Lyceum Course - Internet Genealogy

Internet Genealogy - Introduction
Some Basics
- Browser Familiarization - All the bells and whistles.
- Illustrating Browsing - Finding the "Indiana Marriages" data base.
- Data Base Search Concepts What happens when you click "Search"
- Getting Started on the Search - Exercises for the student with the Internet.
- Illustrating Searching - Finding an early Embree marriage in Indiana
- When Nothing Works - Reasons for lack of results
- Extended Searching - Back to the Embree Search
- Some Principles of Searching A Recap.
Popular Sites
- Useful Sites
Illustrating Census Search Methods
- Finding Frank Dennis and ..... Results are only as good as your starting point.
- A General Approach Having found someone in the census, what next?
- Reid, Reed, Read, Reede - Who's Wright? How spelling can confuse.
- Illustrating Common Census Errors An Exercise for the Student
- Finding the George Randles Overcoming spelling errors.
- When All Else Fails When there is no census index listing at all.
Tools You Will Need - Make Your Research and Documentation Easier
- Good Practice Hints - Avoid Common Pitfalls
The Research Process
- Finding Other Researchers - Composing Searches
- Summing It Up - We really can find all this on the Internet!