Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.

 

This is not just another resource pointing you to the thousands of genealogical research sites on the Web. Instead, this dynamic text features the tips, techniques, and resources covered in Diane Kovac's popular workshops on how to efficiently unearth an amazing array of genealogical gold on the Web. Both amateur family-history sleuths and professional geneaologists have marveled at how useful the Web can be for those with the Kovacs know-how.

Included are URLs and passwords for informative Web-based activities, greatly enhancing the user-friendly quality of this book. Web forms for each activity allow you to report your progress and receive further tips from Ms. Kovacs. Learn when you'll have to travel and when you can research from home, how to involve others in your process, what resources and techniques to avoid, how to connect with experts and key libraries in the field, what tools and sites work best for the separate stages of the research process, and how to publish your own family history. Beginners, experts, librarians, and patrons--everyone has a treasure to uncover with the virtual hands-on help of Diane Kovacs!

 "A definitive manual...If you know a teen with a flicker of curiosity about ‘Who did I come from?’ this book will make it shine."
-- VOYA
 
"The entire book can be used as a self-guided textbook for genealogical research...recommended for both libraries and individuals."
-- Technical Services Quarterly
 
"A workshop in a book... educational and enjoyable. Recommended for both libraries and individuals."
-- ARBA Online
 
"A good, basic resource, written more for the genealogist than the librarian, on how to begin doing genealogy and how to use the Internet to discover information on one’s family."
-- Technicalities
 
"This book is a well-written and organized high-level overview of genealogical research...for beginning researchers and for the librarians who assist them...could also be a resource for local workshops."
-- Technology Electronic Reviews
 
"Offers much useful information for both beginning and advanced genealogists."
-- College and Research Libraries News
 
"Diane Kovacs has done it again! She has produced an excellent resource for librarians as well as genealogists."
-- Reference and User Services Quarterly
 
"This is one work that serves a variety of users as well as uses and should be of interest wherever genealogist are to be found."
-- Booklist
 

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