Tracing Your Family History on the Internet: A Guide for Family Historians
Updated edition: A genealogist’s practical guide to researching family history online while avoiding inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading information.
 
The internet has revolutionized family history research—every day new records and resources are placed online and new methods of sharing research and communicating become available. Never before has it been so easy to research family history and to gain a better understanding of who we are and where we came from.
 
But, as British genealogist Chris Paton demonstrates in this second edition of his straightforward, practical guide, while the internet is an enormous asset, it is also something to be wary of. For this edition, Paton has checked and updated all the links and other sources, added new ones, written a new introduction, and substantially expanded the social networking section. As always, researchers need to take a cautious approach to the information they acquire on the web. Where did the original material come from? Has it been accurately reproduced? Why was it put online? What has been left out and what is still to come?
 
As he leads researchers through the multitude of resources that are now accessible online with an emphasis on UK and Ireland sites, Chris Paton helps to answer these questions. He shows what the internet can and cannot do—and he warns against the various traps researchers can fall into along the way.
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Tracing Your Family History on the Internet: A Guide for Family Historians
Updated edition: A genealogist’s practical guide to researching family history online while avoiding inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading information.
 
The internet has revolutionized family history research—every day new records and resources are placed online and new methods of sharing research and communicating become available. Never before has it been so easy to research family history and to gain a better understanding of who we are and where we came from.
 
But, as British genealogist Chris Paton demonstrates in this second edition of his straightforward, practical guide, while the internet is an enormous asset, it is also something to be wary of. For this edition, Paton has checked and updated all the links and other sources, added new ones, written a new introduction, and substantially expanded the social networking section. As always, researchers need to take a cautious approach to the information they acquire on the web. Where did the original material come from? Has it been accurately reproduced? Why was it put online? What has been left out and what is still to come?
 
As he leads researchers through the multitude of resources that are now accessible online with an emphasis on UK and Ireland sites, Chris Paton helps to answer these questions. He shows what the internet can and cannot do—and he warns against the various traps researchers can fall into along the way.
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Tracing Your Family History on the Internet: A Guide for Family Historians

Tracing Your Family History on the Internet: A Guide for Family Historians

by Chris Paton
Tracing Your Family History on the Internet: A Guide for Family Historians

Tracing Your Family History on the Internet: A Guide for Family Historians

by Chris Paton

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Updated edition: A genealogist’s practical guide to researching family history online while avoiding inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading information.
 
The internet has revolutionized family history research—every day new records and resources are placed online and new methods of sharing research and communicating become available. Never before has it been so easy to research family history and to gain a better understanding of who we are and where we came from.
 
But, as British genealogist Chris Paton demonstrates in this second edition of his straightforward, practical guide, while the internet is an enormous asset, it is also something to be wary of. For this edition, Paton has checked and updated all the links and other sources, added new ones, written a new introduction, and substantially expanded the social networking section. As always, researchers need to take a cautious approach to the information they acquire on the web. Where did the original material come from? Has it been accurately reproduced? Why was it put online? What has been left out and what is still to come?
 
As he leads researchers through the multitude of resources that are now accessible online with an emphasis on UK and Ireland sites, Chris Paton helps to answer these questions. He shows what the internet can and cannot do—and he warns against the various traps researchers can fall into along the way.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781473831919
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date: 01/31/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 28 MB
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About the Author

Chris Paton is a genealogist and writer based in Ayrshire. He runs the Scotland's Greatest Story research service at www.scotlandsgreateststory.co.uk. He is a regular writer for several British and Irish genealogy magazines, runs the British GENES news and events blog at www.BritishGENES.blogspot.com, and gives regular talks to local family history societies and internationally.

Table of Contents

Glossary vi

Introduction vii

Chapter 1 Gateways and Institutions 1

Chapter 2 Genealogical Essentials 14

Chapter 3 Occupational Records 38

Chapter 4 England 59

Chapter 5 Wales 123

Chapter 6 Scotland 134

Chapter 7 Northern Ireland 165

Chapter 8 Crown Dependencies 173

Chapter 9 Empire and Migration 176

Chapter 10 Social Networking 186

Further Reading 191

Index 192

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