Genealogy Online : AOL Edition

Name: Genealogy Online : AOL Edition
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ISBN: 9780070147553

ISBN-10: 0070147558

ISBN-13: 9780070147553

Edition: 1998

Authors: Elizabeth Powell Crowe

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The authors have teamed up to demonstrate to AOL's 11 million users how to take advantage of the Internet and World Wide Web when conducting genealogical searches.

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 244
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Elizabeth Powell Crowe (Huntsville, AL) wrote the previous editions of this book as well as Information for Sale (0070199515) and The Electronic Traveler (0830640169) (both by McGraw-Hill). She is the twice-monthly "Net Surfer" columnist for Computer Currents magazine and author of numerous articles for both popular and technical publications.

Introduction	p. xiii
The Basics	p. 1
Getting Started	p. 3
Upgrading to AOL 4.0	p. 4
System Requirements for Computers Running Windows 95 or Later and Windows NT 4.0 or Later	p. 4
System Requirements for Computers Running Windows 3.1	p. 4
System Requirements for Macintosh Computers	p. 5
What You Should Do Next	p. 5
What to Do if Your System Doesn't Measure Up	p. 6
Installing America Online on a Windows 95 PC	p. 6
Installing the AOL Software	p. 7
Getting Around in America Online	p. 12
Keyword: Genealogy	p. 14
About Conventional Modems	p. 16
High-Speed Modems and AOLnet	p. 16
Other Ways to Connect to America Online	p. 17
Cable Modems	p. 17
Making a Cable Modem Connection	p. 19
ISDN Terminal Adapters	p. 19
Connecting with ISDN	p. 20
Direct Connections	p. 20
Genealogy on America Online	p. 23
The Golden Gate Genealogy Forum	p. 25
Member Welcome Center	p. 27
Beginners' Center	p. 28
FAQ/Ask the Staff	p. 29
The 5-Step Research Process	p. 29
DearMYRTLE's Beginner Lessons	p. 30
Beginners' Tool Kit	p. 31
For Starters Conference Room	p. 32
Other Resources	p. 32
Quick Start Guide	p. 32
Message Boards	p. 33
Genealogy Chat Center	p. 37
File Libraries Center	p. 39
Resource Center	p. 39
Internet Center	p. 40
Surnames Center	p. 41
Search the Forum	p. 41
Other Resources	p. 42
Genealogy Forum News	p. 42
DearMYRTLE Daily Column	p. 42
Telephone Search Facilities	p. 43
Ancestral Seasonings Cookbook	p. 43
The Staff of the Genealogy Forum	p. 45
Other Genealogy Resources on America Online	p. 49
The Adoption Forum	p. 50
Hispanic Online	p. 52
History Forum	p. 54
Irish Heritage	p. 55
JEWISH.COMMunity	p. 57
Language Dictionaries and Resources	p. 59
Native Americans	p. 60
NetNoir	p. 62
AOL Online Campus	p. 64
Royalty	p. 65
Rev War	p. 67
Tell Us Your Story--The American Immigration Experience	p. 68
War Between the States--The Civil War Forum	p. 71
Genealogy on the internet	p. 75
Genealogy Mailing Lists	p. 77
Mailing Lists and America Online	p. 78
Sending E-mail	p. 79
Reading E-mail	p. 80
Automatic AOL	p. 80
An In-Depth Visit to ROOTS-L	p. 83
ROOTS-L Goals	p. 84
Some ROOTS-L Rules	p. 84
Communicating with People and Programs	p. 85
Available Files and Databases	p. 85
Putting ROOTS-L to Work	p. 86
Losing Contact with ROOTS-L	p. 89
Other Genealogy Mailing Lists	p. 89
General Genealogy Lists	p. 90
Ethnic Groups	p. 92
Family Name Lists	p. 97
Historical Groups	p. 98
Regional Groups	p. 99
Software Lists	p. 100
E-mail Newsletters	p. 101
Finding More Mailing Lists	p. 103
Newsgroups	p. 105
A Little Background	p. 106
Inside Etiquette and Tips on Newsgroups	p. 108
Good and Bad Subject Lines	p. 111
Newsgroups and America Online	p. 111
Finding and Subscribing to Newsgroups	p. 112
Managing Newsgroups and Reading or Sending Messages	p. 113
Working with Newsgroups Offline	p. 118
Newsgroups of Interest to Online Genealogists	p. 120
Binary Files on Usenet	p. 122
Newsgroup FAQ Files	p. 123
Searching for Information Within Newsgroups	p. 123
The World Wide Web	p. 125
What Does the World Wide Web Look Like?	p. 126
How Browsers Work	p. 127
How AOL's Browser Works	p. 128
Browser Tips and Tricks	p. 131
Four Score and Seven Sights to See	p. 133
In-Depth Explorations of Some Major Genealogy Web Sites	p. 145
Genealogy Home Page (http://genhomepage.com/)	p. 146
Afrigeneas (http://www.msstate.edu/Archives/History/afrigen/index.html)	p. 147
Tracking Your Roots (http://members.aol.com/GenWebLisa/)	p. 150
USGenWeb (http://www.usgenweb.org/)	p. 153
Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/)	p. 156
Find Your Own Favorites	p. 160
Publishing You Own Genealogy Web Page with AOL Personal Publisher	p. 160
AOL NetFind and Other Search Tools	p. 165
AOL NetFind	p. 166
General Directories	p. 169
People Search Engines	p. 170
File Search Sites	p. 171
Searching for Information Within Newsgroups	p. 173
Other Genealogical Resources	p. 177
Online Library Card Catalogs	p. 179
Connecting to Card Catalogs by Web Browser	p. 181
Connecting to Card Catalogs by Telnet	p. 185
Where to Find More Online Card Catalogs	p. 188
LDS: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints	p. 189
Some Background	p. 190
A Visit to a Family History Center	p. 193
The Databases	p. 194
Other Resources	p. 198
The Mormon Connection	p. 198
The GenServ System	p. 199
Tiny Tafels and the Tiny Tafel Matching System	p. 209
Glossary	p. 217
Smileys (Emoticons) and E-mail Abbreviations	p. 229
Index	p. 233
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