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Unofficial guide to Ancestry.com : how to find your family history on the #1 genealogy website / Nancy Hendrickson.

Summary:
Discover the secrets to Ancestry.com success! This book will help you get the most out of your Ancestry.com subscription by showing you how to take advantage of what the world's biggest genealogy website has to offer--and how to find answers to your family tree questions within its billions of records and massive network of family trees. This newly updated guide reflects the site's many changes, with screenshots that demonstrate how to create family trees, navigate the site, and use Ancestry.com's search engines. A new section on Ancestry DNA will also help you dive deeper into your research, with detailed guides to interpreting test results and applying them to research. What you'll learn: Step-by-step strategies for structuring your searches to find what you're looking for faster; Details on each of Ancestry.com's historical record categories, including what you can expect to find in them; Tips for creating and managing your family tree on Ancestry.com, as well as connecting your tree to others on the site; Timesaving tricks to maximize your Ancestry.com experience, including Hints (the "shaky leaf"), Ancestry DNA, and the Ancestry.com mobile app. Whether you've just begun dabbling in family history or you're a longtime Ancestry.com subscriber, this book will turn you into an Ancestry.com power user!

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  • ISBN: 9781440353260
  • ISBN: 1440353263
  • Physical Description: 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: Expanded & updated!; Second edition / editor: Andrew Koch.
  • Publisher: Cincinnati, Ohio : Family Tree Books, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Getting started with Ancestry.com -- Learning the basics -- Using Ancestry.com family trees -- Mastering search and the card catalog -- Making the most of census records and voter lists -- Delving into birth, marriage, and death records -- Working with military records -- Using immigration and travel records -- Digging into newspapers, publications, and maps -- Searching stories, memories, histories, and pictures -- Making the most of schools, directories, and church histories -- Using the wills, probates, land, tax and criminal category -- Interpreting your DNA results -- Connecting with others -- Applying DNA to your research -- Collaborating with other users -- Branching out with newspapers.com and fold3.
Subject: Ancestry.com (Firm)
Genealogy > Computer network resources > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genealogy - Computer network resources.
Ancestry.com (Firm)
Genealogy - Computer network resources - Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genealogy > Computer network resources > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre: Handbooks and manuals.

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  • 11 of 11 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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Bookplate: Donated in honor of Patty Vahey by Judy O'Hara
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