1. Internet Sources for Family History Timpanogos Shared Family History Center Elder Harold Toomey Manila 7 th Ward November 23, 2002

2. ©2000 Toomey.org All Rights Reserved. Agenda n Introductions n Computer Resources n Genealogy Web Sites n Genealogy Message Boards n Search Engines n What’s New in 2002 n Finding the Living n Internet Hoaxes n Other Sources n Questions & Answers

3. ©2000 Toomey.org All Rights Reserved. Mt. Timpanogos Shared Family History Center n Computers upgraded and networked s 12 networked Windows PCs s Internet Access ($0.50/hr) n Software s Ancestral File s PAF - Personal Ancestral File s IGI – International Genealogy Index (Windows Version) s Family History SourceGuide s Web / Internet access

4. ©2000 Toomey.org All Rights Reserved. PAF 5.1 n Free from Internet s www.FamilySearch.org  Order/Download Products  Software Downloads - Free www.FamilySearch.org s www.toomey.org/genealogy  Download Personal Ancestral File 5.1 www.toomey.org/genealogy n 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

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8. Genealogy Web Sites n Favorite Genealogy Web Sites s www.FamilySearch.org – LDS Church Site www.FamilySearch.org s www.Toomey.org/genealogy – Copy of this Presentation www.Toomey.org/genealogy s www.CyndisList.com – Great Resource www.CyndisList.com s www.Ancestry.com – Paid Database Access www.Ancestry.com s www.Genealogy.com – Paid Database Access www.Genealogy.com s www.OneGreatFamily.com – Paid Database Access www.OneGreatFamily.com n Genealogy Message Boards s www.GenForum.com www.GenForum.com s www.CyndisList.com/newsmail.com – List of Genealogy Newsgroups and Mailing Lists www.CyndisList.com/newsmail.com

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18. ©2000 Toomey.org All Rights Reserved. What’s New in 2002 n New Internet Ordinance Index n Online 1880 Census n Ellis Island Utilities n Utah Valley PAF Users Group s www.uvpafug.org/classes/

19. ©2000 Toomey.org All Rights Reserved. New Internet Ordinance Index n October 5, 2002 n Ordinance Index is now on-line s Only available to members of the church n www.FamilySearch.org  IGI www.FamilySearch.org n Need your LDS Member Number to unlock this feature s LDS Member # s Confirmation Date s (See Ward Clerk if you don’t have this info) n Ordinance data is current up to Sep 1, 2002 s More current than the CDs

20. ©2000 Toomey.org All Rights Reserved. Online Census (1880) n Published by the Church on Oct. 23, 2002 n Contains s U.S. 1880 Census s Canada 1881 Census s “British” 1881 Census è England, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man s No Scottish 1881 Census (see Scots Origin site) n Web site s www.familysearch.org  Search  Census www.familysearch.org s http://www.lds.org/media2/newsrelease/0,5637,203-1- 13102,00.html http://www.lds.org/media2/newsrelease/0,5637,203-1- 13102,00.html

21. ©2000 Toomey.org All Rights Reserved. Ellis Island Utilities n www.ellisisland.com www.ellisisland.com n Permanent home as of Nov. 2002 s www.jewishgen.org/databases/eidb www.jewishgen.org/databases/eidb n Co-sponsored by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation

22. ©2000 Toomey.org All Rights Reserved. Search Engines n Search Engines s www.Google.com - Best www.Google.com s www.AltaVista.com - First www.AltaVista.com s www.Yahoo.com - Categorized www.Yahoo.com s www.Lycos.com - Categorized www.Lycos.com s www.Genealogy.com - Specialized www.Genealogy.com n Meta Search Engines s www.Ask.com - Ask Jeeves! www.Ask.com s www.DogPile.com - Kids Searches, 13 Total www.DogPile.com s www.MetaCrawler.com - 9 Search Engines in One www.MetaCrawler.com s www.SearchGateway.com - Directory of Search Engines www.SearchGateway.com

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24. ©2000 Toomey.org All Rights Reserved. Finding the Living n www.Qwestdex.com – Business & Personal www.Qwestdex.com n www.BigYellow.com – East Coast Phone Book www.BigYellow.com n www.InfoUSA.com – Reverse Phone # Search www.InfoUSA.com n www.AnyWho.com – AT&T Yellow & White Pages www.AnyWho.com n www.WhoWhere.com - Email, Phone & Web Searches www.WhoWhere.com n www.Four11.com - E-mail & Phone Searches www.Four11.com n http://ftpsearch.ntnu.no - File Name Search http://ftpsearch.ntnu.no n www.TerraServer.com - Satellite Images www.TerraServer.com

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27. ©2000 Toomey.org All Rights Reserved. Myths, Hoaxes & Scams n Common Genealogical Myths s 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.htmhttp://www.cyndislist.com/myths.htm

28. ©2000 Toomey.org All Rights Reserved. Internet Tips n Tips s To print, try “ P” s Learn a search engine’s search tips – 15 min. investment è Searches with “ ” è Mixed case s www.Ancestry.com databases are sometimes free www.Ancestry.com n Warnings s Geneology.com vs. Genealogy.com s www..com vs. www.Cyndislist.comwww.Cyndislist.com s Mailing list overload

29. ©2000 Toomey.org All Rights Reserved. Church Distribution Center CD-ROMs n Family History Library Catalog s Describes the Church's collection of family history materials, consisting of 2.5+ million microforms and 300,000 books n Family History SourceGuide s A collection of 150+ research outlines from the Family History Library s Will guide new researchers to original sources n Census, Immigration, and Vital Records s North American Vital Records Index s British Census, 1851 & 1881 s Australian Vital Records Index s Mormon Immigration Index s Mexico—Central America Vital Records Index

30. ©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