Genealogy - Caroline Peacock|Good Web Guide Limited

The Internet has opened up family history as a pastime to enormous numbers of people. It is now Britain's fastest growing hobby, but most of the books that deal with it are American. This book contains over 100 in-depth reviews of related websites from a British perspective, although the most important US sites are also reviewed. It is aimed at everyone who is interested in tracing the descent of their family from ancestors to the present or for those who are interested in building a wider picture of their extended family's lives.;The Good Web Guide team have assessed the large general genealogy sites, the area websites (for both in and outside the UK) and the one-name sites (useful if you have an unusual surname). The book starts with the basics: how to quiz your family, how to find certificates of births, marriages and deaths, how to find and use census records. You will then be guided in the direction you want to go, both backwards in time and outwards in exploration, covering a vast selection of records including military records, Jewish records, ship's passenger lists, newspaper archives and obituaries from around the world. There is extensive information about tracking down information from archives such as books, maps and old photographs, and reviews of suitable software for storing your records.