Virtual Roots: A Guide to Genealogy and Local History on the World Wide Web - Softcover

Kemp, Thomas Jay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0842027203 ISBN 13: 9780842027205

Publisher: Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S., 1997

Synopsis

Virtual Roots is a road map to genealogy and local history sites on the internet This guide lists internet sites of the best archives, libraries, institutions, genealogical and historical societies, and family associations around the world - the ones that provide census indexes, genealogical data, bibliographies, and other solid information that genealogists want. Each listing gives the URL, e-mail address, complete mailing address, and phone and fax numbers.

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Review

"VIRTUAL ROOTS IS AN EXCELLENT ROAD MAP TO GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY SITES ON THE INTERNET."

Virtual Roots is an excellent road map to genealogy and local history sites on the internet.--Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Los Angeles Times Syndicate

From the Author

Virtual Roots...your genealogical roadmap to the web

The world wide web has made the world a much smaller place. Writing Virtual Roots has given me the opportunity to visit the major repositories of the world and explore their collections and to bring you along for the tour.

Genealogists, archivists and librarians from around the world are mounting their guides, indexes and even original documents on their websites. Now we can instantly search birth records in Australia, census records in Canada or baptismal registers in England. All at the click of a button. Virtual Roots tells you what is on-line and where to find it.

Here I have tried to single out for you the best 1,000 +/- websites that you will really want to use and return to. These are arranged by country/state, by topic and by family surname. Sites that have solid content, that will give you the answers to your research questions.

I also thought that you would appreciate having the complete mailing address, phone, fax and e-mail addresses for each repository. With this information you can instantly contact family associations, libraries and archives and ask them questions and receive instant answers.

Virtual Roots gives you a head start on seeing exactly what is on the web and where you can access it. It will save you hours and dollars on-line and give you a roadmap to the best sites from around the world.

Please contact me if you have any suggestions or questions about Virtual Roots or about your genealogical research. I look forward to hearing from you.

All the best in your research.

Tom

Edition details

• Publisher: Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0842027203
• ISBN 13: 9780842027205
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 279