Patient Genealogists #4

From here to eternity: Internet research for patient genealogists

DearREADERS,
Patient Genealogists Do visit trusted non-genealogy websites.


Although these sites may index other sites of questionable origin, these mega-sites themselves are considered useful to online research:

• Amazon http://www.amazon.com/ where you can buy just about anything.


• http://www.bartleby.com/ (familiar quotations)


• Bureau of Land Management http://www.blm.gov/


• Google (great search engine) http://www.google.com/
  o Book Search - Search the full text of books
  o iGoogle – set up your personalized start page
  o GoogleGuide: Making Searching even faster


• iTunes (free software for listening to podcasts on your computer or any .mp3 player)


• LibDex (index of library websites, catalogs throughout the world)


• Library of Congress (American Memory Project, etc.)


• LibraryThing (free online catalog for your genealogy and other books, possibly networked with other users of the service.)


• MapQuest (driving directions & hybrid maps)


• Yahoo Maps (driving directions and hybrid maps)


• WikipediA (online, editable encyclopedia, in multiple languages)


• WorldCat (is the world's largest bibliographic database, built and maintained collectively by libraries that participate in the OCLC Online Computer Library Center global cooperative.

Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
DearMYRTLE,
Your friend in genealogy.
Myrt@DearMYRTLE.com
www.dearmyrtle.com

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