Internet Sources for Family History Timpanogos Shared Family History Center Elder Harold Toomey...

Internet Sources for Family History

Timpanogos Shared Family History Center

Elder Harold ToomeyManila 7th WardNovember 23, 2002

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http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Home/Welcome/frameset_information.asp?GPage=why_family_history.asp&APage=why_family_history_a.asp

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Agenda

Introductions Computer Resources Genealogy Web Sites Genealogy Message Boards Search Engines What’s New in 2002 Finding the Living Internet Hoaxes Other Sources Questions & Answers





Mt. Timpanogos Shared Family History Center

Computers upgraded and networked 12 networked Windows PCs Internet Access ($0.50/hr)

Software Ancestral File PAF - Personal Ancestral File IGI – International Genealogy Index (Windows

Version) Family History SourceGuide Web / Internet access





PAF 5.1

Free from Internet www.FamilySearch.org Order/Download Products

Software Downloads - Free www.toomey.org/genealogy Download Personal

Ancestral File 5.1 Runs on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, not

DOS Will upgrade your older PAF data files Can add photos, sounds and videos to your

genealogy Can save as a web page

http://www.familysearch.org/

http://www.toomey.org/genealogy




http://www.familysearch.com/


PAF 5.1.12 Download Page




http://www.ldscatalog.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/CategoryDisplay?Krypto=Vtqb5D3uSjgJTU6DrxKHvgVr%2BIV60U0qVw3JawF91OMIe5tAAYU9889WhSgLSmjfUoWVhlv4ZfDiGfrknxtrAZj3oUK9B8dv4n5ryVdMkTAU7h1yM5T7Pg5iPFpgXx0DApOZfgv0%2BupQSs4luw8wRnBms9ZP%2B3T%2B3e3ZvoEkH4o


PAF 4.0.4 Screen Shot





Genealogy Web Sites

Favorite Genealogy Web Sites www.FamilySearch.org – LDS Church Site www.Toomey.org/genealogy – Copy of this Presentation www.CyndisList.com – Great Resource www.Ancestry.com – Paid Database Access www.Genealogy.com – Paid Database Access www.OneGreatFamily.com – Paid Database Access

Genealogy Message Boards www.GenForum.com www.CyndisList.com/newsmail.com – List of Genealogy

Newsgroups and Mailing Lists



http://www.cyndislist.com/

http://www.ancestry.com/

http://www.genealogy.com/

http://www.onegreatfamily.com/

http://www.genforum.com/

http://www.cyndislist.com/newsmail.com





www.FamilySearch.org






www.Toomey.org/genealogy






www.CyndisList.com





www.Ancestry.com





www.Genealogy.com





www.OneGreatFamily.com




http://www.onegreatfamily.com/


www.GenForum.com





www.GenForum.com




http://www.genforum.com/


What’s New in 2002

New Internet Ordinance Index Online 1880 Census Ellis Island Utilities Utah Valley PAF Users Group

www.uvpafug.org/classes/





New Internet Ordinance Index

October 5, 2002 Ordinance Index is now on-line

Only available to members of the church www.FamilySearch.org IGI Need your LDS Member Number to unlock this

feature LDS Member # Confirmation Date (See Ward Clerk if you don’t have this info)

Ordinance data is current up to Sep 1, 2002 More current than the CDs





Online Census (1880)

Published by the Church on Oct. 23, 2002 Contains

U.S. 1880 Census Canada 1881 Census “British” 1881 Census

England, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man No Scottish 1881 Census (see Scots Origin site)

Web site www.familysearch.org Search Census http://www.lds.org/media2/newsrelease/0,5637,203-1-

13102,00.html





Ellis Island Utilities

www.ellisisland.com Permanent home as of Nov. 2002

www.jewishgen.org/databases/eidb

Co-sponsored by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation





Search Engines

Search Engines www.Google.com - Best www.AltaVista.com - First www.Yahoo.com - Categorized www.Lycos.com - Categorized www.Genealogy.com - Specialized

Meta Search Engines www.Ask.com - Ask Jeeves! www.DogPile.com - Kids Searches, 13 Total www.MetaCrawler.com - 9 Search Engines in One www.SearchGateway.com - Directory of Search

Engines

http://www.google.com/

http://www.altavista.com/

http://www.yahoo.com/

http://www.lycos.com/

http://www.genealogy.com/

http://www.ask.com/

http://www.dogpile.com/

http://www.metacrawler.com/

http://www.searchgateway.com/





www.Google.com




http://www.google.com/


Finding the Living

www.Qwestdex.com – Business & Personal www.BigYellow.com – East Coast Phone Book www.InfoUSA.com – Reverse Phone # Search www.AnyWho.com – AT&T Yellow & White

Pages www.WhoWhere.com - Email, Phone & Web

Searches www.Four11.com - E-mail & Phone Searches http://ftpsearch.ntnu.no - File Name Search www.TerraServer.com - Satellite Images

http://www.qwestdex.com/

http://www.bigyellow.com/

http://www.infousa.com/

http://www.anywho.com/

http://www.whowhere.com/

http://www.four11.com/

http://ftpsearch.ntnu.no/

http://www.terraserver.com/





www.QWestDex.com





Myths, Hoaxes & Scams

Common Genealogical Myths Myth #1: You can find your completed family history on the Internet. Myth #2: Everything you find on the Internet is accurate and reliable. Myth #3: You can find your completed family history in the files at the

LDS Family History Centers (AKA, the Mormon Church). Myth #4: Everything you find in books, in computer databases and on

CDs is accurate and reliable. Myth #5: You can learn all about your surname in mail-order books. Myth #6: It MUST be true because Great Aunt Matilda told me so! Myth #7: Our name was changed at Ellis Island. Myth #8: The courthouse burned and ALL the records were destroyed. Myth #9: The 1960 US Census is unreadable due to technical

obsolescence.Source: http://www.cyndislist.com/myths.htm

http://www.cyndislist.com/myths.htm

http://www.cyndislist.com/myths.htm





Internet Tips

Tips To print, try “<Ctrl> P” Learn a search engine’s search tips – 15 min.

investment Searches with “ ” Mixed case

www.Ancestry.com databases are sometimes free

Warnings Geneology.com vs. Genealogy.com www.<girl’s first name>.com vs. www.Cyndislist.com Mailing list overload

http://www.ancestry.com/

http://www.cyndislist.com/





Church Distribution Center CD-ROMs

Family History Library Catalog Describes the Church's collection of family history

materials, consisting of 2.5+ million microforms and 300,000 books

Family History SourceGuide A collection of 150+ research outlines from the Family

History Library Will guide new researchers to original sources

Census, Immigration, and Vital Records North American Vital Records Index British Census, 1851 & 1881 Australian Vital Records Index Mormon Immigration Index Mexico—Central America Vital Records Index





Questions?

Contact InfoHarold Toomey1376 N. 1100 E.American Fork, UT 84003Home: (801) 492-1526Mobile: (801) 671-2345E-mail: [email protected]

Mt. Timpanogos Multi-Stake FHC835 N. 869 E.American Fork, UT 84003(801) 763-2093

Appointments:Don Lundberg, (801) 796-5790




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