Personal Journals and Daybooks*Beverly Yount Scrapbooks*Technology Tip of the Month--Exploring Adobe Photoshop and Elements: The Filter Gallery*Quick-Tip of the Month for Preservation--Saving Photographs*Tree Talks: Help for Beginners*Controlling Genealogy Clutter Week--July 9 through 14, 2012*Coming in September! Family History: Beyond the Basics, A Two-Day Mini-course!*October IS Family History Month*War of 1812 Pension Digitization Project Update*Out and About*Area Calendar of Events*Driving Directions to the Library*Parking at the Library*Queries for The Genealogy Center***************************************Celebrations of Summerby Curt B. Witcher***************************************A quick celebratory note--this is our 100th issue of “Genealogy Gems!” We hope you have enjoyed reading these publications; and if you have, please tell a friend.
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WEBSITES & DATABASES• Genealogical Databases
• Governmental Collections
• Library Collections
• Museums – Digital Archives
• Society Websites
• Personal Websites
• Social Websites
Genealogical Databases• Rootsweb
• US GenWeb
• Family Search
• Bureau of Land Management
• Find A Grave
• Dead Fred
• Ellis Island
• Castle Garden
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
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Governmental Collections
• American Memory – LOC
• Chronicling America – LOC
• Veteran’s History Project
• Library and archives Canada
• Philadelphia City Archives
• Maryland Archives
• On-line Searchable Death Indexes
Library Collections• Google Books
• Allen County Public Library/Genealogy Center
• New York Public Library Digital Collection
• Denver Public Library
• Hath/Trust Collection
• Internet Archives
• Midwest Genealogy Center
• Family Search
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Museums – Digital Archives
• Delaware Heritage Collection
• Old Maps Online
• European 1914-1918
• American History Smithsonian
Society Websites
• Circus Historical Society
• National Genealogy Society
• New England Historic Genealogical Society
• Pottawatomie County (OK) Genealogy Society
• Plymouth Colony Archive Project
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Personal Websites
• Casefile Clues
• Historical Directories (England and Wales)
• Overland Trail
• Descendants of Ezekiel Main
SOCIAL WEBSITES
• On line site (service or platform) dedicated to the creation of a social network. Usually allows for a home page (profile), links to other members, sharing (photos or files) as well as e-mail and instant messaging.
• Google+
• Geni.com – http://www.geni.com/ Began Jan 2007
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• Online social networking site providing microblogging service
• Messages are limited to 140 characters• Like a list-serv, members select those people
you wish to receive messages from.• Estimated that consists of 40-41 & pointless
babble; 38% conversation, 9% valuable information, 6% self promotion, 4% spam, and 4% news.
