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Getting Setting Set Up: A Look at Hardware and Connections |
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Communications Software (The Engine) |
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File Attachments and Formats |
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32 | (2) |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (2) |
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Online-Ready Genealogy Programs |
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40 | (1) |
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The Master Genealogist 4.0 |
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41 | (2) |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (2) |
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Rules of the Road: How to Surf Happily |
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47 | (10) |
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47 | (2) |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (5) |
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59 | (8) |
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61 | (1) |
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61 | (2) |
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The Genealogy Anonymous FTP Site |
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63 | (1) |
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Genealogy Online FTP Archive |
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The U.S. Government Census |
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65 | (2) |
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67 | (20) |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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71 | (4) |
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75 | (1) |
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Commercial Online Services |
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75 | (2) |
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Newsgroups of Interest to Online Genealogists |
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77 | (4) |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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Net Etiquette and Tips on Usenet |
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82 | (3) |
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Searching for Information within Newsgroups |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (22) |
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88 | (1) |
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An In-Depth Visit to ROOTS-L |
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88 | (2) |
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Communicating with People and Programs |
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91 | (1) |
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Available Files and Databases |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (2) |
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Losing Contact with Roots-L |
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94 | (1) |
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Other Genealogy Mailing Lists |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (1) |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (2) |
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105 | (2) |
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Finding More Mailing Lists |
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107 | (2) |
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What Does the World Wide Web Look Like? |
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Four Score and Seven Sites to See |
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In-Depth Explorations of Some Major Genealogy Web Sites |
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Genealogy Home Page (http://genhomepage.com/) |
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129 | (2) |
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Afri Geneas (http://www.afrigeneas.com) |
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131 | (3) |
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DearMyrtle's Place (http://members.aol.com/dearmyrtle/) |
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134 | (3) |
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UsGenWeb (http://www.usgenweb.org/) |
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137 | (3) |
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Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/) |
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140 | (4) |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (1) |
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148 | (1) |
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149 | (3) |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (1) |
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Searching for Information in Newsgroups |
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154 | (1) |
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Chat: Hail Thy Fellow on the Netl |
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158 | (2) |
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160 | (1) |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (2) |
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164 | (2) |
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167 | (3) |
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170 | (3) |
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173 | (4) |
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Part 3 Specific Online Resources |
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179 | (10) |
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RSL---RootsWeb Surname List |
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180 | (1) |
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180 | (2) |
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Automatic Surname Notification Program |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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Roots-L and State Resource Pages |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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How RootsWeb is Different |
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187 | (2) |
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Online Library Card Catalogs |
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189 | (12) |
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Connecting to Card Catalogs by Web Browser |
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191 | (3) |
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Connecting to Card Catalogs by Telnet |
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194 | (3) |
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Where to Find More Online Card Catalogs |
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197 | (4) |
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
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201 | (16) |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (2) |
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205 | (1) |
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205 | (5) |
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How to Use Information from LDS |
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210 | (2) |
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212 | (2) |
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214 | (2) |
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216 | (1) |
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217 | (10) |
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Everton's (www.everton.com) |
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220 | (1) |
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Kindred Konnections (www.kindredkonnections.com) |
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221 | (2) |
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Genealogy.com (www.genealogy.com) |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (3) |
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Part 4 Commercial Online Services |
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America Online's Golden Gate Genealogy Forum |
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231 | (28) |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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The 5-Step Research Process |
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236 | (1) |
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Dear Myrtle's Beginner Lessons |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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For Starters Conference Room |
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239 | (1) |
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239 | (1) |
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240 | (2) |
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242 | (4) |
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246 | (2) |
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248 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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248 | (2) |
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250 | (1) |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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Telephone Search Facilities |
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252 | (1) |
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253 | (1) |
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253 | (1) |
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Ancestral Seasonings Cookbook |
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253 | (2) |
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The Staff of the Genealogy Forum |
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255 | (4) |
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CompuServe's Genealogy Forums |
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259 | (16) |
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262 | (1) |
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Advertising on the Forums |
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263 | (1) |
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Sysops: The Forum Managers |
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264 | (1) |
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264 | (7) |
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The Genealogy Vendors' Support Forum |
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271 | (1) |
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Genealogy Sysop Dick Eastman |
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272 | (3) |
| Appendix A The Genserv Project |
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275 | (16) |
| Appendix B Online Genealogy Books |
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291 | (2) |
| Appendix C Forms of Genealogical Data |
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293 | (8) |
| Appendix D Internet Error Messages |
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301 | (6) |
| Glossary |
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