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 A Great Place to Start!
I have been interested in genealogy for a long time, but I am just beginning to pursue that interest. To learn the basics, I read other, older books on genealogy, but this book tells it all! It is a treasure trove of references to search resources, while providing computer tips to vividly demonstrate the speed and effectiveness of online research. Genealogy Online Crowe's light, conversational style makes for easy reading while learning how to find one's ancestors. With this book, Crowe opens the door to a wide world of genealogical records and shows the best way to explore them all.
Great Reference for Online Research
This is a very useful tool for you genealogists who use the internet. There are dozens of useful hints. That the book has been popular for a while is obvious by the fact that this is the eighth edition. A large number of valuable websites are discussed, both private and governmental. This book will help you a lot with your family tree.
 Online up to date?
While a good read with good directions, please check the copyright date. Anyone online knows how fast a book can become obsolete.
How to organize a search, where to begin, where to go
This newly revised and expanded seventh edition of Elizabeth Crowe's Genealogy Online is a thoroughly "user friendly', 432 page, hands-on, instructional resource which will enable even the most novice genealogist to deftly explore the truly vast resources of ancestry related networks, Web sites, and genealogical online services. Crowe authoritatively explains how to determine and access which ones best suit individual genealogist's purposes. Genealogy Online clearly, step-by-step, shows how to organize a search, where to begin, where to go on the Web, and how to use chat rooms, mailing lists, and Usenet effectively. No genealogical research reference shelf can be considered either complete or up-to-date without the inclusion of this impressive new edition of Elizabeth Crowe's Genealogy Online!
 Good & Bad points..
Not so suprising that there's such disparity in the reviews of this book. Especially since most every review I read so far was true.This book is good if: you are a genealogist NEW to the net. A lot of ground is covered, in terms of what kinds of software is needed (over an above the venerable genealogical database), as well as how to act/speak/do online. This book is bad if: you've been online for more than a week. Too much ground is covered... well... look at the paragraph above... :) I've found that some of the information she presents is a bit dated, but not so much so that a new user will terribly embarrass themselves by relying on it. Overall, for myself (as a computer consultant of 15+ years) it did have some information to impart. Not necessarily enough to make this a "must have", but worth a read and recycle.
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