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GeneaNet HistorySeek! Newspaper Abstracts RootsLink Tool Kit for the Expert Web Searcher Learn high-tech ways to save your memories in the August 2001 issue of Family Tree Magazine.
www.geneanet.org
With more than 12 million entries, this genealogical database network will search every database it knows of—worldwide, both free and fee-based sites—and tell you how to access the information it finds (listing either a Web site, e-mail address or postal address). You can also download GeneWeb, a free, full-featured genealogical software program.
www.historyseek.com
Designed for historians, genealogists and history buffs, HistorySeek! allows you to search its entire directory of sites. Try the genealogy, community, military and timeline categories.
www.newspaperabstracts.com
Volunteers submit newspaper extracts to this growing archive of newspapers published in 1923 or earlier. You can search for news of your ancestors in article abstracts from the United States, Canada and Ireland. For content updates, join the site's e-mail list.
resources.rootsweb.com/~rootslink/search.html
RootsLink will scour its set of family history-related sites, rather than the entire Web, to find what you're looking for. Categories in the search include Bible records, court documents, deeds, fraternal organizations, government resources, newspapers, professional/occupational records, tax lists and wills.
www.lita.org/committe/toptech/toolkit.htm
A Net-savvy librarian from the American Library Association is here to help with an online guide to effective Web searches. She offers you her personal favorites among subject guides, metasearch engines, global searching and much more.
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