Your Family Tree: Using Your PC (Beginner's) - Softcover

Oldfield, J.

 
9781557553102: Your Family Tree: Using Your PC (Beginner's)

From the Publisher

Tips and Tutorials Using Today's Hottest Genealogy Software
How To Publish Your Own family History With Photos, Maps, Even Audio Clips

Your Family Tree is written for today's new genealogists who plan to use a computer to research, organize, and compile family histories. With the powerful software available today for creating these valued family collections, more and more people are discovering the excitement of tracing their family's heritage back to the furthest possible generations. With this book and companion CD-ROM, you can discover your own family heritage!

Roots. Kin. Relatives. Family. History. Genealogy. This book is about getting in touch with family members, past and present. Author Jim Oldfield, Jr. shows how to get started tracing your roots using his expert, easy-to-follow steps and your personal computer. An experienced genealogist, Jim has produced three family history books filled with vital facts, stories, anecdotes and photographs, creating a lasting legacy for his family.

You'll learn how and where to gather information, how to transfer it to popular genealogy programs, add photos, maps, drawings and sound, use a word processor or desktop publisher to produce reports, share your findings in a meaningful way and keep up with new family additions. Finally, you'll learn how to bring all the information together in an attractive package.

· Using the Internet and online services to research your heritage · Creating a Worldwide Web site for your family pages · Using conversion programs to publish data and graphics on the WWW · Organizing and holding family reunions and gatherings · Starting your own family newsletter or association · Adding photographs, illustrations and audio to your family tree · Using software for family trees - Family Tree Maker, Family Origins, Brother's Keeper, Roots IV, and others.

The companion CD-ROM contains family pedigree forms for collecting information, sample family data and photos, genealogy catalogs, and dozens of working evaluation copies of the most popular genealogy and illustration programs! , plus links to thousands of genealogy research sites on the Internet.

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