Internet Sources for Family History Timpanogos Shared Family

Agenda n n n n n Introductions Computer Resources Genealogy Web Sites Genealogy Message

Mt. Timpanogos Shared Family History Center n Computers upgraded and networked 12 networked Windows

PAF 5. 1 n Free from Internet www. Family. Search. org Order/Download Products Software

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Genealogy Web Sites n Favorite Genealogy Web Sites s s s n www. Family.

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www. Ancestry. com © 2000 Toomey. org All Rights Reserved.

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What’s New in 2002 New Internet Ordinance Index n Online 1880 Census n Ellis

New Internet Ordinance Index October 5, 2002 n Ordinance Index is now on-line n

Online Census (1880) Published by the Church on Oct. 23, 2002 n Contains n

Ellis Island Utilities www. ellisisland. com n Permanent home as of Nov. 2002 n

Search Engines n Search Engines s s n www. Google. com - Best www.

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Finding the Living n n n n www. Qwestdex. com – Business & Personal

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Myths, Hoaxes & Scams n Common Genealogical Myths Myth #1: You can find your

Internet Tips n Tips To print, try “<Ctrl> P” s Learn a search engine’s

Church Distribution Center CD-ROMs n Family History Library Catalog s n Describes the Church's

Questions? n Contact Info Harold Toomey 1376 N. 1100 E. American Fork, UT 84003

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Agenda n n n n n Introductions Computer Resources Genealogy Web Sites Genealogy Message Boards Search Engines What’s New in 2002 Finding the Living Internet Hoaxes Other Sources Questions & Answers © 2000 Toomey. org All Rights Reserved.

Mt. Timpanogos Shared Family History Center n Computers upgraded and networked 12 networked Windows PCs s Internet Access ($0. 50/hr) s n Software s s s Ancestral File PAF - Personal Ancestral File IGI – International Genealogy Index (Windows Version) Family History Source. Guide Web / Internet access © 2000 Toomey. org All Rights Reserved.

PAF 5. 1 n Free from Internet www. Family. Search. org Order/Download Products Software Downloads - Free s www. toomey. org/genealogy Download Personal Ancestral File 5. 1 s Runs on Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, not DOS n Will upgrade your older PAF data files n Can add photos, sounds and videos to your genealogy n Can save as a web page n © 2000 Toomey. org All Rights Reserved.

Genealogy Web Sites n Favorite Genealogy Web Sites s s s n www. Family. Search. org – LDS Church Site www. Toomey. org/genealogy – Copy of this Presentation www. Cyndis. List. com – Great Resource www. Ancestry. com – Paid Database Access www. Genealogy. com – Paid Database Access www. One. Great. Family. com – Paid Database Access Genealogy Message Boards www. Gen. Forum. com s www. Cyndis. List. com/newsmail. com – List of Genealogy Newsgroups and Mailing Lists s © 2000 Toomey. org All Rights Reserved.

New Internet Ordinance Index October 5, 2002 n Ordinance Index is now on-line n s Only available to members of the church www. Family. Search. org IGI n Need your LDS Member Number to unlock this feature n LDS Member # s Confirmation Date s (See Ward Clerk if you don’t have this info) s n Ordinance data is current up to Sep 1, 2002 s More current than the CDs © 2000 Toomey. org All Rights Reserved.

Online Census (1880) Published by the Church on Oct. 23, 2002 n Contains n U. S. 1880 Census s Canada 1881 Census s “British” 1881 Census èEngland, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man s No Scottish 1881 Census (see Scots Origin site) s n Web site www. familysearch. org Search Census s http: //www. lds. org/media 2/newsrelease/0, 5637, 203 -113102, 00. html s © 2000 Toomey. org All Rights Reserved.

Ellis Island Utilities www. ellisisland. com n Permanent home as of Nov. 2002 n s n www. jewishgen. org/databases/eidb Co-sponsored by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation © 2000 Toomey. org All Rights Reserved.

Search Engines n Search Engines s s n www. Google. com - Best www. Alta. Vista. com - First www. Yahoo. com - Categorized www. Lycos. com - Categorized www. Genealogy. com - Specialized Meta Search Engines www. Ask. com - Ask Jeeves! s www. Dog. Pile. com - Kids Searches, 13 Total s www. Meta. Crawler. com - 9 Search Engines in One s www. Search. Gateway. com - Directory of Search Engines s © 2000 Toomey. org All Rights Reserved.

Finding the Living n n n n www. Qwestdex. com – Business & Personal www. Big. Yellow. com – East Coast Phone Book www. Info. USA. com – Reverse Phone # Search www. Any. Who. com – AT&T Yellow & White Pages www. Who. Where. com - Email, Phone & Web Searches www. Four 11. com - E-mail & Phone Searches http: //ftpsearch. ntnu. no - File Name Search www. Terra. Server. com - Satellite Images © 2000 Toomey. org All Rights Reserved.

Myths, Hoaxes & Scams n Common Genealogical Myths Myth #1: You can find your completed family history on the Internet. s Myth #2: Everything you find on the Internet is accurate and reliable. s Myth #3: You can find your completed family history in the files at the LDS Family History Centers (AKA, the Mormon Church). s Myth #4: Everything you find in books, in computer databases and on CDs is accurate and reliable. s Myth #5: You can learn all about your surname in mail-order books. s Myth #6: It MUST be true because Great Aunt Matilda told me so! s Myth #7: Our name was changed at Ellis Island. s Myth #8: The courthouse burned and ALL the records were destroyed. s Myth #9: The 1960 US Census is unreadable due to technical obsolescence. Source: http: //www. cyndislist. com/myths. htm s © 2000 Toomey. org All Rights Reserved.

Internet Tips n Tips To print, try “<Ctrl> P” s Learn a search engine’s search tips – 15 min. investment èSearches with “ ” èMixed case s www. Ancestry. com databases are sometimes free s n Warnings Geneology. com vs. Genealogy. com s www. <girl’s first name>. com vs. www. Cyndislist. com s Mailing list overload s © 2000 Toomey. org All Rights Reserved.

Church Distribution Center CD-ROMs n Family History Library Catalog s n Describes the Church's collection of family history materials, consisting of 2. 5+ million microforms and 300, 000 books Family History Source. Guide A collection of 150+ research outlines from the Family History Library s Will guide new researchers to original sources s n Census, Immigration, and Vital Records s s North American Vital Records Index British Census, 1851 & 1881 Australian Vital Records Index Mormon Immigration Index Mexico—Central America Vital Records Index © 2000 Toomey. org All Rights Reserved.

Questions? n Contact Info Harold Toomey 1376 N. 1100 E. American Fork, UT 84003 Home: (801) 492 -1526 Mobile: (801) 671 -2345 E-mail: Harold@Toomey. org n Mt. Timpanogos Multi-Stake FHC 835 N. 869 E. American Fork, UT 84003 (801) 763 -2093 n Appointments: Don Lundberg, (801) 796 -5790 © 2000 Toomey. org All Rights Reserved.