Discover Fast, Far-Reaching Ways to Trace Elusive Ancestors by Tapping
Online Services

New book tells how doing genealogical research online can uncover what
might remain hidden otherwise

Genealogy Online
Researching Your Roots
By: Elizabeth Powell Crowe
Paper $29.95 ISBN 0-07-014749-3
Publication Date: December 1994
304 pp., 98 illus., 7 x 10

Disk includes genealogy shareware program Brother's Keeper, plus many of
the book's resource listings

Explore resources available through:

* CompuServe
* Prodigy
* America Online
* GEnie
* The Internet

BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT, PA--Millions of people all over the world are fascinated
by genealogy--the study of family heritage. Too often, though, their
efforts can be stymied, either because of information deadends or lack of
time and money--or all three.

In Genealogy Online, genealogy buff and online expert Elizabeth Powell
Crowe provides an illuminating look at tapping the vast resources of the
online community to enhance genealogical research. She explains how, by
using a computer and modem to access enormous amounts of information,
readers can not only do research faster and cheaper--they are likely to
learn more than ever would have been possible using conventional methods.

Beginning with a discussion of what is needed to get started, Crowe
introduces readers to local bulletin board systems focusing on genealogy
before moving on to larger networks and genealogy forums such as
CompuServe's ROOTS and GEnie's Genealogy Roundtable. She provides
countless tips for online research, including how to find and correspond
with others who can help, which libraries have online card catalogs, and
how to use non-traditional resources like government and court records to
enhance research.

There is a section on evaluating hardware and software, and finding
technical support online for popular genealogy programs. Crowe also
discusses the cost of doing research online versus using conventional
methods, suggesting ways to keep costs as low as possible.

Both online novices and experienced 'modemniks' can learn much from this
one of-a-kind book that is likely to become the computerized genealogist's
bible.

About the author:

An avid genealogist, Elizabeth Powell Crowe (Huntsville, Alabama) is a
freelance writer and editor. Recognized as an expert in the field of
online communications, she is the author of The Electronic Traveller and,
with John H. Everett,

Windcrest/McGraw-Hill, Blue Ridge Summit, PA 17294-0850
1-800-233-1128,  FAX 800-932-0183

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