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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